Can someone clarify UChicago EDII?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ED2 isn't unique to UChicago. Here’s a list of schools offering that option. Might be worth checking to see if DC’s #2 choice is on it. Not a good plan if you’re price-sensitive.

American University
Bard College
Bates College
Boston University
Bennington College
Bowdoin College
Brandeis University
Bryant University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Carleton College
Case Western Reserve University
Claremont McKenna Colleges
Colby College
Colgate University
College of the Atlantic
College of Wooster
Colorado College
Connecticut College
Davidson College
Denison College
Dickinson College
Emory University
Franklin & Marshall College
George Washington University
Gettysburg College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Hampshire College
Harvey Mudd College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Juniata College
Kenyon College
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Macalester College
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
New York University
Northeastern University
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Pomona College
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College
Saint Olaf College
Sarah Lawrence College
Scripps College
Sewanee: The University of the South
Skidmore College
Smith College
Swarthmore College
Trinity College
Trinity University
Tufts University
Union College
University of Chicago
University of Miami
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Whitman College

Source:
https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/early-decision-ii/

Yes but guess what is missing from this list. Any colleges that are actually elite.

[Anonymous]

^ Bingo. Vandy isn't my DC's thing and Middlebury is mostly athletes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ Bingo. Vandy isn't my DC's thing and Middlebury is mostly athletes.

^ Dumbo.

[Anonymous]

Swarthmore, Pomona, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Carleton etc aren't elite? Lol. I'd like to see those posters (or their child) apply and see if they can get in.

[Anonymous]

They're good schools- educationally some of the best in the country- but they don't have much name recognition. 90% of the population has never heard of them.

[Anonymous]

Arguably, the essence of being elite is being something that 90%+ of the population knows nothing about, LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP - your story just sounds incredible. Why would an elite school care about an A in one semester of one senior class as the supposed make or break decision? At best, sounds like your private school counselor called up a contact at the school to ask why DC got deferred instead of admitted, and was told, it was that B in Calculus or whatever, so the advice from counselor (no matter how they explained it to you) was to make up the grade with an A in Multivariable Calculus first semester senior year (which would make the B in Calculus look like a bygone).... So counselor translated that to "the school called - get an A in math"

Your assumptons are incorrect. For certain majors, the applications go through a faculty review for coursework. You have to have all A's across the board in rigorous courses to be in the running in addition to high test scores as an academic candidate. It's brutal to be a white male STEM applicant.

BS about SCEA schools having faculty review transcripts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're good schools- educationally some of the best in the country- but they don't have much name recognition. 90% of the population has never heard of them.

And 90% of the population confuses Penn State and U Penn. I don't understand why "public" name recognition is even relevant at the undergrad level when most kids at top 40 schools will be going on to grad/professional schools. It is at the advanced degree level where name recognition among employers in their chosen field will actually matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP - your story just sounds incredible. Why would an elite school care about an A in one semester of one senior class as the supposed make or break decision? At best, sounds like your private school counselor called up a contact at the school to ask why DC got deferred instead of admitted, and was told, it was that B in Calculus or whatever, so the advice from counselor (no matter how they explained it to you) was to make up the grade with an A in Multivariable Calculus first semester senior year (which would make the B in Calculus look like a bygone).... So counselor translated that to "the school called - get an A in math"

Your assumptons are incorrect. For certain majors, the applications go through a faculty review for coursework. You have to have all A's across the board in rigorous courses to be in the running in addition to high test scores as an academic candidate. It's brutal to be a white male STEM applicant.

BS about SCEA schools having faculty review transcripts.

Not BS. DC recently went through the process for engineering. Different process than humanities.