You are wrong. On-campus summer programs offer fabulous learning options, tend to be very social, and allow students to familiarize themselves with a particular campus while building relationships with school professors/instructors & administrators. Typically, rising juniors and rising senior high school students can attend two summer sessions per summer at different (or at the same) colleges or universities. Paid huge, nearly unimaginable, dividends for ours. Summer sessions are an opportunity. |
| I think I could imagine |
| Chicago has EDO to continue to improve its yield numbers and to maximize full-freight students. Chicago is in debt to the tune of $6B as reported in mid 2025. |
Maybe, but probably not. Regardless, those who criticize summer programs are not as knowledgeable as they pretend to be. Some schools do lease their facilities to third parties for summer programs and these type of programs would not offer the same type of possible benefits. |
One of DD’s friends got in ED0 and received a great financial aid package last year. |
Without ED0-ED3 (deferral) practice to hold the yield rate, without TO inflated stats, would UC be able to hold on to T20? I doubt it. |
The median SAT/ACT scores are 1540/35. Although it’s test optional, over 75 percent submit test scores. That’s in line, if not better, than most Top10 schools. Maybe that answers your question. |
isn't this the first year for ED0? |
U Chicago attracts & enrolls hard-working, brilliant students. Needs ED options due to the location in Chicago plus U Chicago is competing with east coast Ivy League schools. |
No, it’s the second year when it’s been announced. Unofficially, it existed even before for the enrichment program kids. |
Also because the school is in financial free fall. Let's not kid ourselves. |
35+, I think perfect scores in opposite interest of kid, so 36 in R or E for a STEM student or 36 S or M for humanities. Seen this in a friend's child last year too and got into Ivy. |
| taking a few hundred kids out of the pool is good for everyone |
Yes! Exactly! |
Having 25% of the student body not submitting scores is not something one should be particularly proud of. But I see that the standard you hold is low. Without inflated yield rate and inflated stats, UC is at the same level as UVA. |