U of Chicago....The waitlist is going to open up!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We found the kids about the same across the elite universities in that there is a fairly wide range of types. You could interchange most of the crowd between Harvard, UChicago, Yale and Columbia without noticing the difference. I would say the overall vibe at Princeton, Penn and Stanford is more pre-professional on surface.

Every college you listed is far more prestigious, far more fun, better location, with far more attractive and happier student body. Of course Chicago architecture is amazing. But the student body is mostly neurotic pretentious crackpots jousting for who's the most sleep deprived, miserable and weirdest.

That's certainly true for the business school grads from there that I've encountered in DC. Most insecure, miserable, (and usually burned out!) grasping, strivers I've ever seen. (I work with 3 and my BIL is one also.) It's sad.

Striver is a great word for the average Chicago alum. Desperate strivers, always just short of where they want to be, who think being a pompous pushy abrasive jerk makes them quirky. Aren't I clever, I push everyone's buttons! No, afraid that makes you a borderline autistic anti-social weirdo nobody can stand.

[Anonymous]

“Striver” is such a strange insult. Makes you sound like some imperiled aristocrat. Especially charming when paired with “grubby,” but “grasping” works too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We found the kids about the same across the elite universities in that there is a fairly wide range of types. You could interchange most of the crowd between Harvard, UChicago, Yale and Columbia without noticing the difference. I would say the overall vibe at Princeton, Penn and Stanford is more pre-professional on surface.

Every college you listed is far more prestigious, far more fun, better location, with far more attractive and happier student body. Of course Chicago architecture is amazing. But the student body is mostly neurotic pretentious crackpots jousting for who's the most sleep deprived, miserable and weirdest.

That's certainly true for the business school grads from there that I've encountered in DC. Most insecure, miserable, (and usually burned out!) grasping, strivers I've ever seen. (I work with 3 and my BIL is one also.) It's sad.

Striver is a great word for the average Chicago alum. Desperate strivers, always just short of where they want to be, who think being a pompous pushy abrasive jerk makes them quirky. Aren't I clever, I push everyone's buttons! No, afraid that makes you a borderline autistic anti-social weirdo nobody can stand.

I thought that description was of the Wharton alum.

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Anonymous wrote:The school is not for everybody. If you got accepted, they probably thought you were a good fit, but don't take their word for it. Definitely visit and if the vibe is something you don't like, don't go!! Just don't listen to disgruntled rejects whose anger and jealousy is driving them to make asinine comments about the school.
With a yield of close to 75%, trust me they don't care if you turn them down. Hundreds are waiting to claim that spot. In all probability they are going to over enroll this year too, so for the sake of other students, if you are in doubt, don't go!! Just don't sit on the decision. Make up your mind as soon as you can.

75% yield because 60% of their class is filled with ED 100% yield students

The RD yield is probably no higher than 50%

UChicago admit rate was 40% just 10 years ago. It was a has been school, no one's top choice, until UChicago started inundating HS students mailboxes with glossy junk mail pieces dangling full tuition scholarships to low income students. UChicago probably sends out invites to all C- students in the USA - just so it can reject them to get it's selectivity rate high.

[Anonymous]

UChicago admit rate 40% just 10 yrs ago:

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/780201-40-acceptance-rate.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school is not for everybody. If you got accepted, they probably thought you were a good fit, but don't take their word for it. Definitely visit and if the vibe is something you don't like, don't go!! Just don't listen to disgruntled rejects whose anger and jealousy is driving them to make asinine comments about the school.
With a yield of close to 75%, trust me they don't care if you turn them down. Hundreds are waiting to claim that spot. In all probability they are going to over enroll this year too, so for the sake of other students, if you are in doubt, don't go!! Just don't sit on the decision. Make up your mind as soon as you can.

75% yield because 60% of their class is filled with ED 100% yield students

The RD yield is probably no higher than 50%

UChicago admit rate was 40% just 10 years ago. It was a has been school, no one's top choice, until UChicago started inundating HS students mailboxes with glossy junk mail pieces dangling full tuition scholarships to low income students. UChicago probably sends out invites to all C- students in the USA - just so it can reject them to get it's selectivity rate high.

Lol. Weren't you laughed off on Reddit? Even there you are ridiculed and called out for your moronic hatred for one elite school because it rejected you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school is not for everybody. If you got accepted, they probably thought you were a good fit, but don't take their word for it. Definitely visit and if the vibe is something you don't like, don't go!! Just don't listen to disgruntled rejects whose anger and jealousy is driving them to make asinine comments about the school.
With a yield of close to 75%, trust me they don't care if you turn them down. Hundreds are waiting to claim that spot. In all probability they are going to over enroll this year too, so for the sake of other students, if you are in doubt, don't go!! Just don't sit on the decision. Make up your mind as soon as you can.

75% yield because 60% of their class is filled with ED 100% yield students

The RD yield is probably no higher than 50%

UChicago admit rate was 40% just 10 years ago. It was a has been school, no one's top choice, until UChicago started inundating HS students mailboxes with glossy junk mail pieces dangling full tuition scholarships to low income students. UChicago probably sends out invites to all C- students in the USA - just so it can reject them to get it's selectivity rate high.

Lol. Weren't you laughed off on Reddit? Even there you are ridiculed and called out for your moronic hatred for one elite school because it rejected you

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/780201-40-acceptance-rate.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The school is not for everybody. If you got accepted, they probably thought you were a good fit, but don't take their word for it. Definitely visit and if the vibe is something you don't like, don't go!! Just don't listen to disgruntled rejects whose anger and jealousy is driving them to make asinine comments about the school.
With a yield of close to 75%, trust me they don't care if you turn them down. Hundreds are waiting to claim that spot. In all probability they are going to over enroll this year too, so for the sake of other students, if you are in doubt, don't go!! Just don't sit on the decision. Make up your mind as soon as you can.

75% yield because 60% of their class is filled with ED 100% yield students

The RD yield is probably no higher than 50%

UChicago admit rate was 40% just 10 years ago. It was a has been school, no one's top choice, until UChicago started inundating HS students mailboxes with glossy junk mail pieces dangling full tuition scholarships to low income students. UChicago probably sends out invites to all C- students in the USA - just so it can reject them to get it's selectivity rate high.

Lol. Weren't you laughed off on Reddit? Even there you are ridiculed and called out for your moronic hatred for one elite school because it rejected you

No you dumb fxxx, I don't go on Reddit. I go by facts and evidence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Every year people turn down U of C. You know nothing about what's will happen to the wait list.

I hope you don't ever assist your bright child with statistics homework.

Wow, not the OP but you are an ass. I hope your child isn’t a thing like you.

OP here. OF COURSE , I have no knowledge of waitlist movement. I was being facetious. My niece just found it so interesting that there were so many kids visiting yet were pretty sure they weren't committing. Maybe it was the free trip to Chi-town? I mean who turns down U of Chicago for Richmond. But anyway, we met loads of amazing kids and the faculty was wonderful.

By the way my kid is so smart she'll never need my help in statistics. #MITGRAD.

Maybe the middle class does? We just got a note that tuition and fees for freshman has gone up several thousand dollars and is now 78k.
78k!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are 10,000 students on UVA's waitlist. Probably the same with Chicago. Even 100 slots opening isn't going to make much of a difference statistically

NPR interviewed someone (didn't get the name) this past week about this very issue. The numbers of waitlisted applicants for various top-rated universities were staggering. In reality, only a handful out of thousands will actually be admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year people turn down U of C. You know nothing about what's will happen to the wait list.

I hope you don't ever assist your bright child with statistics homework.

Wow, not the OP but you are an ass. I hope your child isn’t a thing like you.

OP here. OF COURSE , I have no knowledge of waitlist movement. I was being facetious. My niece just found it so interesting that there were so many kids visiting yet were pretty sure they weren't committing. Maybe it was the free trip to Chi-town? I mean who turns down U of Chicago for Richmond. But anyway, we met loads of amazing kids and the faculty was wonderful.

By the way my kid is so smart she'll never need my help in statistics. #MITGRAD.

Maybe the middle class does? We just got a note that tuition and fees for freshman has gone up several thousand dollars and is now 78k.
78k!

Then throw in books, travel, parents’ weekend, etc. (Winter clothes, twin XL sheets....). It’s crazy expensive to send a kid off to college these days. We’ve only got one, and high HHI, and been doing the 529 since birth, so we can afford it, but I think back to my parents (younger, lower HHI that never topped 100K, 4 kids). They put us all through school (2 private, 2 public) out of pocket and with no FA — and while paying off my Mom’s student loans (she got her BA\MA the s@me year I finished HS). Really different world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year people turn down U of C. You know nothing about what's will happen to the wait list.

I hope you don't ever assist your bright child with statistics homework.

Wow, not the OP but you are an ass. I hope your child isn’t a thing like you.

OP here. OF COURSE , I have no knowledge of waitlist movement. I was being facetious. My niece just found it so interesting that there were so many kids visiting yet were pretty sure they weren't committing. Maybe it was the free trip to Chi-town? I mean who turns down U of Chicago for Richmond. But anyway, we met loads of amazing kids and the faculty was wonderful.

By the way my kid is so smart she'll never need my help in statistics. #MITGRAD.

Maybe the middle class does? We just got a note that tuition and fees for freshman has gone up several thousand dollars and is now 78k.
78k!

Then throw in books, travel, parents’ weekend, etc. (Winter clothes, twin XL sheets....). It’s crazy expensive to send a kid off to college these days. We’ve only got one, and high HHI, and been doing the 529 since birth, so we can afford it, but I think back to my parents (younger, lower HHI that never topped 100K, 4 kids). They put us all through school (2 private, 2 public) out of pocket and with no FA — and while paying off my Mom’s student loans (she got her BA\MA the s@me year I finished HS). Really different world.

Yes, everyone has different obligations and life circumstances but I can tell you that considering ours we won’t be turning on the heat for the next 4 years and at least of us will have to sell our body to send kid to this school.

[Anonymous]

I'm going to guess the U. Chicago hater actually got in, ran up a huge debt, and then failed out. He probably has mental health issues that made it impossible for him to study while there and causes him to rant on anonymous internet sites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm going to guess the U. Chicago hater actually got in, ran up a huge debt, and then failed out. He probably has mental health issues that made it impossible for him to study while there and causes him to rant on anonymous internet sites.

Well, allegedly at U of Chicago there are no ‘financial barriers to attendance’ so I’m guessing not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UChicago admit rate 40% just 10 yrs ago:

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/780201-40-acceptance-rate.html

Yeah. So? That was ten years ago before they went to the Common App and increased their outreach effort. By your logic, if acceptance rate is an indicator of college quality, they must be fantastic now with a 7.1% acceptance rate. The truth is the school had been focused on improving the undergraduate experience at the college for over thirty years now and the results have begin to show in the last few years.

It has always been a fantastic institution but now it is also a great place to go to college notwithstanding your constant jealous rants


For those who are interested in the Chicago transformation read Dean Boyers book about all the hard work that happened and the lessons learned

The University of Chicago: A History

https://www.amazon.com/dp/022624251X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_v7mYAb6SSP69Q