UChicago ED

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Anonymous wrote:Any word on what ED0 acceptance rate was?

The best guess from colleagues in admissions counseling is about 40%

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

haha.. From last year

5% EDI + EA acceptance rate

20K applicants

30% increase in apps



most diverse class

- 18% 1st gen

- 10% from rural areas

- 45 states

Top States:

CA

NY

IL

NJ

TX

MA

FL


52 countries, Top countries:

UK

China

India

Canada

Singapore

UAE

South Korea


Average SAT Score: 1530

99% in top 10% of their class

Where did you find that info? I don't believe that about the ED1/EA acceptance rate. There's a reason they don't reveal it in the CDS - it's embarrassingly high for such a "prestigious" institution.

DP, These stats was announced by the Director of Admissions last January.

DP. The hitch with that rate is that it melds EA into ED1. EA is probably less than 1% with far more applicants.

ED2 also had a similar rate.

No, that info was not “disclosed.” The supposed 5% ED1/EA rate is also bogus because EA kids are almost all deferred to corner them into going ED2. That ultimate acceptance rate (including those sticking with RD after being deferred) would need to be factored in. Suffice to say, an ED1 admit at Chicago is much easier than, say, Georgetown EA — as we all should know.

Surprising them that according to a PP several were rejected from Sidwell. Also aware of top student that applied ED1 getting rejected. Funny how everyone knows more about the numbers than admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago emphasizes ED because it want kids who really want to be there instead of just there because they didn't get into a "more prestigious" school. It has unusual, time consuming essay prompts for the same reason. They also take a lot of private school kids because they know those kids can handle the load and many have tuition $. Bottom line is it's a top school with top academics but their admissions approach is a bit different.

If they are as good as they think they are then maybe they don’t need to force the kids to apply to ED2 or have them commit before removing them from waitlist etc. The fact that they need to resort to these practices implies otherwise. That can also come out and say openly that they want to accept majority of their student they binding decisions but they don’t do that.

The assumption that private school kids are better at handling the workload is BS.

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago emphasizes ED because it want kids who really want to be there instead of just there because they didn't get into a "more prestigious" school. It has unusual, time consuming essay prompts for the same reason. They also take a lot of private school kids because they know those kids can handle the load and many have tuition $. Bottom line is it's a top school with top academics but their admissions approach is a bit different.

If they are as good as they think they are then maybe they don’t need to force the kids to apply to ED2 or have them commit before removing them from waitlist etc. The fact that they need to resort to these practices implies otherwise. That can also come out and say openly that they want to accept majority of their student they binding decisions but they don’t do that.

The assumption that private school kids are better at handling the workload is BS.

Dp and your critique is very valid, however, on the day to day level, student life being composed almost entirely of students where Uchicago is their 1st and 2nd choice definitely improves student culture. It also has a very strange academic culture that would be miserable for a lot of students at peer institutions.

They really don’t need to prove themselves much anymore. They’ve accelerated their status in lucrative industries and have some of the best graduate programs in the US. Do they lose students to HYP because of their admissions decisions? Sure, but those students want to be at HYP over UChicago in the first place.

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what do people think the ed 1 acceptance rate is?

would not be surprised to see it in high 30s or 40s

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Does UChicago defer kids in ED2 round? I have a kid struggling with decision on whether to ED2 (likes Chicago a lot, but was just deferred by Yale and would really like to see how that plays out).

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Anonymous wrote:Does UChicago defer kids in ED2 round? I have a kid struggling with decision on whether to ED2 (likes Chicago a lot, but was just deferred by Yale and would really like to see how that plays out).

Kid should probably ED2 somewhere (not necessarily Chicago) to avoid leaving everything to the RD round. This is the precise reason many SCEA applicants end up at worse schools than if they had aimed a little lower from the start.

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Anonymous wrote:Does UChicago defer kids in ED2 round? I have a kid struggling with decision on whether to ED2 (likes Chicago a lot, but was just deferred by Yale and would really like to see how that plays out).

ED2 options are admit, waitlist, or deny. This page is from 2023 but should still apply: https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/uncommon-blog/message-our-applicants-ed2-0

Good luck to your kid. Mine was in the same position last year—deferred at an Ivy, but his two top choices were that school and UChicago. Since they were weighted equally in his mind, he went with ED2 at Chicago, was happy to get in, and hasn’t looked back. FWIW his deferred friends who did get into the Ivy in RD were both legacies.

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago emphasizes ED because it want kids who really want to be there instead of just there because they didn't get into a "more prestigious" school. It has unusual, time consuming essay prompts for the same reason. They also take a lot of private school kids because they know those kids can handle the load and many have tuition $. Bottom line is it's a top school with top academics but their admissions approach is a bit different.

If they are as good as they think they are then maybe they don’t need to force the kids to apply to ED2 or have them commit before removing them from waitlist etc. The fact that they need to resort to these practices implies otherwise. That can also come out and say openly that they want to accept majority of their student they binding decisions but they don’t do that.

The assumption that private school kids are better at handling the workload is BS.

Dp and your critique is very valid, however, on the day to day level, student life being composed almost entirely of students where Uchicago is their 1st and 2nd choice definitely improves student culture. It also has a very strange academic culture that would be miserable for a lot of students at peer institutions.

They really don’t need to prove themselves much anymore. They’ve accelerated their status in lucrative industries and have some of the best graduate programs in the US. Do they lose students to HYP because of their admissions decisions? Sure, but those students want to be at HYP over UChicago in the first place.

Why does Duke not have this issue?

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago emphasizes ED because it want kids who really want to be there instead of just there because they didn't get into a "more prestigious" school. It has unusual, time consuming essay prompts for the same reason. They also take a lot of private school kids because they know those kids can handle the load and many have tuition $. Bottom line is it's a top school with top academics but their admissions approach is a bit different.

If they are as good as they think they are then maybe they don’t need to force the kids to apply to ED2 or have them commit before removing them from waitlist etc. The fact that they need to resort to these practices implies otherwise. That can also come out and say openly that they want to accept majority of their student they binding decisions but they don’t do that.

The assumption that private school kids are better at handling the workload is BS.

Dp and your critique is very valid, however, on the day to day level, student life being composed almost entirely of students where Uchicago is their 1st and 2nd choice definitely improves student culture. It also has a very strange academic culture that would be miserable for a lot of students at peer institutions.

They really don’t need to prove themselves much anymore. They’ve accelerated their status in lucrative industries and have some of the best graduate programs in the US. Do they lose students to HYP because of their admissions decisions? Sure, but those students want to be at HYP over UChicago in the first place.

Why does Duke not have this issue?

I can’t really tell you as I’m ignorant of Duke and its student culture in my brain is basketball and pretty damn fun. I know it’s a very serious academic institution, but every alum I’ve ever talked to has only talked about how fun the social environment is, which is a pretty different student culture than chicago.

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Every year Chicago makes their application rubric so completely different from the CommonApp. You have to really, really want to go there

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Anonymous wrote:Every year Chicago makes their application rubric so completely different from the CommonApp. You have to really, really want to go there

So you are saying that all the kids who applied in EA and RD did it just for the heck of it and also paid the fee because it’s fun?

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Anonymous wrote:Chicago emphasizes ED because it want kids who really want to be there instead of just there because they didn't get into a "more prestigious" school. It has unusual, time consuming essay prompts for the same reason. They also take a lot of private school kids because they know those kids can handle the load and many have tuition $. Bottom line is it's a top school with top academics but their admissions approach is a bit different.

If they are as good as they think they are then maybe they don’t need to force the kids to apply to ED2 or have them commit before removing them from waitlist etc. The fact that they need to resort to these practices implies otherwise. That can also come out and say openly that they want to accept majority of their student they binding decisions but they don’t do that.

The assumption that private school kids are better at handling the workload is BS.

Agree that they should come out and openly say that they want to accept the majority of their students via ED. They should also publish ED stats. I think the ED acceptance rate is higher than some other top schools but the Chicago students are still extremely strong.

Disagree that Chicago is selecting students via binding applications because they are not as good as they think they are. Suppose they have 3 great and similar students to pick from but one applied ED because it is their top choice. Chicago likes the ED kid who they know really wants to attend.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not only u Chicago, all these elite schools take majority of the kids with ED.
U Penn already took 50 percent of the class with ED1.
Chicago takes 25 percent Ed1,25 percent ED2,
25 percent early action and 25 percent RD.must’s what they claim
Business Econ definitely easier than economics at Chicago but compare to similar programs at BC or Georgetown still much more intense.

Rice does this.
At our private HS, Chicago puts some kids on waitlist if they apply EA and RD and then if the kid is interested they make them sign the ED document to accept them off the waitlist so they also have an unofficial ED3. So although it looks like the kids got in RD they manage yield even in RD through this tactic

Who “makes them” sign a document? Your private high school? All colleges with ED2 offer deferred EA students the option to switch to ED2.

The person is saying the school contacts the "waitlisted" student and says the student will be accepted if he/she switches to ED2 right now. If the student doesn't switch, the student never comes off the "waitlist" (it's not a real waitlist). There are a bunch of schools that do this, but most of them are way less selective than Chicago. It's a strong-arm tactic because it gives the kid a span of a day or less to make a binding decision at a random time.

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Our highly regarded public in Fairfax County had 15 students apply ED1 or ED2 last year. Most were likely full pay given the wealth of our zip codes.

One got in.

For public school students at least, ED is still incredibly competitive.

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Anonymous wrote:Does UChicago defer kids in ED2 round? I have a kid struggling with decision on whether to ED2 (likes Chicago a lot, but was just deferred by Yale and would really like to see how that plays out).

If Yale is your top choice, you might want to see how that plays out. I have heard that Yale does not defer many applicants so you probably have a strong profile for Yale and other RD schools.