University of Chicago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard Westlake's matriculation for unhooked students:

Chicago takes kids all the way down to the 3.2-3.4 gpa band.
Northwestern takes kids from 3.4-3.6 gpa band.
JHU takes only kids in the 3.8-4.0 gpa band.

How do you have access to Harvard Westlake's data?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If 80% of students are early decision admits, that's a HUGE percentage of the class. Basically if you want to go to UChicago, you have to ED. Does anyone know how many UChicago takes off the waitlist? It doesn't list that number like other colleges. YCBK claims UChicago is sneaky and puts students on the waitlist and then calls them to see if they would accept a spot. He thinks this is not very ethical and is done only to increase UChicago's yield which is 88%, higher than Harvard's and MIT's!!!!!!!!

Every college does this, including Yale and Georgetown. I don't understand why it is sneaky.

[Anonymous]

Last yr from central Florida 2 top students got in to Uchicago.( one in math the other Econ)

SAT : 1580 & 1550 respectively.

Both are extremely happy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last yr from central Florida 2 top students got in to Uchicago.( one in math the other Econ)

SAT : 1580 & 1550 respectively.

Both are extremely happy

New poster: from our school (Pennsylvania private), it’s never the top kids that go to U Chicago according to Scoir. Typically 1520 SAT and 3.6 GPA based on stats last 4 years. Our very top kids also based on Scoir typically go to HYP and Caltech, next level down (3.85+) to Penn, Duke, Williams, Hopkins, CMU, Dartmouth, Amherst, Rice, Northwestern. The level after that go to Cal, Emory, Chicago, Washington U, Barnard.

[Anonymous]

My anecdotal experience is Uchicago kids tend to be smarter than those from lower Ivies/ Duke etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last yr from central Florida 2 top students got in to Uchicago.( one in math the other Econ)

SAT : 1580 & 1550 respectively.

Both are extremely happy

New poster: from our school (Pennsylvania private), it’s never the top kids that go to U Chicago according to Scoir. Typically 1520 SAT and 3.6 GPA based on stats last 4 years. Our very top kids also based on Scoir typically go to HYP and Caltech, next level down (3.85+) to Penn, Duke, Williams, Hopkins, CMU, Dartmouth, Amherst, Rice, Northwestern. The level after that go to Cal, Emory, Chicago, Washington U, Barnard.

How many are in your private PA high school graduating class?

[Anonymous]

A DC private sent 6 to Chicago this year and none were in the top 20% of the class.

[Anonymous]

And another DC private sent 3 this year and all were in the top 10 percent of the class.

How is any of this answering OP’s question about actual experiences at UChicago?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If 80% of students are early decision admits, that's a HUGE percentage of the class. Basically if you want to go to UChicago, you have to ED. Does anyone know how many UChicago takes off the waitlist? It doesn't list that number like other colleges. YCBK claims UChicago is sneaky and puts students on the waitlist and then calls them to see if they would accept a spot. He thinks this is not very ethical and is done only to increase UChicago's yield which is 88%, higher than Harvard's and MIT's!!!!!!!!

Every college does this, including Yale and Georgetown. I don't understand why it is sneaky.

LOL Hilarious.

None of HYPSM does this.

[Anonymous]

For a strong applicant U Chicago is a safety if they are willing to do ED0/1/2/3/4.

U Chicago, Northeastern and Tulane are just the worst in terms of gaming the yield. Many optimize for yield, but for these universities that is their #1 priority. #2 priority is not forgetting #1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last yr from central Florida 2 top students got in to Uchicago.( one in math the other Econ)

SAT : 1580 & 1550 respectively.

Both are extremely happy

New poster: from our school (Pennsylvania private), it’s never the top kids that go to U Chicago according to Scoir. Typically 1520 SAT and 3.6 GPA based on stats last 4 years. Our very top kids also based on Scoir typically go to HYP and Caltech, next level down (3.85+) to Penn, Duke, Williams, Hopkins, CMU, Dartmouth, Amherst, Rice, Northwestern. The level after that go to Cal, Emory, Chicago, Washington U, Barnard.

How many are in your private PA high school graduating class?

100-110. Our top 30% go to T25 schools; on average 1 per college but a lot more to Penn. If you’re from the area, you can probably figure out which HS this is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard Westlake's matriculation for unhooked students:

Chicago takes kids all the way down to the 3.2-3.4 gpa band.
Northwestern takes kids from 3.4-3.6 gpa band.
JHU takes only kids in the 3.8-4.0 gpa band.

How do you have access to Harvard Westlake's data?

DP: you can google it. Harvard Westlake distributed a document called College Counseling student handbook. Probably meant for internal use but it’s been circulated online/on Reddit. On the back there is a grid that shows stats for every single college their students applied to in the last 3 years (published in Jan 2025). I’m looking at the grid right now, Chicago took 1 kid as far down as 3.2 GPA, 4 kids 3.4, 15 kids 3.6 in the last 3 years.

In comparison, Johns Hopkins also had applicants from HW in those GPA ranges (15 applicants) and took 0. Among 15 applicants who applied from HW with 3.8-4.0 GPA, JHU accepted 5. Very different when you see the 0s across vs. the grid line for Chicago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard Westlake's matriculation for unhooked students:

Chicago takes kids all the way down to the 3.2-3.4 gpa band.
Northwestern takes kids from 3.4-3.6 gpa band.
JHU takes only kids in the 3.8-4.0 gpa band.

How do you have access to Harvard Westlake's data?

DP: you can google it. Harvard Westlake distributed a document called College Counseling student handbook. Probably meant for internal use but it’s been circulated online/on Reddit. On the back there is a grid that shows stats for every single college their students applied to in the last 3 years (published in Jan 2025). I’m looking at the grid right now, Chicago took 1 kid as far down as 3.2 GPA, 4 kids 3.4, 15 kids 3.6 in the last 3 years.

In comparison, Johns Hopkins also had applicants from HW in those GPA ranges (15 applicants) and took 0. Among 15 applicants who applied from HW with 3.8-4.0 GPA, JHU accepted 5. Very different when you see the 0s across vs. the grid line for Chicago.

^^ I’m poster above.

I also just checked Middlebury for comparison. They took 0 kid out of 4 who applied with 3.4, and took 1 out of 15 who applied with 3.6. It’s easier to get into Chicago than to Middlebury if you have mid stats from Harvard Westlake. Perhaps those Middlebury applicants needed aid or took easier courses, but just looking at acceptance numbers, that’s what the HW grid shows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And another DC private sent 3 this year and all were in the top 10 percent of the class.

How is any of this answering OP’s question about actual experiences at UChicago?

None. It's yet another opportunity for the U Chicago haters to bash the school. I'm still mystified as to what drives this person (or people, although it's mostly one person - her posts are so similar, it's very obvious).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And another DC private sent 3 this year and all were in the top 10 percent of the class.

How is any of this answering OP’s question about actual experiences at UChicago?

None. It's yet another opportunity for the U Chicago haters to bash the school. I'm still mystified as to what drives this person (or people, although it's mostly one person - her posts are so similar, it's very obvious).

I posted HW stats above just because I have it handy and saw folks debating who gets in. I don’t hate Chicago and am not trying to bash it. I was a new poster. Will stop now - don’t want to fight.