UChicago plans to expand by 23% in its undergraduate enrollment

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t really understand why uchicago is so controversial here or why it gets people so worked up. In everyday life, people don’t talk about it much.

I know, right? Chicago is a solid top 20 school by any measure. I'd be thrilled to have kids getting into Chicago.

The parsing of rankings seem more appropriate for business and law schools. And Chicago does very well there too.

It's a good school.

But private high school parents are going to do their thing. So you get sorority group think.

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It has a better brand but is on its way to becoming BU.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is trying to become a peer to the Ivies. In academic circles it has been one for generations, but they want to be seen that way by the social elites.

I have no clue why this site hates on UChicago so much. People complain that elite colleges disadvantage kids from competitive high schools, but they also trash UChicago for admitting large numbers of private school kids that aren't top of class.

These are two groups of people.

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Anonymous wrote:I genuinely don’t understand why this school gets so much hate on here.

They could announce that all students will receive a kitten and a pat on the back and the trolls will still hate.

I suspect that it is one poster sockpuppeting.

Because they are a bonafide T10 college, recognized by other Ivy Colleges as an Ivy+, and have very opaque admissions stats with respect to ED.

U Chicago sent my child invitations to apply every other week. Because of all their junk mail, my child did not apply.

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Anonymous wrote:It has a better brand but is on its way to becoming BU.

I am not sure what this means. BU has never had a comparable reputation or prestige. BU's low admissions rate is based on the popularity the city and the appeal if this kind of urban campus to some kids. It has some standout programs that are a draw. But it has never been a powerhouse.

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ED1,ED2, ... ED100, a ton of brochures and letters sent (my kid received at lest 10 this year). Now they want to increase the number of students.
Hmm, something odd with UChicago nowadays.

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Anonymous wrote:I genuinely don’t understand why this school gets so much hate on here.

They could announce that all students will receive a kitten and a pat on the back and the trolls will still hate.

I suspect that it is one poster sockpuppeting.

Envy, jealousy, and racists brainwashed by right wing media slop.

City of Chicago crime/corruption and Obama smears have been trafficked by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and right wing social media bots for two decades. Obama and Michelle are famously linked to UChicago and his presidential library is just east of campus.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I genuinely don’t understand why this school gets so much hate on here.

They could announce that all students will receive a kitten and a pat on the back and the trolls will still hate.

I suspect that it is one poster sockpuppeting.

Because they are a bonafide T10 college, recognized by other Ivy Colleges as an Ivy+, and have very opaque admissions stats with respect to ED.

U Chicago sent my child invitations to apply every other week. Because of all their junk mail, my child did not apply.

Who are you kidding? You can’t afford UChicago. I wish your kid well at UMBC.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is trying to become a peer to the Ivies. In academic circles it has been one for generations, but they want to be seen that way by the social elites.

I have no clue why this site hates on UChicago so much. People complain that elite colleges disadvantage kids from competitive high schools, but they also trash UChicago for admitting large numbers of private school kids that aren't top of class.

Miserable middle class strivers rage at things they (and their children) can’t get access to and can’t afford. Same reason the private school forum here is full of seething public school parents. Same reason the real estate forum is full of seething proles who live in shacks and townhomes mocking so-called McMansions they can’t afford. See also country club discourse.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is trying to become a peer to the Ivies. In academic circles it has been one for generations, but they want to be seen that way by the social elites.

I have no clue why this site hates on UChicago so much. People complain that elite colleges disadvantage kids from competitive high schools, but they also trash UChicago for admitting large numbers of private school kids that aren't top of class.

Miserable middle class strivers rage at things they (and their children) can’t get access to and can’t afford. Same reason the private school forum here is full of seething public school parents. Same reason the real estate forum is full of seething proles who live in shacks and townhomes mocking so-called McMansions they can’t afford. See also country club discourse.

We're full pay at Yale. So I'm not a person with a kid who can't get in and can't afford. I think Chicago is a great school. I also think all the mailers are a turn off, as is ED0, as is accepting full pay kids off the waitlist before May 1. I think increasing class size is a good thing, more schools should do that. doubling the class size since 2010 to this new proposed size seems like a lot. looking at this chart and seeing where this new plan is going - more up and to the right - I wonder what it's all about

https://registrar.uchicago.edu/data-reporting/historical-enrollment/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is trying to become a peer to the Ivies. In academic circles it has been one for generations, but they want to be seen that way by the social elites.

I have no clue why this site hates on UChicago so much. People complain that elite colleges disadvantage kids from competitive high schools, but they also trash UChicago for admitting large numbers of private school kids that aren't top of class.

Miserable middle class strivers rage at things they (and their children) can’t get access to and can’t afford. Same reason the private school forum here is full of seething public school parents. Same reason the real estate forum is full of seething proles who live in shacks and townhomes mocking so-called McMansions they can’t afford. See also country club discourse.

Hold up a mirror. Plenty of miserable private school parents and UMC and wealthy folks complaining about college admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else notice that Emory mom and Chicago troll have the same poor grammar and cycle through the same phrases?

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Honestly, all the schools in the T20 should do the same thing. These schools are too small in comparison to the amount of qualified applicants in the pool.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is trying to become a peer to the Ivies. In academic circles it has been one for generations, but they want to be seen that way by the social elites.

I have no clue why this site hates on UChicago so much. People complain that elite colleges disadvantage kids from competitive high schools, but they also trash UChicago for admitting large numbers of private school kids that aren't top of class.

Miserable middle class strivers rage at things they (and their children) can’t get access to and can’t afford. Same reason the private school forum here is full of seething public school parents. Same reason the real estate forum is full of seething proles who live in shacks and townhomes mocking so-called McMansions they can’t afford. See also country club discourse.

Correct answer. Because they have to compare aid thus can't ED, they are particularly mad at UChicago.

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Anonymous wrote:Here comes ED negative 1. Applicants apply in their junior year.

The correct terms for UChicago are:
ED0 is the summer before HS senior year

ED00 is fall of HS junior year

ED000 is fall of HS sophomore year

ED000 is fall of HS freshman year

This just exemplifies how stupid the Chicago hate is. You realize adding more zeros changes nothing? 0+0+0=0

the math isn't mathing