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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, for a variety of reasons (some within their control, some not) UChicago has had a hard time accurately predicting yield (preED) and predicting which applicant pools (postED) will contain the most desirable applicants.  It has also been in the process of expanding its class size and has had difficulty predicting availability of beds on campus (the hope has been new dorms will keep undergrads on campus longer). One reason for late admissssions and/or required gap years is to deal with such contingencies.  Another is probably financial.  I think that the need blind policies essentially expire wrt admissions from the waitlist which, judging from CC, seem to be disproportionately full pay kids from feeder privates.

[b]ED has made UChicago's yield stats meaningless for comparison with HYPSM and other schools that don't do ED. [/b] For the class of 2020 (pre ED), they were impressive -- 66% pre-summer melt, which was a bit lower than but comparable to Princeton) but not Harvard/Stanford impressive (81%).

Lots of kids who don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting in apply to HYPS.  So I've never seen % admitted as a meaningful measure of selectivity.  I can see why UChicago's direct mail pisses people off, especially when the school doesn't interest and/or isn't within reach for their kid.  That said, the mailings are weird enough and the application essays labor-intensive enough that I think there's truth in advertising there.  Apps were down last year with the introduction of ED1/2 and my guess is they may drop further this year, given how hopeless RD seemed last year.

It does feel as if admissions is running bizarre game theory experiments and/or deconstructing the absurdity of the rankings system.  I preferred the previous set-up (same as MIT), just plain old EA, secure in the knowledge that you offer a distinctive experience that will be attractive to the kinds of kids you hope to educate.[/quote]

Chicago's yield is not comparable even to other elite schools which do ED. Chicago accepted over 75% of its class through EA/ED1/ED2 (over 60% ED reportedly). The rest of the non-HYPSM elites accept 40-55% of the class with simply ED. There is no comparison. The only elite that uses these gimmicks is Chicago. [/quote]

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