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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say it differently. In terms of revealed preferences. there are some top kids who are drawn to U Chicago. I am ecstatic that my DC was admitted to U Chicago ED1. I am HYP legacy, and when I had that discussion with my DC, he was firm that he was not interested in my school, and that U Chicago is the perfect fit. I was made aware of the school two years ago by another HYP parent at our school, who sent both his sons to U Chicago. There is a subset of kids who love the fact that U Chicago has top intellectual rigor across the board, and professors are often very quirky and witty. Mine took Summer College there and had a blast, but problem sets were very, very hard. On another note -the U Chicago supplemental essays reflect the spirit of the school - very weird, very intellectual, very fun to write... if you are a certain type of kid. So if you enjoyed writing those, you are probably a good fit for the school.

A previous poster mentioned it's not the preprofessional pipeline of Harvard - true!!! And that is what is so great about the school; college is more just a race to the first job in BigLaw, Big Finance or Big Consulting.[/quote]

This is an overtly romanticized, idealized vision of the school. It's an absolutely miserable place with an insanely inflated self-image. "Intellectual and quirky" more often than not reads as "snooty, elitist and insufferable" instead.[/quote] 
Not top PP, but another with a kid accepted ED.  Regardless of what the true nature of the school is, top PP's kid was drawn to it for similar reasons as my kid, so these kids are self-selecting. That implies that there should be something different about the makeup of the class vs. another school. [/quote]

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