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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS just graduated from Uchicago in CS and Econ, currently looking for work and failing.[/quote]

We went to the summer open house at Chicago last Friday and the admissions director said that 99% of the class was employed or matriculating to graduate school AT GRADUATION this year. 
The admissions director reiterated this several times "not 6 months following graduation, AT graduation, 99% of our graduating seniors knew what they are doing this coming fall."

Is this not truthful?[/quote]

Somewhat truthful.  Graduation plans and salaries are self reported.  I know both of my kids never reported their plans to their respected school.  So the number is a subset of 100%.[/quote]

It's always going to be a subset of 100%, but some schools are more persistent in getting data than others.  Some don't press because there's a bias -- kids with something they are proud to report are more likely to report.  Others tie reporting to some aspect of the graduation process and get higher response rates and thus more accurate data.   Some accrediting bodies require this data collection to be robust.   Always check the response rates.[/quote]

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