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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Duke has ED and RD. 
Princeton has single-choice early action and RD.

Chicago has SSEN or ED0, ED1, EA, ED2, RD and now provisional acceptance. Is it all just a game to them?

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Yes, it's game theory, don't hate the players, hate the game (admissions process). For the home of Economics, this is what they do, I admire it, super smart to match university/student. This is an intellectual approach of matching, from one of the most intellectual places. For those that don't know, game theory is the mathematical study of strategic interactions between rational decision-makers. This is what every college should be doing. They are just outsmarting you lol [/quote]

You don't know what game theory is, do you?[/quote]

The problem is that Chicago is not transparent, esp. re EA (which has an acceptance rate near 0% and is merely a mechanism to get more applications/ try to get those students to switch to ED 2.

It's the lack of transparency that people (ok, me) resent.

PP isn't entirely wrong.  UChicago is just playing the hand it was dealt with; they would lose kids to top Ivys if competing for them without these tactics.  They have to use gamesmanship to get as many full pay, smart kids through the door as possible, which they appear to be doing successfully.  And none of this detracts from the fact that the school is truly a great research university.  If anything, their strategy will likely pay dividend with a robust alumni base in the future.  Also, having a school where the admissions outcome for a bright, high stat kid is more predictable than some isn't a bad thing.  With so much criticism lobbed at UChicago, perhaps its worth scrutinizing others as well.[/quote]

I fully agree with you. Always surprised how the same people who dump on UChicago have no issues with Princeton and Brown accepting athletes with 1200 SAT scores (yes, you can see that on Scoir!). [/quote][/quote]

There is a vast difference between accepting a few athletic recruits with low test scores and U Chicago accepting so many students ED that they have the highest yield in the USA.  Do you really think that U Chicago attracts more fervent admirers than HYPS or is U Chicago just taking advantage of nervous students who want to get in “somewhere good” and are willing to give up their choices for a large admissions preference from Chicago [/quote]

Well that’s cute that you believe it’s just a few athletes with low test scores. Many of the top schools fill more than 3/4 of the class with their priority candidates - VIPs, athletes, legacies, etc. As for taking advantage of kids?  Stop with the victim mentality. These are mostly well off kids with high stats and with the ability to decide how to play the game. You can’t whine just because one school thinks the applicants shouldn’t hold all the cards. What Chicago clearly wants is a match - they want you to want them and vice versa. Medical residency programs for example also do a variation of this. And lastly, Chicago is not just “somewhere good” - it’s somewhere great. All the belly aching about one school using a different strategy for admissions is ridiculous. Move on. Or go complain about Yale admissions with its love for field hockey and lacrosse recruits or Duke with it legacy ones. Spread the whine elsewhere. [/quote]

THIS. There is someone obsessed with UChicago on this forum, maybe their child was rejected? I have no idea why someone would be so invested in being negative about one school. [/quote]

Why would you think it’s only one person? Do you feel like you have some magic ability to see who is posting?  I never posted about U Chicago before but I posted about this. I think their ED focus is disturbing and I have family who went there.  [/quote]

I have family who went there not recently, but I felt awful for this generation of Chicago kids.  They have to defend their ED decision throughout their lives.  Seeing UChicago people so worked up on this board.  Sad.[/quote]

You must be deranged to think that this generation of UChicago kids gives a fig what you think about their choices. [/quote]
Depends. What is said fig worth? It is not a life of the mind school for intellectual kids any more: almost 1/3 are econ majors.[/quote]

Do you seriously think that "life of the mind" exists at the Ivies that you so covet?[/quote]

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