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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to U of C many years ago and find these DCUM discussions so bizarre and untethered from reality.

It's a good school.  To learn.  End of story.[/quote]

Me too!! Also went there and do not understand these people at all.  [/quote]

If you actually went there, how can you defend what Chicago has become? The end of the old intellectual Chicago, double the enrollment, 30% of students majoring in econ, the debt, the 3 rounds of ED and one round of EA, the lack of transparency, and the “it” school for prestige-consumed students who know they can’t get into another top 20 so they ED to Chicago (as did 80% of its enrolled class each year).
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I did actually go there.  It is still a good school thats helped launch my career...also I guess I have better things than to go around hating colleges? A lot of colleges wouldn't be right for my kids (chicago is not one of them of course) but I guess I don't see a need to hate on those schools[/quote]
How is it “hating on” a school when it is being criticized for being one of the only universities in the country not to disclose its early admission numbers? Chicago has decided being “hated on” is better than transparency. This is a conscious decision.

If you don’t like it, use your considerable influence as an alumn to make the school stop with its antics. Alumni here are giving their school too much of a pass: do something about it.

Unless you want to argue that Chicago’s lack of transparency is defensible?

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Serious question: No horse in this race. Why do you care so, so much? If you don't think it's a good school, don't send your child. [/quote]

This!! I do not understand such strong hate of a school?[/quote]

I think it might be because Chicago has historically been an excellent nerd school. Serious students. Serious classes. A place where the life of the mind mattered much, much more than anyone's social class. Whereas these days, Chicago admissions seems to prioritize wealthy private school full pay students who can afford to take advantage of early decision. And that's a huge part of each freshman class. So the changing nature of admissions leads to changes in the character of the school. It's a conscious decision by the administration. It's neither good or bad. But there is no doubt that the Chicago of 2026 is very different than the Chicago of the 80s and 90s. Which leads to people having strong feelings.   [/quote]

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