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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chicago is the one top15 school that will take kids down to the 50% percentile from top privates. It is also a very, very reliable bet for kids in the top 20% at these same high schools. As such, many kids from these privates will ED1/SCEA an Ivy or other top15 school and then if they don't get in they will ED2 Chicago.

As such, it gets a reputation as a safety school of sorts at these high schools. The gild is off the lily. Few kids get excited by Chicago.

Everyone agrees that it is a fantastic school but it's not one that kids from certain privates get excited by.  Also in part because so many kids attend it. At these privates, up to 10% of the class will end up matriculating there. [/quote]

Stated differently, it ain’t a top 10 school (for undergrad). IYKYK.[/quote]

I get your point, but, to my surprise, it is currently ranked one spot higher than Northwestern by US News. U Chicago is ranked #5, while Northwestern is ranked at #7 in a tie with Duke, U Penn,and JHU.[/quote]
US News jumped the shark a while back; it is increasingly irrelevant. Let me put it this way: if the premise is that Chicago is a HYPSM “backup” but, gosh, kids still can get in — and it’s the only “top” school kids can somewhat reliably get into — maybe, just maybe, it is because it is not really a top 10 school….[/quote]

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