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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]University of Chicago is spamming high school students with promotional material.  Must be trying to pump up application numbers.[/quote]

I don't think they need to "pump" their #s. They are ranked #4 on USNWR and had a 9% acceptance rate this past year. Your kid probably won't get in.[/quote]

How do you think they got to a 9% acceptance rate? Other schools in the USNWR top 10 don't have to spam high schools. You don't see HYP trawling for applicants.

(I think Chicago is a great school for the right kid. But your snark made me go there....)[/quote]

Chicago has been in the top 10 as long as the rankings have been around, 9% acceptance rate or not. Don't let your bitterness at your kid's rejection cloud your judgment.[/quote]

Ahem. My kid never applied to Chicago but I'm one of the two posters on this thread with a kid at Columbia. Why do people have to be such asshats under the cover of anonymity? I'm going to assume you have nothing to do with U Chicago and U Chicago wants nothing to do with you.[/quote]

I don't have a personal stake in the game other than having a kid who will be applying to several schools, including Columbia and Chicago (so I guess I do have a personal stake!), but I do have a family member who just went through the process this year -- accepted to Columbia (he's there now); rejected by Chicago. Was Columbia "trawling" for applicants, too? Your post is just obnoxious.[/quote]

Assume that when you say "obnoxious" you're talking to the silly "don't let your bitterness about your kid's rejection cloud your judgment" poster? Anyway, our own DC got tons of marketing stuff from U Chicago and nothing from Columbia. If it matters. Both are great schools.[/quote]

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