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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]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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I don’t care what they do with their admission data- I am really grateful for what the school gave me.  A world class education.  I was a Pell Grant recipient and UChicago paid for most of the tuition.  I seriously walked away with not only amazing education but only 10k in debt.  I would be happy to send my kid there (if they get in!!).  [/quote]
I don’t get this. The missing admissions data is hiding that 80% of the class comes from ED rounds. You do realize that ED is disproportionately full pay? If you want to pay it forward and have Chicago help kids like you, that ED percentage has to go down. [/quote]

Maybe UChicago education would have given you some critical thinking skills. If you look at the data, UChicago gives as much financial aid as Duke. Just because ED is prevalent doesn’t mean that all ED admits are full pay. [/quote]
Financial aid percentage: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=University+of+chicago&s=all&id=144050#finaid
Duke 58% 
Chicago 51%
Northwestern 62%
Johns Hopkins 66%
Your critical thinking 0%
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also the average amount seems like it was higher.  So maybe they offered less kids aid but it was a higher amount? https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/trends/university-of-chicago/financial-aid/[/quote]
Or maybe this is part of Chicago’s “take 80% of class ED” strategy?[/quote]

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