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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]Tulane and U Chicago aren’t even in the same stratosphere. Just look at their acceptance rates and stats. Tulane takes 25% of applicants and Chicago takes 7%. [/quote]

Chicago used to take 70% in ‘90s, 40% in ‘07 or so. It’s a scam. [/quote]

Back then undergraduates were little more than an afterthought at Chicago, while the graduate school was top notch. That has changed as part of an affirmative strategy and investment in improving undergraduate academics and experience. The institution has in fact changed, and so has interest in the school.

It is not a scam. [/quote]

If Chicago stops pouring money into its PR campaign to play the USNews game, it’s admit rate will go back up to 40-70%.

Genuinely curious about this.  What PR campaign specifically?  Different from other schools?  [/quote]

One of the things it does is to send out junk mail to everyone in the country, including to all the neighborhood dogs and cats. The more people apply, better it’s selectivity. It’s that simple. [/quote]

What are your thoughts on Williams? We’ve been inundated with their mailings. [/quote]

Not sure about Williams. I don’t think they inundate the whole country at the level of Chicago or Swarthmore. There are different college rankings that use different criteria, some even discounting selectivity factor. You’ll have to google to find those. Forbes uses it’s own criteria focusing on various outcome factors. Williams does better than Chicago and Swarthmore there. [/quote]

So some marketing is okay but not too much. Gotcha. Tell us, what is the correct level? Surely you know. [/quote]

I am like Socrates who knows what I don’t know. And just like Jesus, I know a porn when I see one. When you have to start wondering if chicago’s 70% admit drop to 7%, that’s when you need to start digging before committing $75000 + per year for 4 years. [/quote]

I am genuinely curious because Chicago is one of the schools DD is interested in, but out-dated admission rates and the fact they supposedly do a lot of marketing isn't giving me pause...   [/quote]

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