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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“  It's when you think you're punching down and then get denied. It's entitlement.”

I don't think that’s quite right, or at least it’s not right in my kid’s case. He finds lots to like about UChicago and doesn’t think it’s beneath him—he’d be honored to go and applied ED2. It’s just the he was deferred in the early round by Yale and it sucks that he can’t wait-and-see if he gets in to Yale. The lack of RD at UChicago is a major bummer for kids who genuinely like the place, would be happy there, but want a chance to know their options.

In other words: it’s possible to be very excited by UChicago and still think their approach to RD is a major bummer for applicants, even if entirely rational from UChicago’s perspective.

In a better world, they’d leave more room for hope in RD.[/quote]

So with an ED2 backup, you are simultaneously feeding the supposed beast while bemoaning that it is unfair?

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I wouldn’t have phrased it this harshly, but do agree with the underlying sentiment. It makes no sense to excoriate UChicago for trying to optimize its own options just as PP’s deferred-from-Yale son is trying to optimize his.[/quote]

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