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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]

this is true at our HS. it's the "smart ED bet" and not their dream school. the smart bet often comes from the parent fwiw[/quote]

And this is NOT true at our (private) HS. The UChicago admits were all top 10 percent of graduating class. All of them self-selected into applying to UChicago. (The school sends about 20-25 percent of its class to Ivy Plus schools). [/quote]
Of course they “self-selected” into applying; that’s what ED is.[/quote]

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