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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Visiting with U of Chicago with my niece yesterday, met at least 100 kids that were accepted but not committed and most likely choosing other schools.(My niece has commited).  It was very surprising.  I even met a kid who was going to decline U of C to attend U of Richmond.  I also met a very impressive kid from Herndon who attends South Lakes HS.  Went on and on about how great the IB program there is-was also accepted at three U of CA schools and other top 10 schools. But said  most likely going to attend UVA.

This is my first time visiting the campus and it is really beautiful.  We had a wonderful tour guide and the school really went all out during the visit.  My niece loves it. [/quote]
You do realize that kids declining offers =/= going to the waitlist, right? [/quote]

A 2,300 admitted pool and a 76% yield means, that about 550 folks will land up turning down the offer. That is still lower than the 700+ kids who turn down their Columbia offers and over 1,300 students who turn down UPenn offers, Even at Harvard, about 300 kids turn down offers.

Notwithstanding all the misinformation thrown out by clueless and misinformed UChicago haters here, Uchicago just admitted less than 55% of the class in all their binding programs (based on figures released to parents and students by the school during admit weekends and admitted students information sessions, not 70% or 80% as charged by these haters) , or in line with Penn's ED policies. Given that, the 70+% yield is still impressive and similar to many Ivies with binding programs

Having said that, there will always be kids who turn down these offers. That is why every school make more offers than the class size. [/quote]

UChicago is unique in that it offers waitlisted students an opportunity at attend IF they agree to take a gap year. So, UChicago will admit waitlisted/gap year students, increasing their yield stats for next year. This, all in the name of UChicago yield stats!  The extent to which UChicago will go never fails to amaze those who know how Chicago is gaming the USNews system. [/quote]

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