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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I’ve observed with increasing interest that the two main universities in the Chicago area, Northwestern and Univ. of Chicago have exploded both in popularity and general awareness but also seem to be climbing the rankings steadily. What are these colleges doing right? Niece is interested in both and a ton of her friends have either or both of those two schools on their wish-lists[/b].[/quote]

I haven't read all the comments above, but the answer that both hired senior staff whose job it is to market the h#ll out of these schools.  They play every game they can (alumni! please five 5 cents so we can increase our percentage of alum who give back to the college!) to increase the number of applications just so they can reject them.  They also send cutsy little mailers (Chicago with a kitten on the envelope?) to offer "free" submissions in order to get more applications.  It's a racket to march up the USN&WR ratings.  Google it and you will see.[/quote]

Only naifs like Bill & Melinda Gates or the president of Princeton fall for those kinds of marketing scams. Lured in by the waiver of application fees (and envelopes with kittens) and lacking awareness of other options, they’ve been duped into sending a kid to UChicago. It’s really exploitive and I think we should all agree, based in this outrageous behavior, that the children of DCUM must be protected from exposure to Chicagoland and its universities.  [/quote]

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