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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one reason that from our NYC private, top kids don't apply to Chicago because everyone knows it is for a average kid who cannot get into ivies. So in a sense, they pay a price of not getting the best kids. Maybe they are getting the best kids from public schools. If they are a really top school they should not hide behind two  ED rounds and compete more fairly.[/quote]

Penn M&T poster here. In general, non-HYP Ivies can’t compete with HYPSM either, which is why they offer ED and special programs. I’m fairly certain I could have gotten into Harvard had I applied back in my day, but Penn M&T ED was too tempting to ignore (which is exactly Penn’s intention in offering it). I have no bias towards or against Chicago specifically, but I disagree with your conclusion that it’s for  “average kids who cannot get into [I]vies.”[/quote]

At the private my kid attends, it is purely for those kids. The reason it is clear is many kids use Chicago as an option for ED2. They ED1 an ivy. You applied ED1 and it makes sense that you could have gotten into Harvard because M&T is very selective.[/quote]

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