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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's the synergy of private school CCOs wanting students settled satisfactorily ASAP, UChicago having ED0 and ED2, and a sort of general UMC agreement that Chicago is a "good" school. Combine that with an unpredictable admissions environment and fear of bad outcomes in RD. Kids apply SCEA/REA/ED, get deferred or rejected, and then jump to Chicago as the universal rescue plan, encouraged by counselors.

But my own kid who liked Chicago during his visit became very hesitant about it because he knew so many private school and other affluent but not super intellectual kids going. I think this kind of thing can backfire in the longer term, because it erodes the qualities that originally attracted everyone to the school. Long term kids don't want to go to a school that is every wealthy kid's backup plan.[/quote]

Tell kid not to overthink it. The Ivies and other elite colleges like the AWS are filled with diversity admits, legacy admits, special case admits aka super rich parents or daddy/mommy is a famous NYT journalist. They aren't super intellectual either. If anything, the Ivies are distinctly less intellectual they may have been in the past due to widespread social engineering. And the upper 50% of the Ivy student body, the full pay cohort, is very affluent. While the bottom 50% gets full financial aid.

Chicago is a fine school in a great city. It's all about finding your specific cohort within the student body. Frankly, all you really need is 5-10 likeminded students to be friends with. Don't kid yourself you'll find more intellectualism at a different school. It's what you do when you get there. And the flagship can be as intellectual as any college once you find your peers. And actually there's likely to be a much bigger pool at your flagship. [/quote]

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