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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chicago emphasizes ED because it want kids who really want to be there instead of just there because they didn't get into a "more prestigious" school.  It has unusual, time consuming essay prompts for the same reason.  They also take a lot of private school kids because they know those kids can handle the load and many have tuition $.  Bottom line is it's a top school with top academics but their admissions approach is a bit different.[/quote]

If they are as good as they think they are then maybe they don’t need to force the kids to apply to ED2 or have them commit before removing them from waitlist etc. The fact that they need to resort to these practices implies otherwise. That can also come out and say openly that they want to accept majority of their student they binding decisions but they don’t do that.

The assumption that private school kids are better at handling the workload is BS. [/quote]
Dp and your critique is very valid, however, on the day to day level, student life being composed almost entirely of students where Uchicago is their 1st and 2nd choice definitely improves student culture. It also has a very strange academic culture that would be miserable for a lot of students at peer institutions.

They really don’t need to prove themselves much anymore. They’ve accelerated their status in lucrative industries and have some of the best graduate programs in the US. Do they lose students to HYP because of their admissions decisions? Sure, but those students want to be at HYP over UChicago in the first place.[/quote]

Why does Duke not have this issue?[/quote]

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