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[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]

Agree that they should come out and openly say that they want to accept the majority of their students via ED.  They should also publish ED stats.  I think the ED acceptance rate is higher than some other top schools but the Chicago students are still extremely strong.

Disagree that Chicago is selecting students via binding applications because they are not as good as they think they are.  Suppose they have 3 great and similar students to pick from but one applied ED because it is their top choice.  Chicago likes the ED kid who they know really wants to attend.[/quote]

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