Actually my son got in to Cornell and u Chicago.
He picked u Chicago. Not every kid picks ivy’s over other schools.
Another kid I know picked UNC honors program over Dartmouth.
Another one got in years ago to Yale and Jefferson scholarship at UVA. Picked UVA.
So many factors to consider before a family can make a decision.

Anonymous wrote:Stats show that UChicago frequently loses in cross admit battles against the Ivies and MIT.

Exactly. What does UChicago have to gain by acting passively?

Not to pile on, but rejected parents are quite toxic. UChicago is a second tier university? In what planet do you live on? Gaming the admission statistics? Universities, even HYP, love to tout the number of applicants and the NUMBER REJECTED. So a school like Northeastern receives 95,000 applications. Who cares if they ask more people to apply? What about Wesleyan, taking in such a large percentage ED? Or Emory? Are they a craptastic school? The sooner that ALL universities engage in this behavior, the lower their blood pressure will become.

Stats show that UChicago frequently loses in cross admit battles against the Ivies and MIT. Which means students accepted to both usually choose the Ivy. UChicsgo is competing for the same kids. To win some of those contests they ask the ED2 kids to convert to ED1.

It's business. Everyone wants the top students.

Anonymous wrote:U Chicago is a 2nd tier university that is using data to fake its way into 1st tier.

Staggeringly stupid and ignorant comment. U of chicago is one of the very top universities in America (I have no affiliation). It lost its way somewhat in the recent college wars (but ask any graduate about its history). so it did hire (as did Northwestern and NOrtheastern, etc. etc.) consultants who are paid to help the institution on the USNWR scale. That means playing a lot of admissions games. Sad but true. But Chicago never was and is not a 2nd tier university. Now, Northeastern is and is playing the admissions game hard.

That is what happens when students need to apply ED and EDII in order to have any snowball's chance in a hot place of getting in.

Anonymous wrote:I have not read the whole thread so I don't know what the bitterness comments are about. However, I have learned never to trust two things: a politician and U Chicago admit rate statistics.

Happy Holidays and good luck going forward 🙏

I have not read the whole thread so I don't know what the bitterness comments are about. However, I have learned never to trust two things: a politician and U Chicago admit rate statistics.

Anonymous wrote:I have to ask, for those who are bitter at UChicago, when your DC was rejected, has your kid moved on? If they have, should you not also?

+1

Good answer 💯

I have to ask, for those who are bitter at UChicago, when your DC was rejected, has your kid moved on? If they have, should you not also?

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone discussed the new, shadow pre-ED round? Top couple kids at some privates are invited to an all-expenses paid week where they are wined and dined, then all are invited to apply very early decision and accepted before the normal ED round. A nice way to lock up top students who then, if rejected, can then ED somewhere else.

I'm surprised that more so-called top schools don't engage in this type of recruiting.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Class of 2027

1) UChicago - 87.8%

https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/class-2027-profile

2) MIT - 84.6%

https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/stats/

3) Harvard - 84%

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/05/harvards-class-of-2027-yield-continues-strong-trend/

4) Stanford 83.66% - Fall 2021

https://stanforddaily.com/2023/02/28/acceptance-rate-drops-to-3-68-majority-women-and-non-white-students/#:~:text=Out%20of%20the%20competitive%20applicant,3.95%25%20in%20the%20previous%20year.

5) Princeton - 76/6%

https://profile.princeton.edu/admission-and-costs

6) Yale - 69.97%

https://admissions.yale.edu/sites/default/files/2027classprofileweb.pdf



https://tophscollege.blogspot.com/2022/10/universities-with-highest-yield-rate.html

They have been known to 'manipulate' their numbers to get what they want.

This statistic, or crowing about it, is as U. Chicago as it gets.

Even so, it's still not among the most elite schools and Hyde Park is an unsafe area surrounded by even worse parts of the South Side of Chicago.

It may only be in California. That was the case my daughter’s year. The website has some nonsense about California being the “land of opportunity” or some such.

They are not development cases. They are kids picked by their privates as the strongest students in their classes. Some kids even post on LinkedIn about being selected for it.