Anonymous
07/10/2025 16:56
Subject: Restaurants around University of Chicago?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every year the Chicago admissions dean makes the admitted % number public. Since 2021, at the welcome conference call for admitted students and their families in February, the ED/EA rate has been well below 10%. Not certain why someone keeps saying 40% without any source for the assertion, but that is false.
I don't understand why you don't understand the math. The freshman class is about 1,600. The reported yield is an astounding 88%, well above Harvard and MIT, meaning at least 75% of enrolled students were likely locked in through Early Decision (possibly higher but let's just say 75%). So it's fair to assume 1,200 students are admitted via ED.
Now, you do have to make assumptions about the number of Chicago ED applicants, which surprise surprise is not reported on their CDS. Northwestern gets 5K ED applicants. JHU gets 7k. I would personally be surprised if Chicago comes near those #'s given its reputation for quirkiness, weird essays, etc, but let's say they get 5k in total (ED1/ED2). That's a 25% admit rate, which probably breaks down into 30% ED1 and 20% ED2.
So yes, 40% may be an exaggeration, but depending how many ED applicants they actually get, might not be. One thing is for sure, there's no way it's below 10%. Hope this helps.
There is a better calculation that determines the ED acceptance rate to be 40%. But either way, we use math to derive the answer.
The ones don’t know how to do math will have to listen to the sub-10% EA/ED combined acceptance rate offered by Chicago AO. I am surprised that there are many.
Anonymous
07/10/2025 14:23
Subject: Restaurants around University of Chicago?
Anonymous wrote:Every year the Chicago admissions dean makes the admitted % number public. Since 2021, at the welcome conference call for admitted students and their families in February, the ED/EA rate has been well below 10%. Not certain why someone keeps saying 40% without any source for the assertion, but that is false.
I don't understand why you don't understand the math. The freshman class is about 1,600. The reported yield is an astounding 88%, well above Harvard and MIT, meaning at least 75% of enrolled students were likely locked in through Early Decision (possibly higher but let's just say 75%). So it's fair to assume 1,200 students are admitted via ED.
Now, you do have to make assumptions about the number of Chicago ED applicants, which surprise surprise is not reported on their CDS. Northwestern gets 5K ED applicants. JHU gets 7k. I would personally be surprised if Chicago comes near those #'s given its reputation for quirkiness, weird essays, etc, but let's say they get 5k in total (ED1/ED2). That's a 25% admit rate, which probably breaks down into 30% ED1 and 20% ED2.
So yes, 40% may be an exaggeration, but depending how many ED applicants they actually get, might not be. One thing is for sure, there's no way it's below 10%. Hope this helps.
Anonymous
07/10/2025 09:27
Subject: Restaurants around University of Chicago?
And on restaurants - Virtue is the best. But the kids like Seoul Taco to grab an inexpensive lunch.
Anonymous
07/10/2025 09:26
Subject: Restaurants around University of Chicago?
Every year the Chicago admissions dean makes the admitted % number public. Since 2021, at the welcome conference call for admitted students and their families in February, the ED/EA rate has been well below 10%. Not certain why someone keeps saying 40% without any source for the assertion, but that is false.
Anonymous
07/03/2025 11:15
Subject: Restaurants around University of Chicago?
Oh if you saw police cars and graffiti, then never mind, it must have been terrifying
But strange to see a beautiful and visibly secure campus and think that is somehow indicative of a problem
But strange to see a beautiful and visibly secure campus and think that is somehow indicative of a problem
Anonymous
07/03/2025 11:00
Subject: Restaurants around University of Chicago?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Be careful, there was a mass shooting this weekend near campus.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shooting-4-shot-1-fatally-business-east-63rd-street-west-woodlawn-police-say/16874509/
That is not on the U Chicago campus. There's no reason for a student to go wandering in Woodlawn. I live near Columbia and there are dangerous areas within 1/4 mile of campus (parts of Harlem). But there's nothing in those places for a student, you'd never simply find yourself in those areas (unless you were seeking out hard drugs, in which case...well, you have other issues).
This is written like it’s official UChicago propaganda. Half of the undergrad campus is in Woodlawn — the newest dorm is literally called Woodlawn Commons. Of course the university only wants you to focus on Hyde Park, not the exponentially more dangerous Woodlawn and other neighboring hoods.
I agree with this. We visited Chicago and I am extremely familiar with the Penn and Columbia campuses - unfortunately there is no comparison. Chicago prioritizes economic theory as opposed to financial/commercial transactions, and as a result the surrounding area is grim as can be. Whereas Penn and Columbia bought up all the surrounding real estate, pushing gentrification and revitalization. The contrast is stark and depressing, considering my dc wants to apply ED.
I am also familiar with Penn and Columbia (live very close to Columbia) and I agree with you. Hyde Park (Woodlawn) isn't safe. Your smart DD can and will do better in regular decision.
As a west coaster who is not familiar with the areas around these schools and has non-street-savvy girls, I would like to know more. A couple of parents are saying that the areas around Penn and Columbia are safer than Hyde Park and Woodlawn. That's good news. If you are familiar with New Haven by Yale and Baltimore by JHU, I would like to know your thoughts on those areas. Thanks in advance.
The area around JHU has always been safe and now it is categorically so. Baltimore (where I live) just set a record for fewest homicides in the first 6 months of the year, dating back to 1978
My kid finished grad school at U of Chicago last year. It is not as categorically safe as Baltimore but is still fine although you have to be more aware of your surroundings and possibly take advantage of the free rides after dark depending on how late and where you’re going
People in Baltimore say this a lot on this board, but I just visited JHU (drove up from D.C.) and the area we drove through to get to JHU had several police cars, a fair amount of graffiti, and was generally very run-down looking. So, clearly, that's not in the same area you live, but it did not leave a good impression even though the campus itself was beautiful. Another point that I noticed was one of the dorms has an actual security office planted right at the entrance, which while reassuring also begs the question of why that is needed. Overall, I was just surprised at the contrasts I saw between the nice campus and the not so nice area near campus. It think Princeton/Newark also gave me that kind of whiplash.