OP, I am confused. Was U Chicago not his first choice? If not, why didn't he ED somewhere else?

No one should ED to a school unless it is his first choice.

I mean, if the kid is an unhooked 3.0 GPA and wants to go to Yale, then yeah, maybe ED somewhere else.

But if the kid is eligible for UChicago and wants to go to Yale, try for Yale.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is not ED per se.

The problem is he low-balled himself in ED. He shoulda ED at the Columbia/Penn/Brown level.

Hate to break the news to you,but Chicago is just as good if not better than Columbia/Penn/Brown. Kids from our school going to Chicago next year are higher stats than ones going to those other schools. And one got rejected ED from Chicago and in to Penn RD.

Agreed. Chicago is a peer school.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is not ED per se.

The problem is he low-balled himself in ED. He shoulda ED at the Columbia/Penn/Brown level.

I have a kid who would rather go to UChicago than any other school (including Ivies). That’s why DC will ED to UChicago.

ED is not the problem. Your kid’s thought process/rationale for EDing was strange/off.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is not ED per se.

The problem is he low-balled himself in ED. He shoulda ED at the Columbia/Penn/Brown level.

Why feel bad? These are just different schools in different cities that are all rigorous. Columbia and Penn are also urban. I haven't been to the South Side but the overall city of Chicago is a fun place.

Chicago obviously wasn't his dream school. He only gambled the system to ED Chicago due to the high ED acceptance rate.
Stick to the golden rule: Only ED to your dream school!

Dumbest post of the day

Genuine question for OP - what was the "East Coast option" you feel like your child missed out on and why did your child not ED to one of those schools?

Anonymous wrote:The problem is not ED per se.

The problem is he low-balled himself in ED. He shoulda ED at the Columbia/Penn/Brown level.

Why feel bad? These are just different schools in different cities that are all rigorous. Columbia and Penn are also urban. I haven't been to the South Side but the overall city of Chicago is a fun place.

Anonymous wrote:The problem is not ED per se.

The problem is he low-balled himself in ED. He shoulda ED at the Columbia/Penn/Brown level.

The problem is he ED’ed to a school that wasn’t actually his top choice.

Spoken like someone with a kid who ED’d and got in vs a kid who didn’t get in, was stressed out for months and then had to decide on a second choice.

Anonymous wrote:DC was/is a high achiever with strong (not mind-blowing ECs). Feeder magnet public. He/we got psyched out by all the chatter about kids getting screwed, and became fixed on doing ED at Chicago. Fast-forward, all his friends with similar profiles got into excellent schools- not everyone got into an Ivy, but I can only think of one kid who got "screwed" (and maybe he'll get off a waitlist in the next 6 weeks, who knows). DC should have held out instead of compromising with ED! Wish I'd tried harder to talk him out of it. Chicago is obviously not a terrible school, but the quarter system sucks, it's in a horrible neighborhood, and it's stressful. I feel certain he would have had East Coast options if he'd waited. So, rising senior parent, learn the lesson from us.

ROFL.

UChicago is a great school.

“Chicago is obviously not a terrible school, but the quarter system sucks, it's in a horrible neighborhood, and it's stressful. I feel certain he would have had East Coast options if he'd waited. So, rising senior parent, learn the lesson from us.”

Goodness. As a working class kid who was first gen to college and whose parents had no idea about college rankings, I am so glad not to have my decision to attend and graduate from UChicago sabotaged by a parent like you.

“Not a terrible school”…UChicago College has 99% of first year students returning for the second year; 91% graduate in 4 years and 96% in 6 years. UChicago College is a target for the top investment banking and consulting firms. Results better than a number of the Ivies.

And continuing “not terrible” UChicago has per US News rankings a top 3 law school; top 4 grad business school; shared #1 ranking Economics department and ALL academic departments in the top 5 or 10 in their respective fields whether science, humanities or social sciences.

“It’s in a horrible neighborhood” - The majority of the UChicago faculty have chosen to live and raise their families in Hyde Park Kenwood (the adjacent University neighborhoods). And Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods Market are thriving there. Yes, street smarts are required as a student but “horrible neighborhood” au contraire.

Anonymous wrote:Really hard to feel sorry about a kid attending Chicago. Impossible to know if your DC could have done "better" anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is not ED per se.

The problem is he low-balled himself in ED. He shoulda ED at the Columbia/Penn/Brown level.

There is no ED bump with these schools. He would very possibly have been shut out. OP is inflating her kid's chances with hindsight. Just like she knew tgat Jeopardy question. OP. UChicago is a good school. Be happy.

Anonymous wrote:My kid got in ED to a high match he loved, had a great, low-stress senior year, enjoyed his classes, learned a lot, and couldn't be happier.

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Wait? Am I understanding correctly that your child applied ED to Chicago and....

got in? And you are upset about it?

Embrace the good things about it. Such a crazy post. He could have applied regular decision got accepted different places and on May 1 decided on Chicago then in June is gets cold feet.