Anonymous
Post 12/24/2024 11:18     Subject: UChicago ED
I understand why Chicago ED generates so many responses here. Chicago has every right to force the hand of high stats kids by basically only accepting through ED, but for kids who really like Chicago a lot but like one or two other places better and have a chance at them in RD, whether to ED at Chicago is really tough. I wonder if they’re selecting for the risk adverse without meaning to? (Or maybe they consider that a feature of their approach!). My kid wishes RD was a real option at Chicago.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2024 10:37     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UChicago gets a lot of hate here because it is impossible to fake being smart and diligent. You either work or you fail out. You’re either smart or you’re in trouble. Students study there, they don’t skip class and start “businesses” and do protests. In other words it’s an old school university. Add their commitment to neutrality (read, we are not a domestic front for Hamas) and you have a toxic place for most DCUM politerati.


+1 the hate on this board for Chicago is bonkers. People are obsessing about ED/EA/RD rates etc either because they are desperately looking for a way to game the system for their kid or because they feel the need to crap on Chicago to make themselves feel better about going elsewhere.

You don’t think Chicago should disclose this info. We get it. But almost everyone on this board disagrees with you. If you can’t understand why that is the case, I wonder who is actually being “bonkers.”


NP, but if it’s so bad of them to withhold information you want, you should just move along. There’s nothing you want there anyway, right? Let it go.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2024 10:01     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UChicago gets a lot of hate here because it is impossible to fake being smart and diligent. You either work or you fail out. You’re either smart or you’re in trouble. Students study there, they don’t skip class and start “businesses” and do protests. In other words it’s an old school university. Add their commitment to neutrality (read, we are not a domestic front for Hamas) and you have a toxic place for most DCUM politerati.


+1 the hate on this board for Chicago is bonkers. People are obsessing about ED/EA/RD rates etc either because they are desperately looking for a way to game the system for their kid or because they feel the need to crap on Chicago to make themselves feel better about going elsewhere.

You don’t think Chicago should disclose this info. We get it. But almost everyone on this board disagrees with you. If you can’t understand why that is the case, I wonder who is actually being “bonkers.”
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2024 09:39     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:UChicago gets a lot of hate here because it is impossible to fake being smart and diligent. You either work or you fail out. You’re either smart or you’re in trouble. Students study there, they don’t skip class and start “businesses” and do protests. In other words it’s an old school university. Add their commitment to neutrality (read, we are not a domestic front for Hamas) and you have a toxic place for most DCUM politerati.


+1 the hate on this board for Chicago is bonkers. People are obsessing about ED/EA/RD rates etc either because they are desperately looking for a way to game the system for their kid or because they feel the need to crap on Chicago to make themselves feel better about going elsewhere.
Anonymous
Post 12/24/2024 05:58     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:The fundamental problem with UChicago's ED process is there is zero transparency.

It's hard to fault schools like Emory which divulge all of their ED stats with Oxford, or BU which has spring admits, or NEU which has NEU in, or NYU which accepts ED students into the LS program, where those schools are at least transparent in how they treat their ED applicants.

It's another story where smoke and mirrors are used to obfuscate the truth to the point where no one knows the real answer, even with a diligent search and reasonable inquiry That's where UChicago falls short.

Thank you, NYU has 2 other campuses, UVA has wise, Umich has other campuses etc.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 18:58     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:The fundamental problem with UChicago's ED process is there is zero transparency.

It's hard to fault schools like Emory which divulge all of their ED stats with Oxford, or BU which has spring admits, or NEU which has NEU in, or NYU which accepts ED students into the LS program, where those schools are at least transparent in how they treat their ED applicants.

It's another story where smoke and mirrors are used to obfuscate the truth to the point where no one knows the real answer, even with a diligent search and reasonable inquiry That's where UChicago falls short.

But Oxford has better stats than Emory main campus?
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 18:55     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ten years ago Psychology Today did a national survey of average IQ by university:

https://cdn2.psychologytoday.com/assets/attachments/56143/1339-us-colleges-ranked-average-student-brainpower.pdf

This admissions office must be pretty good at finding the kids they want?


That was before Chicago went test optional, wasn’t it?


Pretty sure even today that they have comparable shares of students submitting SAT/ACT scores as Ivies and similar 25th-75th percentile scores.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 17:35     Subject: UChicago ED
Was ranked #4 national that year. So when it was test required and 50% acceptance rate their students still had the 2nd highest SAT scores. Crazy. But UChicago has always recruited for top students.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 17:26     Subject: Re:UChicago ED
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 17:21     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Ten years ago Psychology Today did a national survey of average IQ by university:

https://cdn2.psychologytoday.com/assets/attachments/56143/1339-us-colleges-ranked-average-student-brainpower.pdf

This admissions office must be pretty good at finding the kids they want?


lol that's just ranking by SAT
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 17:08     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Ten years ago Psychology Today did a national survey of average IQ by university:

https://cdn2.psychologytoday.com/assets/attachments/56143/1339-us-colleges-ranked-average-student-brainpower.pdf

This admissions office must be pretty good at finding the kids they want?


That was before Chicago went test optional, wasn’t it?
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 15:59     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Ten years ago Psychology Today did a national survey of average IQ by university:

https://cdn2.psychologytoday.com/assets/attachments/56143/1339-us-colleges-ranked-average-student-brainpower.pdf

This admissions office must be pretty good at finding the kids they want?

This should be the USNWR order more or less
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 15:59     Subject: UChicago ED
I think the PP’s gratuitous slander of campus protestors as terrorist supporters is unfair. My DC goes to UChicago. Did not protest but supports non-violent protests and full human rights for Palestinians and Israelis.

We love the free speech environment at UChicago. Being uncomfortable by protests is a good thing.

And DC got in ED2 fwiw.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 15:55     Subject: UChicago ED
Ten years ago Psychology Today did a national survey of average IQ by university:

https://cdn2.psychologytoday.com/assets/attachments/56143/1339-us-colleges-ranked-average-student-brainpower.pdf

This admissions office must be pretty good at finding the kids they want?
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2024 15:09     Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:20000 ED applications. Even with your 1200 guess that is 6% ED acceptance rate. Last year was 4.8% overall. The math math. Your 40% guess is not plausible much less possible.


you cant do math. the irony. no one is assuming 20k ED I applications. Chicago gets far fewer likely under 4k


It’s also possible that the Chicago booster can do math, but mistakenly believes that the math can’t work because they’re too ignorant to understand the distinction between ED and EA. Either way, it’s ironic.