Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 17:24     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:There are many other threads about getting mail from uChicago. If your kid got a decent PSAT score they are on the mailing list. Along with Wash U, Northeastern, UNC, and a few other schools. Over 11th and 12th grade we got a mountain of mail. Stacked up over 6 feet high.

And then it all stopped. It is what it is.


Interesting. None from UNC and Northeastern. But yes on Wash U. I wonder what they look for?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 17:24     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:I like the mailer with the cats.


I like the poster. That one's going on the wall.

Her mom is from Chicago, but she's not going there for uni.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 17:22     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They offered seats to roughly 1000 of the 20000 ED applicants this year. Rough numbers

That’s a 5% ED admit rate so your numbers are way, way off.


I was on the zoom call with the other admitted students. Will have to assume you were not...



20000 ED applicants seems really high?
Anyway this means there are 800-ish spots left for RD admits. With a ton of spammed kids applying.



Two years ago there were 35K applicants total, so this does seem unlikely.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 17:18     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes! It is bonkers. DS (who is in no way qualified for UChicago and is also graduating this year) have been bombarded. He told me he was just invited to an event yesterday about "black excellence."


They do that. We got one about data science and economics and one about public policy? It was last year so I don't have the exact titles

My dd got that one too and I have to wonder why. She's a senior so all her applications are in and she didn't even apply to UChicago. They must have made a mistake?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 17:18     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They offered seats to roughly 1000 of the 20000 ED applicants this year. Rough numbers

That’s a 5% ED admit rate so your numbers are way, way off.


I was on the zoom call with the other admitted students. Will have to assume you were not...



20000 ED applicants seems really high?
Anyway this means there are 800-ish spots left for RD admits. With a ton of spammed kids applying.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 17:14     Subject: University of Chicago
Beware that there is an anti-UChicago troll in our midst. Who knows the reason she loathes the school, but here she is.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 17:06     Subject: Re:University of Chicago
They send mail and market to kids who will never be accepted and then Chicago can say, “We have a low acceptance rate!”

Trash school.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 16:54     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:Yes! It is bonkers. DS (who is in no way qualified for UChicago and is also graduating this year) have been bombarded. He told me he was just invited to an event yesterday about "black excellence."


My classmate got that one and he isn't even black! They spam evrything to everybdy with a good psat score
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 16:39     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:Yes! It is bonkers. DS (who is in no way qualified for UChicago and is also graduating this year) have been bombarded. He told me he was just invited to an event yesterday about "black excellence."


They do that. We got one about data science and economics and one about public policy? It was last year so I don't have the exact titles
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 16:39     Subject: University of Chicago
I like the mailer with the cats.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 16:37     Subject: University of Chicago
Yes! It is bonkers. DS (who is in no way qualified for UChicago and is also graduating this year) have been bombarded. He told me he was just invited to an event yesterday about "black excellence."
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 16:33     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:My DCs are there. I don’t recall mail that was excessive- the most mail came from NYU actually. The Chicago pieces were funny and made them feel like they wanted to apply. One LAC mailed them socks.


I liked the one with the coffee atoms and the coffee stain on the card, and the huge folded map one. Chicago does have good marketing, but not sure if it pays to do such mass mailings. Maybe it does!
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 16:29     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They offered seats to roughly 1000 of the 20000 ED applicants this year. Rough numbers

That’s a 5% ED admit rate so your numbers are way, way off.


I was on the zoom call with the other admitted students. Will have to assume you were not...

No, I was not, because then I would have heard correctly. Logic is your friend. Perhaps the Core will enhance your critical thinking skills.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 16:28     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Must be a bot, because few people would say they don't want to live "in Chicago." They would say they don't want to live on the south side of Chicago, or in UofC's neighborhood, or something, but would not write off an entire city of 10M.


A lot of people dislike Chicago. I would never live there and yes, I have been several times. I feel that way about other cities too. Doesn't everyone?


Not close enough to mountains or ocean for me.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 16:26     Subject: University of Chicago
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They offered seats to roughly 1000 of the 20000 ED applicants this year. Rough numbers

That’s a 5% ED admit rate so your numbers are way, way off.


I was on the zoom call with the other admitted students. Will have to assume you were not...