Anonymous
12/22/2024 10:12
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Any word on what ED0 acceptance rate was?
The best guess from colleagues in admissions counseling is about 40%
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha.. From last year
5% EDI + EA acceptance rate
20K applicants
30% increase in apps
most diverse class
- 18% 1st gen
- 10% from rural areas
- 45 states
Top States:
CA
NY
IL
NJ
TX
MA
FL
52 countries, Top countries:
UK
China
India
Canada
Singapore
UAE
South Korea
Average SAT Score: 1530
99% in top 10% of their class
Where did you find that info? I don't believe that about the ED1/EA acceptance rate. There's a reason they don't reveal it in the CDS - it's embarrassingly high for such a "prestigious" institution.
Anonymous
12/22/2024 09:51
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Any word on what ED0 acceptance rate was?
The best guess from colleagues in admissions counseling is about 40%
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha.. From last year
5% EDI + EA acceptance rate
20K applicants
30% increase in apps
most diverse class
- 18% 1st gen
- 10% from rural areas
- 45 states
Top States:
CA
NY
IL
NJ
TX
MA
FL
52 countries, Top countries:
UK
China
India
Canada
Singapore
UAE
South Korea
Average SAT Score: 1530
99% in top 10% of their class
Our private sends a few kids to Chicago and not even one is in the top 20%. And kids aiming for HYPMS are not applying to Chicago ED2 at our school. The 99% in top 10% comes from schools that rank and most private high schools don't rank, so they can come up with that statistic based only on schools that rank.
At DC’s private independent school, the top
10 percent of the class is known because of end-of-junior-year cum laude designation.
This year, 2 of the top 10 percent kids got accepted to UChicago ED1. Among the non-cum laude kids, there are ED commits to Cornell, Rice, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Columbia, and Vanderbilt. Just to illustrate that at some schools, UChicago is the top choice for top students.
And I’m sure others wish they had taken that safer approach.
Great! They are playing with the fears of 17 and 18 year olds. Good for them. If they are really that good, why are they worried that kids won’t accept the offer unless they make it binding?
Anonymous
12/22/2024 08:25
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It is not only u Chicago, all these elite schools take majority of the kids with ED.
U Penn already took 50 percent of the class with ED1.
Chicago takes 25 percent Ed1,25 percent ED2,
25 percent early action and 25 percent RD.must’s what they claim
Business Econ definitely easier than economics at Chicago but compare to similar programs at BC or Georgetown still much more intense.
At our private HS, Chicago puts some kids on waitlist if they apply EA and RD and then if the kid is interested they make them sign the ED document to accept them off the waitlist so they also have an unofficial ED3. So although it looks like the kids got in RD they manage yield even in RD through this tactic
Who “makes them” sign a document? Your private high school? All colleges with ED2 offer deferred EA students the option to switch to ED2.
The person is saying the school contacts the "waitlisted" student and says the student will be accepted if he/she switches to ED2 right now. If the student doesn't switch, the student never comes off the "waitlist" (it's not a real waitlist). There are a bunch of schools that do this, but most of them are way less selective than Chicago. It's a strong-arm tactic because it gives the kid a span of a day or less to make a binding decision at a random time.
They are not the only school that does this.
Anonymous
12/22/2024 08:25
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Any word on what ED0 acceptance rate was?
The best guess from colleagues in admissions counseling is about 40%
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha.. From last year
5% EDI + EA acceptance rate
20K applicants
30% increase in apps
most diverse class
- 18% 1st gen
- 10% from rural areas
- 45 states
Top States:
CA
NY
IL
NJ
TX
MA
FL
52 countries, Top countries:
UK
China
India
Canada
Singapore
UAE
South Korea
Average SAT Score: 1530
99% in top 10% of their class
Our private sends a few kids to Chicago and not even one is in the top 20%. And kids aiming for HYPMS are not applying to Chicago ED2 at our school. The 99% in top 10% comes from schools that rank and most private high schools don't rank, so they can come up with that statistic based only on schools that rank.
At DC’s private independent school, the top
10 percent of the class is known because of end-of-junior-year cum laude designation.
This year, 2 of the top 10 percent kids got accepted to UChicago ED1. Among the non-cum laude kids, there are ED commits to Cornell, Rice, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Columbia, and Vanderbilt. Just to illustrate that at some schools, UChicago is the top choice for top students.
And I’m sure others wish they had taken that safer approach.
Anonymous
12/22/2024 08:21
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Any word on what ED0 acceptance rate was?
The best guess from colleagues in admissions counseling is about 40%
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha.. From last year
5% EDI + EA acceptance rate
20K applicants
30% increase in apps
most diverse class
- 18% 1st gen
- 10% from rural areas
- 45 states
Top States:
CA
NY
IL
NJ
TX
MA
FL
52 countries, Top countries:
UK
China
India
Canada
Singapore
UAE
South Korea
Average SAT Score: 1530
99% in top 10% of their class
Our private sends a few kids to Chicago and not even one is in the top 20%. And kids aiming for HYPMS are not applying to Chicago ED2 at our school. The 99% in top 10% comes from schools that rank and most private high schools don't rank, so they can come up with that statistic based only on schools that rank.
Obviously, the 99% in top 10% of class comes from schools that rank. But this is the same for all colleges that report this datapoint in their CDS and otherwise. How else would they calculate it? This is not unique to Chicago. Most schools report a percentage.
Anonymous
12/22/2024 08:20
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It is not only u Chicago, all these elite schools take majority of the kids with ED.
U Penn already took 50 percent of the class with ED1.
Chicago takes 25 percent Ed1,25 percent ED2,
25 percent early action and 25 percent RD.must’s what they claim
Business Econ definitely easier than economics at Chicago but compare to similar programs at BC or Georgetown still much more intense.
At our private HS, Chicago puts some kids on waitlist if they apply EA and RD and then if the kid is interested they make them sign the ED document to accept them off the waitlist so they also have an unofficial ED3. So although it looks like the kids got in RD they manage yield even in RD through this tactic
Who “makes them” sign a document? Your private high school? All colleges with ED2 offer deferred EA students the option to switch to ED2.
The person is saying the school contacts the "waitlisted" student and says the student will be accepted if he/she switches to ED2 right now. If the student doesn't switch, the student never comes off the "waitlist" (it's not a real waitlist). There are a bunch of schools that do this, but most of them are way less selective than Chicago. It's a strong-arm tactic because it gives the kid a span of a day or less to make a binding decision at a random time.
Anonymous
12/22/2024 08:12
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It is not only u Chicago, all these elite schools take majority of the kids with ED.
U Penn already took 50 percent of the class with ED1.
Chicago takes 25 percent Ed1,25 percent ED2,
25 percent early action and 25 percent RD.must’s what they claim
Business Econ definitely easier than economics at Chicago but compare to similar programs at BC or Georgetown still much more intense.
At our private HS, Chicago puts some kids on waitlist if they apply EA and RD and then if the kid is interested they make them sign the ED document to accept them off the waitlist so they also have an unofficial ED3. So although it looks like the kids got in RD they manage yield even in RD through this tactic
Who “makes them” sign a document? Your private high school? All colleges with ED2 offer deferred EA students the option to switch to ED2.
Anonymous
12/22/2024 08:11
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It is not only u Chicago, all these elite schools take majority of the kids with ED.
U Penn already took 50 percent of the class with ED1.
Chicago takes 25 percent Ed1,25 percent ED2,
25 percent early action and 25 percent RD.must’s what they claim
Business Econ definitely easier than economics at Chicago but compare to similar programs at BC or Georgetown still much more intense.
At our private HS, Chicago puts some kids on waitlist if they apply EA and RD and then if the kid is interested they make them sign the ED document to accept them off the waitlist so they also have an unofficial ED3. So although it looks like the kids got in RD they manage yield even in RD through this tactic
And now they have ED0 with the summer school applicants. I wonder how many students are entering through this program?
Anonymous
12/22/2024 08:06
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:It is not only u Chicago, all these elite schools take majority of the kids with ED.
U Penn already took 50 percent of the class with ED1.
Chicago takes 25 percent Ed1,25 percent ED2,
25 percent early action and 25 percent RD.must’s what they claim
Business Econ definitely easier than economics at Chicago but compare to similar programs at BC or Georgetown still much more intense.
At our private HS, Chicago puts some kids on waitlist if they apply EA and RD and then if the kid is interested they make them sign the ED document to accept them off the waitlist so they also have an unofficial ED3. So although it looks like the kids got in RD they manage yield even in RD through this tactic
Anonymous
12/22/2024 06:20
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chicago's yield rate is ridiculously high. Like 80%. Higher than HYP, higher than Ivies. I bet they admit 75%+ of the class ED. Which means the ED acceptance rate must be, what 50%?? It's basically on par with Syracuse. Kind of a scam IMO.
It's a school with great academics but with really shady admission practices that turn people off. They take a lot of mediocre private school kids who study Business Econ there because regular Econ is too tough.
I think this is a generalization. My kid might do Business Econ because she doesn’t know what to do. She also has an A in honors calc, a class some TJ kids dropped because it was too hard.
Anonymous
12/22/2024 05:54
Subject: UChicago ED
It is not only u Chicago, all these elite schools take majority of the kids with ED.
U Penn already took 50 percent of the class with ED1.
Chicago takes 25 percent Ed1,25 percent ED2,
25 percent early action and 25 percent RD.must’s what they claim
Business Econ definitely easier than economics at Chicago but compare to similar programs at BC or Georgetown still much more intense.
U Penn already took 50 percent of the class with ED1.
Chicago takes 25 percent Ed1,25 percent ED2,
25 percent early action and 25 percent RD.must’s what they claim
Business Econ definitely easier than economics at Chicago but compare to similar programs at BC or Georgetown still much more intense.
Anonymous
12/22/2024 01:13
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chicago's yield rate is ridiculously high. Like 80%. Higher than HYP, higher than Ivies. I bet they admit 75%+ of the class ED. Which means the ED acceptance rate must be, what 50%?? It's basically on par with Syracuse. Kind of a scam IMO.
It's a school with great academics but with really shady admission practices that turn people off. They take a lot of mediocre private school kids who study Business Econ there because regular Econ is too tough.
Agreed about business Econ- it’s frankly really embarrassing and should be destroyed. But, I think it’s completely fair for an institution to want a good campus community and mostly have students who want to be there.
Anonymous
12/22/2024 00:45
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Chicago's yield rate is ridiculously high. Like 80%. Higher than HYP, higher than Ivies. I bet they admit 75%+ of the class ED. Which means the ED acceptance rate must be, what 50%?? It's basically on par with Syracuse. Kind of a scam IMO.
It's a school with great academics but with really shady admission practices that turn people off. They take a lot of mediocre private school kids who study Business Econ there because regular Econ is too tough.
Anonymous
12/21/2024 23:36
Subject: UChicago ED
Overall acceptance rate last year was 4.8%. Roughly 60% of the applications were for ED.
40% ED acceptance??? 😆 Use your calculator, bro!
40% ED acceptance??? 😆 Use your calculator, bro!
Anonymous
12/21/2024 23:31
Subject: UChicago ED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Any word on what ED0 acceptance rate was?
The best guess from colleagues in admissions counseling is about 40%
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha.. From last year
5% EDI + EA acceptance rate
20K applicants
30% increase in apps
most diverse class
- 18% 1st gen
- 10% from rural areas
- 45 states
Top States:
CA
NY
IL
NJ
TX
MA
FL
52 countries, Top countries:
UK
China
India
Canada
Singapore
UAE
South Korea
Average SAT Score: 1530
99% in top 10% of their class
Our private sends a few kids to Chicago and not even one is in the top 20%. And kids aiming for HYPMS are not applying to Chicago ED2 at our school. The 99% in top 10% comes from schools that rank and most private high schools don't rank, so they can come up with that statistic based only on schools that rank.
At DC’s private independent school, the top
10 percent of the class is known because of end-of-junior-year cum laude designation.
This year, 2 of the top 10 percent kids got accepted to UChicago ED1. Among the non-cum laude kids, there are ED commits to Cornell, Rice, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Columbia, and Vanderbilt. Just to illustrate that at some schools, UChicago is the top choice for top students.