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Anonymous wrote:Lots of UChicago bashing

And lots of bizarre UC apologists.

No one has apologized to anyone or for anyone on this thread. Sounds like some may be seeking one from one from the school? Maybe it would help knock a few chips off a shoulders. What happened?

You clearly don’t know what “apologist” means. Yes, there are plenty of people defending Chicago’s not sharing its ED data, or implying this is common practice amongst selective schools, when, in fact, Chicago stands alone. Downright weird. Go Chicago weekend marketing machine!

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of UChicago bashing

And lots of bizarre UC apologists.

No one has apologized to anyone or for anyone on this thread. Sounds like some may be seeking one from one from the school? Maybe it would help knock a few chips off a shoulders. What happened?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of UChicago bashing

And lots of bizarre UC apologists.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m the one who posted 30-40%. As I said in my original comment, it’s from the Harvard-Westlake data for unhooked students with GPAs of 3.9-4.3.

Unhooked Harvard-Westlake students with higher GPAs are accepted at a noticeably lower rate. That inversion (where more qualified students are less likely to be accepted) is true of a number of other ED schools, but none so highly ranked as Chicago.

We’re all guessing based on the partial information available from different high schools, because Chicago evidently believes it’s in its own best interest to hide this data.

What data is it hiding compared to other schools? Chicago recently released a CDS and provided admission stats for this year. What additional data is it hiding that other schools give a breakdown for?

ED acceptance rate. UVA gives its ED acceptance rate (and even breaks it down by in-state vs OOS). Chicago doesn’t.

Also hiding % of class filled in ED rounds, number taken off waitlist, EA admit rate. Last April released first CDS ever (was for 21-22 instead of 22-23, which other schools had already released last April). Still no 22-23 release even….

Ok. So don’t have your kid apply. And if they apply and get in, encourage them to go somewhere else. Lots of places for you to choose from. But stop maligning the school and the kids that go there over your hangups.

Chicago is the one with the hangup. It is the only selective university not publishing ED admit rates and percentage of class filled ED. That is not maligning the school; it is a fact. If Chicago wants to avoid the appearance of hiding something, it should not hide it. Unless, that is, it is really trying to hide something, as Columbia clearly was in not publishing a CDS (before it got caught).

what do you care?

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Anonymous wrote:99% of early admits were in top 10% of class.

Most private schools do not rank and many public schools also do not rank. So thr 90% number is for those students whose schools does calculate a rank (which could be less than 50% of schools).

But could be more…

48% submitted rank. It's on the CDS and also on this page a few posts up.

Don’t buy it. Too high. Think it is a mistake and the CDS isn’t filled out completely anyhow. It is also a year behind other schools, which have long since released 2022-2023. For example, WashU is 27% in 2021-2022, and Johns Hopkins 2022-2023 is 25%.

No way Chicago is 1/2 that only…

Many schools do not fill out every box on the CDS. For example, waitlist numbers, off the top of my head. Even if the CDS is “a year behind” u are saying u know for a fact that it’s incorrect??—that they r lying on the document or made an error that they r deliberately not correcting? That’s a bold statement and that’s fine if you r privy to inside information of their errors or concealment.

Name another selective school that fails to release ED and waitlist numbers. Maybe Colby. Otherwise, you can’t. Chicago is sketch on this; no need to be an apologist.

Many schools do not release waitlist numbers. Columbia University, as an example, does not.

You’re joking, right? Columbia, which had also never released a CDS before last year and now only does so for their general studies and engineering schools? Try harder.

No need to. PP asked for an example and one was provided. Other schools, like Brown, do not provide average GPA or % of class submitting rank. It happens. Not every data point is provided by every school. Posters on here can vilify a school and turn conjecture into fact. Knock yourselves out. You can access Chicago’s CDS and this thread also provides information on this year’s admissions. Not good enough? Contact admissions yourself and then get back to your cronies at DCUM. Inquiring minds want to know…

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of UChicago bashing

And lots of bizarre UC apologists.

Because i don’t like to see a school that my friend’s kid goes to and seem happy with getting all this random hate.

If you want to talk about the difficultly of the courses, the 1/4 system, and how hard it can be - that is fair game and good perspectives for parents of prospective students.

If you want to talk about the types of kids that go to school there in your experience, again worthwhile. Especially if you remember these are young adults we are talking about who do not deserve your scorn.

If you want to ask about the neighborhood, safety etc, again fine. I can understand why some are worried about the campus but my friend’s kid truly is not.

If you don’t like their free speech model or their core and want to caution parents against it, ok.

If you want to come up with random theories based in your assumption that their CDS submission is lies, that’s just plain annoying.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m the one who posted 30-40%. As I said in my original comment, it’s from the Harvard-Westlake data for unhooked students with GPAs of 3.9-4.3.

Unhooked Harvard-Westlake students with higher GPAs are accepted at a noticeably lower rate. That inversion (where more qualified students are less likely to be accepted) is true of a number of other ED schools, but none so highly ranked as Chicago.

We’re all guessing based on the partial information available from different high schools, because Chicago evidently believes it’s in its own best interest to hide this data.

What data is it hiding compared to other schools? Chicago recently released a CDS and provided admission stats for this year. What additional data is it hiding that other schools give a breakdown for?

ED acceptance rate. UVA gives its ED acceptance rate (and even breaks it down by in-state vs OOS). Chicago doesn’t.

Also hiding % of class filled in ED rounds, number taken off waitlist, EA admit rate. Last April released first CDS ever (was for 21-22 instead of 22-23, which other schools had already released last April). Still no 22-23 release even….

Ok. So don’t have your kid apply. And if they apply and get in, encourage them to go somewhere else. Lots of places for you to choose from. But stop maligning the school and the kids that go there over your hangups.

Chicago is the one with the hangup. It is the only selective university not publishing ED admit rates and percentage of class filled ED. That is not maligning the school; it is a fact. If Chicago wants to avoid the appearance of hiding something, it should not hide it. Unless, that is, it is really trying to hide something, as Columbia clearly was in not publishing a CDS (before it got caught).

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Anonymous wrote:I’m the one who posted 30-40%. As I said in my original comment, it’s from the Harvard-Westlake data for unhooked students with GPAs of 3.9-4.3.

Unhooked Harvard-Westlake students with higher GPAs are accepted at a noticeably lower rate. That inversion (where more qualified students are less likely to be accepted) is true of a number of other ED schools, but none so highly ranked as Chicago.

We’re all guessing based on the partial information available from different high schools, because Chicago evidently believes it’s in its own best interest to hide this data.

What data is it hiding compared to other schools? Chicago recently released a CDS and provided admission stats for this year. What additional data is it hiding that other schools give a breakdown for?

ED acceptance rate. UVA gives its ED acceptance rate (and even breaks it down by in-state vs OOS). Chicago doesn’t.

Also hiding % of class filled in ED rounds, number taken off waitlist, EA admit rate. Last April released first CDS ever (was for 21-22 instead of 22-23, which other schools had already released last April). Still no 22-23 release even….

Ok. So don’t have your kid apply. And if they apply and get in, encourage them to go somewhere else. Lots of places for you to choose from. But stop maligning the school and the kids that go there over your hangups.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of UChicago bashing

And lots of bizarre UC apologists.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of UChicago bashing

Anonymous wrote:Lots of UChicago bashing

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Anonymous wrote:I’m the one who posted 30-40%. As I said in my original comment, it’s from the Harvard-Westlake data for unhooked students with GPAs of 3.9-4.3.

Unhooked Harvard-Westlake students with higher GPAs are accepted at a noticeably lower rate. That inversion (where more qualified students are less likely to be accepted) is true of a number of other ED schools, but none so highly ranked as Chicago.

We’re all guessing based on the partial information available from different high schools, because Chicago evidently believes it’s in its own best interest to hide this data.

What data is it hiding compared to other schools? Chicago recently released a CDS and provided admission stats for this year. What additional data is it hiding that other schools give a breakdown for?

ED acceptance rate. UVA gives its ED acceptance rate (and even breaks it down by in-state vs OOS). Chicago doesn’t.

Also hiding % of class filled in ED rounds, number taken off waitlist, EA admit rate. Last April released first CDS ever (was for 21-22 instead of 22-23, which other schools had already released last April). Still no 22-23 release even….

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Anonymous wrote:99% of early admits were in top 10% of class.

Most private schools do not rank and many public schools also do not rank. So thr 90% number is for those students whose schools does calculate a rank (which could be less than 50% of schools).

But could be more…

48% submitted rank. It's on the CDS and also on this page a few posts up.

Don’t buy it. Too high. Think it is a mistake and the CDS isn’t filled out completely anyhow. It is also a year behind other schools, which have long since released 2022-2023. For example, WashU is 27% in 2021-2022, and Johns Hopkins 2022-2023 is 25%.

No way Chicago is 1/2 that only…

Many schools do not fill out every box on the CDS. For example, waitlist numbers, off the top of my head. Even if the CDS is “a year behind” u are saying u know for a fact that it’s incorrect??—that they r lying on the document or made an error that they r deliberately not correcting? That’s a bold statement and that’s fine if you r privy to inside information of their errors or concealment.

Name another selective school that fails to release ED and waitlist numbers. Maybe Colby. Otherwise, you can’t. Chicago is sketch on this; no need to be an apologist.

Many schools do not release waitlist numbers. Columbia University, as an example, does not.

You’re joking, right? Columbia, which had also never released a CDS before last year and now only does so for their general studies and engineering schools? Try harder.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m the one who posted 30-40%. As I said in my original comment, it’s from the Harvard-Westlake data for unhooked students with GPAs of 3.9-4.3.

Unhooked Harvard-Westlake students with higher GPAs are accepted at a noticeably lower rate. That inversion (where more qualified students are less likely to be accepted) is true of a number of other ED schools, but none so highly ranked as Chicago.

We’re all guessing based on the partial information available from different high schools, because Chicago evidently believes it’s in its own best interest to hide this data.

What data is it hiding compared to other schools? Chicago recently released a CDS and provided admission stats for this year. What additional data is it hiding that other schools give a breakdown for?

ED acceptance rate. UVA gives its ED acceptance rate (and even breaks it down by in-state vs OOS). Chicago doesn’t.

Also hiding % of class filled in ED rounds, number taken off waitlist, EA admit rate. Last April released first CDS ever (was for 21-22 instead of 22-23, which other schools had already released last April). Still no 22-23 release even….

You know the dean of admission has publicly stated that it’s about 25% in each of EA, ED1, ED2, and RD. You don’t have to believe him. But that info is out there.