Chicago emphasizes ED because it want kids who really want to be there instead of just there because they didn't get into a "more prestigious" school. It has unusual, time consuming essay prompts for the same reason. They also take a lot of private school kids because they know those kids can handle the load and many have tuition $. Bottom line is it's a top school with top academics but their admissions approach is a bit different.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no UChicago ED acceptance rate published anywhere, by anyone. UChicago does not release this information.

They are not the only college that hides this information. Typically the reason for the lack of trasparency is to hide a rate that can be perceived as an outlier when compared to its peers.

Again, others engage in this practice.

Not really. Chicago is the only top school I am aware of that does this. If you want to name them (Colby?), go head. But you can’t because there are none. Again, you can’t.

Columbia.

Columbia does publish the info. From the Columbia College / Columbia Engineering common data set:
Number of early decision applications received by your institution: 5,733
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan: 840

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Anonymous wrote:There is no UChicago ED acceptance rate published anywhere, by anyone. UChicago does not release this information.

They are not the only college that hides this information. Typically the reason for the lack of trasparency is to hide a rate that can be perceived as an outlier when compared to its peers.

Again, others engage in this practice.

Not really. Chicago is the only top school I am aware of that does this. If you want to name them (Colby?), go head. But you can’t because there are none. Again, you can’t.

Columbia.

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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.

DP, These stats was announced by the Director of Admissions last January.

DP. The hitch with that rate is that it melds EA into ED1. EA is probably less than 1% with far more applicants.

ED2 also had a similar rate.

No, that info was not “disclosed.” The supposed 5% ED1/EA rate is also bogus because EA kids are almost all deferred to corner them into going ED2. That ultimate acceptance rate (including those sticking with RD after being deferred) would need to be factored in. Suffice to say, an ED1 admit at Chicago is much easier than, say, Georgetown EA — as we all should know.

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

DP, These stats was announced by the Director of Admissions last January.

DP. The hitch with that rate is that it melds EA into ED1. EA is probably less than 1% with far more applicants.

PP says ED0 is 40% acceptance, but that isn’t surprising since the kids were already vetted through the summer program application process.

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.

DP.
I was thinking 80%+ ED myself. And, I don't think that makes ED acceptance higher than 35%, they just have so many applying EA who get deferred then waitlisted, and if they get in off wailtist, they probably don't count them.

Anyone know if they tend to waitlist students, as opposed to rejecting them, who were deferred in EA and chose not to do ED2 but go with RA?

Following is from some website about letter of continued interest for deferred students (It seems to imply that ED2 is the only logical choice left):

From a statistical perspective, your best chance of admission is EDII. If you do not opt into EDII, it doesn’t really matter how much you say you love UChicago in a letter of continued interest (more on that below), because you didn’t love them enough to double down with going EDII.

If you didn’t apply Early Decision originally, applying Early Action instead, you’ll need to proactively switch your application to EDII.

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

DP, These stats was announced by the Director of Admissions last January.

DP. The hitch with that rate is that it melds EA into ED1. EA is probably less than 1% with far more applicants.

ED2 also had a similar rate.

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

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.

DP, These stats was announced by the Director of Admissions last January.

DP. The hitch with that rate is that it melds EA into ED1. EA is probably less than 1% with far more applicants.

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

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.

DP, These stats was announced by the Director of Admissions last January.

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.

DP.
I was thinking 80%+ ED myself. And, I don't think that makes ED acceptance higher than 35%, they just have so many applying EA who get deferred then waitlisted, and if they get in off wailtist, they probably don't count them.

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.

I think this only illustrates that it is “known” you have to apply ED to get into Chicago. That makes it a “top choice.” But US News aside, all these other schools are tougher ED admits.

Just shows you have to play the game. You can apparently get in to top schools being outside the top 10% but all bets are off for everyone, including top students, in RD. This is true at most schools, not just UChicago. Too many top kids don’t play the game well and instead try for HYP and are disappointed.

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.

I think this only illustrates that it is “known” you have to apply ED to get into Chicago. That makes it a “top choice.” But US News aside, all these other schools are tougher ED admits.

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.

If you think Chicago takes only 50% of its class ED, I have a bridge to sell you.

Anonymous wrote:There is no UChicago ED acceptance rate published anywhere, by anyone. UChicago does not release this information.

They are not the only college that hides this information. Typically the reason for the lack of trasparency is to hide a rate that can be perceived as an outlier when compared to its peers.

Again, others engage in this practice.

Not really. Chicago is the only top school I am aware of that does this. If you want to name them (Colby?), go head. But you can’t because there are none. Again, you can’t.

There is no UChicago ED acceptance rate published anywhere, by anyone. UChicago does not release this information.

They are not the only college that hides this information. Typically the reason for the lack of trasparency is to hide a rate that can be perceived as an outlier when compared to its peers.

Again, others engage in this practice.