Anonymous
01/11/2026 17:00
Subject: Re:If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Enough with UChicago, it's old. There is one instigator that continuously posts every few weeks or so. Either she was fired from UChicago, her kid got burned, or she failed out and has a huge chip on her shoulder. It's annoying already to dominate this forum with hate for one school. Get over it already.
She posts about Chicago least every other day, and tries to derail any post that mentions the school with the same comments about ED0, debt, private schools, etc etc. Lady, please get a life!
Anonymous
01/11/2026 16:55
Subject: Re:If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Enough with UChicago, it's old. There is one instigator that continuously posts every few weeks or so. Either she was fired from UChicago, her kid got burned, or she failed out and has a huge chip on her shoulder. It's annoying already to dominate this forum with hate for one school. Get over it already.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 16:54
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:
UChicago doesn’t publish ED rates
And this is exactly why people on DCUM will say that everyone who applied ED will get in, the acceptance rate is sky-high, all the mediocre kids from their private are accepted, blah, blah, blah.
While it is infuriating that Chicago admissions plays games and lacks transparency, there is zero evidence that their ED acceptance rate is significantly different from their RD. Nobody knows!
My '25 kid applied ED1. MCPS. IBDP. 4.8UW, 1540. Great essays (that's what everyone says). 100% fit the profile of the 1-2 kids per year from our school that are accepted. Kid was rejected. We'll never know why, but they got into other great schools and are at an amazing college that is the perfect fit. Don't assume that all qualified ED kids get in. It's not true.
+1
Anonymous
01/11/2026 16:50
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
UChicago doesn’t publish ED rates
And this is exactly why people on DCUM will say that everyone who applied ED will get in, the acceptance rate is sky-high, all the mediocre kids from their private are accepted, blah, blah, blah.
While it is infuriating that Chicago admissions plays games and lacks transparency, there is zero evidence that their ED acceptance rate is significantly different from their RD. Nobody knows!
My '25 kid applied ED1. MCPS. IBDP. 4.8UW, 1540. Great essays (that's what everyone says). 100% fit the profile of the 1-2 kids per year from our school that are accepted. Kid was rejected. We'll never know why, but they got into other great schools and are at an amazing college that is the perfect fit. Don't assume that all qualified ED kids get in. It's not true.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 14:01
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who would want to go there. No thanks.
Wrong! Tons of kids wanted ED there. It’s a prestigious school.
If a school offers ED2, it cannot be a top school. Chicago offers ED0 on top of ED2.
This is silly. Anyone who knows academia knows Chicago is a top school.
Care more academics, less about admissions rounds.
If only Chicago could follow your advice. Anyone who knows academia knows that Chicago cares more about admission rounds and associated hijinks than any college in the country.
They do follow my advice. That’s why they are one of the top universities in the country.
College is far more than undergraduate admission policies. Some of you are way too deep in this and have lost sight of the forest.
Chicago is a great (though also declining) graduate school, as is consistent with its original mission. If by “one of the top universities in the country,” you mean grad school, I agree, with the caveat that it depends on the field.
A “top 10” undergrad school? Don’t be silly.
A “life of the mind” place? Hardly. 30% are majoring in Econ.
It is a place for kids who are hedging their bets. If you think Chicago is getting the top students, vis a vis other, actual top schools, you are nutty.
Is college more than having the top students? I guess. But it sure as heck helps.
Bolded is all we need to know about the validity of anything you say.
I think Chicago should, as you suggest, continue to have “the bottom of the best” students, as that’s what apparently makes it great.
Christ some of you really don’t have any idea about the value of what happens at college or the positives and negatives of different academic programming. Everything to you is a test score.
P.S. Chicago’s CDS for first year admits looks like the other top schools, hate to break it to you.
Really? Please compare their ED admit rates. I think you walked into that one: you are out of your depth.
UChicago doesn’t publish ED rates
Anonymous
01/11/2026 13:24
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who would want to go there. No thanks.
Wrong! Tons of kids wanted ED there. It’s a prestigious school.
If a school offers ED2, it cannot be a top school. Chicago offers ED0 on top of ED2.
This is silly. Anyone who knows academia knows Chicago is a top school.
Care more academics, less about admissions rounds.
If only Chicago could follow your advice. Anyone who knows academia knows that Chicago cares more about admission rounds and associated hijinks than any college in the country.
They do follow my advice. That’s why they are one of the top universities in the country.
College is far more than undergraduate admission policies. Some of you are way too deep in this and have lost sight of the forest.
Chicago is a great (though also declining) graduate school, as is consistent with its original mission. If by “one of the top universities in the country,” you mean grad school, I agree, with the caveat that it depends on the field.
A “top 10” undergrad school? Don’t be silly.
A “life of the mind” place? Hardly. 30% are majoring in Econ.
It is a place for kids who are hedging their bets. If you think Chicago is getting the top students, vis a vis other, actual top schools, you are nutty.
Is college more than having the top students? I guess. But it sure as heck helps.
Bolded is all we need to know about the validity of anything you say.
I think Chicago should, as you suggest, continue to have “the bottom of the best” students, as that’s what apparently makes it great.
Christ some of you really don’t have any idea about the value of what happens at college or the positives and negatives of different academic programming. Everything to you is a test score.
P.S. Chicago’s CDS for first year admits looks like the other top schools, hate to break it to you.
Really? Please compare their ED admit rates. I think you walked into that one: you are out of your depth.
Yes, really. You sound like you don’t even know what the CDS is. Just more ignorance. Some of you are so fixated on ED and admissions rates that it makes you stupid.
Yale:
SAT reported: 61%
Middle 50: 1480-1560
ACT reported: 25%
Middle 50: 33-35
Stanford
SAT reported: 50.3%
Middle 50: 1510-1570
ACT reported: 19.0%
Middle 50: 34-35
Brown:
SAT reported: 61%
Middle 50: 1510-1560
ACT reported: 24%
Middle 50: 34-35
Duke:
SAT reported: 47%
Middle 50: 1520-1570
ACT reported: 30%
Middle 50: 34-35
Northwestern:
SAT reported: 46%
Middle 50: 1510-1560
ACT reported: 23%
Middle 50: 34-35
Hopkins:
SAT reported: 50%
Middle 50: 1530-1560
ACT reported: 18%
Middle 50: 34-36
Chicago:
SAT reported: 49%
Middle 50: 1510-1560
ACT reported: 27%
Middle 50: 34-35
These are all essentially the same.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 11:48
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who would want to go there. No thanks.
Wrong! Tons of kids wanted ED there. It’s a prestigious school.
If a school offers ED2, it cannot be a top school. Chicago offers ED0 on top of ED2.
This is silly. Anyone who knows academia knows Chicago is a top school.
Care more academics, less about admissions rounds.
If only Chicago could follow your advice. Anyone who knows academia knows that Chicago cares more about admission rounds and associated hijinks than any college in the country.
They do follow my advice. That’s why they are one of the top universities in the country.
College is far more than undergraduate admission policies. Some of you are way too deep in this and have lost sight of the forest.
Chicago is a great (though also declining) graduate school, as is consistent with its original mission. If by “one of the top universities in the country,” you mean grad school, I agree, with the caveat that it depends on the field.
A “top 10” undergrad school? Don’t be silly.
A “life of the mind” place? Hardly. 30% are majoring in Econ.
It is a place for kids who are hedging their bets. If you think Chicago is getting the top students, vis a vis other, actual top schools, you are nutty.
Is college more than having the top students? I guess. But it sure as heck helps.
Bolded is all we need to know about the validity of anything you say.
I think Chicago should, as you suggest, continue to have “the bottom of the best” students, as that’s what apparently makes it great.
Christ some of you really don’t have any idea about the value of what happens at college or the positives and negatives of different academic programming. Everything to you is a test score.
P.S. Chicago’s CDS for first year admits looks like the other top schools, hate to break it to you.
Really? Please compare their ED admit rates. I think you walked into that one: you are out of your depth.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 11:42
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who would want to go there. No thanks.
Wrong! Tons of kids wanted ED there. It’s a prestigious school.
If a school offers ED2, it cannot be a top school. Chicago offers ED0 on top of ED2.
This is silly. Anyone who knows academia knows Chicago is a top school.
Care more academics, less about admissions rounds.
If only Chicago could follow your advice. Anyone who knows academia knows that Chicago cares more about admission rounds and associated hijinks than any college in the country.
They do follow my advice. That’s why they are one of the top universities in the country.
College is far more than undergraduate admission policies. Some of you are way too deep in this and have lost sight of the forest.
Chicago is a great (though also declining) graduate school, as is consistent with its original mission. If by “one of the top universities in the country,” you mean grad school, I agree, with the caveat that it depends on the field.
A “top 10” undergrad school? Don’t be silly.
A “life of the mind” place? Hardly. 30% are majoring in Econ.
It is a place for kids who are hedging their bets. If you think Chicago is getting the top students, vis a vis other, actual top schools, you are nutty.
Is college more than having the top students? I guess. But it sure as heck helps.
Bolded is all we need to know about the validity of anything you say.
I think Chicago should, as you suggest, continue to have “the bottom of the best” students, as that’s what apparently makes it great.
Christ some of you really don’t have any idea about the value of what happens at college or the positives and negatives of different academic programming. Everything to you is a test score.
P.S. Chicago’s CDS for first year admits looks like the other top schools, hate to break it to you.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 11:36
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
1530 SAT. IB diploma. Athlete (not good, but always showed up). But I think what made the difference were the essays and the fact that my kids HS is notoriously bad. Outside of a few IB kids the average SAT is roughly 970? The five or so unicorns were accepted to UChicago, Duke, Vanderbilt, MIT, Michigan, UMD, Yale. Most kids from this school go to community college or enlist
Anonymous
01/11/2026 11:23
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who would want to go there. No thanks.
Wrong! Tons of kids wanted ED there. It’s a prestigious school.
If a school offers ED2, it cannot be a top school. Chicago offers ED0 on top of ED2.
This is silly. Anyone who knows academia knows Chicago is a top school.
Care more academics, less about admissions rounds.
If only Chicago could follow your advice. Anyone who knows academia knows that Chicago cares more about admission rounds and associated hijinks than any college in the country.
They do follow my advice. That’s why they are one of the top universities in the country.
College is far more than undergraduate admission policies. Some of you are way too deep in this and have lost sight of the forest.
Chicago is a great (though also declining) graduate school, as is consistent with its original mission. If by “one of the top universities in the country,” you mean grad school, I agree, with the caveat that it depends on the field.
A “top 10” undergrad school? Don’t be silly.
A “life of the mind” place? Hardly. 30% are majoring in Econ.
It is a place for kids who are hedging their bets. If you think Chicago is getting the top students, vis a vis other, actual top schools, you are nutty.
Is college more than having the top students? I guess. But it sure as heck helps.
In any T10 , the top quartile is filled with (top )brilliant students ( for MIT this could be as high as 50%) Rest 75% is riffraff and Uchicago is no exception.
This is so true it should be pinned at the top of the DCUM college board. My child is at an Ivy. Top kids are impressive. Lowest 25% are completely average kids and it's generally not because they're athletes (athletes are mostly from top high schools and are strong students). They are admits from middle America, small towns, some kids who are URMs/VIPs/legacies, tuba players, kids whose quirky essays caught the eye of the admissions' officers and who knows what else.
Hate to break it to you, but the top 10% at any old flagship are brilliant too. Then 25% are above average; then there’s the remaining riffraff (half of which are still above the bottom 10% at an Ivy).
Anonymous
01/11/2026 11:22
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
It is the finishing school for HW and other similar schools that is all.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 11:15
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who would want to go there. No thanks.
Wrong! Tons of kids wanted ED there. It’s a prestigious school.
If a school offers ED2, it cannot be a top school. Chicago offers ED0 on top of ED2.
This is silly. Anyone who knows academia knows Chicago is a top school.
Care more academics, less about admissions rounds.
If only Chicago could follow your advice. Anyone who knows academia knows that Chicago cares more about admission rounds and associated hijinks than any college in the country.
They do follow my advice. That’s why they are one of the top universities in the country.
College is far more than undergraduate admission policies. Some of you are way too deep in this and have lost sight of the forest.
Chicago is a great (though also declining) graduate school, as is consistent with its original mission. If by “one of the top universities in the country,” you mean grad school, I agree, with the caveat that it depends on the field.
A “top 10” undergrad school? Don’t be silly.
A “life of the mind” place? Hardly. 30% are majoring in Econ.
It is a place for kids who are hedging their bets. If you think Chicago is getting the top students, vis a vis other, actual top schools, you are nutty.
Is college more than having the top students? I guess. But it sure as heck helps.
Bolded is all we need to know about the validity of anything you say.
I think Chicago should, as you suggest, continue to have “the bottom of the best” students, as that’s what apparently makes it great.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 11:02
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who would want to go there. No thanks.
Wrong! Tons of kids wanted ED there. It’s a prestigious school.
If a school offers ED2, it cannot be a top school. Chicago offers ED0 on top of ED2.
This is silly. Anyone who knows academia knows Chicago is a top school.
Care more academics, less about admissions rounds.
If only Chicago could follow your advice. Anyone who knows academia knows that Chicago cares more about admission rounds and associated hijinks than any college in the country.
They do follow my advice. That’s why they are one of the top universities in the country.
College is far more than undergraduate admission policies. Some of you are way too deep in this and have lost sight of the forest.
Chicago is a great (though also declining) graduate school, as is consistent with its original mission. If by “one of the top universities in the country,” you mean grad school, I agree, with the caveat that it depends on the field.
A “top 10” undergrad school? Don’t be silly.
A “life of the mind” place? Hardly. 30% are majoring in Econ.
It is a place for kids who are hedging their bets. If you think Chicago is getting the top students, vis a vis other, actual top schools, you are nutty.
Is college more than having the top students? I guess. But it sure as heck helps.
Bolded is all we need to know about the validity of anything you say.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 10:48
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Riffraff? True most U of C students have poor social skills, a low social IQ, and bad breath.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 10:46
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Who would want to go there. No thanks.
Wrong! Tons of kids wanted ED there. It’s a prestigious school.
If a school offers ED2, it cannot be a top school. Chicago offers ED0 on top of ED2.
This is silly. Anyone who knows academia knows Chicago is a top school.
Care more academics, less about admissions rounds.
If only Chicago could follow your advice. Anyone who knows academia knows that Chicago cares more about admission rounds and associated hijinks than any college in the country.
They do follow my advice. That’s why they are one of the top universities in the country.
College is far more than undergraduate admission policies. Some of you are way too deep in this and have lost sight of the forest.
Chicago is a great (though also declining) graduate school, as is consistent with its original mission. If by “one of the top universities in the country,” you mean grad school, I agree, with the caveat that it depends on the field.
A “top 10” undergrad school? Don’t be silly.
A “life of the mind” place? Hardly. 30% are majoring in Econ.
It is a place for kids who are hedging their bets. If you think Chicago is getting the top students, vis a vis other, actual top schools, you are nutty.
Is college more than having the top students? I guess. But it sure as heck helps.
In any T10 , the top quartile is filled with (top )brilliant students ( for MIT this could be as high as 50%) Rest 75% is riffraff and Uchicago is no exception.
This is so true it should be pinned at the top of the DCUM college board. My child is at an Ivy. Top kids are impressive. Lowest 25% are completely average kids and it's generally not because they're athletes (athletes are mostly from top high schools and are strong students). They are admits from middle America, small towns, some kids who are URMs/VIPs/legacies, tuba players, kids whose quirky essays caught the eye of the admissions' officers and who knows what else.