Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 11:31     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:U Chicago gets a lot of hate because they send so much mail, texts, emails, calls to try to get kids to apply. It is borderline stalking. I had to threaten them after telling them to stop three times. It smacks of desperation. I don’t know how they got our info, we had zero interest. Similar to u Richmond.
So, yeah, they get hated.



Do I really feel this strongly about all the mail I get?
The thing Uchicago mail reminds the recipients- who are not the beneficiaries- of their own shortcomings and brings into sharp focus the losers that they are ( or their kids are).
Hey kid, just because you got that mail with your name on it doesn’t mean you are automatically getting in!
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 11:28     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The concealed acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).


Billy? Is that you??


What “Billy” said is what everybody knows: The acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).

That’s really no change from the 80s/90s when their overall acceptance rate was quite high. Then and now, it’s a self-selecting pool of academic kids from wealthy families.

The difference is that now Chicago spends a ton of money recruiting RD applications for the sole purpose of rejecting them. And of course this causes the people who apply RD to have negative feelings about the school. And since far more people apply RD than attend, the general view of Chicago is negative.


To be clear, the general view of Chicago from people who attend and other institutions is positive. The general view of people who applied but didn't get accepted. The rest of the world is indifferent because nobody cares where you went to school, Billy. Just like nobody cares exactly what is in Coca-Cola. It is a successful brand of soda pop. It is not a "mind control" serum or whatever batsh*t crazy thing you used to say.

I don’t know who Billy is, nor do I care; but I have no tolerance for bad analogies.

I think UChicago is a “positive” outcome. So is Georgetown (a decidedly tougher admit than Chicago). But when people, like OP, call it a T6 (when it is somewhere in the back end of the top 20, if that) and think they are elite signaling, for undergrad that is, I feel sorry for them and their ilk. I don’t feel sorry for you, though.

The answer to OP’s question, applying Occam’s razor, is simple: it’s not really a top 10 school.


I feel sorry for people who know so little about academia that they make all of their judgements based on how “tough” of an admit a school is.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 11:24     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The concealed acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).


Billy? Is that you??


What “Billy” said is what everybody knows: The acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).

That’s really no change from the 80s/90s when their overall acceptance rate was quite high. Then and now, it’s a self-selecting pool of academic kids from wealthy families.

The difference is that now Chicago spends a ton of money recruiting RD applications for the sole purpose of rejecting them. And of course this causes the people who apply RD to have negative feelings about the school. And since far more people apply RD than attend, the general view of Chicago is negative.


To be clear, the general view of Chicago from people who attend and other institutions is positive. The general view of people who applied but didn't get accepted. The rest of the world is indifferent because nobody cares where you went to school, Billy. Just like nobody cares exactly what is in Coca-Cola. It is a successful brand of soda pop. It is not a "mind control" serum or whatever batsh*t crazy thing you used to say.

I don’t know who Billy is, nor do I care; but I have no tolerance for bad analogies.

I think UChicago is a “positive” outcome. So is Georgetown (a decidedly tougher admit than Chicago). But when people, like OP, call it a T6 (when it is somewhere in the back end of the top 20, if that) and think they are elite signaling, for undergrad that is, I feel sorry for them and their ilk. I don’t feel sorry for you, though.

The answer to OP’s question, applying Occam’s razor, is simple: it’s not really a top 10 school.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 10:39     Subject: Why all the Chicago bashing?
U Chicago is a wannabe T20 and most people see through it. That is why they spend so much time and effort into marketing. They would beg every student and their dog to apply. Good schools do not have to stoop this low.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 10:31     Subject: Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The year I graduated HS Chicago accepted 71% of applicants.


And how old are you? 50s?


40s--this was in the late 90s!
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 10:28     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:U Chicago gets a lot of hate because they send so much mail, texts, emails, calls to try to get kids to apply. It is borderline stalking. I had to threaten them after telling them to stop three times. It smacks of desperation. I don’t know how they got our info, we had zero interest. Similar to u Richmond.
So, yeah, they get hated.


I’m sure they were terrified!
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 09:35     Subject: Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:The year I graduated HS Chicago accepted 71% of applicants.


And how old are you? 50s?
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 09:31     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The concealed acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).


Billy? Is that you??


What “Billy” said is what everybody knows: The acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).

That’s really no change from the 80s/90s when their overall acceptance rate was quite high. Then and now, it’s a self-selecting pool of academic kids from wealthy families.

The difference is that now Chicago spends a ton of money recruiting RD applications for the sole purpose of rejecting them. And of course this causes the people who apply RD to have negative feelings about the school. And since far more people apply RD than attend, the general view of Chicago is negative.


To be clear, the general view of Chicago from people who attend and other institutions is positive. The general view of people who applied but didn't get accepted. The rest of the world is indifferent because nobody cares where you went to school, Billy. Just like nobody cares exactly what is in Coca-Cola. It is a successful brand of soda pop. It is not a "mind control" serum or whatever batsh*t crazy thing you used to say.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 09:25     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The concealed acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).


Billy? Is that you??


What “Billy” said is what everybody knows: The acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).

That’s really no change from the 80s/90s when their overall acceptance rate was quite high. Then and now, it’s a self-selecting pool of academic kids from wealthy families.

The difference is that now Chicago spends a ton of money recruiting RD applications for the sole purpose of rejecting them. And of course this causes the people who apply RD to have negative feelings about the school. And since far more people apply RD than attend, the general view of Chicago is negative.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 09:19     Subject: Why all the Chicago bashing?
I got grocery store coupons for years! So absolutely desperate for me to shop there. Suing them was expensive but worth it. As if I needed to know about their weekly specials. Ugh!
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 09:16     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:U Chicago gets a lot of hate because they send so much mail, texts, emails, calls to try to get kids to apply. It is borderline stalking. I had to threaten them after telling them to stop three times. It smacks of desperation. I don’t know how they got our info, we had zero interest. Similar to u Richmond.
So, yeah, they get hated.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 09:13     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
U Chicago gets a lot of hate because they send so much mail, texts, emails, calls to try to get kids to apply. It is borderline stalking. I had to threaten them after telling them to stop three times. It smacks of desperation. I don’t know how they got our info, we had zero interest. Similar to u Richmond.
So, yeah, they get hated.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 09:11     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
Anonymous wrote:The concealed acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).


Billy? Is that you??
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 09:11     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
The concealed acceptance rate at the University of Chicago is quite high in the three, yes 3, ED rounds (ED0, ED1, & ED2).
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 09:06     Subject: Re:Why all the Chicago bashing?
Yes, the acceptance rate at Chicago used to be very high. It was a sink or swim model, very rigorous, and the ones who graduated with top grades were/are well-respected. The university of Michigan had a much more extreme version of this where many, many people flunked out as opposed to just getting low grades. Colleges are much more consumer-oriented now, which has pros (writing and quant centers to help students who arrive less well prepared) and cons (rampant grade inflation).