Anonymous
01/11/2026 20:39
Subject: Re:If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised nobody has brought up this article in this conversation: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/business/tulane-university-chicago-early-decision.html
(Meet the Millionaire Masters of Early Decision at Colleges)
Maybe because this has been discussed ad nauseum in previous threads! I'm so sick of this school!
Anonymous
01/11/2026 20:26
Subject: Re:If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
I'm surprised nobody has brought up this article in this conversation: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/business/tulane-university-chicago-early-decision.html
(Meet the Millionaire Masters of Early Decision at Colleges)
(Meet the Millionaire Masters of Early Decision at Colleges)
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:52
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:DD got rejected and she’s a top student. I’m wondering who gets in.
I know a recruited athlete who got in. 4.3+ gpa, 12+ APs, advanced math and science classes at university level, dmv private, 1550 SAT.
Also know another admitted who is traditional hyper over achiever with 4.5+ gpa, 1580, economics awards, basically standard Chicago applicant.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:42
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:1380 sat
Athletic ecs
Capital hill aide
In!
Test optional?
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:34
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
1380 sat
Athletic ecs
Capital hill aide
In!
Athletic ecs
Capital hill aide
In!
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:29
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
My unhooked kid (public school unweighted 4.0 GPA; 1510 SAT) was waitlisted in the RD round last year. She chose not to do a LOCI.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:24
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Reliable calculations are a 30-35% ED rate: there is a ton of evidence that UChicago ED rates are way higher than any school offering ED in the top 20. Not just a little higher — 20%-30% higher. It’s called math.
How did you use "math" to get this conclusion if there is NO data? Do tell us!
Different poster. The 30-35 ED rate is greatly exaggerated. There is extensive discussion of ED acceptance rates in this reddit thread, if anyone cares to go down that rabbit hole.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1py7vny/comment/nwtv097/?context=1
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:21
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Reliable calculations are a 30-35% ED rate: there is a ton of evidence that UChicago ED rates are way higher than any school offering ED in the top 20. Not just a little higher — 20%-30% higher. It’s called math.
As for the CDS issue, wow, this went right over some posters’ heads. I guess some of you are clueless about how Chicago’s “gaming” includes lack of CDS transparency. This is old news to the uninitiated, but perhaps an epiphany for those out of their depth…
Reliable calculations are a 30-35% ED rate: there is a ton of evidence that UChicago ED rates are way higher than any school offering ED in the top 20. Not just a little higher — 20%-30% higher. It’s called math.
As for the CDS issue, wow, this went right over some posters’ heads. I guess some of you are clueless about how Chicago’s “gaming” includes lack of CDS transparency. This is old news to the uninitiated, but perhaps an epiphany for those out of their depth…
Nevertheless, the bottom line is that the stats of the UChicago first-year students are the same/indistinguishable from those of students at other top10 schools (as PP showed with the CDS data). The rest is noise.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:20
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Reliable calculations are a 30-35% ED rate: there is a ton of evidence that UChicago ED rates are way higher than any school offering ED in the top 20. Not just a little higher — 20%-30% higher. It’s called math.
How did you use "math" to get this conclusion if there is NO data? Do tell us!
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:20
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Reliable calculations are a 30-35% ED rate: there is a ton of evidence that UChicago ED rates are way higher than any school offering ED in the top 20. Not just a little higher — 20%-30% higher. It’s called math.
As for the CDS issue, wow, this went right over some posters’ heads. I guess some of you are clueless about how Chicago’s “gaming” includes lack of CDS transparency. This is old news to the uninitiated, but perhaps an epiphany for those out of their depth…
Reliable calculations are a 30-35% ED rate: there is a ton of evidence that UChicago ED rates are way higher than any school offering ED in the top 20. Not just a little higher — 20%-30% higher. It’s called math.
As for the CDS issue, wow, this went right over some posters’ heads. I guess some of you are clueless about how Chicago’s “gaming” includes lack of CDS transparency. This is old news to the uninitiated, but perhaps an epiphany for those out of their depth…
Nevertheless, the bottom line is that the stats of the UChicago first-year students are the same/indistinguishable from those of students at other top10 schools (as PP showed with the CDS data). The rest is noise.
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:19
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Reliable calculations are a 30-35% ED rate: there is a ton of evidence that UChicago ED rates are way higher than any school offering ED in the top 20. Not just a little higher — 20%-30% higher. It’s called math.
As for the CDS issue, wow, this went right over some posters’ heads. I guess some of you are clueless about how Chicago’s “gaming” includes lack of CDS transparency. This is old news to the uninitiated, but perhaps an epiphany for those out of their depth…
How is there lack of CDS transparency? Do tell us!
Anonymous
01/11/2026 19:15
Subject: If your child applied to UChicago what are their stats? Did they get accepted?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Reliable calculations are a 30-35% ED rate: there is a ton of evidence that UChicago ED rates are way higher than any school offering ED in the top 20. Not just a little higher — 20%-30% higher. It’s called math.
As for the CDS issue, wow, this went right over some posters’ heads. I guess some of you are clueless about how Chicago’s “gaming” includes lack of CDS transparency. This is old news to the uninitiated, but perhaps an epiphany for those out of their depth…
Reliable calculations are a 30-35% ED rate: there is a ton of evidence that UChicago ED rates are way higher than any school offering ED in the top 20. Not just a little higher — 20%-30% higher. It’s called math.
As for the CDS issue, wow, this went right over some posters’ heads. I guess some of you are clueless about how Chicago’s “gaming” includes lack of CDS transparency. This is old news to the uninitiated, but perhaps an epiphany for those out of their depth…