<p>^ LOL, now my parents are slightly miffed that they didn’t get those packages last year. I did receive the scarf though, that was very nice :D.</p>
<p>intparent, Again with the marketing strategy of Uchicago? Is college marketing illegal? If you are so upset about the pen, t shirt, baseball cap, etc. Return them, looks that is really an offense to you. Meanwhile…WELCOME CLASS OF 2017 !!! Note to myself, send note to UChicago complaining about my deception of no getting anything last year…slightly miffed here now.</p>
<p>Didn’t receieve any T.T Only the paperwork. Maybe because I am an international student</p>
<p>Realeducation, get off your high horse. My post is very neutral. Someone asked (genuinely curious, I think) what U of C is doing differently for marketing than other colleges. I listed the items besides “normal” mailings that have been recieved at our households. People with acceptances to other colleges are free to list what they have received as well. Sorry if the actual facts of the marketing campaign bother you.</p>
<p>Why would they bother him/her? Is there a reason why they should bother people? Also, pretty sure Realeducation made it explicit that he/she wished the college would have sent them to parents of accepted students last year.</p>
<p>PMC, do U of C students have trouble detecting sarcasm? Because RE’s comment about wanting the swag was surely sarcastic, and you don’t seem to have noticed that. RE jumped on me for posting a list of the items received so far in response to someone’s question about what U of C is doing for marketing. You guys need to stop tag teaming everyone who posts something you somehow deem offensive to U of C, and go do your homework or something.</p>
<p>intparent, your talk extensively about the marketing in the parents package post here last week. I like many were curious about your agenda, since all your comments were mostly negative towards UChicago. Now you are here again talking about in a post about the number of applications received. You are the one obviously bother by UChicago marketing tools. If you do not like UChicago please do not send your kid there, do yourself a favor. Obviously you will very unhappy for 4 years. Proud MOM of a Class of 2016 here.</p>
<p>Actually, many of us thrive on sarcasm, sort of the whole point of the “Where fun goes to die” saying. Surprised you hadn’t come across that in your research.</p>
<p>“intparent, Again with the marketing strategy of Uchicago? Is college marketing illegal? If you are so upset about the pen, t shirt, baseball cap, etc. Return them, looks that is really an offense to you. Meanwhile…WELCOME CLASS OF 2017 !!! Note to myself, send note to UChicago complaining about my deception of no getting anything last year…slightly miffed here now”</p>
<p>I have a lot of trouble detecting sarcasm in this post, especially given that Realeducation tends to be very enthusiastic about the school as well as its students and had already called you out on your criticisms of the marketing on other threads. </p>
<p>@Realeducation: I doubt intparent has an agenda against the school. If her child applied then there must be something that attracted the family to UChicago in the first place; however, based on posts in other threads, UChicago has a number of valid factors that work against it for her daughter, and that’s perfectly fine. Also, although her posts on the thread you referenced focused on the apparently malevolent nature of UChicago’s marketing, her response to dunbar on this thread was a very valid and neutral one. </p>
<p>Back to intparent: We’ve already established on this board that UChicago’s marketing, though sometimes targeted to under qualified students, is a stupid reason to criticize the school. It has no effect, whatsoever, on the actual students’ experiences, and prospective students for the most part are smart enough to not be swayed by the free swag. It’s getting the attention of students that never would have considered it before, and that is a good thing IMO. I’ll get back to my homework now, I suggest you go back to researching everything else the school has to offer instead of debating about free t-shirts. I am officially done with this topic. </p>
<p>P.S. It’s PMCM18…I don’t understand the need to cut it in half.</p>
<p>Just reading the nastiness of current parents/students on this thread (and others)is a turn off for attendance. I’m glad my D doesn’t read them.</p>
<p>I’m only answering intparent multiples negative posts about UChicago. You can read her more than 3,000 post in CC. UChicago is a wonderful school, with a great students/parents community. Good Afternoon.</p>
<p>Agreed, my taste for U of C is going down markedly each time I interact with the current students and parents on this forum.</p>
<p>intparent, that is hard to believe since all your post about UChicago are mostly negative. Good luck, UChicago and its 30,000 applicants this year, will hardly miss two. WELCOME CLASS OF 2017 !! WELCOME TO ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITY OF THE WORLD!!</p>
<p>intparent and mamabear, I find very disturbing that two adults attack college kids here just because they are defending their school . It is indeed very disturbing.</p>
<p>Am I the only one laughing at this thread?</p>
<p>This is actually pretty hilarious. UChicago students seem to have the weird tendency to be a bit insecure about the school’s reputation, so they jump whenever they see a neutral statement that can be interpreted as bashing the school. Intparent hasn’t said anything negative about the school’s marketing efforts; he/she just made a factual statement.</p>
<p>As a parent of a current first year, welcome to UChicago. If your child has been accepted or will be accepted, please know what a great institution UChicago is.
My S is the typical quirky, nerdy type UChicago is famous for attracting, and he is loving his experience so far. He is taking honors level and regular level classes and is challenged in them all. He has had professors teach all his classes to date-no grad students. All his classes are small, averaging 20 students per class. He is never bored, as there is always something to do, from weekly DOC films, playing card games and board games with his housemates, to watching the sunrise from atop a tree in his quad. And oh yeah, homework and studying!
I agree that this year the marketing seemed to go a little overboard, but it is nice to feel loved!</p>
<p>“WELCOME CLASS OF 2017 !! WELCOME TO ONE OF THE BEST UNIVERSITY OF THE WORLD!!”</p>
<p>Might want to take a grammar lesson whilst you’re there ;)</p>
<p>Empirical, to be fair to PMC and RE, I did say on another forum that I felt like I was being asked to market to my accepted kid (wearing a school t-shirt that was provided by the U of C marketing department). So there is some history on another thread. But on this thread I was genuinely just trying to answer a question someone asked about what is different about the U of C marketing. And was promptly mugged by the self-proclaimed “keepers of the reputation” of U of C, who are sure that everyone is out to slight their school.</p>
<p>Marylandfour, glad to hear about your son’s good experience. My D has not made up her mind yet, but you make some points that are definitely in U of C’s favor.</p>
<p>^haha i am too…</p>
<p>this. is. a. very. pathetic. reflection. on. both. parties. I am a student that got in EA this year, and reading these (again, from both sides) makes me shake my head. seriously, you guys need to chill…
realeducation, i understand that you are very proud of your son/daughter for attending a very fine institution, but no need to CAPITALIZE PROUD MOM OF CLASS OF 2016 every time someone makes a negative comment about the school. it conveys a sense of insecurity to me.
intparent, colleges are like businesses, and they need to market themselves to become/stay competitive. uchicago wasn’t as competitive as some of its peers in terms of attracting top applicants a few years ago, but now with its successful marketing, it is. Good for uchicago. no one gives a **** if you don’t like the way the school is marketing itself. (and seriously, im not just talking about this post, I’ve seen you getting into plenty of arguments with people on this board)</p>
<p>just my two cents</p>
<p>The University of Chicago might not be the most prestigious or most selective school in the country, but its fans surely are leading the universe in creating drama where none is warranted.</p>
<p>I hope that I relied on sufficient hyperboles to convey how ridiculous it looks to an outsider. Is it really that hard to be happy about your choice and success, and learn to accept that not everyone is oblivious to the foundation of Chicago’s climb in the rating and the resulting tsunami of applications. </p>
<p>“For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required.” A reasonable requirement might be to show some humility and class.</p>