about the switch to common application

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<li>How many of you perspectives wouldn’t have considered Chicago if it had not made the switch this year?</li>
<li>For general CCers: how many more applications will the university receive as a result of common application? How much lower the acceptance rate will be?</li>
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<p>They might have made the switch this year, but it goes into effect next year.</p>

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<p>what do you mean</p>

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<p>Exactly what he/she says - you cannot apply to Chicago with the Common App this year. I think all the fuss about this is ridiculous. They have stated that they will still ask people to write weird essays even when they start accepting the CA. If I felt I had a really good CA essay, I would still apply to Chicago with the Uncommon App so I could "re-use" the essay.</p>

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<p>I'm a she ;)</p>

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<p><a href="http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/viewpoints/2006/11/14/easily-applying-the-uncommon-way/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/viewpoints/2006/11/14/easily-applying-the-uncommon-way/&lt;/a> </p>

<p><a href="http://uncommonapplication07-08.blogspot.com/2006/12/truth-about-common-application.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://uncommonapplication07-08.blogspot.com/2006/12/truth-about-common-application.html&lt;/a> </p>

<p><a href="http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0712/chicagojournal/report.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0712/chicagojournal/report.shtml&lt;/a> </p>

<p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6734106%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6734106&lt;/a> </p>

<p><a href="http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/news/2007/02/23/admin-points-to-admissions-in-switch-to-common-app/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/news/2007/02/23/admin-points-to-admissions-in-switch-to-common-app/&lt;/a> </p>

<p><a href="http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/news/2007/04/20/prospective-students-judge-evolving-admissions-process/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/news/2007/04/20/prospective-students-judge-evolving-admissions-process/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>If the change is made, that would be drastic. For example, NU had a 18% raise in app after switching to common. As its name suggests, "common" application is for common people who are much larger in number than "uncommon" people.</p>