Applications For Class of 2015 Up 12%

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<p>Applications</a> to College continue to increase | The University of Chicago</p>

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The University received 21,669 applications for the class entering in the fall of 2011, making this the largest group of applicants in the school’s history, following last year’s total of 19,374 applications.

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<p>That means the RD pool is 14,700 plus however many people got deferred from the EA pool. So probably somewhere around 17,000. With 1,900-2,000 acceptances on the table. Not pretty.</p>

<p>For some perspective, that's more applications than Yale, Princeton, Columbia, or Brown received when it admitted its current seniors, and easily within spitting distance of Harvard and Penn that year.</p>

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<p>The number of acceptances will probably be slightly lower. Nondorf will be looking for a yield of about 41%. According to this link ([University</a> of Chicago, Northwestern applications at record levels | Consumer | Crain’s Chicago Business](<a href=“http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110111/NEWS07/110119956/university-of-chicago-applications-at-record-level-northwestern-sees#axzz1Am2oENs4]University”>University of Chicago, Northwestern applications at record levels)), Chicago’s looking for a class size of 1350, which means that about 1350/.41 = 3292 will be accepted total. With a little less than 1600 early acceptances, that means that about 1700 will be accepted RD. Which makes the RD acceptance rate almost exactly 10% and the overall acceptance rate approximately 15%.</p>

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<p>Wow… I applied to both Northwestern and UChicago, top choice is Chicago though</p>

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<p>I see these statistics and smile. It’s amazing how much more selective an already extremely selective school is getting…</p>

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<p>I’m so happy I applied EA! I hope some “normal” people start hearing about UChicago. I am not pretentious, but I hate when people think I got into “some state school.” </p>

<p>I wonder why more people apply RD than EA. Only Yale and Stanford are SCEA, so you’d think more people would apply to Chicago EA. Procrastination much?</p>

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<p>Polyosophy: For me specifically, I didn’t actually discover UChicago until a week before EA deadline, so I didn’t even attempt to cram essays in. I learned how creative the essays must be, and the time that must be put into them, so I decided not to, kind of regret it now haha…</p>

<p>And I applied UPenn ED, so I had to finish those essays. Sadly, I didn’t get into UPenn, so yeah. =P</p>

<p>I wish I applied early action though, kind of sucks that I am most likely not gonna get in…</p>

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<p>Go UChicago!</p>

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<p>^ What he said :D</p>

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<p>This is actually a lot smaller of an increase than I thought it would be. I thought it would be another 40% and the acceptance rate would drop down to something ungodly like 6%.</p>

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<p>^I’m with you on this one.
I was thinking at least a 20% increase, but at least the yield rate is predicted to go up! yayyyy</p>

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<p>I have mixed feelings about the falling acceptance rates. I am pleased that Chicago is drawing more applicants, but I hope admissions is still making room for some of the uncommon students as well. From the EA acceptance thread, it appears that they may be.</p>

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<p>Wow, it just about halved it’s acceptance rate in 2 years from 27%. At this rate, it’ll probably be down to around 10% in another 2 years.</p>

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<p>I’m thrilled for the U of C. Finally this excellent school is getting the ‘market’ recognition that it deserves. Good job, Nondorf!</p>