<p>I recently talked to my guidance counselor, who has about 9 years of experience dealing with top students, and told her I wanted to apply to both NU and Chicago. She basically told me not to bother, because they nearly always accept and reject the same people. As in, if one would take me, so would the other, and one did not, neither would the other. Personally, I don't understand this because I'd expect these very different schools to have very different criteria, but she said this with such strong certainty.
So, I just wanted to take your take on it. Do you think these is most usually the case? Is there in point in my applying to both of these schools if there are other top schools I'd like to squeeze into my list?</p>
<p>that was stupid advice, apply to both if you want to, no one is a shoe-in for both</p>
<p>Different criteria period, lol, I concur with xfer101. It’s your money dude</p>
<p>i got into NU, got rejected u of chicago. I’d say apply to both, but do your research on why exactly you want to be at either school. They are very different.</p>
<p>apply to both, or the one that has a better program in whatever field you’re studying in.</p>
<p>If you like both these schools, apply to both. I don’t understand what your guidance counselor is saying.</p>
<p>Apply to both of them. I know quite a few students who were accepted by both NU and U of Chicago. If you haven’t visited already, I would strongly suggest that you do because they seem to attract different types of students.</p>
<p>I was talking with someone last night who was accepted by both schools and she said that NU offered her significantly more financial aid than U of Chicago.</p>
<p>I got into NU and not UofChicago (even though my essay for that school was the most meaningful one). Apply to both. That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life. My two friends who got into UofChicago decided not to go there, I think, even though one of them is capable of paying for the tuition. The financial aid is stingy… but not as bad as NYU.</p>
<p>I think the implication was don’t bother applying to either. But maybe not.</p>
<p>I suspect Arbiter has it right.
That aside, the guidance counselor’s statement was stupid and inaccurate. The schools attract different sorts of kids, and where I am from, I have seen kids who got into Chicago rejected by NU, but not vice versa. (It is, however, a small sampling that I don’t deem significant.)</p>
<p>Your guidance councelor lied to your face.</p>
<p>your counselor is a n00blet. apply to both. i know plenty of people who did AND got into both. Chicago does, however, allocate **** aid–as ****ty as NYU apparently.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m not sure why you’re applying to both… they’re VERY different. …unless your sole criterion was Chicago (or amazing econ)?</p>
<p>your guidance counselor sounds like huge ****</p>