<p>To sum up your post in a small paragraph:</p>
<p>Everyone, regardless of academic credentials, applies to ivies. Most probably because they want to see if they can get in/parental pressures.</p>
<p>UChicago’s applicant pool, however, is self-selecting. People who have heard of Yale have not heard of UChicago, thus, the overall pool of applicants at UC are generally more qualified than ivies’.</p>