Predict the class of 2018 Acceptance rate and yield

<p>I really love UChicago and want to go, but am aware that the school has become exponentially more selective over the last several years. What do you all predict will be the accept rate and yield?</p>

<p>Hope it’s higher!!!</p>

<p>It made me chuckle a little to note the differences between the Stanford board and the UChicago board on this same question.</p>

<p>The Stanford board carefully calculates a rate, well thought out and logical.</p>

<p>The UChicago board questions the relevance of the question.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure the acceptance rate will start to plateau soon since I’m sure the admissions office is reaching a point where getting more people to apply represents diminishing returns. Unless they expect yield to go up significantly (which I see no reason for) last cycle’s stats should be a good indicator of this cycle’s.</p>

<p>The admissions rate probably won’t drop much more than it was last year, just because the admissions rate will start reaching unreasonably low percentages. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if the accepted student stats go up, since due to increased attention on the school more qualified students who were originally ivy-bound will now look to the school as a viable option.</p>

<p>^^ Unlikely, seeing as how UChicago’s average SATs are already higher than MIT’s, Stanford’s, and most of the Ivies.</p>

<p>Chicago’s acceptance rate will almost certainly be in the 7-9% range this year, which is really not significantly different from last year’s rate.</p>

<p>I believe the acceptance rate for the Class of 2018 will be closer to 7% than 9%. For whatever it’s worth, here’s my prediction.</p>

<p>Total applications will go up with a 15% increase from that of last year: 30,396 x 1.15 = 34,955</p>

<p>The yield will go up conservatively to 57.5%</p>

<p>Assuming UChicago will keep a class of 1,400 or fewer, they should only accept no more than 2,435 applicants. </p>

<p>2,435 / 34,955 = 6.96%</p>

<p>If the yield should surprise the administration on the upside, say, at 60%, the incoming class will be over enrolled again and UChicago will have to find extra rooms to house those first-years.</p>

<p>The EA numbers will be indicative of the new acceptance rate of the Class of 2018. </p>

<p>Good luck to all applicants and their parents.</p>

<p>With all the momentum going for Chicago, a possible yield of 60% being within reach, the admission office should consider even fewer acceptance to avoid over enrollment. (2,334 x 60% = 1,400 matriculated students.)</p>

<p>Hence, acceptance rate could go even lower, 2,334 / 34,955 = 6.68%.</p>

<p>Taking a step further, if there should be another 20% increase on the number of applications, i.e. 30,396 x 1.2 = 36,475, with a possible yield of 60%, we will be looking at the acceptance rate of 6.4% </p>

<p>Whether it’s a desirable thing to have is another story.</p>

<p>I don’t think we’ll get a 15% increase in applications this year. I mean, Chicago already gets more applications than Yale, Princeton, and MIT. Pushing it up any further takes quite a bit of effort. I do think that Chicago will eventually get to the 35k mark, but I think we’ll have to wait a year or 2 for that.</p>

<p>Also, the admissions office really has never learned that it should be accepting fewer students, even with the housing constraints that plague the undergraduate division. Not to mention that Zimmer and Nondorf both understand that more students are good for the University - it increases the University’s reputation by having more people around the world know an excellent student going to UChicago who probably rejected an Ivy or 3 to go there.</p>

<p>I do think that yield will go up to 58%-ish, but I should be conservative here as well. A lot of things went right last year for Chicago, and 55% was really amazing. Pushing it higher would be great, but it’s getting harder and harder to do.</p>

<p>This all being said, I think the admissions rate this year will be right around 8%.</p>

<p>Just out of curiosity, are the econ major undergrads generally conservative, consistent with the historical laissez-faire economic philosophies of the department?</p>

<p>Also, how did UChicago (jokingly or not) get the repuation for where “fun comes to die?”</p>

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<p>I don’t know, but I don’t think so. </p>

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<p>It’s hard work here, seriously. But it’s (equally) hard work at other places too. UChicago students just tend to be more self-deprecating, and this reputation does make it seem like Chicago is harder than its peers - which I wouldn’t say is true.</p>

<p>Let’s take a notch down. Let’s say there is only 10% increase of total applications, i.e. 30,396 x 1.10 = 33,436, with the same yield of 55% and same target with a class of 1,400; the acceptance rate will be around 7.6%.</p>

<p>That said, I am sticking with my previous prediction of 6.96% acceptance rate with 57.5% yield for the Class of 2018.</p>

<p>Only you Chicago students would care so much about this.</p>

<p>is it possible to get in to UChicago if you have a 1970 SAT?</p>

<p>Excellent point, alicejohnson. I also think that a big part of the SAT score being so high is not that that’s a requirement for admission, but that the people who fit Chicago often happen to be the best test-takers as well.</p>

<p>@alicejohnson your logic is flawed. 2 posts on a CC thread will not drive up admissions. UChicago is selective because it had a <10% admissions rate overall last year. UChicago’s multi-million dollar advertising/marketing will drive the number of applications up. It will UNDOUBTEDLY have more applicants than last year. The rate, in turn shall likely fall slightly down. My interviewer said that she doesn’t expect the number of applications to go down, at very minimum.</p>

<p>but yeah, ^ is right about the SAT. Everywhere, not just UChicago, the SAT / ACT/ your Grades are just the first gate to pass through. If you can get a respectable/decent enough score that opens that first gate, you should be fine. That being said, a 1970 on a 2400 scale is probably not good enough, I’d recommend going for at least a 2170+ if not a 2200+…</p>

<p>@dartfrog For the record, UChicago only considers CR and Math on the SAT, and the middle 50% of SAT scores for CR+M last year was 1450-1550 out 1600 points possible in those two sections. If you’re below that range, then you may want to consider retaking the SAT, or reevaluating your college list. But, aside from the application fee, there’s no harm in applying to UChicago considering that the application process is extremely holistic, so just write good essays and hope for the best!</p>

<p>More that 28% of freshman domestic students are Asian. <a href=“https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/classprofile.shtml[/url]”>https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/classprofile.shtml&lt;/a&gt;
With numbers that high, many accepted non-Asians will choose to go elsewhere like the Ivy League, if they can get in. Stanford and Yale have 20% Asians. Some Ivies like Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth have 15-16%. MIT has 29% and Columbia 31%, but both have engineering. </p>

<p>Look for the admit rate to increase and yield to drop over last year.</p>

<p>I really don’t think the admit rate would increase and yield would drop at all. On the contrary, it will be only a matter of how much the admit rate will drop and yield will rise. Based on my prediction, the admit rate will drop to ~7% and yield will increase to ~58-60% The popularity of UChicago is just getting started on a national level as well as on the world stage. We have not seen the end of this yet.</p>

<p>Excuse me? Why would a 28 percent domestic Asian population turn non-Asians away? Bright minds are bright minds. At U Chicago it’s about the love of learning and a life of the mind, seasoned with a heavy does of self-deprecating humor. It either calls to you or it doesn’t.</p>