<p>Friend got an email from an athletic coach today, saying that he will be accepted/supported if he gives a verbal commitment or something similar.</p>
<p>Of particular note is a couple things:
- The admissions office will set the acceptance rate "just below" 9%
- Various departments (read: sports) get 5 spots for supported students who will be offered admission</p>
<p>9% seems like a very low acceptance rate, although I guess it's inevitable with UChicago's trends. Thoughts?</p>
<p>I believe this is in reference to RD acceptance rate, not overall acceptance rate. The 9% figure would be in line with the past 2 years.</p>
<p>Overall acceptance rate will be 12-13%.</p>
<p>^^I’d have to agree with Phuriku. Chicago is indeed on its way up, but last year its acceptance rate overall was just over 15%. It would be a true miracle for it to drop over 6% in just one year.</p>
<p>I find it slightly disturbing/disappointing that the admissions office deliberately sets the acceptance rate at a certain level rather than letting it be naturally determined by the number of applicants they like enough and have the capacity to take. Sounds like UChicago is getting more like other universities that are caught up in the numbers game.</p>
<p>^ There are housing and class size limits, obviously. Chicago has actually been OVER-admitting lately, so it has to pull back some since campus housing is overflowing. They aren’t setting the acceptance rate - they’re setting the number of students admitted as based on an expected yield, and they’ve determined that admitting 9% or more RD will cause housing to overflow. It has absolutely nothing to do with the so-called numbers game.</p>
<p>^Let’s hope that’s the case. I’m only concerned because I <3 UChicago ;)</p>
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That is the case. Consider it determining the capacity they can take.</p>
<p>It’s really simple. There are about 22,000 applications in the pool, after subtracting people who were admitted EA, and a decent guess about how many people were rejected outright EA. </p>
<p>The target class size at Chicago is 1,300-1,350. The yield has been just under 40% in recent years, trending upward slightly. They aren’t likely to accept more than 3,500 students overall, and probably closer to 3,400 initially, because with a 40% yield that would produce a class of about 1,350. 1,530 students were accepted EA. So they will likely accept around 1,900 in the RD round. </p>
<p>That would mean an 8.6% admission rate. That may not be exact, but it won’t be off by more than a few tenths.</p>
<p>Most depressing news ever… now I feel like its set in stone i will be denied. 
i wish i was born five years earlier</p>
<p>^Think about it this way: if you’re who UChicago wants, you’ll get in however many applicants compete with you. So, have some confidence and wait on!</p>
<p>I’ve been wondering about that, who does chicago want exactly? I see people asking fror chances on here and some of them make me feel inferior, yet these people are afraid of being rejected (or they like messing with people.) </p>
<p>Do i have to be an 11-instrument playing genius with a black belt in karate who’s created a wildlife refuge for hurt and abused Komodo Dragons?</p>
<p>^Don’t panic.</p>
<p>I was admitted EA with a merit scholarship, and I don’t have super stellar ECs. I haven’t cured cancer or won any major competitions/awards or even touched Komodo Dragons. I had strong grades and scores, fine ECs (think robotics-participating trumpet-playing Math Team captain), and great essays. Sure, there are some applicants that saved the world or did cutting edge research, but I know from personal experience that it isn’t required.</p>
<p>Adam, I was only saying that because I have a sub 1400 sat (better than 1300 though) and basically only school clubs/community service since my school doesn’t have decathlon/olympiad/bowl type teams or any honor society type groups. so honestly, I’ve done nothing amazing and hope to get in with a good essay class rank and gpa. Not everyone is amazing. Cc is just very nonrepresentative <em>or atleast that’s what I tell myself to not stress out and get to sleep at night</em></p>
<p>9 percent acceptance is absolutely disheartening. I suppose that’s to be expected, UChicago has a very aggressive student outreach campaign that’s given it enormous increases in the number of applications in the past few years. </p>
<p>Almost everyone I know thinks I’ll get in and that’s the only thing keeping me from completely loosing hope. I can see myself at UChicago, but I can’t see myself getting in, not by a long shot.</p>
<p>My mom already thinks she is the mom of a future uchicago grad -__-</p>
<p>^Haha I know, it’s funny the way sometimes moms get. Good luck and hope we do become Uchicago grads! :)</p>
<p>Chill, people. I attended the University of Chicago. Loved every minute of it (especially in hindsight ;)) But I’d be just as happy–and successful–with a degree from Local State College. </p>
<p>Don’t fall for the hype. Think for yourselves. Your life prospects are NOT in the hands of some admissions office.</p>
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<p>So true. I was rejected by my first choice, but now I cannot imagine myself happier anywhere else! Sometimes a rejection may be a blessing in disguise. College is what you make of it.</p>
<p>uchicago is the DREAM school for a lot of us though. We will be crushed with a denial and it will obviousy be depressing to feel not good enough for awhile to go to the place you truly want to go. I know any school I go to will be awesome, id just rather have the joy than the tears anyday especially since it makes one feel they really did good in hs to go somewhere that doesnt have a 75-85% acceptance rate. </p>
<p>My state school also isn’t very interesting to me since I’ve lived by it all of my life.</p>
<p>Buckwheat, listen up! If Fad U. doesn’t send you the thick envelope, please go on to make their admissions office look stupid. Start the next Google or Facebook. Become President. Leave a pile of money to the Humble State University that said “We value you.”</p>