@fbsdreams I’d argue that all the athletes apply ED1 or ED2 first. That is what coaches tell athletes. I will put you on my “I want you list” if you apply ED1 or ED2. If you apply EA first, you don’t get the recruitment bump.
Maybe that is just what they told my son, but every coach at every school he was “recruited” by told him the same thing, so I tend to think that is the MO.
Also, look at last year’s admitted student threads, they are full of students who did the EA → ED2 route and were accepted. None of them were recruited athletes.
@BrianBoiler Agreed, that was my comment. I don’t have the specific stat, but can say c/o 2021 majority of the largest recruited sport did in fact ED and only a handful EDII’d.
I’m really glad we went on the tour Monday. I think my daughter gained a lot of really great info to include in her LOCI as to why she really wants to go to UC. May not be enough, but it could be helpful.
I was wondering what my ED2 chances were if 4 students from my school were accepted ED, and possibly more than 5 from my school district. From my school, 1 was a recruit, 2 were pritzker legacy, and 1 was a rando unhooked asian applicant. From the other school in my district, as far as I know, 1 was an asian applicant with sibling legacy (idk if thats a hook). Given that 5 people from my district got in ED, and that 4 were from my school alone, what would be my chances if I applied ED2 (I’m not flexing, lowkey asking for input, but for context’s sake I have perfect stats, decent ECs, decent essays). Even if I was a perfect applicant (I’m not, no one really is, but for the sake of the example), would I even have a shot given that 4 students were already taken ED1?
that’s true for most selective school … BUT all atheltes with bad grades testing MUST do EDII… they are pushed to get their grades up… Legacies will be ED1 only or RD … no EA or ED2 …
the Only commitment was ED1 … ED2 means you were REJECTED by someone else. right? no one wants second had.
deffered from ED1 is ok for athletes only
deffered from EA (you should have done ED1 but clearly want to keep your options open) will be mostly denined in ED2, but a slim chance in RD. 10% per uchicago’s numbers from last year.
from tumbler last week: (NOTE: they don’t even mention ED2 in acceptance)
Defer: A defer means that we are not granting you acceptance at this time, but we will review your application again in the winter.
Our deferral list is not ranked, and historically about 10% of deferred students are admitted in the Regular Decision pool. If UChicago remains your top choice, here is some advice on what to do next:
ED1 deffered to ED2 shows really wanting to go there.
EA deffered to ED2 should that you don’t want to go there. appllied ED somewhere, and already been rejected, and now want ED2.
Scenario: you apply to RESA to Stanford and ED2 to Uchicago by nov 1st. Stanford rejects you, you have an ED2 at uChicago…
Uchicago asks, if you really wanted to come here why didn’t you apply ED1???
it;s not their first Rodeo… this applied to every school
Infact little ivys use ED2 to catch ivy ED1 rejects, denies and defferes
@zstar18 if you were deffered from EA, if they re-read your application in January, what would have changed? ED2 is accept or deny only … look into uchicago’s tumber blog last week. they actually accept 10% deffered candidates in RD, but NO mention of EDII… But if you retook a test and did significantly better more than 2 points ACT, 30 points SAT, then you can try ED2. They decided not to admit you then, can you give them a reason now? you might have better luck ED2 with other school … don’t get people’s numbers. get actual numbers from Uchicago.
Uchicago deffered many from ED1 and ED2 … they already filled 50% of the spots… they will look bad if they did not give RD a chance. their stats will be so low…
This applied to ALL schools not just U chicago.
ED1 is the Only “easy” way in…
“Early Decision I applicants will receive an admissions decision of admit, deny, or defer.”
before EDII, all deffers were to RD (No other options).
Now, The defferes are split ( make the number of rejections less if you reject at multiple stages )
I don’t know exact details of of Uchicago since EDII is fairly new without much supporting data.
But I have seen deferrals from ED1 to ED2
From what other schools do ( take it with a grain of salt )
ED1 deffered to ED2 —> most likely athlete without solid grades or testing. (otherwise, soft rejection in ED2)
ED1 deffered to RD – > candidate was very good, but not enough, will take a look again with RD pool, less competitive
EA deffered to ED2 → not good to be accepted, did not want to commit to ED1. Either forcing the commitment, or soft reject.
EA deffered to RD → not good to be accepted, but will look at you with RD folks.
Analysise the data for Northwestern and Williams.
google 2017 Northwestern Common Data Set just to get an idea.
Directly email/call uchicago and ask … this info might apply to all other schools, but uChicago’s data in not for solid analysis.