<p>Does anyone know what percentage of EA applicants UChicago has taken over the past few years?</p>
<p>I'm just curious. :-)</p>
<p>I think it’s 30%, but my memory may be fooling me.</p>
<p>^That’s not necessarily for EA is it? I would guess it’s higher than that for EA.</p>
<p>@wej.
It doesn’t matter what it was the past few years. With Nondorf coming in conjecture with the Common App, the entire admissions game has changed. More applicants, lower acceptance rates, higher yields, etc. Or at least that’s what’s “expected.” I’ve heard numbers floating around that they’re a expecting 150-200% in EA applications this year (!!!) and maybe even 17,000 TOTAL applications. This seems quite accurate because, if my school is any example, there seem to be more people applying just for the hell of it. So if they accept the same amount of people as recently, we’re looking at an acceptance rate of ~20%. That’s a 7% drop from last year. That’s HUGE. And we basically have no idea how big those numbers will be… but we do know that they’re going up fast.</p>
<p>I’M SCARED.</p>
<p>Anyone else thanking their lucky stars that all the Ivy League-caliber kids are applying EA single choice to schools like Yale and Stanford? I definitely am. >.<</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I do not think there is much of a distinction between ‘Ivy League-caliber kids’ and those who apply to UChicago EA.</p>
<p>I too am glad that Stanford and Yale will detract from the EA Chicago applicants, zakuropanda.</p>
<p>The Stanford and Yale thing has defenitally made a big difference at my school. Many people that would be very strong competition to get into UC are applying to Yale this weekend and waiting for Chicago until RD, thus giving people (AKA me) who are only interested in Chicago a fighting chance! I think part of this spike has to do with the fact that the class of '14 is just a year past the peak of anyone applying to college. The system had no idea what to do with the '13-ers and we still have to pick up some of that slack.</p>
<p>I thought it was lower? Like ~27%?</p>
<p>Last year was 27%. This year’s overall will more than likely be below 25%, and could even approach 20%</p>
<p>I guess when I mean “ivy-league” caliber I’m referring to those who have a serious chance of getting in and want to attend Ivy Leagues and are applying to Chicago “just because”. (As opposed to all of us “Chicago is our dream school!!” people)</p>
<p>@neogop Sorry, but I’m not familiar with Nondorf?</p>
<p>As to everyone else, thank you. I appreciate the insight! :-)</p>
<p>@wej: i believe that’s the new admissions director.</p>
<p>Noddorf is the Vice President and Dean of College Admissions and Financial Aid</p>
<p>[Jim</a> Nondorf appointed to top admissions post | The University of Chicago](<a href=“http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=1570]Jim”>http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=1570)
[University</a> Organizational Chart: James Nondorf | The University of Chicago](<a href=“http://www.uchicago.edu/about/orgchart/bios/nondorf.shtml]University”>http://www.uchicago.edu/about/orgchart/bios/nondorf.shtml)</p>
<p>He took over from Ted O’Neill on July 1. Most of the marketing, except for a few recent efforts, were already in place. Any increase in this year’s applicants are more likely a product of the Common App and O’Neill’s historical efforts than anything Nandorf has done. Where he will have a major influence is on the criteria used to select this year’s class. That is where his presence will first be felt.</p>
<p>Yes, as idad said, the bulk of this year’s boom in applications will be seen from the 2nd year of the Common App. Nondorf will play the biggest role in determining the makeup of this year’s class, and in keeping admissions numbers high in the years ahead. I have a strong feeling the admissions office is targeting a 15-20% accept rate within the next 3-4 years. I think the goal is to close the perceived “selectivity gap” between Chicago and places like Brown and Columbia.</p>
<p>Very true, idad, I’ve never realized that all the marketing I got last year was all O’Neill. I liked his propaganda better than the stuff I get from Nondorf now, however. </p>
<p>True, Cue7. The admissions jump is probably due to the Common App, but that doesn’t mean Nondorf isn’t trying his best to bring in a few more hundred applicants in the last few months just to boost the numbers. Clearly the University is trying to close the gap on Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Duke, etc, and they have been even with O’Neill. I just happen to think that with the Common App AND Nondorf, they are going to be so much more successful. The only question is, will Nondorf sacrifice the “Life of the Mind” attitude in exchange for competitive students? Who knows. PLEASE I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE THIS INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE INTELLECTUAL PATH OF THE UNIVERSITY. There are far too many of those on this board. Hopefully the answer to that question is “no,” but you never know… it could happen. If I had to guess, I would think that the admissions rate (overall) is going to dip below 25% this year (probably around 23.5%). I see no reason to think that the EA admit rate will be any lower, in fact it might be a little higher (25%ish). The thing certainly helping EAers is, like swimminvegan said, all these Yale SCEA and Stanford EA people who are now looking into Chicago. People like them NEVER would have looked at Chicago 4-5 years ago, but now that the ranking is up, they’re willing to throw in an RD application. Luckily, they can’t apply EA… which hopefully will save the rest of us (AND ME!!!).</p>
<p>It will be an intense month then.</p>
<p>And 15-20% overall, right? </p>
<p>I look forward to seeing the admissions statistics for EA applicants.</p>
<p>No, more like 20-25%.
And it’s EA, not ED.
And they won’t release the statistics until about August of 2010 (because they’ll want to release their overall admit rate and their yield rate).</p>
<p>I meant EA. I applied, after all. :-)</p>
<p>Like I said, intense. Though that may be a good thing.</p>
<p>Oh ouch. So the pattern seems to be 30% -> 27% -> 23% -> 17%…
Hahaha sucks for the current freshman/those not yet in HS.</p>