<p>"The undergraduate College received 10,316 early applications this yearan increase of 19.5 percent from last year and the largest number that the College has ever recorded."</p>
<p>Early</a> Action applications to UChicago set new record | UChicago News</p>
<p>i’m glad I got in when I did :P</p>
<p>Looks like the acceptance rate will be in the single digits this year.</p>
<p>I think UChicago has clearly defined itself as the Apple of college admissions. This kind of growth, year-after-year, is just ridiculous.</p>
<p>To be fair, phuriku, it’s easier to have this kind of growth when acceptance rates are higher than UChi’s peers (though less so in coming years). </p>
<p>A large part of the school’s recent success is in its direct mailers – will other schools catch on and start employing the same practices? If so, how would that affect UChi’s numbers? Or do the direct mailers uniquely function to tap into UChi’s intrinsic value? The coming years will be an interesting time for admissions…</p>
<p>Penn’s ED has increased by 5.6%
[The</a> Daily Pennsylvanian :: Early decision applications reach all-time high](<a href=“http://www.thedp.com/article/2012/11/early-decision-applications-reach-all-time-high]The”>Early decision applications reach all-time high | The Daily Pennsylvanian)</p>
<p>Dartmouth saw a 12.5% decrease…
[TheDartmouth.com:</a> Early applicant pool sees decline](<a href=“http://thedartmouth.com/2012/11/13/news/early]TheDartmouth.com:”>http://thedartmouth.com/2012/11/13/news/early)</p>
<p>Brown’s ED number rose by about 1 percent this year
[Early</a> applications rise for class of 2017 - The Brown Daily Herald - Serving the community daily since 1891](<a href=“http://www.browndailyherald.com/early-applications-rise-for-class-of-2017-1.2792546#.UKOZRWeAPKQ]Early”>http://www.browndailyherald.com/early-applications-rise-for-class-of-2017-1.2792546#.UKOZRWeAPKQ)</p>
<p>I expect admissions rate in the single digits this year because they will be closing down Pierce in June 2013. It is scheduled to open in 2016. </p>
<p>However, I just read that:</p>
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<p>How valid is the administration’s assertion?</p>
<p>[Residents</a> to be relocated after official close of Pierce in June 2013](<a href=“Saul Bellow, dead at 89 – Chicago Maroon”>Saul Bellow, dead at 89 – Chicago Maroon)</p>
<p>[University</a> to construct new residence hall and dining commons on site of Pierce](<a href=“http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/11/13/university-construct-new-residence-hall-and-dining-commons-site-pierce-tower]University”>University to construct new residence hall and dining commons on site of Pierce Tower)</p>
<p>This is wild. When my daughter applied eight years ago, Chicago didn’t get 10,000 applications total, much less EA. EA applications were about 2,500, and the EA acceptance rate was almost 50%.</p>
<p>More people applied early to Chicago this year than to Penn, Dartmouth, and Brown, combined.</p>
<p>This number really isn’t shocking to me, it shows greater interest in the school. There is always a question of yield when dealing with the fact that UChicago is simply Early Action, not binding in anyway, and this clearly lends itself to many more applications, so reducing the admission rate. Also, the Class of 2017 needs to be 1000 or less students, in my opinion.</p>
<p>It’s called marketing. Aggressive marketing.</p>
<p>Yeah it doesn’t surprise me compared to Penn, Dartmouth, and Brown because those are all binding. The only reason I applied early to UChicago is that it is nonrestrictive and nonbinding.</p>
<p>I knew this would happen. ^_^</p>
<p>:( Very sad for a kid like mine who would have almost surely been admitted five years ago, and for whom it is truly a first choice school. Her EA app is in that pile, but sheesh. Stupid Common App…</p>
<p>Poplicola, the admissions rate should still see a big change this year. I think the administration aims to maintain a normal class size through the Pierce transition, but a normal class size is still smaller than the 2016 class. That, combined with increased apps, and we could very well see a single-digit admissions rate (though I don’t even remember what the current one is).</p>
<p>do you think they’ll take longer to give us results? :S
Honestly, I might EXPLODE of anxiety if they go past the 21st :P</p>
<p>I feel bad for my age and myself applying to universities this year at probably the most competitive admission war. For UChicago’s aggressive email marketing, I kinda feel it’s stupid. They attract more student with extensive emails and they reject lots of them. Can anybody post Columbia’s and Cornell’s ED applicant pool once they come out?</p>
<p>Kill me now -.-</p>
<p>Any predictions for the EA acceptance rate?</p>
<p>Yale received a total 4,514 early applications, a 4.4% increase compared to last year’s 4,323.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> releases early app count | Cross Campus](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2012/11/15/yale-releases-early-app-count/]Yale”>Yale releases early app count - Yale Daily News)</p>
<p>There we go.</p>
<p>intparent -
My feeling exactly. My heart sank when I saw the number.<br>
We were speaking to parents of a current sophmore. They said the last two classes were too large, so the school is cutting back acceptances this year.</p>