Anyone interested in UChicago learned about the opportunity to apply ED. And I think you can find the info in a back issue of The Maroon. The College announced it’s 2020 admission stats during info sessions as well, maybe only if you asked. 2020 RD acceptance rate was TINY because they were generous with the EA group. I remember something like 12% EA and 4-5% RD. Probably decided to add ED because of that. Also, what were the quality of the RD apps? If they were great, it’s likely that The College will defer many this year from the EA pool. It’s also possible that The College just doesn’t want to be bothered with RD pool. The latter pool, I predict, will be super competitive just like last year.
What was the 2020 yield from EA? Seems obvious that it wasn’t high enough thus the change in policy.
Two more days… I am really keyed up, hence all the data speculation.
I’m also inclined to believe that EA at UChicago will be a thing of the past. They may just stick with EDI, EDII and RD. The majority of acceptances will come from ED pools and a tiny pool of acceptances from RD.
I’m inclined to think that the ED pool will be wealthy kids who do not need any fin aid and do not need
to compare packages. Also some low socio economic high stats kids that can be offered enough fin need based aid from their initiatives. Then the school can accept highly qualified RD kids and attract them with some merit scholarships to entice them to attend regardless of their fin status.
This poses problems for the doughnut hole families though. Those families that focused on savings and are currently working two jobs and can barely cover the cost but maybe have retirement looming or they also want to help their kids in grad school, med school or law school. These families need the kid to compare fin aid packages and will no longer have an EA option. UChicago will just no longer may be an option.
While I do agree that EA is probably going to be removed in the next few years, if not next year, I do believe UChicago will give the EA applicants a fair chance.
At the end of the day, EA DEFINITELY won’t be as easy as ED, but it’s not like it will be harder than RD too!
“UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The University of Chicago received 11,143 early action applications, an increase from the previous years when 10,137 and 8,698 applications were received. According to sources, the school with an estimated class of 1,350 students, offered admission to 1,350 students under its Early Admission non-binding program.”
@goingnutsmom I don’t really agree with that. I’m from France and I applied ED to uchicago. I won’t be able to go there if I don’t get financial aid but I still applied ED because I’ve wanted to go there for like 3 years. Not all ED applicants are wealthy kids. I compared a lot of financial aid packages from a lot of school but still chose to apply to uchicago
I also applied ED as an international applicant from New Zealand. However, I applied without financial aid since many people around me told me that it was extremely difficult for international applicants to get aid
@Lucine, the form you signed when you applied ED is a binding contract, not an option. ED isn’t contingent on financial aid unless it says so explicitly in the contract. You may not have the freedom to exit the contract w/o some penalty. They won’t make you go and pony up, but they do have the right to inform other schools that you are bound to UChicago.
The good news is that they are supposed to be a no-barriers school so supposedly they will meet your demonstrated need. The catch is that if you don’t happen to agree with their number, you aren’t out of the contract.
@JBStillFlying@Lucine
Almost all ED contracts from colleges nowadays include a clause that lets students out of the agreement if they cannot meet the financial requirements. This was done to encourage lower income kids to apply. If the financial aid is not enough- a student can turn down an ed admittance with no penalty.
@What??!! - How exactly is “not enough” determined and which party - school or family - determines it?
Again, a moot point as UChicago says they are “no barriers”. They claim to meet demonstrated need (which is probably the standard of determining whether “enough” has been given). But there might be disagreement between @Lucine and family and UChicago as to whether “meeting demonstrated need” is, indeed, “enough”. What happens then?
Edit to add: Obviously there are going to be deliberate loopholes in the event of financial crisis for the family but that’s not the same thing as believing that you didn’t get enough aid.
