<p>I mean since its not ED, will Chicago EA increase your admission chance?</p>
<p>I mean compare to RA</p>
<p>The admission rate is exactly the same for EA and RN.</p>
<p>exactly same??! so its like UCHicago did on purpose to make them even?</p>
<p>No, they just usually turn out to be even.</p>
<p>oh, I really have passion of U chicago, do you think I should EA or regular admission?</p>
<p>Your passion for the university should be demonstrated in your essays as well as by your choice of whether to apply early or regular. If you are pretty sure that you want to come, though, and might even withdraw applications from other schools if accepted, then you should definitely apply EA.</p>
<p>I knew from the onset I wanted to go to UChicago; I applied early there and didn't apply anywhere else until after I knew my EA decision. Since I didn't know about finaid at that point, though, and I knew it would be a factor in my decision, I applied to another couple of schools RD.</p>
<p>will your chance to UChicago difers by different dipartment? will applying Econ program harder than other departments in UChi?</p>
<p>I can't say whether listing your intended major affects your application, but at Chicago you don't apply to a degree program. Well, except Law, Letters, and Society. But in general what you list on your application as your intended major has no bearing on what you actually choose to pursue here at Chicago.</p>
<p>oh, thank you for your answer, hopefully will see you guys in Uchi in 3 years</p>
<p>Libby, you probably realize that comparing admissions rates tells you little about whether your selectivity is the same, since the applicant pools could vary.</p>
<p>This issue was brought out in great detail in "The early admissions Game" of a few years ago. Some Ivies also claimed "the same" but the underlying data showed that early was easier, for a comparable student.</p>
<p>I want to clarify that you don't apply to Law, Letters, and Society in your admissions application, and that we do not ask for your major on the application.</p>
<p>You're right, newmassdad, admissions "chances" are 1) not actually based on chance, and 2) not indicative of selectivity. However, people are usually satisfied with that kind of response, and we can't really predict how our EA and RN pools will look from year to year.</p>
<p>If the admissions numbers published in the Maroon were accurate, the admission rate for EA was somewhat higher than RD, this year. Also, many schools count EA applicants deferred and later accepted in the RD category, though I don't know about Chicago. Rice actually breaks these numbers out.</p>
<p>Libby,
Does a student have a better chance in earning one of those precious merit aid awards (full or partial) if he/she applies EA?</p>
<p>The acceptance rates are equal, but noticably absent are any data on the quality of each pool. I have a feeling that the EA pool has fewer top end applicants than the RD pool, due to SCEA and SCED policies at HYPS...</p>
<p>Well, there does seem to be some difference in admission rate favoring EA. The overall acceptance rate was 36%. The EA rate was 40%. About 1/3 of the total admits were EA. Therefore, just eyeballing it, the RD rate had to be about 33% or so. This is not taking into account those from the EA pool deferred and later admitted, which would add a little to the EA numbers and subtract a little from the RD numbers. It would seem strange if the applicant pool was weaker during EA that the school would have a higher admit rate for EA than it does RD.</p>
<p>No it wouldn't. I have no doubt that the school gets a higher yield on the EA admitted students, and that a good many of the very best applicants don't apply RD because they get tied up with HYPS.</p>
<p>idad - where are you getting those statistics?</p>
<p>And here was my answer to micromom:
Since each student has a less than %0.01 chance of getting a merit scholarship from us, it is hard to talk about the statistics of getting merit awards. But EA applicants have the same chances as anyone.</p>
<p>Each applicant doesn't have a <.01% chance of getting a merit award because the applicants aren't the same as each other. I would certainly hope that they're not randomly awarded :) .</p>