@Chrchill - I haven’t got the time or inclination to hunt it down, but unless I’m very much mistaken, you’ve represented yourself as a Harvard grad on at least one other thread. My sincere apologies if I’m misremembering.
“Greetings – I am a proud parent of a just accepted D to UChicago College class of 2021. As a Harvard College and Columbia Law graduate, I am surprised at the pessimism displayed by OP. Perhaps, it is the legendary half glass is empty UChicago (UC) mentality:). From my vantage point, UC together with Stanford have been the two key momentum institutions of the past decade. UC has had a meteoric rise in the rankings and is safely ensconced as a top elite powerhouse academic institution globally. It has in fact done better than many universities with larger endowments. Chicago Law School is now tied in 4th place with Columbia. I Booth is in second place with Stanford and ahead of Wharton. Only the medical school is a bit “low” in 11 th place. Candidly, the school that has been slipping is Columbia. Columbia Business School has slipped to 10th and below Yale for the first time. it is In 15-9th place for many academic subjects. Teachers College no longer the top school it was. Columbia Medical school at 7th etc. UC is ahead of Columbia in almost all disciplines in all key rankings (USNWR and world university rankings) , and Columbia has a couple Billion more in its endowment… For undergraduates, UC has become – dare I say it – sexy. UC has made a dramatic comeback at the College level and is now hot. The way I look at as overall institutions, Harvard and Stanford are the top two overall universities in the country. Chicago, Yale, Columbia and Princeton are the band bellow them, (MIT and Caltech are in their own different category) So cheer up OP – the future looks better than ever for UC.”
I’m shocked, too. It’s hard to believe someone might misrepresent his credentials online! Especially on College Confidential, where the absolute accuracy of one’s “stats” is sacred! Or so I thought . . .
Next we’ll find out that @Cue7 went to Dartmouth, or something. The horror . . . .
@JHS - you got me! I’m wearing my “Big Green” varsity crew jacket right now, along with my salmon-colored shorts and my Sierra Brown double layer arch sandals.
I’m planning on going to Dimensions Weekends and spent most of my time on the Gold Coast of Dartmouth Row. I read Dart Blog daily and donate every year to the ski team. I’ve also kept my tube from tubestock, and I go to the homecoming bonfire every year.
I majored in econ and was tapped for Sphinx. I turn my nose up at those who mock the Tomb and…
ehhh I give up. I spent most of my college career in the Reg.
@Chrchill, we hardly knew ye. Something didn’t add up. Nevertheless, I’m pretty sure you’re the proud poppa of a first year UChicago kid. But why the falling on your sword just at this moment? Was it conscience or fear of exposure? Did @Cue7 have the goods on you? Is there now to be a second act?
@marlowe1 Just toying with @penn95. There is no sword to be seen anywhere or fear … Can we all please have some fun here. Or is this the place where fun comes to die now.
Since SCEA has such a high yield, it is practically ED.
From the vantage point of outcomes, and not inputs, the top ED schools can be compared with the top SCEA schools, easily. They effectively have the same constraints (can not admit 80% from early pool, very low RD acceptance rate)
UChicago may be different because it has ED2 but other ED schools should be comparable.
I don’t think so, @FStratford. SCEA has a yield between 85-90%, while ED is 95+%. If you assumed that all of the kids UChicago admitted EDI/II last year (over 80% of the enrolled class, apparently) were admitted SCEA, and imputed an SCEA-level yield to them, it would imply an overall yield for UChicago in the mid-60s, right around where it was before all the fun and games started.
Eureka! It’s really the same old @Chrchill, after all. It was horrible to think of him as a Penn grad. Almost as horrible as thinking of @Cue7 as a Dartmouth alum. The rogues on the board have to remain in character!
I’ve “heard” (secondhandedly, heh) seniors from different high schools said they “wish” they could go to University of Chicago, so I would say it’s a totally hot school right now.
Anyhoo, also, why can’t we have ‘shenanigans’ and also recruit top students at the same time, as they’re not mutually exclusive. Not addressing this to anyone or any specific replies in particular, just ruminating…
@marlowe1 To be serious and satisfy your morbid curiousity as well as to rile up @DeepBlue86 , who is increasingly daydreaming about ED stats, I hold degrees from 3 of the following 5: Yale. Columbia, Harvard. Oxford and Cambridge; and in 3 of the following five disciplines; History. economics, politics, law and philosophy.
Can we all please have some fun here. Or is this the place where fun comes to die now.