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11-02-2009, 09:49 PM
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#31 | | Member
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As one small point of comfort - the EA applicant pool overall may not be stronger than the smaller pool last year. Bc of the common app, there are probably more kids just throwing an app in Chicago's direction now, and may not have great stats.
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11-03-2009, 06:01 PM
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#32 | | Junior Member
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@countingdown: LOLLLLL at the IB comment. Trust me, I'd rather write another supplement essay than a TOK prescribed title anyday.  | |
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11-04-2009, 07:32 PM
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#33 | | Member
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^Seconded. TOK titles are a joke, I can't believe how high the scores can be for a crappy essay!
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11-06-2009, 10:11 PM
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#34 | | Junior Member
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@Cue7: I'm not sure about "throwing" an application, especially due to the 2 (or 3) supplement essays required that aren't typical and require quite a bit of insight. It would be nice if the pool wasn't stronger, but that's my opinion. Any other thoughts?
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11-07-2009, 02:26 PM
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#35 | | Senior Member
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More and more people are starting to realize that you can apply ED to Columbia/Penn/Dartmouth while simultaneously shooting an EA app over to Chicago. Early apps from my school have doubled.
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11-07-2009, 02:53 PM
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#36 | | Member
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^ Yup. I know a girl from my high school that has almost zero interest in Chicago but is ED'ing Columbia and using Chicago as some kind of "safety school". She knows absolutely nothing about Chicago except for its top 10 USNWR ranking and would NOT do well with Chicago's core.
I really hope that Chicago doesn't read apps by high school. She's ranked higher, and made up a bunch of fairly impressive ECs...
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11-07-2009, 05:40 PM
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#37 | | Member
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^Actually, the Columbia core is perhaps more "hard-core" than the Chicago core. At Chicago, one can select among some electives within the core; at Columbia, all take the same core classes.
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11-08-2009, 03:28 AM
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#38 | | Member
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^ She doesn't know much about Columbia either.  | |
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11-08-2009, 07:39 AM
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#39 | | Junior Member
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PBush, I mean if she's just using Chicago as her "safety" and knows little about Chicago, it will probably show in her "Why Chicago?" essay | |
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11-08-2009, 10:14 AM
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#40 | | Junior Member
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^^ Hopefully!
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11-08-2009, 03:37 PM
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#41 | | Junior Member
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I agree, it's really frustrating - there are a couple of people from my school applying simply because Chicago is top-ranked for Economics. But they're not the intellectual type at all. It's really annoying when people go by rankings - I get asked why I'm applying to Chicago if I'm not going into business and that I should go to Hopkins since I want to do science >.>
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11-10-2009, 03:14 PM
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#42 | | Junior Member
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I get the exact same response zakuropanda, and I just tell them, "It's A Chicago Addict Thing." And they just look at me, clueless to the amazingness of UChicago.
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11-10-2009, 03:20 PM
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#43 | | Member
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Do we need to have this argument again?
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11-11-2009, 02:25 PM
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#44 | | Junior Member
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Yikes, Duke ED applications are up by 33%. Do you think EA for UC would be somewhat like this?
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11-11-2009, 05:11 PM
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#45 | | Member
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I think Chicago is still relatively unknown here in the south. I know of only one other person from my school who's applying and she's doing RA.
I think the number of EA apps will have risen from last year, yes. Hopefully it's not too drastic.
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