<p>From a Newsweek article about admissions at Chicago:</p>
<p>This buyer’s market allows the admissions staff to consider a delectable question: if nearly every applicant is qualified, then who is most desirable? For Chicago, the answer is the high-end student who embraces complex ideas and ceaseless discussion, who reads “Anna Karenina” and can’t wait to tell someone about it. “We tell people we’re seeking rigor,” O’Neill (Dean of Admissions) confides one brittle December day, walking through a sunlit stone quadrangle. “What we’re really seeking is love.” </p>
<p>For the full article: <a href=“http://members.cox.net/scfun/sceduc-cl-newsweek.pdf[/url]”>http://members.cox.net/scfun/sceduc-cl-newsweek.pdf</a></p>
<p>My S. wrote very good essays, had atypical EC’s, a GPA of 3.46 (UW) and an ACT of 33, demonstrated a sense of humor, had good recomendations, and showed the (sincere) love in what he wrote, visited often, and was accepted.</p>