<p>I don’t particularly want to get involved, but I must say that according to reports from several friends in high school, Chicago’s yield is increasing for the simple reason that they are admitting weaker students who are more likely to attend over stronger ones. Of course, I know you guys won’t take my word for it, so I suggest that you take a look at the SAT scores of the incoming class. If they have decreased even marginally, you know that I could be right. Of course, scores are increasing across the board so it would be a remote possibility, but it is possible. Again, I have no agenda, I am merely saying that this is the impression I am getting from high schoolers. I could be completely wrong and I hope I am because I like Chicago, but it seems like they are going the WashU way to improve yield. I notice several posters making similar comments and saying things like “Chicago used to attract really smart kids, now it is just a back up for the ivies”. I don’t know how true this is, but could there be this much smoke without a fire? I know that my high school had 6 kids accepted last year, and none of them attended. This year Chicago chose to reject kids who made it to Harvard, Princeton and Cornell. Seems fishy to me. But who really knows what Nondorf has up his sleeve.</p>