<p>collegechica7 said:</p>
<p>"“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?"</p>
<p>Good lord, the answer is YES. I don’t know how many times I have to say this - information from one high school or two high schools or ten high schools means NOTHING. Unless we have a comprehensive view of what UChicago is doing, we can’t make any claims.</p>
<p>For the mega-prestigious high schools, maybe UChicago is accepting “weaker” kids in the hopes that these students will spread the good word about UChicago, and then entice more applicants from the mega-prestigious schools years down the line. UChicago could then be taking the really intellectual kids from traditional feeder high schools.</p>
<p>Again, just because Exeter, Andover, whatever has seen X happen does not mean ANYTHING.</p>