<p>Phuriku, I concur. This No Barriers plan is phenomenal. Chicago is closing the gap on this financial aid space among its peers group in a big way. It will definitely attract even more brilliant applicants across the nation because of that. A big jump in number of applications is a given. It’s a matter of by what extent it will increase. My prediction is that Chicago will have roughly 33,000 applications (a 20% jump year over year, or a 9% jump from 2013). Your yield estimate of 65% agrees with mine.</p>
<p>My estimation of admit rate of 6.5% will put Chicago squarely in the HYPSM spectrum. Thoughts?</p>