Your description is fine – it sounds like at least there was some acknowledgement that the University of Chicago does not exist solely to supply finance and consulting firms with cannon fodder. I understand that if the goal is to have a bunch of young alumni present to help recruit admittees, it’s a lot easier for Liew to produce young alumni who work for him and will go where he tells them to go, and other young alumni who work in fields where he is a god, than to go find a wide range of young alumni and convince a bunch of them to come. And I fundamentally like the idea that Chicago is continuing to “recruit” students who applied ED, were accepted, and are committed to enroll.
Don’t sell yourself short, @HydeSnark ! You are never less than thoughtful, measured, articulate, and high-minded. You are a tremendous advertisement for the University of Chicago. I suspect donors, in general, would love you. As would incoming students and prospects – at least the ones who are constitutionally suited to appreciate the university.