So, if these numbers are correct, 82% of the enrolled class was admitted ED - and the enrolled class expanded from about 1,600, so it would have been close to 90% of the class size of the year before. That’s just…unbelievable. Is it the sense of parents of first-years that 80+% of their classmates were admitted ED? If so, wow.
I think @FStratford is pretty close to the mark in post #20. The class is effectively barbelled, with an overwhelming number locked up in the ED rounds and enough admits given out in the RD round that it doesn’t look like there’s no chance at all. UChicago can live with a low yield in the RD round if they keep it overall high enough by handing out enough binding admits earlier.
Does anyone seriously think you can compare yield between UChicago, which apparently admits 80+% of its class ED, with schools that use SCEA and admit much lower proportions of their classes with it?