<p>A couple quick things…</p>
<p>a) No one here has bashed ANY great schools (UChicago, Tufts, Dartmouth, etc.), so let’s put that strawman to rest.</p>
<p>b) For 2011, Northwestern had ~31,000 undergrad applicants, while UChicago had ~21,000. You’d think if UChicago was greatly “preferred” to Northwestern they wouldn’t have ~10,000 fewer applicants in spite of their MASSIVE outreach to HS seniors. S got ~20 expensive mailings + an unsolicited tshirt from UChicago (a school in which he expressed NO interest), in contrast to one mailing from Northwestern (to which he applied). At least 10,000 kids actively “preferred” NU to UChicago when deciding where to apply.</p>
<p>c) Wrt the original topic of the thread, most applicants NU Adcoms review did not apply to UChicago, so it is unlikely there is much correlation between a UChicago deferral and what happens with NU admissions, aside from the indication that you are probably academically well qualified for either school.</p>
<p>Good luck to you!!</p>