@evergreen5 at #96 - UChicago’s base of 13,000 applications probably would result in less than a 15% increase. In general, the smaller the base, the larger the % growth, and UChicago’s base is significantly larger than most others to begin with. However, even if it increased 20% (which would be every AO’s dream) that’s no more than 15,500. Now, 15,500 is a huge number of early apps! @1NJParent was referring to a 40 - 50% increase over a number that is very large to begin with. I’m still guessing I won’t be eating my laptop.