@1NJParent I’m still waiting for the factual data on your initial post which was completely outside of the OP thread, but seemed to be rather personal.
“There’re dozens of colleges that claim to be “need-blind” as there’re dozens of colleges that claim to not take into account of “demonstrated interest”. In reality, however, only a handful are truly need-blind (and/or truly indifferent to demonstrated interest). That handful also happen to be the most elite and UChicago is not one of them.”
The facts to the contrary of your statement are well disputed throughout - one such thread - http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1956361-university-of-chicago-the-meteoric-rise-p1.html
Again, well outside of the original OP thread, but SCEA is much more restrictive to the applicant than UChicago’s generous ED/EA/EDII/RA schemes. The benefits of each communicated and disputed on CC as well.