Faculty boost at HYPS vs ED0 at UChicago

hawthorne32
Mon, 07 Apr 2025 21:37:09 +0000

High Junior at a top prep school in a little bit of a dilemma. Parent is a tenured professor in a STEM subject at a top 5 (think Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale) university, so there is quite a good shot (60%?) I get it. However, I was recently admitted to a UChicago summer program that allows me to apply in a binding round in September (this is a new addition, UChicago calls it ED0/SSEN). My school has pretty established pipeline (75% ED1 rate) to UChicago and it is very appealing to finish the process in September. To complicate things even more, I really like Dartmouth and with my grades my school has an 70%+ ED1 rate.

I am hoping to go into finance out of undergrad, maybe going to business school later. My decision is based on which school would give me the best job connections as well as best education overall.

I like all of the schools equally

OPTION 1A: Apply ED0 to Chicago, get decision in late September and use my ED1 on faculty school and apply Dartmouth RD

OPTION 1B: Apply ED0 to Chicago, get decision in late September and use my ED1 on Dartmouth and apply faculty RD

OPTION 2A: Forgo ED0 to Chicago, use my ED1 on faculty school and apply Dartmouth RD.

OPTION 2B: Forgo ED0 to Chicago, use my ED1 on Dartmouth apply faculty RD.

As many of you know, UChicago is nearly impossible to get in during rounds besides ED. I could ED2 there, but it will not be nearly as good of a shot.