@Warrenless My daughter was accepted in EA, and weeks after (before she accepted to go) received the letter announcing the merit scholarship of 15K per year. It was a total shock bc we did not know that UChicago gave them.
She was waiting for few more acceptances in RD (she was accepted in Columbia, Cornell, UPenn, Duke, Vanderbilt, and others), but UChicago was always her favorite, and she already made her decision. We are visiting this week.