That reflects the ignorance of you and your classmates, not Stanford’s quality. The first US News ranking took place in 1983 and was based solely on colleges’ reputations with people in academia. Chicago was a respectable #6…Stanford ranked #1. It has been an elite university for decades.</p>
<p>Bring out the Nobel laureates. Stanford is sitting comfortably with its edge in all world rankings, the NRC rankings, peer assessment, etc. Not to mention its domination of Silicon Valley and entrepreneurship. Oh, and with double Chicago’s yield, it’s getting plenty of top students that Chicago failed to nab. </p>
<p>They’re both great universities. I’m not sure why you felt the need to put Stanford down, but it reeks of insecurity, as all of your posts do. (For the record, I have no affiliation with Stanford.)</p>
<p>Chicago’s low acceptance rate is simply a function of the number of applications it gets. Chicago admits at least 2 or 3 times as many early applicants as other universities, so it’s pretty dumb to panic about the percentage.</p>
<p>Can we PLEASE stop with the Chicago vs. HYPSMC argument…I agree with hippo; there is no need to put other schools down. Chicago is already “up there” by certain metrics but “not quite up there” by other metrics. It’s going to take a few more years before Chicago solidifies its position. In the meantime can we all just play nice?</p>
<p>I really don’t even see a UChicago vs HYPSMC argument. I was simply curious about when UChicago’s connotation is going to improve, since there is still a vast amount of people who don’t see the wonderful University for what it is. I just think it’s really interesting what a name entails and how that tends to affect the university itself. And of course, names (and rankings) aren’t everything.</p>
<p>My D was deferred and I’m convinced that it is because of her intended major even though she is very flexible academically. If we had known then what we know now… The biggest issue for us in financial. Even with an unlikely acceptance off the wait list, we can’t afford almost 60k a year. We shall wait and see if UChicago remains in the mix.</p>
<p>The University of Chicago does not consider an applicant’s intended major when evaluating students. I put down “agricultural economics” (which is not offered here) and was accepted.</p>
This is a very interesting thought, but the opposite argument is equally plausible. EA schools might have to throw a big net out there because accepted students are not guaranteed to matriculate. However, ED schools have to be more choosy, since an accepted student will take up a spot in most circumstances. This makes the low EA acceptance percentage even more remarkable, since you would expect Chicago to accept at a higher rate than its ED peers.</p>
<p>I’m still confused myself about the whole application process. I applied ED to Columbia and was flat out rejected however accepted EA to Chicago. Furthermore, looking back, my essays were the weakest party of my application in my opinion. I am in no way saying that I feel I should have been accepted to Columbia however Chicago really surprised me… They must really take a holistic approach. Either way, still super happy that I got in to one of my dream schools! Great present for the holidays!</p>
<p>Thank you! I’m having a really hard time even thinking about turning down UChicago with the great financial aid estimate I got… So hopefully I will see you all next year!</p>
<p>I know right? I was rejected from Penn but got accepted by Chicago. Such a roller coaster for me ha ha. I’m so glad that I got into and am able to become classmates with you guys</p>
<p>Is anybody planning on going to visit for a night? I think I’m going to do an overnight stay with a student. I have a friend that goes there and she said I should definitely do it as it would be a great opportunity to glimpse some of the day-to-day of the university. Unfortunately, as a male, I can’t room with her haha</p>
<p>I got in and I want to visit in April because I’ve never been to Chicago but about how much is it going to cost? I’m sort of broke right now and I’m wondering how important it is to visit campus before enrollment.</p>
<p>I don’t know about April, however I talked with an admissions rep over the phone and they said that if given about a weeks notice then they can schedule an overnight visit whenever, and this visit will be free of charge for admitted students. I’m broke too haha… I got 42k in grants estimated but I still need to save up if I want to be able to afford 18,000-20,000 per year…</p>
<p>What does “free of charge” mean? Are they paying for travel? Because I can’t think of any college visit that would charge a fee to likely prospies (minus food, IF that).</p>
<p>THereseR: I would think not. I imagine that their RD rate will be closer to 10% due to all of the deferred people that will now be applying in that cycle. </p>
<p>tawarren95: I assume they won’t be paying for travel. The free of charge comes from the free room essentially. For me it is just a quick train ride to Chicago, as I live in an adjacent state.</p>
<p>^A friend of mine was admitted to dartmouth last year, and they covered the flight cost as she was low-income. I imagine that travel costs would be covered here as well, since room is free from volunteering host students. </p>
<p>thereseR, EA and RD are similar in difficulty, but the EA rate was 17% and RD unofficially 9% last year for a total of 13%. Since this year’s EA is 13%, I would estimate RD to be 8-9% for a combined 10-11%.</p>
<p>I think this is really, really important. You need to get a feel for the campus, its location and neighborhood, the types of people there, what an average class feels like, etc.</p>
<p>So if travel is covered for admitted students I’d be able to go but otherwise I probably wouldn’t. It also depends on my other RD schools. I live in Dallas and none are even close to me so I guess I’ll have to wait and see what happens.</p>