UChicago EA Admissions Rate?

Cue7
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:36:21 +0000

I think that the EA increase (fortunately or unfortunately) could be quite significant - perhaps in the range of a 30-40% surge. I’m assuming the Chicago Maroon will report the exact figure in the Friday issue, but from all I’ve heard, numbers are up quite a bit. I’ve heard the admissions office is anticipating getting 16k-17k apps total this year, which is, well, just quite a lot. I’m assuming the lower ivies (UPenn, Cornell, Dartmouth, etc.) will all be around the 16K-18K range for their respective colleges, so this would be the first time in recent memory that Chicago’s # of apps will even be in the ballpark of some of its most immediate peers.