UChicago is Tops at Top Prep Schools

FStratford
Sat, 02 Jan 2021 09:06:48 +0000

sushiritto:

These Chicago “cheerleader” type threads are as common as house flies here on CC.

No they are not. They are only in the “University of Chicago” threads. What did you expect? Moaning and groaning? Yeah, no. Here we look at data and logic, and we don’t hold sacred unexamined opinions. Get used to it?

tristatecoog:

Harvard - 21; 6%; 1493; 4.47

Oh wow. That Harvard SAT number… that’s ALDC right there.

And if the Admit rate is 6%, it pretty much means that this school’s unhooked acceptance rate is basically nil?

No wonder unhooked applicants are looking at UChicago more and more these days.

sushiritto:

IMO, you can’t simply boil the definition of an “academic superstar” to just their SAT test score and grade deciles on a chart.

That’s like saying sport superstars should not be judged by their number of goals/assists/touchdowns/wins. Yeah, no. Of course you should judge academic superstars by their performance in class, their research, their grades, their co-curricular projects. A person with unrealized potential because they did not devote enough time to realize that potential is not a superstar - this is true for both sports or academics. (in my opinion)