UChicago remains an outlier

marlowe1
Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:04:09 +0000

I like it when people lay their cards on the table, @fiftyfifty1 . Why so reluctant? You weren’t similarly reluctant when you confidently asserted that Chicago is gaming admissions, a subject of much debate in previous threads. This is not the place to start it up again. I will only say that what to some can only be explained as an illegitimate attempt to juice the numbers looks very much to others like an attempt to find Chicago types in an age of unexpected popularity and a sudden plethora of apps that include many who don’t truly belong at the school. The very rich seem to get this, but others may not. The pushback against it has often come from people claiming to be offended as purists arguing on behalf of the old school, even though it’s one they would clearly never have wanted to attend. I have never believed their protestations.