<p>Phuriku,</p>
<p>you are making an outstandingly cogent and insightful analysis. Thanks. I completely agree with everything you said.</p>
<p>I noticed that SAT score wise, U Chicago is right below HYP, and either a bit above or on the same same with Stanford, MIT, and Columbia. And, definitely above the lower Ivies (except Dartmouth which has the same level as Columbia and U Chicago, etc). Basically only HYP trumps U Chicago,and even so by a very small margin. </p>
<p>No matter what people say about SAT, it is a good measure of the general level of the students, much more so than GPA which can vary widely depending on where you went to high school.</p>
<p>I think Nondorf would be a foolish man to sacrifice the academic standing of the incoming freshmen body in an attempt to increase a few percentage of yield when there are other ways to do so (like better marketing, name recognition, and fin aid.</p>
<p>Based on everything I saw, Nondorf is a very smart man on top of his trade. He won’t go in the direction of ED. Doing so now will HALT the momentum U Chicago is riding on now, and set it back.</p>