<p>Just a speculation, but like many colleges, Chicago might yield protect against those kids with awesome stats AND financial need. It’s no secret that Chicago’s need-based finaid is not competitive with most of the Ivies, or even other great schools like (no-loan) Vandy or (loan capped) Emory. Thus, I would guess that Chicago would lose a lot of cross-admits of those students bcos of the cost of attendance. But just guessin’…</p>