word of caution for U Chicago applicants

pk92
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:25:37 +0000

Thank you hyeonjlee for the caution. I agree that statistics do not lie, and if anything, should be used judiciously in identifying the rights schools as to safety, match and reaches. I have a high achiever kid (scores, GPA, coursework, etc. in top 10% or better) with plenty of ECs and other soft stuff, but I still think that schools like HYPS are a reach, perhaps because of the crapshoot nature of the admissions process. We are treating Chicago as a reach, though with her stats I would be personally surprised if my kid got a reject from UoC.

Your message of having a well laid out strategy is sound, and one that I cannot argue with.