So, the top 3 kids in my son's class all applied to UChicago and while their scores were not better, their class rank certainly was and while we don't know all the details of their applications, from where we sat, they looked so much stronger on paper. In fact when my son learned that they were applying, he became very disheartened because he was sure the University would not offer admissions to so many from his school. All three were turned down or wait listed. When we learned about this, I was a little surprised. These are solid kids. All of them made it into one or the other Ivy. I know of at least two who really want to go to UChicago. Even applied EA. They are still hoping to get off the wait list. My son told me that one of his friends overheard one of these kids complaining about the fact that lower ranked kids were getting into schools that they were turned down from.
Any of you hear this kind of thing happening? Makes me even more confused about the whole admissions process.
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