Nondorf says that he is no longer asked whether UChicago is “where fun goes to die.”
Topic: admissions
Yielding results
Admissions hit the mark in anticipating yield for the incoming class despite facing a number of challenges.
Class of ’17 yield above 50 percent
Admissions yield reached a record high, although it’s still below that of the ivies.
How financial aid reinforces our values
Dean Nondorf outlines progress, potential of UChicago’s financial aid offerings.
Record low acceptance rate: students still drawn by “life of the mind”
Leading the national trend of surging applications to most top-tier U.S. universities, UChicago’s acceptance rate is down nearly five percentage points from last year.
The merits of diversity
Students from a variety of backgrounds are essential to the development of an ideal learning environment.
Yield for students ahead
UChicago should lower admit rate to maintain quality and ethos of College experience.
Halftime report
Some ongoing campus issues to keep in mind as the academic year reaches its midpoint.
College applications continue upward trend
The College received a record number of applications for the Class of 2017 this year.
Indiana Jones journal accidentally sent to campus
The admissions office received a package addressed to the fictional archaeologist.
EA applications rise for fourth consecutive year
The number of students who applied to the U of C through an early, but non-binding, decision, increased by nearly 20 percent this year.
Promotional considerations
New applicants may be playing the name game, but popularity won’t necessarily hurt the U of C.
Broken ranks
U.S. News rankings undervalue crucial criteria.
Large admitted class forces adjustments on College
Administrators are having to tweak, and in some cases significantly change, admissions and housing after high yield has led to another unexpectedly large class.
Yield for incoming students
Increasing class sizes should prompt the U of C to mend the disconnect between Housing and Admissions.
A question of character
Holding open dialogue can reconcile the College’s changing recruiting approach with its core values.
Early to rise
Despite increased applications, yield rate remains low and would benefit from a switch to Early Decision.
College applications jump 16 percent to record high
The College received a record high 25,271 applications this year.
Evoking FDR, Boyer gives a “fireside chat”
Boyer spoke about the history of the Core and the College’s admission standards Tuesday evening.
Early admission applications continue to soar
The number of students who applied early action to the University is 25 percent higher than last year’s figures.
Record yield rate leaves undergrads in grad housing
This summer, administrators leapt into an eleventh-hour expansion of undergraduate housing after it became apparent that the existing facilities could not accommodate the large incoming first-year class.
Hard to admit
Drop in acceptance rate reflects changes in admissions office, not necessarily in student body
Admissions rate falls
U of C’s acceptance rate over the past two years dropped faster than all other universities
Harvard, Princeton to join U of C in early admissions
The University does not expect change in admission numbers due to peer institutions switch to early admissions, which was announced Thursday.
College sees 12 percent increase in applications
A record 21,669 students applied to matriculate at the College next fall, a 12 percent jump from the previous high of 19,374 applicants. The increase in applications for the Class of 2015 builds on last year’s 42 percent spike in applications.
Early apps keep soaring
6,960 high school students applied through Chicago’s non-binding early action program, an 18.5 percent jump from last year. The increase in applications is part of a nationwide trend, as students continue to apply to more colleges than ever before.
Beyond the numbers game
More applicants to the College may look good, but the increase can come at a cost
Toto, I have a feeling we’re not uncommon anymore…
The New York Times used us as a case study in their enormously long article “Application Inflation: When is Enough Enough?”
Trends in Admissions
The University yielded a record 39 percent of students admitted the class of 2014.
Undue process
U of C students face unnecessary challenges in the law school application process
Unemployment drives increase in graduate division admissions
Graduate division admissions offices are reporting increases in applications for the 2010-2011 academic year, citing the economy and unemployment as factors for the upswing.
Acceptance rate falls by one third, reaching record low of 18 percent
While this is the lowest acceptance rate the University has seen in years, University officials say they aren’t focusing on numbers.
Feeling rejected?
U of C first-year pranks Northwestern–and they prank back
Huge rise in applications most dramatic in U.S.
Applications more than doubled since 2006, setting the University up for its lowest acceptance rate ever.
Banner year for early applications
While many of those peers, including Duke, Cornell, and Columbia saw increases in the low hundreds in their binding early decision applications, the U of C received over 2,000 more early applications than last year.
Admissions makes small budget cuts, keeps recruiting travel expenses
Despite a nationwide trend at universities to trim costs by cutting back on travel, representatives from the U of C Admissions Office will continue to travel across the world to recruit students. The office will be giving up plans for a new mail-opening system and aiming for more efficiency in order to meet their 4-percent budget cut announced last month.
Chronic dullness
The U of C shouldn’t send future students The Chronicle.
Admissions to hit class of 2013 target size as yield dips slightly to 36 percent
Behnke said that the decrease in yield might also be attributed to a stronger applicant pool than that of previous years
Zimmer applies to the U of C…sort of
Zimmer, and nine other university presidents, respond to their own essay questions
Acceptance rate falls with Common Application
The admissions rate for the University of Chicago class of 2013, the first to use the Common Application, reached a record low of 26.8 percent, down one percentage point from last year and 13 points down from admissions rates four years ago.
Nondorf to lead admissions office next year
“As an admissions office, you should never go to work at a school that you don’t have respect for and want to represent,” Nondorf said. “Very quickly you are able to articulate and even brag about what an amazing place it is.”
Admission control
With the departure of Ted O’Neill, the admissions office should abandon its “Uncommon” strategy.
Despite decline in early applications, admin expects overall rise in submissions
ice President and Dean of Enrollment Michael Behnke estimates that as of Friday, 13,280 applications have been received this year, about a seven-percent increase from the 12,409 applications last year.
U of C embraces SAT program allowing students to hide low scores
Starting this March, U of C applicants will be able to pick their best SAT score and hide embarrassing re-tests from admissions officers. Score Choice, the new SAT system, will replace the current policy mandating scores from all tests be sent to colleges.
Early applications to the College decrease by 15 percent
The College received 15 percent fewer early applications than it did during last year’s record-high, according to admissions office figures. Admissions officials attributed the decline to several factors, including the current fiscal crisis and the College’s increased selectivity, a potential deterrent to “casual applicants.”
Admissions yield for 2012 hits 39 percent
The U of C’s admissions yield for the class of 2012—the percentage of accepted students who choose to enroll at the University—is 39 percent, based on preliminary admissions office figures.
Admissions blog sweetens college application process
Libby Pearson tries to personalize a process high school students often find daunting: navigating a college application. As assistant director of admissions, Pearson writes a blog for prospective students that showcases a side of the University not always presented in…
U of C acceptance rate hits record low
Undergraduate admission to the University of Chicago is the most competitive it has ever been, according to statistics released Friday, a phenomenon administrators attributed to recent shake-ups in admission and financial-aid policies at highly selective universities nationwide. This year, a…
Playing fair with admissions
In his Tuesday column (“More Than a Game,” 3/4/08), Matt Barnum takes issue with the process that U of C athletic coaches follow when recruiting student-athletes. Specifically, Barnum does not believe that coaches should be allowed to lobby the admissions…
Prospective students judge evolving admissions process
Henry Cone-Roddy is a devoted Iliad fan with a soft spot for Ben Franklin. He has difficulty pronouncing the word “karate,” his friends think he’s “dry and quirky,” and he is a proud theater junkie. “Last year, I played a…