A program that grants prospective students a fast track to acceptance, as long as they can pay, makes an already competitive admissions process less fair.
Beginning with the Class of 2029, the “Summer Session Early Notification” option allows all Summer Session participants to apply to UChicago on an accelerated schedule and receive decisions on a rolling basis before November 1.
The Common Data Set for 2024–25, UChicago’s first since the Supreme Court ruled race-conscious admissions unconstitutional, showed corresponding increases in white and Asian enrollment, while transfer-student enrollment nearly doubled.
The lawsuit, filed by four current and former students at elite institutions, alleges that 32 schools have colluded to “reduce or eliminate competition” in the early decision application process.
Despite its institutional commitment to freedom of expression and inquiry, which relies on access to information, the University of Chicago has long operated under a shroud of secrecy relative to its peers.
The settlement was reached in the antitrust lawsuit alleging that UChicago, among sixteen other universities, was part of a price-fixing cartel that collectively determined financial aid amounts.
The one-year program, created by the Biological Sciences Division (BSD) in partnership with the Pritzker School of Medicine, offers a curriculum focused on addressing modern biomedical challenges.
