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The fun continues in the regular round. Most schools offer a purely regular admissions round where you can apply, get an offer, and then choose whether you want to go. But not the smart economists at UChicago. They want information from you—how much do you really like them? In the regular round, if you apply early decision II you have a dramatically higher admissions shot than applying regular decision. I recently saw a student with 15+ AP 5s get declined from UChicago regular decision. He was incredibly qualified, a very strong applicant, and UChicago knows that. But why is he not applying early decision II? Because he thinks he can do better and doesn't want to commit to UChicago. UChicago, by designing this system, knows this as well and denies that highly qualified applicant, keeping their high yield rate intact.

UChicago uses their complicated admissions options to filter the surges of qualified applicants into two buckets: qualified applicants who are prepared to declare their love to UChicago and want to commit, and qualified applicants who are not ready to sign on the dotted line. They decline the flighty prospective lovers in droves and focus on those who are ready to show their commitment.