UChicago’s website says: “…any first-year applicant from qualifying Chicago Public Schools and charter high schools who applies to UChicago under our [Early Decision I (EDI) application option] will receive an admissions decision two weeks after completing their full application.”
One thing I would add to your UChicago cons as you make your final decision is the strength of the hospital system - Duke has a far better hospital system and UChicago's health resources are comparatively slightly lacking (also pale in comparison to other Chicago area schools), for example, unless this has changed in recent years since I was ...
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In contrast, UChicago has to compete with several medical centers, most notably Northwestern and Rush, whose hospital systems are both better than UChicago's.