<p>Grace,</p>
<p>I know that it’s not recommended that additional teacher supplements are sent but my teacher has already written one; would it be okay to upload it to my profile? Also, I’m considering submitting an arts supplement for the violin (<5 minutes long); would I still be able to upload it to my profile or is it frowned upon?</p>
<p>When e-mailing my counselor, is there certain identifying information that needs to be included so that the e-mail can be associated with my file?</p>
<p>Also, if I am notifying the counselor of a significant achievement, should this information be uploaded to the Chicago website or included in the e-mail?</p>
<p>Hi, UChicago</p>
<p>A Chicago alumnus recently offered to write a letter of recommendation for me. Is this an acceptable practice? More importantly, would it be more beneficial than, say, sending an additional teacher recommendation?</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your help in answering not only my questions, but others’ as well.</p>
<p>jooceful and chicagohope16, usually we encourage students not to submit additional recommendations because we do not want to inconvenience teachers or community members with pressure to provide additional documents. While an additional recommendation is not something that will have a huge impact on your eventual application decision, if you have an additional recommendation ready or someone who has volunteered to write on your behalf, you may go ahead and send that in if you’d like to. Jooceful, you may also feel free to upload your violin supplement. </p>
<p>watch95, please include your full name (middle not necessary, but it can be very helpful if you are “William Smith” or have a last name that is especially common; please also give us your legal first name if you go by a nickname), date of birth, and high school name. If your update is short, please include it in an e-mail. If it is a longer document that you otherwise would have chosen to attach to an email, such as a resume, please upload it to your account.</p>
<p>My daughter was admitted last year off the waitlist, May 3. From that day she was treated differently including housing so please be careful what you wish for. U of Chicago has a Dean of Admissions known for his marketing and last year they enrolled 60 over, which became the new much ignored probably dead Midway House. The House experience of the students has been different than “regular” students. Go where you have been admitted. They do not treat you well off the waitlist. You will be given 48 hours to make a decision after a hasty phone call, and you will go to the bottom of the housing cue (because you are in the cue based on when you enroll) and you will enroll last of all. This creates urgency to enrollment which is good for their yield but not good for you.The entire experience was rushed, ungracious and hastily pasted together. This house is now probably being disbanded so the much vaunted House system is not what you think. Admissions wants: a high denominator=marketing broadly, low numerator to get selectivity down and a high yield so create housing urgency and panic. Its a business folks. Go where you have already been admitted and they will treat you like a regular Class of 2016 member.</p>
<p>Hi Grace, </p>
<p>Who should international students that are waitlisted email with their email of continued interest if they choose to remain on the wait list? Should this email be sent to a specific counselor, if so, who? Or should this email be sent to <a href=“mailto:internationaladmissions@uchicago.edu”>internationaladmissions@uchicago.edu</a>. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Grace,</p>
<p>I heard that uchicago has started the process to take people off the waitlist. Do you know at this point, how much room uchicago has for waitlist people to get off? 3K is the total number of the waitlisted, right?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Some people got off the waitlist?
already?</p>
<p>Hi, Grace</p>
<p>I sent an email of continued interest to <a href=“mailto:internationaladmissions@uchicago.edu”>internationaladmissions@uchicago.edu</a> several days ago. Should I be expecting a reply from the admissions office, confirming that they have received my email? </p>
<p>I was thinking of sending a follow-up email if I don’t hear back in a few days, but would that be too bothersome?</p>
<p>I also want to know if it’s true that students are already being taken off the waitlist; if so, I regret sending my email so late.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your help.</p>
<p>Hi Grace, I’m a waitlisted, international student. About two weeks ago, I sent my e-mail of continued interest to an international admissions counselor whose e-mail address I had been given in a letter update in my UChicago account. I still haven’t received a response yet and I was wondering if I should have sent the e-mail to <a href=“mailto:internationaladmissions@uchicago.edu”>internationaladmissions@uchicago.edu</a>. Thanks</p>
<p>Hi, Grace</p>
<p>I forgot to ask this question when I made my first post. An alumnus acquaintance of mine has already written a letter of recommendation for me. To whom should he send it?</p>
<p>Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questions during what must be an extremely busy period.</p>
<p>Hi Grace,</p>
<p>I have emailed my regional counselor and asked him if I could submit additional materials. He said it is not necessary at this time. But I really want to increase my chances. Should I still ask my teachers to write me recommendation letters or write one or two essays about UChicago myself? Please help me on my question. Thank you!</p>
<p>Hi Grace,</p>
<p>How long does it normally take for a student hears anything back after sending an email? Is two weeks too long? Shall the student send another one to make sure?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Evan Cudworth was quoted in today’s Chicago Tribune that 15 students have been admitted from the waiting list so far this month.</p>
<p>@luvsgelato, WOW! I’m shocked. I didn’t think they’d accept anybody from the waitlist until after the May 1st deadline, therefore, I believe, many people have turned UChicago down. Why else would they start accepting students from the waitlist, before May 1st? </p>
<p>I am going to assume that many turned UChicago down, and the admissions office is worried, therefore they are resorting to the waitlist. </p>
<p>I guess UChicago is losing the cross-admit battle with its peers.</p>
<p>I just read the article in the Chicago Tribune here: <a href=“http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-wait-list-20120423,0,5864844.story?page=2[/url]”>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-wait-list-20120423,0,5864844.story?page=2</a></p>
<p>Here’s the exact quote: </p>
<p>“And despite the daunting odds, some with this indeterminate status do get the nod. Evan Cudworth of the U. of C.'s admissions office said 15 wait-listed students had their ticket punched this month to Hyde Park.”</p>
<p>@WahtsaUsername, even if many people have turned UChicago down, they still have more than 3k to pick from. The chance is still very small. Maybe the 15 is all they will take off. Also, the ones they took off may be in a special category. “Ordinary applicants” are out to begin with…</p>
<p>If the students they took are “special”, then why weren’t they admitted in March?</p>
<p>Had no spaces? Now spaces are available, so they are offered spots. I seriously doubt that they went through the full list one more time to pick out the 15 in such short time. These are the 15 they truly wanted but really had no room earlier. Maybe these 15 were the first to click on the staying on the list that fitted the freed spots? I don’t know and am just guessing.</p>
<p>That simply cannot be true, 2yuexue. If what you said is true, then that would mean UChicago’s waiting list is ranked, but Grace has on numerous occasions said the list is UNRANKED. Unless if you’re implying they’re full of ****</p>
<p>No, I said " Maybe these 15 were the first to click on the staying on the list that fitted the freed spots?" I didn’t say it is ranked.</p>