<p>Unless you’re playing a work you composed yourself, no need to send in the scores- the music faculty are more than familiar with the standard repertoire.</p>
<p>Hi Grace!</p>
<p>I just found out today that our high school sends a copy of our SAT scores along with other school documents, however this report has ALL our scores on it. If we chose to use score choice on our official report and on our application, will Chicago consider the scores I sent in, or will they think unfavorably if I reported SOME scores and then they see all my scores on the school report?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Oceanangel, since we superscore, we will take your highest scores from each exam you took to make your best score overall, and this is the score we will look at- so don’t worry about lower scores or scores that you may have chosen not to report, as your best combined by us is the one we consider.</p>
<p>Thanks for your prompt reply!</p>
<p>Does this apply to Subject tests too though? I was just worried that the admissions officer may be confused since I reported only certain subject test scores, but maybe I’m just super paranoid. Thanks!!</p>
<p>Grace,</p>
<p>I applied Early Action and on my Chicago account, it says that everything has been received and that my application is complete. I sent in an arts supplement. How can I check that it has been received and processed? I look forward to your response.</p>
<p>Oceanangel, we don’t require subject tests in the first place, so they are really not a big deal whether or not you report some or all of them.</p>
<p>And SouthKP, if your application is complete, you can be assured that every piece of information we got from you has been included in your account- no need to worry about the arts supplement, even if it doesn’t show up on a list.</p>
<p>If you get the November SAT scores on december 3rd (as in, they’re sent on the 3rd), will they still be considered for EA or did collegeboard just f*** me over?</p>
<p>How are the emphasis allocated between GPA, SAT, and EC (as well
as other factors)? I’m worried about my own GPA, you see 
I make
the top decile but I was affected during this one semester. Should I
make a note of it in my application or would that just be unnecessary?
(it was a family issue)</p>
<p>Thanks, Grace!</p>
<p>TheRoad, I can’t speak to the exact weight of all facets of the application, but we do review your application holistically- so rest assured that grades are not the only factor we are looking at in your application. If you had a family matter that you think was important in causing the grade shift, you’re welcome to include a note about it or, better yet, see if your guidance counselor would be willing to speak about it a bit in his/her letter.</p>
<p>so… how do we get notified of the decision? and is the D-day December 11?</p>
<p>You will be able to read the letter on your chicago account</p>
<p>qwt2- decision day has not been announced yet (and don’t believe people on CC who say they know- I don’t even know when we’ll be done!!)
You’ll be notified by e-mail when you can check your decision on your Chicago account, and will also receive a “real” letter by mail.</p>
<p>Does that mean that there’s a chance (however small) that we know before December 15? Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!</p>
<p>An arts supplement can’t hurt an applicant, right?</p>
<p>@Lewa- no, it doesn’t! It means that we seriously don’t know when decisions will be available yet, but rest assured I will let you know when we know.</p>
<p>@eliana- not really, as they are optional- but I’d discourage you from sending in, say, 2nd grade crayon drawings or a CD of your clarinet playing if you’ve only played for a month… keep the supplement short, to the point, accessible, and really only send it in if you think it will be a valuable addition to your application.</p>
<p>I’ve played the piano for years and have sent in a DVD of myself playing, but now I’m worried that it wasn’t good enough to have sent it. It likely wouldn’t hurt me, though, right?</p>
<p>According to Grace, as an arts supplement is optional, it can’t hurt an applicant.</p>
<p>You may just being too self-critical or something but worrying about it now won’t do you much good.</p>
<p>Hmm…can a really good supplement make up for a mediocre Chicago extended essay?</p>
<p>Hello Grace, I had a question about the admissions process for early action applicants.</p>
<p>A person in another thread detailed the admissions process as such: there would be a regional counselor who initially reads the application, and weeds out those who can’t make it to the next round. Then it goes to a second reader, who weeds out applications further. Finally, it reaches committee, which discusses each application for about ten minutes and makes a final decision.</p>
<p>In response to this ^ description, I have 2 questions:
Firstly, is this process somewhat correct? and secondly, is every round holistic? Or do the first and second rounds simply look at GPA, SAT scores, and other quantitative aspects? </p>
<p>Thank you so much for your time, and hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.</p>
<p>I’m not Grace, but I’m pretty sure that they wouldn’t want to miss out on accepting an intelligent and intriguing person simply because that person had slightly subpar test scores and grades. That’s why they ask you to respond to those essay questions. Of course, I might be wrong.</p>