<p>My daughter is actually on campus this weekend for the open house! She is interested in physics, math and compsci. What would a first-year schedule look like for someone like her?</p>
<p>I have a q! So it’s mentioned on the school website that if we want a letter or recommendation from someone outside of the academic realm we should “use the Teacher Evaluation form in the Common Application for this purpose.” If I want my boss from work to write my letter, would she still have to fill this form out (obviously with some alterations with irrelevancies in the form)? Or only fill out sections which apply? Or does she simply just write a letter? How should I direct her towards this process? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>mom22girls- that’s great, if she’s here for the open house tomorrow, she might even see me! 
Most first-year schedules are relatively similar; it is encouraged that students try to get as many of their Core requirements as possible done in their first and second year. While I can’t give you an exact schedule for her (her adviser will really help her out in this realm if she decides to attend), here’s the first year schedule of a friend of mine who was interested in both physics and compsci as well:</p>
<p>Humanities- Philosophical Perspectives on the Humanities
Social Sciences- Power, Identity, and Resistance
Computer Science- Introduction to Computer Science
Mathematics- Calculus 152: Advanced Introductory Calculus, 2nd Quarter</p>
<p>collage- you should follow whatever instructions exist on the CommonApp website for supplemental recommendations, and just have your boss fill out any necessary forms with the information relevant to her knowledge of you.</p>
<p>Grace- The Common App supplementary section refers me to U of Chicago’s supplements…which doesn’t include any recommendation info as far as I’m seeing. Common App also wont let me invite anyone besides counselors/teachers for recommendations. So should I just ask my boss to fill out the ‘teacher evaluation form’ as best as possible? </p>
<p>Sorry for this obscure question that’s probably rarely asked :(</p>
<p>mom22girls, if your D is considering majoring in physics, she might want to take a physics sequence so she’s not behind if she decides to major. HUM and SOSC fiirst year can be pretty reading- and paper-intensive. Depends if she likes this or not. My math major spread HUM and SOSC over two years because he really likes the discussion format and wanted it to last as long as possible.</p>
<p>Are our chances of getting accepted greatly reduced if we don’t opt for an interview?</p>
<p>On the subject of interviews, can we only request an off campus interview in our area after we submit either the common App or the UChicago supplement? I’ve read somewhere that after we submit either of those two items, we’re prompted to create a Chicago account? I’ve heard that this is the only place we can schedule them?</p>
<p>Grace,</p>
<p>If an EA app gets deferred to RD, can the student update an already submitted essay? Thanks.</p>
<p>Do you accept the most qualified SAT/GPA wise for EA? and can being deffered EA hurt you in the RD pool?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Does sending in the application early help in any way? Conversely does sending in the app relatively late (I’m talking 10/31 for EA) hurt in any way? Thank you so much in advance for answering!</p>
<p>On interviews (for the general questions that have been asked about them):</p>
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<li>You can request an alumni interview in your area once you create a Chicago Account, which you will be prompted to do after you submit the common app to Chicago or the Chicago supplement. You may only request an alumni interview through this account.</li>
</ul>
<p>-Your chances of admission are in NO WAY (not at all!!!) harmed if you do not opt for an interview. We realize that not everyone can make it to campus, or has an alumni interviewer in their area, and this is totally fine. It may help you to have one, but it certainly will not be detrimental not to have one.</p>
<p>CollageOfun- in this case you should ask your regional counselor what the best option is for your recommendation- you may just wind up submitting it as a letter with the supplement form.</p>
<p>On EA and deferral:</p>
<p>PaperChaserPop: you can submit some additional material if you are deferred (your midyear transcript, and perhaps a letter stating your interest in Chicago) but not more- it’s much better to wait for RD if you feel like your essays aren’t polished enough than to apply EA, get deferred, and wished you could change them.</p>
<p>Cacciato: Chicago uses a holistic admissions process (meaning every aspect of the application, not just scores and GPA, are considered equally in admissions) so I can’t give a real report on that. Being deferred EA basically means that you are treated almost as if you were an RD applicant, and you will be read in the context of other RD applicants- so, if you weren’t the strongest in EA but they want to see you up against RD, they will defer you rather than deny you, and you might be accepted or you might be denied. Students who are denied EA may not reapply in the RD cycle.</p>
<p>ponder- there’s no benefit or detriment to sending in the application closer to/further away from the deadline, as long as it’s in by the predetermined correct time.</p>
<p>Is Baker Island time in effect this year? ;)</p>
<p>What does your office do with a transcript that arrives prior to the common app and chicago supplement?</p>
<p>CountingDown- haha, no, sorry- with the introduction of the Common App last year, the hard and fast time deadline in your own time zone is now in place, so no luck submitting an application in Baker Island time anymore.</p>
<p>PaperChaserPop- whatever comes first to the office will be the beginning of the applicant’s “folder” of information, so no worries if that portion is sent before the electronic Common App portion is finished.</p>
<p>On the 2008 parent tax returns we have to send in for financial aid… Is it ok if we black out our parents social security numbers? My parents insisted on doing it… Perhaps they’re a bit paranoid, but I suppose if someone tampered with the mail, that wouldn’t be good. They couldn’t imagine what admissions would want with their social security number… Anyway, will it be ok if we do black out the social security numbers?</p>
<p>concerning financial aid. </p>
<p>i know for some schools, you must have submitted your application before receiving that schools’ financial aid supplement. does chicago have such a thing? and when is financial aid forms due for the EA round? perhaps you could direct me to a link? thanks a lot!</p>