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<p>@crazyday- I’m not entirely sure what you mean by letter of interest, so if you could define what you mean a little more it would help me know what kind of advice to offer you.</p>

<p>D is waiting for Cambridge A-level results which will not come out until end March. Based on expected early April decision will sending these results over make any difference to the RD process? What else should she do in this case?</p>

<p>The admissions committee will be finalizing and mailing decisions by late March or early April, so sending in this material in March is not necessary. However, if your daughter happens to be waitlisted, she may submit this material as a supplement once she receives it.</p>

<p>Hello, </p>

<p>In the common app under the AP tests section, I forgot to list tests to be taken, and I had only listed the scores of tests I already took. Should I contact U of C and let them know which AP exams I will take this year? Also, if I should, would it be best to email, fax, or snail-mail the information? </p>

<p>Lastly, is it necessary to send official AP score reports? Or is self-supporting them sufficient.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I think my question is much like what crazyday was getting at, although I suppose that could be way off base of me to assume.</p>

<p>But I was deferred EA, and I wanted to send in a letter telling the admissions folks that Chicago is definitely my #1 school, and i wanted to elaborate on why I wanted to go there. I recently sent in that letter (about a week ago), and one of my teachers is sending in an additional recommendation letter on my behalf.</p>

<p>Will the admissions take these materials into account, or not? Or is it already too late for them to consider these?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Hi, I was reviewing my submitted app and saw that I had submitted a penultimate version of one of my essays. I want to submit the final version, so could I email the essay as an attachment to the admissions office and ask that it be added to my file?</p>

<p>crimsonmist- you should contact your regional counselor to see what he/she would like you to do about this.</p>

<p>The common app has space to attach an arts supplement, but creative writing is not one of the options. Can I submit a writing supplement anyway?</p>

<p>How many transfers are there each year? I know they all live in Stony, but since they have kitchens, do many transfers choose to use a different meal plan and cook some of their food? Does Stony have many traditions?</p>

<p>Thanks :D</p>

<p>@Elliephant- sending in a creative writing sample is totally ok! Just make sure to keep your submission succinct (so, you favorite few poems, or a short story- not everything you’ve ever written). You may just use the arts supplement form as if you were submitting visual art or a music sample.
On transfer applications: most of the information you will need you may find here: <a href=“https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/admissions/transfer/[/url]”>https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/admissions/transfer/&lt;/a&gt;
While most transfer students live in Stony Island, you may also choose to live in a different dorm (for example, one of my residents is a second year transfer student who now lives in Max Palevsky). Stony is a great place to live, but is more known for life in the apartments within it, not real all-dorm house life. All students regardless of year have an all-you-care-to-eat meal plan, so while you may use your kitchen, there are no other meal plan options if you have a kitchen.</p>

<p>How many transfers do not live in Stony? Do transfers get assigned housing after everyone else? Do transfers take any classes that are mostly first years, or are the core classes mixed with first and second years?
Thanks again :D</p>

<p>The majority of transfer students live in Stony; the number changes year to year, so I honestly don’t know how many live outside of Stony at the moment. Since most transfer students live in Stony (really, quite a wonderful place to live) which is only otherwise occupied by upperclassmen, transfer housing is never really an issue in terms of time of placement. Depending on the credits you receive as transferring over from your previous school, you may wind up taking little to no core curriculum classes with first years (humanities is only first years, and to some extent, social sciences classes are mixed between first and second years; in most other Core areas it is likely that you will have students from all class years) or many courses with them; it all depends on how the College evaluates and is able to assign the classes you’ve already taken.</p>

<p>Is there somewhere where we can track our application status? e.g. a checklist of requirements that have/haven’t been received at the admissions office</p>

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<li><p>I read from a former interview with O’Neil who mentioned that counselors dashed out little postcards to applicants whose essays excited them during the review. Still doing that or stop?</p></li>
<li><p>I’m thinking about elaborating on my summer activity with a narrative. Not sure if this is commonly done after the deadline. Is it common to submit this kind of supplement? If OK, submit to admissions, or counselor? I’m a bit reluctant to ask directly my counselor at this moment becos he/she must be overloaded with review right now.</p></li>
<li><p>Understand that the first reads and perhaps the second reads are being done. My senior yr’s grades and rec has been mailed only yesterday. Would the readers usually start reading the files without these documents and come back to them later? Considering there’re thousands of app materials to read, do they really bother to go back and check the latest grades/rec of say a modest applicant BEFORE formulating their final opinions?</p></li>
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<p>@feathers- you will be able to check which credentials we have received and scanned on your Chicago Account. PLEASE do not worry if you do not see everything listed; we’re still sorting mail and not everything has been put in. Rest assured that we will notify you in plenty of time to submit if anything is missing. </p>

<p>@Chicagoquestion-

  1. No, this doesn’t happen
  2. We definitely would have welcomed this before the deadline but, now, the time has definitely passed to submit additional information… sorry :frowning:
  3. Rest assured that we will wait to make our final decision until we have received all of your documents.</p>

<p>@xcross- no need to send these in officially if you do not wish to; no AP scores are required for admission. If you decide to attend you will need to send in the official score report to receive credit or advanced placement if offered in your AP test areas.</p>

<p>@taypi31- yes, you are welcome to send in a short letter and a small supplement if you are a deferred student. Please just keep things succinct and relevant; no need to restate anything that was already on your original application, or to feel the need to send in lots of extra information.</p>

<p>xcross, if you are taking AP exams this spring, there is a box on the AP form where you can send a FREE set of all your AP scores to the college you choose to attend. By the time APs roll around, you’ll know where you are attending and can just send them that way. No muss, no fuss, and the scores will get there long before O-Week and registration.</p>

<p>If you want to tell Chicago which exams you’re taking this spring, just include it in your mid-year update.</p>

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>so I mistakenly checked “no” in the “Do you intend to apply for merit-based scholarship?” question on the CommonApp … and just called the admissions office asking if there was anything i could do to change that. the woman who answered the phone told me that everyone who applies, no matter what they checked, is considered for a merit scholarship. is this true? and i can’t imagine it would help my chances for one if i checked “no” … i don’t know what to do! </p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>@carmenelectra- although it’s best to have checked “yes” on that box, there’s really no barrier to us in the merit scholarship process if you have checked “no”- if we feel like your application is worthy of merit consideration, we’ll make that recommendation even if there is a “no”. Remember anyway that we do offer relatively few merit scholarships- so the majority of students will not wind up being awarded one, regardless of the “yes” or the “no” in that box. So, for future applicants- try to check yes on that box! But, @carmenelectra- if we want you to have one, you’ll have one.</p>

<p>Question: I understand the UChicago website has “Early April” as the “notification by” date for Regular Decision applicants, so is there any chance we will get results in mid/late March? Last year I understand the decisions came around March 14, is this possible for the Class of 2014 or has the huge increase in applicant pool made an earlier date less likely?</p>

<p>@Kafkadream- we do not yet know when RD decisions will be made available- and we often don’t know until very close to decision release in any case. Rest assured I will post in a timely fashion once we have a decision date and/or a general window when you should expect your decision.</p>