<p>istasi- don’t call, actually! When you sign up to make your Chicago Account after sending in either the Common Application or the Chicago Supplement, there will be a section where we let you know which materials we have received from yo and which we have not. You’ll be notified if anything required is missing, and given a variety of ways to get it in- Chicago is very understanding of the ridiculousness of the postal service sometimes 
You may also elect to send mail certified or with a return receipt- this way, the postal service will send you a slip of paper confirming that your mail was received once it gets to us.</p>
<p>motion- while there is no hard and fast cutoff point for the supplement, that does seem a little long. Go through and make sure there aren’t any extraneous portions- if all of the essay is pure gold, no worries on sending it in, but do think about the poor eyes and time constraints of your admissions counselor when submitting a longer essay :)</p>
<p>GatitaZ- this does happen occasionally for international students, and we have a person in the office who is very knowledgeable on these situations, so I’d advise you to contact him- Kevin McKenna, admissions officer responsible for Asia, and he can be reached at <a href=“mailto:kmckenna@uchicago.edu”>kmckenna@uchicago.edu</a>.</p>
<p>CountingDown- call our office tomorrow during normal business hours (8:30-4pm central time) at the generic office phone number listed at the top of this webpage : <a href=“https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/php/contact/[/url]”>https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/php/contact/</a>
and if you say you’d like to talk to any admissions counselor, they will put you with the person on duty for that day. Hopefully this can get cleared up then, and I’m sorry you haven’t heard back from your regional counselor- travel season is in full swing and it can be difficult for them to respond to everyone immediately.</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick reply!</p>
<p>I submitted both my Common App and Supplement last night. I already have an account at the Chicago Admissions website, and did not receive an email to create a new one, so I assume my previous account has been linked with my application? And where on the site can I find the page that has my application materials?</p>
<p>I’m surprised that you were able to make an account before submitting, but yes, it should be in the same place- watch out for a page with your submitted materials to come if it’s not on the site yet, and contact the site administrator if you’re having problems viewing anything.</p>
<p>Grace, I know you’ve answered a bunch questions on interviews, but I still have a couple.</p>
<p>Does UChicago have different admissions rates for students who had interviews and those who had no interviews?</p>
<p>You said interviews will not harm chances and that it can potentially help. Does this help go up if the interview is done on campus versus off-campus?</p>
<p>PaperChaser- we do not keep different admissions rates for students who have had and have not had interviews, and interviews are considered the same whether they are on campus or done by an alumni interviewer- so there’s no advantage to an on-campus interview vs. an alumni interview, except the fun bonus to the applicant of actually being able to see the school
Really, it’s not a huge deal if you do an interview or you don’t- for some more social people it can be helpful to meet someone in person, while it might just be painful for a student who is more shy to have to sit in a room with someone and talk for an hour. There are many students who never make it to campus for an interview, or who do not have an alumni living in their area. The interview can be a great opportunity for face time with a real person associated with the university, but is by no means required, and is not really a huge factor in admission because of it.</p>
<p>For the long essay, it asks us to write an essay that is 1-2 pages long. Does that mean single or double spaced?</p>
<p>Thanks Grace, for the quick and thorough reply. MIT, for example, states on its website that the acceptance rate is clearly higher for those who had interviews.</p>
<p>I’ve managed to slice it down to 2180 words (I don’t think I can do it anymore without damaging the essay dearly), but I’ve been told by people who have been reading it for me that they think it’s very interesting and original…I’m hoping that the admissions officer who reads mine doesn’t simply skim through it because they think it’s too long.</p>
<p>And also, I realize the point of having to submit part of the application to get an interview, and I really want to get an interview, but I keep hesitating in sending in the common app part of the application because I want to edit my essay some more :'(.</p>
<p>Grace – thanks. He will try to call during lunch at school, since he is in class or at football practice during the entire workday.</p>
<p>Soccerspaz- that guideline as single spaced is fine, which is usually between 500-1000 words. Don’t worry too much if you’re a little over or a little under, but being a lot over or a lot under is a time where you should definitely take some editing time to make sure you’re making every point you want to make (or, conversely, not making every point you want to make ten times in a row).</p>
<p>CountingDown- great, hope this works out. This would also be a situation in which it would be totally OK for you as a parent to call if timing works out better for you than for him.</p>
<p>Thank you for your prompt response,Grace!
I think I consulted Mr. McKenna during the summer regarding some other questions via email already…However,I turned to here b/c he hasn’t given me an answer to this one yet.Well,I guess his email inbox is just soooo filled up with incessantly coming-in letters!</p>
<p>Have a nice day!</p>
<p>Thanks! Problem solved – S called from school.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response. I was able to make the account to schedule an on campus interview earlier this year.</p>
<p>sorry for another question but I was wondering how much class rank effects the decision? Can you say what rank generally, Uchicago students fall into? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>To build onto the question above me, will rank effect decision if it is unweighted? </p>
<p>At my school, there are about 40 out of 400 students who have a 4.0. Of those 40, roughly 25 have never taken any AP or honors classes. My school only publishes unweighted ranks, so my rank is kind of low because to even be in the top 10%, I would have to have a 4.0. If my school had weighted ranks, I would be in the top 10%.</p>
<p>If I would have been able to get .3% more in three of my classes I would be in the top 5% of my class >_>, but nope…stuck at 15%.</p>