<p>Okay, so on the U of C website, it says that once you've submitted your common application to them, you will get an email that will let you activate your Chicago account. </p>
<p>I submitted my common application like two weeks ago and still have not received this email (Note: I have NOT submitted the supplement yet). I've checked on the common app website (as well as gotten an email from them) that says my application was sent.</p>
<p>Any ideas? This is beginning to worry me.</p>
<p>…Umm…I’m just going out on a limb here, but perhaps you should submit the supplement? UChicago doesn’t consider the application to be complete without it.</p>
<p>My “spidey sense” (sorry, I just watched “The Big Bang Theory”) tells me that the supplement is part of the application (which it is) and therefore must be sent in before you are eligible for a Chicago account.</p>
<p>You can also make an account before you even complete your application. At least that’s what I did back in July.</p>
<p>I registered for an account before I even started the app… I just fooled around on the admissions site and found a link in the upper righthand corner (like a sign in option that led to a register option)… I didn’t get the email to activate. </p>
<p>The other option is the sign up for the mailing list. That will get you an email to activate the account. </p>
<p>btw, the account isn’t that great until after you’re accepted. Then, it’s AMAZING.</p>
<p>@OP: Why do you want a Chicago account so bad? It’s only useful for checking whether they received everything, which won’t be helpful yet, especially since you haven’t submitted everything yourself…</p>
<p>and @kitkatkatie: Yes, yes it is. I was very surprised. Anyone know if other schools do similar things? Did Chicago have all this stuff in the past? If not, I suspect this is Nondorf’s shrewd way of trying to boost yield.</p>
<p>we need to submit our fin aid application through our account (one of the forms). </p>
<p>I can’t seem to find the link to registering. Should I just submit my supplement and common app first?</p>
<p>^^^ I would be thinking about applying for admissions waaaaaaay before financial aid… :)</p>
<p>@PBush MIT has a similar thing (a facebook), but I don’t think it has a chat… I wouldn’t know, because I was deferred. 
I know that Duke also has a similar set of features for accepted students.</p>
<p>If I get good financial aid, I will most def increase their yield!</p>
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Very true!</p>
<p>Yeah the account for admitted students is awesome. And MIT and Duke were the first that came to mind too.</p>
<p>“^^^ I would be thinking about applying for admissions waaaaaaay before financial aid…”</p>
<p>As an international student, they go hand in hand. </p>
<p>Anyways, I guess I’ll submit them tonight, and hopefully get it the day and submit the other one by Jan 2nd</p>