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<p>Hey now, I can swing both ways–I’m fluent in the Classical/Baroque/Romantic/Modern/Riccoco vernacular, I just love hip-hop and hipster indie detritus too. Being one-sided is boring.</p>

<p>QED:
[YouTube</a> - Aesop Rock - Daylight](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd_W_x3nclY]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd_W_x3nclY)
[YouTube</a> - Animal Collective - My Girls](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE)
[YouTube</a> - Gustav Holst - The Planets Op.32 Jupiter](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6NopU9K_8M]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6NopU9K_8M)</p>

182

<p>@SouthKP - yeah there was another artist not on youtube who had a better version than Hilary Hahn - Akiko Suwanai</p>

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<p>@zakuropanda: hey I just listened! exceedingly good! thanks for your recommendation! I think I am going to like him</p>

<p>SouthKP I think your standards are a little high, I suppose? I cannot play as good so I think Hilary is fine</p>

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<p>I think SouthKP was talking more along the lines of artistry - Hilary’s version does lean towards being robotic a little.</p>

185

<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Didn’t take.
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 790 Math II, 800 Lit
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.9
[</em>] Rank: 2/700
[<em>] ACT: 36
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Chem 5, Bio 5, Phys C 4, Euro 5, APUSH 5, Psych 5, Lit and Lang 5s, Comp Sci A 5, Calc BC 5, Spanish Lit 4, World History, Stats, Studio Art, Music Theory
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[</em>] Senior Year Courseload: Hardest Availabe
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 6
[</em>] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.): AIME Finalist</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] EC’s listed on app: Pres (Math, Speech, NHS, Key Club, SNHS), Captain Football, and Water Polo Team, Quiz Bowl, Also volunteer to help mentally challenged kids for a period a day.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Over 200 hours.
[<em>] Awards listed on app: Science Olympiad Finalist, MVP 2008, 2009, State Champion Math Team Oralist, Writers Digest Poetry Winner 2008.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Work 20 hours a week at a small business firm in Chicago.
[<em>] Common App Essay: My trip to Uganda where I helped herd cattle —> The were the future.
[</em>] EC Short Answer: Winning national championships
[<em>] Why Chicago Essay: Watching people from skyscrapers.
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay: Did not do.
[<em>] Extended Supplemental Essay: My philosopy of life.
[</em>] Teacher Recs (if you saw them): Superb.
[<em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw them): Even moreso.
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Went great =[
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Worked with Ada E. Yonath in her research on ribosomes that won her a nobel prize.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Upper Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid: No
[</em>] Strengths: Everything, I thought.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Applied EA.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not good enough.
[<em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet.
[</em>] Where else are you applying? U of I, Georgetown, Northwestern, Loyola</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Oh well, maybe on RD round >.></p>

186

<p>how did you find out?</p>

187

<p>Mom is friends with an admissions counselor…like that helped at all >.></p>

188

<p>decisions haven’t come out yet~ I just checked my email and logged into my account. </p>

<p>don’t scare me like that!</p>

189

<p>Whoops, thanks for clarifying fuse!</p>

190

<p>Sorry about the deferral, fuse. You seem more than qualified.</p>

<p>…but, and I have to ask, you don’t know when the rest of us will get decisions?</p>

191

<p>No clue, she said they were done and (snail) mailed so people should receive them this week. No word on e-mails.</p>

192

<p>when no official mails come I think you should not lose hope fuse! perhaps your mother’s friends are mistaken</p>

193

<p>Fuse, your deferral scares the crap out of me. You seem like you should be an easy admit =(</p>

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<p>Fuse - looking at your stats again, maybe this is something like Tufts Syndrome. You seem very well qualified; maybe they just figured you would be going to HYPMS?</p>

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<p>But aren’t they snail-mailed the day they get released online? Or am I making that up?</p>

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<p>I agree with heinochus. after the original shock I looked closely at your post…“Worked with Ada E. Yonath in her research on ribosomes that won her a nobel prize.” THAT’S ALREADY ENOUGH TO WIN YOU A MIT OFFER!</p>

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<p>Fuse, ■■■■■ much? There’s no way that you got into her lab especially since she only was at the UoC in the late 70’s (fairly certain she works at Weizmann now…and I doubt you went to Israel to do research) and the fact that you’re only a HS student (to land a position in a lab such as that one is hard as an undergrad, let alone as a HS student). Anyways, if that is a legitimate decision, then you probably got deferred because your essays sound pretty cliche to me. Whatever, this can only mean one thing - decisions this year still come down to a lot more than test scores and grades which is a good thing for the majority of us.</p>

<p>And zakuro, I heard the same thing - leading me to believe that this guy is even more of a ■■■■■.</p>

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<p>Frankly, being a captain of two sports, great test scores, impressive course load, nice rewards, really cool research…you’re either a ■■■■■ or one crazy applicant.</p>

<p>On that note, why wouldn’t you be applying to HYPMS?</p>

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<p>Actually, if fuse is a ■■■■■ the “decision” doesn’t mean anything. In all honesty I’d bet that numbers might be weighted more heavily this year than in the past, given UChicago’s recent movement toward a slightly more conventional admissions process.</p>

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<p>Lol, I can’t believe so many of you fell for fuse’s ■■■■■■■■. It’s pretty obvious after taking just one look at what he posted.</p>