<p>If you haven't received a holiday card yet, don't fear! It may yet arrive! DS received his today. The back of the envelope was stamped with a USPS/Chicago 606 region processing date of December 20th, but the postage meter date on the front envelope read January 7th. Perhaps a box or two of cards were sent out sans postage, were returned to admissions, and re-sent. (Those naughty LOLCats...)</p>
<p>At least it wasn't the acceptance letter! :D</p>
<p>I know a lot of people got cards, but how about calls to follow up on interest?</p>
<p>Oooh, really?</p>
<p>O.o</p>
<p>...Yay! I'll be waiting.</p>
<p>^ I got one of those, but I wasn't home : (</p>
<p>I did too. They left a nice message, though. :)</p>
<p>No call. I feel unloved :(</p>
<p>Never mind. Just got my call :)</p>
<p>I can't imagine people not getting calls... If you weren't reached the first time, we called back. The students who have already committed to attending get called last, so it's possible some of them weren't reached, but definitely everyone else.</p>
<p>Oh, and we don't call international students. That would be way too complicated for us (with time zones and such).</p>
<p>The cost of attending is $200 a day and merit decisions are not made until March. There's a lot of financial finagling to do before commiting.</p>
<p>I never got a call or a letter :(</p>
<p>We haven't received a call. Is that still in progress?</p>
<p>The calls are all done now. </p>
<p>Assuming you gave a valid phone number at some point in time, live in the US, and have an answering machine, I can't figure out how you wouldn't get a call. I'm going to blame whoever was in charge of making up and printing call sheets.</p>
<p>The website is psac.uchicago.edu, which I'm assuming has the phone number (which I don't remember). You can also email any questions for current students to <a href="mailto:psac@uchicago.edu">psac@uchicago.edu</a>. </p>
<p>The general process was calling time zones, east to west, and switching time zones every hour (so people should be called 6-7 PM their local time). Anyone who wasn't reached was called the next day. The third day we re-called any households if we didn't actually reach the student, so if the line was busy, no one picked up, or the student wasn't home, they usually got re-called. Lastly, students who have already sent in their deposits were called.</p>