<p>Il be studying business at Marshall USC. I prefer econ at chicago though, because im gonna go for an MBA anyway, but both are great schools</p>
<p>shiny, what kind if things did u talk about in the interview?</p>
<p>A student at my son’s school got in off the waiting list yesterday.</p>
<p>Like I said, I never got an interview.</p>
<p>(Interestingly, I got rejected at all of the colleges where I interviewed . . .)</p>
<p>Has anyone’s counselor <em>not</em> contacted them at all? I’m starting to wonder if mine even exists. I know she’s probably really busy, but a quick “I got your stuff” email would be nice. I’ve only emailed twice.</p>
<p>^ same my counselor takes an average of 7-10 days to reply</p>
<p>Councilors do not send out confirmation emails everytime they receive one’s materials. If you send something to them through email, they will add your stuff, so do not worry.</p>
<p>UChicago was definitely my first choice school and I sent them a letter and another teacher rec and honestly judging by the yield, I think the pull form the waitlist will be none if not minimal so I’m not really emailing them anymore because I don’t want to sound annoying. The funny thing is that the Chicago alum who interviewed me has agreed to do some career advising for me. He works in the field that I’m interested in so when I emailed him to tell him where I’m going next year, I asked him for some tips and he told me to keep in touch with him to see if he can help me out.</p>
<p>they stopped responding to my emails…</p>
<p>Are the adcoms currently busy with other things apart from the waitlist right now?</p>
<p>thanks happybuddha for telling me about this thread
people actually write on this one! lol</p>
<p>its may 28th and still… NOTHING!
i really hate waiting
i have wanted to go to this school ever since i heard about it
and now i have accepted that i wont get in…
next week i register for my classes-they really need to hurry up and tell me whats going on and if im in or not</p>
<p>yeah none of the people i know who got WListed were contacted by uchicago, and they seemed to have stopped replying to emails… i wonder what the adcoms are up to</p>
<p>I just received an email responding to my email asking if Chicago received my son’s additional info to be added to his waitlist file… The Admissions AD said his material was added and that “they will be notifying students shortly of their status on the waitlist”.</p>
<p>What do you think this means? Any hope for my son?</p>
<p>i think theyve accepted people off the WL (however few there are, maybe 10 or so) 1 by 1, and i think what may happen soon is a mass email informing all the other ppl of their rejection. Im still hopeful for an admit though.</p>
<p>this is SERIOUSLY ****ing me off. they keep us hanging here for weeks even though they KNOW they’re taking very few/NONE off the waitlist…wow.</p>
<p>seriously chicago? way to raise our hopes for nothing</p>
<p>WARNING: im just gonna rant about my thoughts in this post so read it if you want :)</p>
<p>I was deferred in december and i am a questbridge finalist (but i didnt get through the national college match)
and now i am wait listed
it just seems to me that UofC doesn’t want me…i mean if they did they would have accepted me! 5 other students from my school got accepted and while comparing stats like scores and gpas and rankings my stats are FARRR superior to theirs (not to seem like im bragging or anything)
i have so many activities and leadership stuff
i think i wrote a great essay- i was honest about it… like really honest i put myself out there and i got… waitlisted! i never wrote an essay that was that personal to me and i just thought that they might want to know who i am and i even went for an interview sucked up to all the admissions counselors i met-i even sent a thank you card for my interviewer to show him how much i appreciated my interview!
i went for the visit and i loved the school</p>
<p>but now…
i dont know maybe its because i havent been back there since last april or I haven’t opened up their viewbook because it will just remind me of all that i will be missing out next year but i have sort of given up hope
50% of me wants to get accepted- I LOVE THE SCHOOL!!! the ivory walls, the eccentric people, the brilliant professors, their unorthodox way of looking at things… incomparable to any other college!!</p>
<p>but the other 50% of me wants to be rejected
why? because since march 19th i have grown to the idea that i won’t get it
ive read one too many articles on the chances of a waitlisted student and i havent heard enough success stories (especially at chicago!)
ive seen the students that they have chosen and im disappointed
i keep on thinking “chicago wants THEM and not ME???”
maybe i should lower my gpa, join the debate team, lose 95% of my friends and have no social life---- seriously these were the kids who got in…they totally lied to me on my college visit day 
ive also grown to love my school that i am currently enrolled in
i have orientation in two weeks and im about to choose my classes and kick butt in placement testing
i get to live in the city and not be surrounded by super geniuses
ill be surrounded by normal people and ill be their super genius and get a high gpa go onto grad school become what i want to be</p>
<p>but i love chicago</p>
<p>if i get in… ill say yes because their financial aid is AMAZING
but if i don’t… so what if i have 20 to 30k in loans people have hundreds of thousands in loans!</p>
<p>but all i know for sure is that god has a plan for me
ive prayed for uchicago for the past two years and apparently thats not where im supposed to be i guess
hmmm… </p>
<p>told you i would rant! :)</p>
<p>uhhh…</p>
<p>i pitied you until i read “maybe i should lower my gpa, join the debate team, lose 95% of my friends and have no social life---- seriously these were the kids who got in…they totally lied to me on my college visit day :P”</p>
<p>you sound ungrateful. perhaps Uchicago isn’t the perfect fit for you and it was for the other students at your school. </p>
<p>oh and by the way, the essays matter a lot to get into that school. perhaps that’s why.</p>
<p>just love the school you’re going to. you’ll find happiness in the end than complaining about a school that semi-wanted you. And honestly, i think waitlists by now if you haven’t heard, it’s probably not a good sign…</p>
<p>Why is chicago not saying anything and delaying everything? argh theyre being too mysterious. just give the decisions already, no need to wait this long to take the few admits and send a mass rejection email.</p>
<p>completely agreed happybuddha.</p>
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<p>okay i want to get off the waitlist too but not cool. did you ever think these people have something outside of GPA? that they wrote fantastic essays and actually have great personalities? i mean MY gpa was low- but i had things that my classmates did not know about- like a high sat, fantastic essays, and a passion for learning. granted i was waitlisted (cuz of gpa no doubt) but still. uchicago chose these people for a reason</p>
<p>im sorry if i sounded like a jerk… i really didnt mean to
i guess im kinda bitter now about the whole thing
i dont understand how you guys can act so nonchalant about it all or are you?</p>
<p>tell me how you all feel about this</p>