<p>Not the tufts syndrome again. No. I was rejected and I accept it. I was not lucky with chicago, I wouldn’t fit in and wouldn’t have gone, all of which showed in my app, thus I was rejected. If they want you, think you want them, and think you’ll thrive at their particular school, they will take you.</p>
<p>I don’t think Chicago has Tufts Syndrome, I think they just value what they tell you outright they value. Character, essays, recommendations, talent, etc…which makes it very, very subjective.</p>
<p>But I’m sure all those rejected/waitlisted will end up somewhere equally amazing.</p>
<p>“I was waitlisted, but I got a likely from Brown and Columbia. What’s going on?!”</p>
<p>Brown and Columbia are better schools anyway. Chicago knows you only applied as a safety school. Spot given to student who more likely will go there when accepted.</p>
<p>Chicago assumes nearly all its applicants likely apply to those schools. That does not enter into their admission decisions whatsoever.</p>
<p>rejected. SAT: 2350, 13 APs, SAT Math 2: 800, Physics: 760, GPA: 3.87.</p>
<p>I was pretty disappointed/****ed yesterday, but I’m getting over it. Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>rejected</p>
<p>GPA weighted: 4.07
ACT: 30
EC’s: Alot. and 50+ hours of community service
I’m kinda not surprised that I got rejected, I put off the essay until the last minute, and it was probably crap compared to what other people sent in. I just hope the rest of my decision letters are not the same.</p>
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UChicago has become another WUStL. I am very disappointed.</p>
<p>^I don’t know about that. I think a lot of it depends upon fit–applicants who could easily fit in at HYPS might not necessarily be the same kinds of students Chicago wants for their class.</p>
<p>@Tippu:</p>
<p>UChicago definitely rejects more well-qualified candidates than WUSTL does (as opposed to waitlisting them).</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision:Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *]ACT:33
[ *]SAT II:730 BIOM 700 LIT 690 MATHII
[ *]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.73
[ *]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
[ *]AP (place score in parenthesis):Biology (5)
[ *]IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[ *]Senior Year Course Load:Model UN, Honors Physics, Wind Ensemble, AP American Government, AP Microeconomics, AP Calculus AB, AP Music Theory, AP English
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout and Junior Assistant Scoutmaster). Model UN: Best Delegate at Brown University and participated in Nationals High School Model United Nations and won as best large school delegation, aka national champs. Marching Band/Wind Ensemble/Symphony Orchestra (Band President and Section Leader) as first chair clarinetist
[ *]Job/Work Experience:worked at adult school 8hr/week on mon/wed since june 2010
[ *]Volunteer/Community service:Boy Scouts totals at ~400 hr
[ *]Essays:Commonapp about my love/obsession with perfumery
[ *]Teacher Recommendation:One was good, other unknown
[ *]Counselor Rec:Good
[ *]Additional Rec:Good
[ *]Interview:Best I’ve had, lots of fun</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?:No
[ *]Intended Major:Undecided
[ *]State (if domestic applicant):California
[ *]School Type:Public
[ *]Ethnicity:White
[ *]Gender:Male
[ *]Income Bracket:Top
[ *]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):N/A</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *]Strengths:Everything but grades
[ *]Weaknesses:Grades
[ *]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Grades
[ *]What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
[ /list]Accepted to:UC Irvine and UC San Diego, Waitlisted at WUSTL
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]Not too disappointing, I’m not really as hardcore as UChicago students, so I’m fine 
I’m praying for Vassar!</p>
<p>anyone care to help me with this template :c ?</p>
<p>Remove the spaces in the codes.</p>
<p>Quick question; what do you guys mean by “Tufts Syndrome”? Does Tufts go around waitlisting qualified applicants or something?</p>
<p>Tufts is famous for being a safety school for Ivies and rejecting people they think applied to Tufts as a safety school.</p>
<p>[Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You”>LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You)</p>
<p>What?
Is Tufts a safety school for Ivy rejectees?</p>
<p>Below a certain selectivity threshold, no school can be labeled a safety, imo, but some people are too arrogant to acknowledge this.</p>
<p>take off all the spaces lol 
it took me 6 tries the first time I used one of those templates :P</p>
<p>Waitlisted here and at Washu. Awesome : (</p>
<p>Is it just me or are there a lot of overlaps between people who got waitlisted by WashU and those who got waitlisted by UChicago? =S</p>