<p>Anyone know when waitlist decisions come out? Before May, right?</p>
<p>Accepted at washu rejected here… Most likely essays for uchicago were terrible and showed lack of fit</p>
<p>It was an honor (and a shock) to have been accepted especially considering I’ve gotten 3 C+'s in my high school career (3.75 GPA still though). Just goes to show that grades alone aren’t the most important thing. :-)</p>
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<p>^ Congratulations !</p>
<p>I was rejected, but I’m not too upset by it. The amount of math/sciences required at Chicago were a bit extreme for me. Congrats to all those that were accepted!</p>
<p>deferred then accepted. it really does seem like they emphasize on essays more than stats.
2200 SAT 3.98 UW GPA. 5 Publications, Intel STS + Siemens Semfinalist</p>
<p>Hmm, I’m getting the feeling that Chicago is waitlisting across the spectrum of over-to-under qualified, rather than just at the top and bottom. Perhaps the admissions office is feeling a bit more comfortable with its applicants and selecting out more for fit this year than merely for quality like last year? (an attempt to salvage the weird? xD)</p>
<p>^ lol i’m not weird. one of the reasons why i dont wanna go to u of chicago -.-</p>
<p>Rejectees should rejoice for not being labeled as weirdos.</p>
<p>Yeah, from what I’ve seen you guys are handling your decisions pretty well. Although I resolve that someday UChicago will be known for its chillness rather than its weirdness :P</p>
<p>Just curious, but can anyone provide a link to an example of an “overqualified” applicant waitlisted/rejected on the official stats thread?</p>
<p>I am curious to learn more about the reference to Chicago being “weird”. Anyone care to clarify and expand on this? I’d fully appreciate as my D is weighing accepting to attend Chicago. We live in So Cal… and do not know much about Chicago, although my D is doing a visit Apr14-15, all at Chicago expense. Thanks</p>
<p>Not weird, quirky.</p>
<p>@ Oclement:</p>
<p>How are you getting Chicago to pay for the trip? Is this part of your financial aid?</p>
<p>only 2% of the waitlist is eventually admitted according to the Princeton Review…</p>
<p>@ xjudokax: Its my D who is admitted to Chicago… And Chicago is covering the entire cost of the April 14-15 visit - travel (airline and shuttle), room and board (College dorm). They have their travel department take care of everything. It has nothing to do with FinAid… Just a college visit for an admitted student. I think it is great that the school is doing it and it impressed my D tremendously.</p>
<p>does U chicago pay for international flights too to the weekend :D</p>
<p>response to waitlist/tufts syndrome question
me : P
MIT thread</p>
<p>^Your stats don’t prove that Chicago rejected you for being overqualified. They are very good, yes, and I myself wouldn’t have a prayer of getting into MIT, but to go around claiming the reason you were rejected looks arrogant and conceited. </p>
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<p>So you “threw together” your supplemental essay, using one designed for another application. This isn’t the kind of thing Chicago intended in allowing for a custom essay topic, and Chicago puts a lot of weight on essays as compared with other schools. What’s an admissions officer supposed to do when they see someone has copied and pasted another essay as their supplement? Wouldn’t admissions look down upon this regardless of whether an applicant is “overqualified” or not? </p>
<p>Look, I don’t mean to be rude. Your stats are probably better than mine overall. But the fact is you have no reason to go around claiming to have been rejected because of Tufts Syndrome. Your rejection in the EA round from Stanford (I probably wouldn’t get in either) pretty much proves you weren’t rejected for Tufts Syndrome, because if a school as good as Chicago did reject someone “overqualified” that applicant would stand a VERY good chance of getting into Stanford, and if not would at least get deferred.</p>
<p>Chicago probably rejected you because of a lack of fit. I’m sure you’ll have a great at MIT, but please don’t bash other schools’ reputations on unfounded grounds.</p>
<p>The top applicants from my school were all waitlisted. An individual who had much lower grades/test scores/EC’s was admitted. If that doesn’t show an instance of Tuft Syndrome, I don’t know what does…</p>