<p>waterbed and others, Congratulations!! </p>
<p>S is overjoyed with his acceptance. Does anyone know if all the acceptance letters are identical. Are there different versions for different groups of accepted students? Just curious.</p>
<p>Daughter rejected.</p>
<p>Re question about scholarships:</p>
<p>Web site says: "Scholarship winners who were admitted under the Early Action plan will be notified by April. All other winners will receive notification with their offer of admission."</p>
<p>The Uncommon Blog last night said all scholarship letters were mailed yesterday. Crossing fingers and toes! Chicago's</a> Uncommon Application</p>
<p>waitlisted. So I have been rejected once, accepted once, deferred once, and now waitlisted once too. yay for diversity!!
Anyway, to people who were accepted: when you logged into your UChicago home page (the first time, before you viewed your letter) did you have a link to something like Accepted Students Page or anything that hinted at your acceptance?? I'm wondering because those links were on my homepage for the place I was accepted at and I wonder if all colleges do that.</p>
<p>I was accepted EA and there was no hint at all. The e-mail said "your decision is ready," then i logged in expecting to see my answer and there was nothing. I stared at it for a minute then saw the tiny little "view your decision letter" link. Then I clicked that and it had the letter, but there were no hints whatsoever.</p>
<p>Rejected here and fairly devastated. I've been preparing myself for this for a while now, but nothing can entirely null the feeling. I am thankful that I received my acceptance to NYU a few days ago, otherwise I would not be functioning right now.</p>
<p>waitlisted.</p>
<p>devastated at first, but! i guess it's alright now.</p>
<p>YEAH .... daugher accepted, good news in this house.</p>
<p>Accepted. Now waiting for Wharton and Bekerley in order to make the right choice.</p>
<p>Wharton vs Uchicago? lol those schools seem like polar opposites to me it's funny that you're decision comes down to those two.</p>
<p>Wharton as in Wharton in UPenn, and I doubt they are polar opposites like you make out to be. After all, they are top institutions, one with its strengths in its Economics department and one with its strengths in Business. So, yea, they're pretty comparable in this respect.</p>
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Wharton as in Wharton in UPenn, and I doubt they are polar opposites like you make out to be. After all, they are top institutions, one with its strengths in its Economics department and one with its strengths in Business. So, yea, they're pretty comparable in this respect.
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<p>No, they aren't. Chicago is a very theoretical school, and when you consider Chicago's Core vs. Penn's whatever, they're quite different in almost all respects. It isn't completely abnormal to be picking between two very different schools, though; I know a number of people who have picked Chicago over MIT and vice-versa, though they're pretty much polar opposites (MIT emphasizing practicality and technological advance, Chicago emphasizing theory and citizenship).</p>
<p>Yea of course I understand that these are differences I will be considering should I be accepted into Wharton as well as Berkeley. On a side note, I also know for a fact that Penn's Wharton also has a substantial emphasis on liberal arts education similar to that of Chicago's.</p>
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Huh? Not according to my friends at Penn.</p>
<p>My DH went to Wharton and has been trying to remediate his lack of liberal arts background ever since. Seriously. No foreign language requirement, and he took one English class and a couple of poli sci classes. He's not at all sorry he went there, but be aware of what you are getting (or not).</p>
<p>Chicago Econ and Wharton are not similar creatures.</p>
<p>Isn't Chicago Econ's strength in its post graduate program?</p>
<p>Chicago's econ is strong everywhere.</p>
<p>This is a pointless argument. Although many of you probably know more about this issue than I do, this is my opinion: </p>
<p>U of C Econ and Wharton business are both great programs, arguably even the best in their respective field. If you want a more liberal-arts education, go to U of C. If you want more of a pre-professional program, go to Wharton. I'm sure you'll be able to take different types of courses at Wharton too, but I think some students wouldn't do that because the school doesn't have a requirement, like the Core, to fill. Either way, both are magnets for IBanks/Consulting firms (with Wharton probably gaining the slight edge), but also realize that Wharton has the advantage in terms of proximity to NYC and a slightly more business-prepared student body (based on the fact that, well, you do have to pretty much want to do business to go there). However, I'm sure Chicago has great recruiting, and grads probably dominate the Midwest job market, with many flocking over to NYC as well. In addition, I've heard McKinsey, the Goldman Sachs,if you will, of Consulting, recruits U of C students quite heavily, based off the fact that the founder (?) is a U of C alum. That would make sense, as I'd probably give the nod in analysis skills to a U of C grad, while Wharton grads are probably better at the number crunching jobs.</p>
<p>CNI,
You hit on the differences pretty well. Both are great programs; just know what you want from a college experience and the differnt emphases. My DH liked having the Decision Science major's option (at the time) of taking some of his required courses in engineering. Having bombed royally in Spanish in HS, he was also determined not to deal with a second language in college. ;)</p>