<p>hahahahaha</p>
<p>As a current uofc student i must inform you that the shirt reads: "The university of chicago, where the only that goes down on you is your gpa"</p>
<p>I know that is the actual joke, but I decided to make it Eastern:P</p>
<p><em>smirks</em></p>
<p>Unfortunately, the slowness of the decision is making me actually hope that it's an acceptance, which is sad because I had actually accepted that a rejection would be okay. Now I know I'll be really sad and lost (well, not <em>quite</em>, but I know I'll be going to CC, which is close the same thing...) when I get this rejection. :O</p>
<p>I know what you mean Undecided... (btw - that tshirt...hilarious..haha) I had a friend tell me that I wouldn't get in, just so that it wouldn't hurt as much. Unfortunately, that just made me freak out and now I really don't know what to think. </p>
<p>My gut reaction is telling me that I have a lot of things going for me, but the statistics are chopping away at any happy/positive feeling that is left. haha - Only 125 admitted out of 575 applicants....<em>twitches</em> </p>
<p>Watch...tomorrow I'll attack the postman/postwoman... hehe</p>
<p>Sigh. Not here again so, of course, I make my requisite call to the admissions office.</p>
<p>"University of Chicago admissions, how may I help you?"</p>
<p>"Hi, I was told yesterday that decisions for transfers were mailed out on Tuesday. Is that correct?"</p>
<p>"Um... no, it's not." <-- said as if that was the most absurd thing they'd ever heard</p>
<p>"Oh. Could you tell me when I might --"</p>
<p>"They might've been mailed yesterday, could've been this mornin'."</p>
<p>"... You're not sure?"</p>
<p>"Well, ah, I'm not going to tell you!" ... What?</p>
<p>"Um. Oh, um, okay. Thanks?" <em>click</em></p>
<p>At least I have stories from these phone calls...</p>
<p>ETA: That "Well, ah, I'm not going to tell you!" was not vicious, it was actually /playful/, which totally caught me off-guard. I wasn't expecting that, especially after the rather brusque conversations I've had with them in the past (I swear, conversations never last more than 15 seconds with them, usually). Hence the uncertain end of the phone call. It had nothing to do with my file in specific, either, unless they have a phone number tracker (the thought hadn't occurred to me before -- am I considered a stalker now? O_O) -- the transcript above was the entire conversation.</p>
<p>For those of us who were deferred from the earlier transfer applicant period, I believe that this is day 34 which we have all been waiting since April 15 which, for me at least, is when I was told of my status. I am going to cry. </p>
<p>Oh, and for those of you keeping score, I am another transfer trying into U of C.</p>
<p>Hi, mdurkes!</p>
<p>Sorry you've had to wait so long -- I imagine that's pure torture compared to what those of us who knew we'd have to wait until mid-May to hear are going through.</p>
<p>That makes 3 of us that are alive and kicking and biting our nails for the day the package arrives...</p>
<p>i can go one better: i applied early to the u of c, and i waited and waited and WAITED around mid-april, and then i called them and they told me that they hadn't sent anything because my hs transcript was missing and thus my file was incomplete! they didn't send me anything in the mail and the credential checking link was gone by then, so i wouldn't have known anything unless they told me this. so i am STILL waiting for a decision, though i am afraid it will be bad considering the untimeliness of my file completion, although it wasn't my fault at all!</p>
<p>astrangegirl, that's unfortunate! I had a similar debacle... and it was fixed, but I can't help but think the same thing, that my application was marred by the issues that arose! I think we're just really paranoid these days... haha </p>
<p>I see that you're from Chicago, where do you go to school? I'm at DePaul.</p>
<p>Wow, I just can't imagine that wait! And applying early must mean you have some real interest in going there (especially if you're still waiting now). I feel for you and wish you luck!</p>
<p>I agree that I always felt a little guilty, like I'd "ruined my chances" whenever the school would call and tell me a certain document was not received. I had no control over it -- I'm very careful to send things with signature confirmation (which I receive), but if they choose to lose them, oi! I just wish they'd own up and tell us they lost them so that we don't have to freak out and figure they think we're unorganized slackers! O_O</p>
<p>I woke up this morning and found I didn't even feel a thrill when I thought "Today might be the day the fat packet arrives," which is what usually happens when I think of something wonderful but unlikely occurring. I'm hoping that means I've gotten back to accepting that it'll likely be the thin envelope arriving. :p</p>
<p>Oh, undecided, I got that feeling too: the one where the prospect of recieving an acceptance or rejection from a school just isn't on my mind anymore. </p>
<p>AND, to top off the list of college application horrors of University of Chicago, when I had sent everything in last month, I kept checking the website to see that one college recommendation hadn't been recieved. I called and called and called, and the woman on the phone said that I had to resend the letter. A few hours later and a few days before April 15, they had found my letter, which they had failed to locate, even though it was inside my file. </p>
<p>And day 35 without word from the school.</p>
<p>lol atleast you guys can still log onto the application status webpage.</p>
<p>THey deleted my account. Them seem really shady to me.</p>
<p>I called again (:p -- I know, I'm obsessed) and today's response was interesting. I had asked when transfer decisions were sent out. They asked for my name, which they've never done before, and then told me it was sent yesterday. I wonder what that's about?</p>
<p>I tried calling twice today, no one picked up! haha (hon, we're all obsessed to some extent.. lol) </p>
<p>You know, that would creep me out if they asked for my name. Eh, no, it would freak me out and put me into a tail spin. I contemplated using an alias... acting like a parent who was annoyed. haha But I didn't.</p>
<p>Aright - I'm not going to check my mail till Tuesday. I've pretty much given up all hope.</p>
<p>DAY 36. without the decision. And, is "we sent it yesterday" just the default answer when people call? Because they have "sent it yesterday" for the past week....</p>
<p>hahaha I think it is.</p>
<p>I live in California and I received my acceptance letter yesterday.</p>
<p>I don't know whether to giggle at hakbar or freak out because I'm in California too. :o (The giggle would be for the seemingly default "It was sent out yesterday" admissions office answer to the "I got it yesterday" response, by the way. Nothing mean. ;))</p>
<p>Congrats, hakbar!</p>
<p><em>bites nails</em></p>