<p>I didn’t get an interview. 
And nope, no idea on the time.</p>
<p>FRIDAY! [YouTube</a> - Rebecca Black - Friday (OFFICIAL VIDEO)](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>I don’t know what the most stressful part of Friday will be-UChicago decisions or deciding what seat to take</p>
<p>Haha worst song ever!
How likely do you think it is for a deferred EA applicant to be admitted RD?</p>
<p>I would guess 6-7 est, which was when ea was announced. And don’t worry so much about test scores, Chicago cares more about gpa, according to their CDS. (personal experience, I got defered with a 1600 M/CR and 3.5 UW- clearly test scores aren’t everything)</p>
<p>^Thanks for the reassurance… damn 1420 (720/700); but I have a 3.95 UW (above most people who get into UChicago from my high school).</p>
<p>My school does not do GPA and I had a 1520. Just for reference.</p>
<p>^^^^^Rofl, if I got in, I would have to deal with that major dilemma of which seat to take on the plane to accepted students weekend. Rough. Maybe rejection would be easier. </p>
<p>Oh and, I don’t think I’ve popped in here before, so hi!</p>
<p>Does Chicago superscore? If so…I should have a 1560…if not, 1520 and 1460 =</p>
<p>I think they do. I was one of those deferred students and have since then done quite a lot to indicate my continued interest… If I get rejected again I’d die or something. It’s my first decision too.</p>
<p>test score really isn’t everythin for any college. i got into caltech with a superscored 1380. and now i’m hoping for uchicago.</p>
<p>and i would guess Friday, 4 EDT</p>
<p>@aloser, wow. Congratulations. </p>
<p>So decision is at 4 pm EDT?</p>
<p>Asian international, no FA needed, 1540/2270 (CR800/M740/W730), full IB, East Asian Studies. good luck everyone^-^</p>
<p>Well, since we’re all waiting, here’s a thought:</p>
<p>As an international student applying to UChicago, I feel they put way too much emphasis on the essay. I mean, sure essay writing is an important skill, but it is just one aspect of a persons intelligence. I’ve known a few people in my school who are brilliant at maths but struggle to convey their passion in words convincingly, and were rejected EA. I know another who was probably a lukewarm applicant with moderate stats/ECs, but succeeded, with the help of a hired college counselor, in conveying her “passion” and “potential” through her essay, and so got in. </p>
<p>For a school as diverse and top-notch as U of C, distinguishing between applicants largely through essays significantly reduces the number of qualified applicants brave enough to apply.</p>
<p>^ I am an international student too (ESL too), and I have seen that question come up for other schools like MIT and Caltech. What’s so important about the essay? The MIT and Caltech answer is that if they have a brilliant scientist and a brilliant scientist who can write, they will take the brilliant scientist who can write. U of C is in that same category of schools who get more qualified applicants than they can accept. Also, it is a liberal arts school, where writing skills will be put into more use.</p>
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<p>It’s called self-selectivity. Can you say Brown University is better than Pomona College just because Pomona has a higher acceptance rate? Self-selectivity says you can’t.</p>
<p>@crossbow As another international student, I couldn’t speak English properly until I was in sixth grade, but improved much since then. I think since the language of instruction in Chicago is English, applicants who can write eloquently in English would be preferred over those who can’t, and here’s where the essay comes in.</p>
<p>But the essay is not solely evaluated on language. I think the content and style are valued more than the language.</p>
<p>How many of these brilliant applicants who have been chosen because of their reading/writing skills actually use them much during their undergraduates studies, or even later in life? I think the emphasis on writing/reading is overblown. Unless you get into English literature, reasonable level of English is good enough. Majority of the grad students in science/math are not these appicants who speak/write eloquently. Beyond some reasonable level of proficiency in English, I think the adcoms should look for other talents that the student may be able to pursue at college - Arts/Music etc are some examples.</p>
<p>Just my thoughts.</p>
<p>There’s a correlation between good writing skills and the ability to communicate one’s ideas well (the ability to formulate ideas, even), an ability that is especially important to UChicago as it is a school that values lively discourse in the classroom. Also, there are many fields of study, apart from literary criticism, where good writing skills are essential: history, classics, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, etc.</p>
<p>Since UChicago has a core curriculum that requires all students to take courses in different disciplines, not just the ones they are interested in, and since it doesn’t really pay any attention to people’s prospective majors when considering applications, it makes sense that it would hold all applicants to the same standard.</p>
<p>Lastly, an unwillingness to acknowledge the importance of good writing skills because they are supposedly useless in biology may be indicative of a lack of appreciation for learning… Make of that what you will.</p>