<p>Yes, it means that you won’t get into those schools. </p>
<p>Seriously? I can understand some anxiety, but that’s just silly to worry about. </p>
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<p>At this level (8.8% admit rate) it means jack. They cut their admissions by about 700 spots this year which means that had you applied last year there is a good chance you would have been admitted so don’t be disheartened. However to address your concern: With your stats it would surprise me (but I’m really just guessing) if none of the schools offers you admissions. However, it would equally surprise me if all of them did. The admissions process at the most elite schools is notoriously unpredictable which is why one school might offer you admissions while another one might not and there’s no telling why they made their decision. That said, your wait listing indicates that you are likely qualified for admissions at a very respectable university but that UChicago simply found applicants that were better fits for the university and some that outperformed you in terms of achievements (not to belittle yours but there are some amazing kids out there).</p>
<p>@haberdasher123 - I am keenly aware of the amount of amazing talent out there. If I can get into just one of these schools, I would be ecstatic.</p>
<p>@lilahrosie. All the schools you have listed are lottery schools. If you don’t get into one does not mean you can’t get into another. There are so many intangibles involved with admissions these days euphemistically called “holistic review”…it all depends on the prevailing wind when the admission officer(s) read your application with STATS being neutral. Your essays, recommendations, and your extracurricular activities (hopefully focused and outstanding) will ultimately be the deciding factors…good luck!</p>
<p>I’m not sure if this will sooth your nerves during this brief interlude b/t decisions we’re all in right now, but I was deferred from Princeton SCEA and then got into UChicago (as to why, your guess is as good as mine).
2270 SAT, white female, NOT first generation, completely unhooked as far as I know.
Keep your chin up, there’s only a week and a half to wait now - you’ll have great options, doubtless.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted this year at UChicago but got into MIT. My friend, a Yale EA admit, was also waitlisted. </p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. For our school, unless you applied early action for UChicago, you didn’t get in, even for extremely qualified people. I think it has to do with lots of top people getting accepted previous years, but not going. I also heard if you keep mailing them and calling them to tell them that you’re interested, it’ll raise your chances. Good luck.</p>
<p>Uhh a very, very qualified applicant from my school this year got into UChicago, and we all think she’s going to Harvard. I don’t think she even submitted the optional Chicago supplement essay. They did reject a bunch of high-scoring applicants with few extracurriculars. U of C most likely does NOT do the whole yield protection thing.</p>
<p>on the WL too – this is all very helpful. thx and good luck.</p>
<p>@CaleySmith
Yes, that explains their high SAT/GPA averages (quite a bit higher than Columbia at least). Do you really think that you were overqualified for UChicago? More so than all those 2400/4.0 kids who got in?</p>
<p>But judging by your other posts, it seems UChicago did well not to admit you. Have fun at the “better school”, Columbia.</p>
<p>I had 2380 and multiple 800s on SAT II and went to an elite HS.
I was accepted from many top colleges (including Chicago) and WL/rejected from many top colleges. 2380 is not a big deal.</p>
<p>CaleySmith
You will see the reality on March 31st or April 1st.
And, you are very childish.
UChicago knew what they were doing!</p>
<p>Carley, with due respect, stop this. You are being unfair to the University and the admitted students. You were wait-listed accepted , and move on. Columbia is waiting for you.</p>
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Well done! You are qualified to attend any institution in the country. But students as qualified as you (and several more so) did get into UChicago. If UChicago were simply wait-listing the overqualified, do you think that would be the case?</p>
<p>
Emphasis on the last two words, but I will oblige you (or not).</p>
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I wouldn’t call 70% very few (50% submit the ACT), but certainly fewer than Columbia (90% and 32% respectively).</p>
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Let’s compare the SAT averages first:</p>
<p>SAT Score Range and Percentage in 700-800 range (Math)
UChicago - 710-780 > Columbia 690-780
UChicago 81% > Columbia 76%</p>
<p>SAT Score Range and Percentage in 700-800 range (CR)
UChicago 710-790 > Columbia 700-790
UChicago 83% > Columbia 73%</p>
<p>SAT Score Range and Percentage in 700-800 range (Writing)
UChicago 700-780 > Columbia 690-780
UChicago 78% > Columbia 73%</p>
<p>UChicago fares quite a lot better. But you and I both expected that.
Now, onto the ACT (where Columbia allegedly fares better)</p>
<p>ACT composite Score Range:
UChicago 31-34 = Columbia 31-34
(ACT scoring isn’t fine enough to differentiate between two extremely elite schools)</p>
<p>Percent in 30-36 ACT Score Range (Composite)
UChicago 88% > Columbia 85%</p>
<p>Percent in 30-36 ACT Score Range (English)
UChicago 88% > Columbia 86%</p>
<p>Percent in 30-36 ACT Score Range (Math)
UChicago 78% > Columbia 76%</p>
<p>Ok, so you were wrong there. UChicago leads in ACT as well (despite having considerably more students give it). We’re through 8 test score criteria, and Columbia hasn’t come on top even once yet (UChicago led 87.5% of the time, by varying amounts).</p>
<p>Finally, we compare GPA. UChicago has 97% in the top 10% of their HS, which is higher than HYPS and the same as MIT. But Columbia hasn’t reported this statistic. Sad… On a certain other website, UChicago has 97% in the top 10%, while Columbia has 92%…</p>
<p>Sources:
<a href=“https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/university-of-chicago[/url]”>https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/university-of-chicago</a>
<a href=“https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/columbia-university[/url]”>https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/columbia-university</a>
A certain other website (college*******.com, try guessing)</p>
<p>I think that’s general enough.</p>
<p>And UChicago is ranked higher on most major ranking (ARWU, Forbes, THE; by 4 spots on average) except two (USNews, and ARWU), where it is tied with, and one rank behind Columbia respectively. It leads in most prestigious scholarships (esp. Rhodes, despite having a much smaller student body) and has a greater endowment per student as well. I’m not saying that UChicago is altogether better than Columbia, but there is some comparison to be made (being generous to Columbia).</p>
<p>@CaleySmith
Well done on the ad hominem.</p>
<p>@CaleySmith
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<p>I don’t recall saying that. You’re quoting 20more… And you’re just going to ignore post #34 (which refutes pretty much all of your statements) aren’t you…
Well, I’ve wasted enough time on this.
Ciao.</p>
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Well, your efforts to invalidate my point have but reinforced it. </p>
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<p>It didn’t have to be directed towards me for me to call you out for it. Furthermore “hello pot, meet kettle” is an idiom used when a person is guilty of something they accuse another of. I am not guilty of using ad hominem remarks, and 20more is not guilty of accusing you.</p>
<p>But again, well done on the ad hominem.</p>
<p>Parent here. I can see jak321 and CaleySmith facing off in a U.S. Supreme Court case some day. I mean that as a compliment to you both. Very lively debate.</p>
<p>@CaleySmith, I can understand that you might be trying to make urself feel better by making urself think Chicago waitlists “overqualified” students. But truthfully why do you even care what Chicago did. You are most likely going to Columbia already (although jak321 has already proven above why you might as well should give up on arguing that Columbia is a “better school”). So dont post crap that’s going through ur head on this thread and blame Chicago for its admission decisions. Nobody will find it useful.</p>
<p>Yeah caley I got a likely to columbia and was accepted to uchicago. Chill. every colleges adcom looks for different stuff. So just let it go man. It’s just the luck of the draw</p>
<p>You guys have reassured me tremendously. But I’ll still be a jittery ball of nerves these next few days. Never has a Thursday seemed so darn far away…</p>
<p>I must admit, I’m pretty happy Caley got waitlisted. We don’t need that at U of C.</p>
<p>Also, something tells me that if you apply to anywhere and are then shocked when you are denied/waitlisted, maybe adcoms could see through the BS and into your self-satisfied, college-rank-obsessed mania.</p>
<p>Have fun at Columbia.</p>