<p>I"ve been rejected from Uchicago after EA deferred. Tell me guys, how do you feel now?</p>
<p>If I hadn't been accepted into MIT early after being deferred from caltech and uchicago EA and then getting rejected from both, I would have felt much much worse now....but to tell you truth, I don't feel that bad, because, in a way, I've fallen in love with MIT. I think I"ll go to there for sure after I get my FA package from MIT (hopefully, it'll be good!) </p>
<p>Crocop, I’m an international student living in the US legally but without a green card. As a result, most of the schools are need-aware. UChicago is one of them.</p>
<p>I got rejected, too. Pooh. I got notified by 3 schools and I got accepted into 1, but I can’t afford to go there… o.o Being an international student, I get no aid whatsoever… $0. So. HANG IN THERE!</p>
<p>I’m international too. Didn’t get in to UChicago. I don’t feel too bad because my first acceptance from an American Uni (Rice) came yesterday so I’m doing pretty good.congrats to those who got in though! Chicago is a terrific school!</p>
<p>I understand how everyone’s feeling. I got it pretty bad too lol. Applied EA to Caltech, MIT, and UChicago. Rejected from Caltech, deferred and then rejected by both MIT and UChicago…thought I had a chance to get into at least one of them…guess not. Sigh, oh wells. Congrats to all those that got in, and I hope everyone got into/will get into their school(s) of choice.</p>
<p>A little wounded…but looking at others rejected, I realize we’re all pretty brilliant and shouldn’t feel bad. I seriously doubt ANYONE, no matter how impressive, could ever gain admittance to every top school they applied to. It does seem to be a fine, fine line between acceptance and rejection for so many, and I truly believe it can be a bit of a crapshoot in the end.</p>
<p>I’m still waiting on (gulp) seven more schools, but I’ve so far been accepted by a few, including two top choices I’d NEVER imagined I could get in to. I’m doing well just knowing for sure that I’ll end up in a great place.</p>
<p>I’m another EA-deferral -> RD-reject. I dunno, part of me feels good that I at least got deferred, but now I had this nagging doubt that I was a courtesy deferral since I visited. I guess I’ll never know. Really, I’m thankful that I got this far- even if the end result wasn’t what I wanted. </p>
<p>Today just especially stung since I got waitlisted at GW 1.5 hours later, and I really did think I had a shot there. I only applied to six schools, which in hindsight was kind of dumb, since I only got into three of them… and I only really like two of them. But oh well- I think in the end I’ll be satisfied. @defusee: saw your note on the decisions thread, and yeah, we all are pretty awesome… especially those with ECs like ours! </p>
<p>Chicago was my third choice, and the more I think about it now, the more I realized it was probably higher than that.</p>
<p>This probably wouldn’t hurt as badly as it does if I a) hadn’t found out decisions were up via an old (elementary school, ha) classmate’s Facebook status proclaiming his acceptance and b) hadn’t actually thought I had a good chance- my application, especially the supplemental essay, was AWESOME, thanks very much. Best one I did, imo.</p>
<p>Chicago’s rejection, along with Kenyon a few days ago, pretty much guarantees I’m not getting into most of the other schools I applied to. Then again, my acceptances/rejections/waitlists have been somewhat random it seems (my SAFETY waitlisted me, then I got into Reed. What?). Or at least they were, now I feel like I’m just trying to trick myself into thinking I have a chance. </p>
<p>And my second choice’s decisions are released tomorrow. Joy. Hopefully I’ll get in there- acceptance rate is much higher (40-something%).</p>
<p>I know that I could probably transfer if I really wanted to (and was then accepted as a transfer, obviously), but tbh, I think I’d probably stay miserable at one place than have to start all over and maybe turn out to also be miserable somewhere else.</p>
<p>Think positive, everyone! Regardless of where you guys end up going, I’m sure you’ll make it work. Remember, college is what you make of it, not where you go, so as long as you go through with an optimistic attitude intending to make the most of your experiences, then you should be happy wherever you end up! (And after I write this, I’m thinking that I used too many exclamation marks, but . . .)</p>
<p>@ tiakivla: Reed is an amazing school. God, I wished I’d applied, but my parents pretty much squashed any notions of my going there because it’s on the other side of the country from where I live (Southeast). I’m actually very jealous of you. @___@</p>
<p>And g’luck tomorrow with your second choice!</p>
<p>Sigh, I didn’t really think I had the best shot for U of C, but then I still had that tiny little smidget of hope you know? Oh well…I’m a US citizen living abroad, and I’m probably gonna go to Umich …although I’m still waiting for decisions from other schools.</p>
<p>another ASIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID here…
rejected with fair stats and quite good essays, but what can i say?
2-3% (for intl applying for finaid) acceptance rate is harsher than harsh.</p>
<p>Another international rejected…I was asking for FA too, actually full tuition. WHYYYYYY??? I had an SAT of 1970 and an amazing interview. My essays rocked and my teachers love me literally. :-)</p>
<p>Ahhh never mind. Now it seems like UChi was a pretty tough reach. Their fault if they dont want us guys. Keep it up.</p>
<p>i was deferred ea, but i already got into rice with aweswome FA! so unless i get into penn yale or stanford (extremely unlikely, especially since i was rejected from chiacgo) i will go to rice</p>
<p>I was rejected, but I don’t feel as bad about it as I did with UCLA. My essay for UofC was pretty bomb though. No lie. But I did send in the wrong teacher rec… so that may have screwed me over. I’m fine, I guess. I just really want to get into either UCB or NU. UofC, you were too good for me anyway.</p>
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