<p>I just wanted to make this thread in the midst of the last-minute application frenzy. The adcom at Chicago is actually one of the reasons I decided to apply. The most friendly and available one I've encountered, for sure. I just emailed the Dean of Admissions for some help and he answered promptly, on a Saturday at like 10:00 or whatever. Cool. I'd put say this in my application except it'd totally look like I'm sucking up.</p>
<p>yep, the adcom is veovy noice</p>
<p>I got a handwritten Christmas(err, holiday) card from my regional admissions counselor, wishing me a happy holidays and also saying how it's clear from my application that UChicago would be a good fit for me.</p>
<p>I actually had this whole thing in my Why Chicago about my first impression of the campus being the really nice adcoms while I was sitting there waiting my interview, terrified, but then I realized how much that looked like I was sucking up even though it was completely true and one of my strongest impressions of the campus, so I took it out.</p>
<p>They're the best. Dean O'Neill's speeches and truly personal dealings with applicants and prospectives are reason enough to go to the school.</p>
<p>How do so many people contact the admissions office and get letters from adcom counselors, etc? I come from a podunk town in Southern MN, applied early, asked for an interview, and was told there was no one available! I am not terribly upset, cuz I got in, but I feel no one cares about me :( Just curious.</p>
<p>PS, I visited campus and sent in my Basic Info Form like a month in advance.</p>
<p>It was nothing personal. I got the same letter, a form email from my regional director, because no Chicago alumni lived near me. Too bad; I bet it would have been fun.</p>
<p>Jerew:</p>
<p>I'm in MN too (larger area though). I think that our adcom (Gerald P. Doyle) is just fairly busy. IL gets their own adcom I believe and the rest of the midwest is stretched fairly thin (although chicago draws a fair amount of applicants I would think). He also is the one who seems to oversee much of the online application processing. I don't think he ever emailed me back and I never got a holiday card from him but the woman that interviewed me was great and I recieved email from other admissions people when I was dealing with missing credentials.</p>
<p>I was never contacted about an interview either, but I got in.</p>