<p>I visited/toured the University of Chicago yesterday and heard firsthand from the admissions counselor for New England that there were 22 merit-based full ride scholarships given out this year as well as about 150 $9500 merit based scholarships.</p>
<p>She also said that the admissions office was doing last-minute preparations and will be mailing out acceptances/rejections in the next week or so. </p>
<p>I don't know if any of this is helpful to the anxious applicants, but good luck.</p>
<p>well, if they only handed out 150. there's no way I got one.</p>
<p>wait, since I got deferred, there's no way I got one.</p>
<p>I think EA and RD have equal chances of scholarships so you dont have to worry unless you get waitlisted.</p>
<p>Thanks, JimmyEatWorld711 (Hey, you chose the username, not me.). It's nice to not only hear this admissions news but to hear it from the admissions office itself.</p>
<p>I won't wish anybody good luck because the UChicago admissions game is hardly luck; rather, I'll wish that everyone's decision, whether an acceptance, rejection, or waitlist, is just.</p>
<p>how mature of you, brine</p>
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<p>Yeah, unlike MIT.</p>
<p>Hmm... that $95000 scholarship is what I need to aim for. THough my parents still may not be swayed - one is ultraconservative and will not accept any school he hasn't heard of no matter how much aid up to the level of full aid - persuasion will not work. Ahh I'm destined to the local university.</p>
<p>What will happen if someone who gets a scholarship turns it down? Is it gone forever or reassigned to another student?</p>
<p>Simfish- You inserted an extra zero into the scholarship amount. $95K would be awesome but sadly not going to happen.</p>
<p>wait, so UChicago only gives out full rides or $9,500?
well, there may be other scholarships too. they recruit chicago public school students and 5 students from cps get full rides.</p>
<p>"She also said that the admissions office was doing last-minute preparations and will be mailing out acceptances/rejections in the next week or so."</p>
<p>what? i thought they were sending them out around the 25th? i hope we dont have to wait that much longer, like 2 or 3 whole days...how stupid i sound, really, what is 2 or 3 more days?</p>
<p>The 25th is two days from the post.
Because it was posted the 23rd.</p>
<p>"The 25th is two days from the post.
Because it was posted the 23rd."</p>
<p>whats your point? a week has 7 days. mail isnt delivered on sundays, so it can count as 8 days. and lets take the middle, 4 days. if the post was 2 days before the 25th, 4 days later would mean 2 days after the 25th. thus, i said that i dont want to wait 2 or 3 more days. i really dont see a point to your post. its fairly simple math. a week gives you a pretty wide range. so we MIGHT have to wait 2 or 3 more days.</p>
<p>I know but you said that you thought they were sending them out in two or three days. You might have meant that you thought you would get it in two or three days, but that wasn't what you said. It is quite an annoying wait.</p>
<p>Sorry but I have no idea when they are (were?) sending them out. All I know is that on Monday, they were still finishing them up and getting ready to send them, "within a week". </p>
<p>As far as only giving out full rides or $9500, the admissions officer (this would be easier if I remembered her name...but I don't...first name Jenny, or something like that) only mentioned those two potential scholarships when asked. Keep in mind that these are UChicago's completely merit-based scholarships, and I'm sure it gives out plenty of need ones also.</p>
<p>My D received a UChicago merit scholarship last year, and I believe Jimmy is correct that there are two levels only -- full tuition and $9,500 per year. Also, there are national merit scholarships, but they vary based on income (something like $750 to $2,000, but I'm not sure about the exact figures). D was accepted EA and received her merit scholarship notification, I believe, on March 26 or 27 of last year. So it should be soon!</p>
<p>JimmyEatWorld
Why did you choose to visit U.Chicago during their Spring Break? What was it like? We had actually planned a visit this week, then realized that they were on break, and changed our plans. That is definitely a school that I would want to see during session, rather than during break. Get a slice of the student population, and see if the weird and nerdy stories are true. And it's the one school that has a lot of 'stories' floating around.</p>
<p>Sillystring, how is your D enjoying the core. And has she been happy with the professors this far. Also, has she had any T.A. taught classes?</p>
<p>Choco -- </p>
<p>The core has been fine for her. She will be finished with the core at the end of her sophomore year. She placed out of math with an AP Stat score. This year she is taking or has taken all of her Civilization, Humanities, Fine Arts, and Bio courses. Next year she will tackle Social Sciences and Physical Sciences. Since she is a classics major, she was sort of dreading the sciences but so far has enjoyed them.</p>
<p>As for professors, she has either liked or been neutral about all of them -- actually she gave just two neutrals. She did not like her civilization TA this quarter. He did not teach, but he led discussion sessions and graded student papers. For the first two quarters, all of her classes were taught by professors, but most were assisted by TAs. She seemed to get to know her profs very well, so I would not be concerned about that. Next quarter, her Greek class will be taught by the TA she has had in Greek all year. She likes him and is fine with it.</p>
<p>chocoholic, I really regret not being able to visit when class was in session, but this was really my only chance to visit Chicago. Both UChicago and Northwestern were on spring break :(</p>
<p>When you visit the school, you've gotta tell us if you hear any good weird nerdy stories =)</p>
<p>Oooh,Jimmy, that's too bad. We almost went during Spring Break too, but at the last minute decided that it would not be easy to get a feel for the place. The campus is beautiful, but I want to get inside the students' heads, toy with them, and bring back stories for you.
Plus, I have had some strange conversations with the admissions office, and now simply have to meet them, and put a face on it, lol.</p>
<p>Sillystring, it seems as if quite a few TA's are working with the undergrads. Do you know the percentage? I will definitely ask that question of them.
So do the profs teach for an hour, and then they break into TA groups...or do the students not even have a prof. at all? In what sense are the TA's assisting the profs?</p>
<p>PM me if you prefer.</p>
<p>Choc, </p>
<p>This is SillyString's daughter. Okay, here is the TA/Professor situation as I see it: As a rule, TA's DO NOT teach classes. The way UChicago employs TA's makes it like having a second professor, so I feel like I've gained extra help from people I can learn from, rather than being cheated out of contact with fully-fledged academians in favor of their students. </p>
<p>My TA's have led discussions, graded quizzes and homework (menial tasks), taught when the professors are absent in place of substitute teachers, occasionally taught their own lessons, and run drill sessions on their own time outside of class for the students' benefit. In my humanities class, my TA read through our papers and added her comments before passing them on to the professor, who also read them and actually had the final say. Next quarter, my Greek TA of two quarters will finally be ready to take on full duties as our teacher, something I have no doubt he is prepared for. However, I have a feeling this is an exception rather than the rule, given both my experiences and those of other students I have talked to. Depending on student preference, it is possible to go to either the professor or the TA for help in any situation. </p>
<p>Honestly, I know my professors just as well, if not better, than I know my TA's. I definitely haven't missed out on any contact with them, nor do they tend to slack off and leave work to their TAs. Both TAs and professors have separate office hours, creating more helpful sources students can go to for information. Believe me, having a TA at UChicago is a good thing. </p>
<p>I'll repeat, since this seems to be of concern: My TA's do not teach in place of my professors. My professors know my name and I am on a first-name basis with most of them. Actually, the professor I have had the least contact with didn't actually have a TA. While their specific duties vary from class to class, they are usually pretty minor, and in reality it is clear that TA's exist solely to give us, as students, extra help and support. </p>
<p>-Elizabeth</p>