<p>Did anyone else who's a semi-finalist put down UChicago as their first-choice school? Does it help at all with admissions/do they even see that you chose them as your first-choice school?</p>
<p>What about when you were asked to pick two schools to send your PSAT scores to? Does Chicago even look at those scores?</p>
<p>ahhhh Chicago hasn't received my transcript/counselor's recommendation/school report yet and i'm getting nervous...</p>
<p>I was commended and put them as my first choice. I don't think they care, though.</p>
<p>My transcript, etc etc hasn't been recieved either, eh, it'll be okay. Think of it this way - if they didn't have the online checking feature, we'd never know exactly 'when' the stuff got there. And they didn't always have the checking feature. And stuff always did get there. </p>
<p>That was um, not very coherent.</p>
<p>No, they don't care. In any case, Chicago is one of the colleges that attracts the most NMFs.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say that Chicago doesn't care. My daughter received a letter congratulating her, with some wording to the effect that she should consider Chicago.</p>
<p>Yes, but I was referring to the effect it has on admissions. When I was a NMSF, I debated whether to hold off on sending my midyear report until I found out about if I made NMF. I emailed Chicago and basically got the response that they didn't really care because they knew my scores and other info.</p>
<p>A LOT of colleges send out those letters congratulating students... For that matter, I got a letter from Chicago after taking the PSAT my SOPHOMORE year congratulating me on my score and telling me I should be considering Chicago. That doesn't necessarily mean they care and it is vital to admissions-- it's just another chance to communicate with prospective students.</p>
<p>Chicago participates in the NM program and does award scholarships to finalists, unlike some other top schools. That's all I meant.</p>
<p>I marked U of C as my first choice not to gain an admissions edge but to get their NM scholarship.</p>
<p>You can also change that designation in case you decide to go to another school.</p>
<p>Classof 1986, can you elaborate on the 139 NMS that got money from U of C and what you mean by that? You mean that they received more than just the standard $2000 NMS scholarship in the form of merit aid?</p>
<p>No. Chicago offers three main types of scholarship:
1) Full tuition scholarship (~30 given out)
2) Partial tuition scholarship of about $9500 per year (~100 given out)
3) National Merit scholarship of $2000 per year</p>
<p>classof1986 was saying that 139 received the $2000-per-year scholarship from the university itself. The other 48 received either a corporate scholarship or the $2500-per-year scholarship from the National Merit Corporation.</p>
<p>^ How, generally, does one go about receiving partial/full tuition scholarship at Chicago? Is it the essays and academics they look at?</p>
<p>Who knows? My experience with merit scholarships was rather random (lots at Duke and Wake, some at Chicago and JHU, almost none at UNC). You might check out these threads:</p>