<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: didn't take
[</em>]SAT IIs: Writing 710, Math IC 730, Biology 780
[<em>]GPA: 4.37
[</em>]Rank: top 4%
[<em>]Other stats: ACT: 33
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Good
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Average I assume (counselor doesn't know me all that well)
[<em>]Hook (if any): Nothing.. And I have TERRIBLE EC's
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: Kansas
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[li]Gender: Female[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>My stats were sucky and I still got in.. so don't be discouraged people!</p>
<ul>
<li> SAT: 1580</li>
<li> SAT IIs: 800x3</li>
<li> GPA:4.1</li>
<li> Rank:20 (top 5%)</li>
<li> Other stats: 36 ACT
Subjective:</li>
<li> Essays:Excellent </li>
<li> Teacher Recs:Excellent</li>
<li> Counselor Rec:Excellent</li>
<li> Hook (if any): Wrote on my passion for my future field of study (not sure if it's a hook)</li>
<li> State or Country:Ohio</li>
<li> School Type:Public</li>
<li> Ethnicity:White</li>
<li> Gender:Male
Other Factors:taking japanese immersion program at local college 10 hrs per quarter</li>
</ul>
<p>General Comments:want to go to U of C..hoping for scholarship..</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1400
[</em>]SAT IIs:740,740,740
[<em>]GPA:3.7
[</em>]Rank:na
[<em>]Other stats:
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays:good
[<em>]Teacher Recs:great
[</em>]Counselor Rec:excellent
[<em>]Hook (if any):none
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country:california
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender:male
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>] I sent a supplementary essay, but I don't
that it was received in time to be considered [/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1500
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800 Writing, 800 US History, 780 Literature, 760 Math 2C
[<em>]GPA: 4.36
[</em>]Rank: 20-something out of 550. Top 10%
[<em>]Other stats: AP BC Calculus - 5; AP US History - 5
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I wasn't too proud of my long essay, but I'm pretty hard on myself and others liked it..apparently the admissions people did...
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Glowing...I picked my teachers well.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I guess...
[<em>]Hook (if any): sent supplemental stuff - research paper on Latin American instability, creative writing piece, CD of photography
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: Cincinnati, Ohio
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul] Other Factors:
[ul]
[</em>]started a chapter of Amnesty International at my school in 10th grade.
[li]focused ECs...not a "serial clubber" and has a good amount of leadership positions[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: I want a scholarship soooo bad. I screamed when I read it, haha. And my SAT scores/class rank are lower than most of yours, so no worries!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1560
SAT IIs:800, 710, 700
GPA:3.7 uw, 4.8 w
Rank:21/655
Other stats: AP scholar with distinction, Ib candidate
Subjective:
Essays:fabulous
Teacher Recs:"best in career"
Counselor Rec:excellent
Hook (if any):i'm really into philosophy and I got an interview with an ex-philosophy major
Location/Person:
State or Country:Indiana
School Type: Public (best public school in state :P)
Ethnicity: white
Gender:female
Other Factors:
people from my school that have gone to chicago have done pretty well....</p>
<p>General Comments: I'm soooooo happy! I just sat down on the floor right where I opened it!</p>
<p>Stats:
[ul]
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]SAT IIs: Even though Chicago doesn't require them: 730, 740, 800
[<em>]GPA: 3.973 UW/ 4.073 W
[</em>]Rank: Top 2%, 8/304
[<em>]Other stats: 5 on AP Stats, 3 on AP Euro, National Merit Semi-finalist (so far) PS: Does anyone know how much aid Chicago offers to Finalists/Scholars?
[/ul] Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I did the mustard essay, but it had nothing to do with mustard. It was about a contest at a state fair for the biggest heart, and I kind of wrote about how you have to be modest and humble and blah blah blah...it was my favorite essay, but it was kind of corny.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: I think they were pretty good. I think they were about how I coped with someone close to me passing away last year, so, yeah.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: I don't know, he likes me, but he's the school's football coach, so I don't know how eloquent he is.
[<em>]Hook (if any): I'm editor-in-chief of my school's paper, exec board for our Key Club (the largest in WI), Freshman Mentor, I won an award for our state called Wisconsin Leader of the Year, got to attend TMOT...also involved in class council. Played one year varisty volleyball, two years club volleyball. Other ECs I can't think of.
[/ul] Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: WI
[<em>]School Type: Public, but competitive
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[li]Gender: Female[/li][/ul] Other Factors: Um...I think I hit on all the big stuff.
[ul]
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: After getting deferred from MIT and Caltech, this feels pretty good!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: Took December 4, don't know yet
GPA:4.0 UW
Rank:1/60 (small school)
Other stats: 35 ACT, National Merit Semi- and most likely Finalist
ECs:Excellent
Essays:Good, I'm a good writer and I thought my essay (on the Teleclone prompt) was well thought out and well written, but it wasn't anything especially novel or quirky.
Teacher Recs:Excellent
Counselor Rec:Excellent
Hook (if any):My good looks, charm, and personality. Actually, I don't really know.
State or Country:South Dakota
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender:Male</p>
<p>General Comments: Holding out for the big scholarship--if I can't pull that off, it unfortunately probably won't happen.</p>
<p>Decision: DEFERRED
SAT: 1420 (730v, 690m)
GPA: ≈87%
Rank: Unranked.
ECs: Lots of writing stuff (freelance, school newspaper, literary journal) and some music stuff (bass, guitar, band night organizer).
Essays: Overall, pretty good (I feel).
Teacher Recs: Overall, pretty-to-very good.
Counselor Rec: No idea, but tried to paint an optimistic picture of me.
Hook: No idea.
Country: Canada
Ethnicity: White
School: Private
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Jesus, jpps1. It hurts to see such a familiar username post the taboo word "deferred." If you really love UChicago, get an on-campus interview and take those bloody SAT II's. :(</p>
<p>If not, shrug off the deferral and bounce back on your other apps. You'll win either way, bud.</p>
<p>Well, I won't lie--my marks and class rank (even though it's technically "unranked," my GC prolly gave an idea--about top 25%) didn't help me in my cause.</p>
<p>However, in Quebec we have the CEGEP system, comprising of grades 12-13 (3 years of uni here). I'm in grade 12, in a VERY competitive program. My first semester marks are about 2% higher than at my high school, and my class rank has most likely improved to top 20% at the least (still not impressive, it could even be top 15% though). I'm hoping that a letter from my current GC stating that basically "he's adjusted very nicely in his first semester here, blah blah..." will help me.</p>
<p>P.S.: Is it possible that people who have been deferred can receive their final notification well before April 1st (say, early March)?</p>
<p>Can anyone provide any info on how the decisions look? Does the standard accepted=big envelope, deferred=small envelope theory apply?</p>
<p>I'm asking because I won't be home until around 4 tomorrow, but I'm thinking of calling home right after school to see if the envelope arrived. Of course, I'll really only be excited to hear if I'm accepted. Getting deferred a few hours earlier than necessary won't be fun.</p>
<p>To those who were accepted, congratulations! You all sound amazing. To those that were deferred, you guys sound amazing too. With good grades first semester (seems like Chicago cares about this a lot more than they let on!) and continued interest, you all will definitely still stand a chance.</p>