<p>Predater13 - As a native american with the same GPA and a higher ACT score, congrats if that’s true. If not, stop being petty.</p>
<p>rejected after defer… :(</p>
<p>Predater stahp omg. I’m black, too.</p>
<p>Can’t even log in… The agony!!! -_-</p>
<p>Sent from my SGH-T769 using CC</p>
<p>Well balls.</p>
<p>My daughter was rejected after being deferred - her stats were pretty strong 2300 and 3.86 but it may be that her essays did not express what U Chicago was looking for. Had already sort of given up/moved on after being deferred - but lots of other great choices and still many to hear from. </p>
<p>Congrats to those accepted - and wait listed - and best of luck to those who are still looking for the right school!</p>
<p>Waitlisted too guys…!</p>
<p>S was accepted after being deferred. He is so excited. Advice for future readers of this thread, don’t be so convinced your non 2400 SAT will kill your chance. S had under 2200, excellent GPA and pretty good extras. He did write an additional more heartfelt essay after initial deferral. Be yourself, try your best and spend less time judging your worth by the accomplishments of others.</p>
<p>Sorry about that Wordy64. With a 2300/3.86 I’m sure she’ll be getting into some amazing schools though!
Congrats to your son Glent95!</p>
<p>Friend got into MIT, but waitlisted in Chicago. I think Chicago wants to protect it’s yield and rating by waitlist a lot of kids with high stat.</p>
<p>Ugh. My kid is out with friends and so I snuck into the account and saw the waitlisted message. I had my cry alone. Hopefully will be stronger when they long in and see the news later tonight.</p>
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U Chicago knows that your daughter will be accepted by better schools and won’t attend, so they do not want to waste their spots to protect its yeild.
They know the kid below for sure will attend, and less chance for other Ivies, so they accept him. College admission is a game.
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<p>If you are waitlisted at U Chicago, maybe the admission officers think that you have better chances at Ivies, so please do not get discouraged, this may be a good sigh for 3/28!! Cheers!!!</p>
<p>Surprised I got in after hearing all about the yield protection, I have a 2320/3.98 UW GPA.</p>
<p>International student accepted! Congrats to everyone else. Anyone attending the event in London on April 8th?</p>
<p>Asian, Literature major, 2400 SAT, 4.0 GPA. Accepted! I think what made the difference was probably my essays, esp. my Why UChicago one. Also, people told me that I really fit into the “quirky yet thoughtful intellectual” type that UChicago was searching for.</p>
<p>highsea, it’s possible in extreme circumstances but highly unlikely. The far likelier solution is that by some chance different admissions officers/committees might think differently about students of which they can only admit 1/10th of, (I know that’s crazy talk). Nothing guarantees you admission to a school with <10% acceptance rate. And no one should use uchicago decision as basis to predict any other extremely selective school.</p>
<p>I’m sorry highsea, but you are very very wrong.</p>
<p>The admissions board did not reject Wordy64’s child because they thought she would go to an ivy and then turn down UChicago. If that were the case, UChicago would only accept kids who have SAT scores in the 21-2200s and let the top tenths of a percent go to Ivies when they don’t. They understand that they might lose some applicants to top schools and it is incredibly likely that UChicago will also snag some applicants for whatever reason from schools like HYP. </p>
<p>A student with a 2400 got in RD. He posted his stats in the stats thread. Why wasn’t he rejected? Surely he might go to Harvard or Yale or Princeton. Hell, UChicago might be his first choice. Regardless, there are many qualified applicants but to say that those with high SATs got rejected because Chicago is protecting its yield to such an extent is honestly a tad insulting. Chicago can a) compete with the top schools in the nation as evidenced over the last few years and even decades if you consider performance outside of rankings and b) curb yield using the waitlist, which is seems like they are indeed doing.</p>
<p>It is unfortunate to say this but the admissions office didn’t see Wordy64’s daughter fitting in with the UChicago class of 2017 as well as those they accepted. That isn’t a bad thing. Neither you nor I nor anyone else but the admissions reps know why they rejected her, so it isn’t a knock on her character. It is just the way college admissions now works with so many qualified applicants and so few spots.</p>
<p>I’m done ranting. I hope this was as coherent as it is in my head.</p>
<p>RD applicant accepted.</p>
<p>Not try to play down U chicago, it’s a great school. However, students with higher stats but apply late ( not showing too much interest) will be placed on waiting list or turned down.
They know these kids will go to other schools. If a student with 2300 sat/3.9 GPA, they know he/she will apply to other schools, U chicago, mostly likely, will not be he/she first choices.
On the other hand, if a kid had 2200SAT/3.7 GPA and applied way before the deadline, he/she will have a better chance to get in.</p>
<p>My friend visited Chicago told me a lot of kids there are ivy (or MIT, STANFORD) rejects …
However U Chicago does attract top students by offering them merit scholarships.</p>
<p>My friend got into Princeton(EA), MIT, columbia (likely), Dartmouth(likely), but waitlisted at Chicago. HEVYDEVY, are you trying to tell me that the admission officers at these four schools made wrong decisions?
It’s the yield game that U Chicago trying to play.</p>
<p>Well, after all, U Chicago is a great school. Congrats to all of you who got in!!!</p>
<p>But for those of you who are waitlisted, better news are on the way in two weeks. This is a good sign that U Chicago thinks that you will be accepted at other ivies (Stanford), good luck to you all!!!</p>
<p>rejected…</p>