<p>33 ACT, 3.91 uw gpa with 40 hours of college credit courses (my region doesn’t like APs)
I thought my uncommon essay was good, but who knows? On campus interview went great, and I thought i showcased that I would be a good fit. Recs were sure to be good, small school and they both teachers think very highly of me. Extracirriculars are weak outside of work and sports</p>
<p>Honestly, I don’t have a clue what I’m expecting. Uchicago is BY FAR my first choice; I don’t even know where else I would want to apply, besides WashU. My act with writing was bad as I only took it once, and I don’t have tiime to take it again, so i’m having difficulty finding schools I really like that don’t require it.</p>
<p>35 ACT (one point away from a 36 ), 4.5 GPA, 300 + volunteering hours at Nat’l Zoo and Local Hospital, High level employee at Peer2Peer Tutors, Varsity Ice Hockey…
everyone at my school keeps telling me theyre sure ill get in, but they dont know how competitive it is. i think ill get deferred, unless they really like my essay. i got really creative with waldo, but i dont think i included enough sustenance…
does anyone know the deferred acceptance rate?</p>
<p>31 ACT, 3.35 GPA (with a letter explaining that my mother’s cancer and father’s absence, both of which caused me to take care of my 9 year old sister, put an incredible amount of stress on me and made grades difficult. The letter’s pretty honest and fesses up to misprioritizing), awesome essays (UChi students and alum have found and been freaking out about my plan. It’s well loved and I spent hours upon hours upon hours on those essays), great teacher recs (one from the principal of my huge school! She ASKED if she could recommend me and I was floored. Another from a teacher who talked about how much I genuinely love learning more than any student she’s ever taught. I don’t know what the third said), IB Diploma candidate, and unbelievable ECs (27 in total, all for sustained periods of time and almost all with leadership roles and a community service focus), my interview went well and my interviewer promised he’d let them know that I’m so much more than my GPA and that UChi is my top choice, and a pretty darn good creative writing portfolio.</p>
<p>Statistically, I’m a nightmare. I assume rejection or acceptance as I think I’m a polarizing enough candidate that a deferral is unlikely. If they are as holistic as they say, I have a chance. If not, a rejection is guaranteed.</p>
<p>31 ACT, cumulative 4.4 GPA, 1980 SAT
I have no idea how this will all turn out. UChicago is known for being a very “outside of the box” university, and they take many things into account when reviewing applications. I’m confident in my stats, but nothing is concrete when applying to schools. Best of luck to everyone.</p>
<p>@predragpepi zdravo =) good luck with your college search and Columbia. Everything will be kako sto treba.</p>
<p>@HATESmus I know the scores aren’t competitive but everything else in my application should “stand out” (not being smug). My deferral at Columbia raises my hopes that I’ll be at least deferred from UChicago… we’ll see on Tuesday! :D</p>
<p>@Mela33 Zdravo! Od kaj si i kako se vikas?! xD And I thought the world is big! ahahah</p>
<p>I sort of wish they weren’t so holistic. My stats are solid, but I feel like my essays are weak. I’m not saying they shouldn’t be holistic, because the way they do it is much more fair and overall a better way of doing things, it just doesn’t really work to my advantage.</p>
<p>CJohnH, if you conveyed any of the sincerity, perspective, and humility you just showed in your post, schools will be dying to admit you. You clearly have a head on your shoulders and have a self-awareness that so many our age lack. One human to another, I can just tell you have a pretty good handle on being a decent person.</p>
<p>P.S. Ako znas srpski, onda pricaj pa nek te i Bog razume ahahhaa
P.P.S. If you haven’t watched the show Happy Endings don’t wait a minute… kill some time till Tuesday</p>
<p>Eh pa nisam znala ako bih me razumeli. Haha, i think i will pass on the tv show. nema vreme za nista. final exams are coming up. that and waiting for UChicago decisions are distracting enough aha. ako Bog da, we will get good news</p>
<p>The last time I mentioned financial aid it sparked a couple pages worth of discussion, and this isn’t my intent, but-
I just wanted to let everyone know that my mother got a personalized email today from the Office of Aid that had a couple of detailed questions about my siblings (my mom mentioned them on the Profile so they’d be considered when my package is built). Their actual names were included. It seemed like they were trying to fill in missing gaps for a package. If anyone wants to read it, I can copy/paste a part of it. I’m hoping this is a good amen? My sister overheard me talking about it and said that she’s been rejected from places after they asked her for financial aid info, so I’m not taking this as anything more than a hopeful sign.
Goodluck, everyone! </p>
<p>Also, are we making a new Official Results thread? Could we get an admin/mod to rename this as a discussion? We’re 44 pages in, just sayin’.</p>
<p>@Rubbish Thank you so much for that. Seriously. It means a lot. I know it’s hard to convey sincerity via the internet, but take my word for it, that means a lot.</p>
), 4.5 GPA, 300 + volunteering hours at Nat’l Zoo and Local Hospital, High level employee at Peer2Peer Tutors, Varsity Ice Hockey…
Wish we can both go…</p>