<p>on another note, why do you think they chose to release on 18th instead of 17th?</p>
<p>ugh lol i wish i could punch every person who hasn’t withdrawn their other apps after getting in ED somewhere. Like seriously give the other applicants a chance</p>
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<p>Who knows? i was actually wondering the same thing. For a while i thought that maybe they would act like they were gunna release it on the 18th and actually release it early (on the 17th) o.0. Lets just wait and see what happens. I just wish that uChicago could have quantified how long we’d have to wait on the 18th until we got our decisions (i.e. give us a release time).</p>
<p>@cneogy It’s not like it’d allow them to take in another EA applicant. At best it just helps for RD. Also, it’s not their fault for seeing how their options play out. Who are you to deny them from knowing they were accepted to a prestigious school like UChicago? Or maybe it’s for a serious reason, like lack of FA from their ED school - and they need to see if there are better alternatives (to help persuade their ED school to give them a better offer or withdraw from the ED agreement altogether citing financial reasons). </p>
<p>I understand the angst, but chill out.</p>
<p>anyone have an idea of what time they’re releasing on Tuesday?</p>
<p>@wally ok fine point taken i concede.</p>
<p>On another note just curious how ■■■■■ this version of the Optional essay would have been? I actually considered this for a while:</p>
<p>My Favorites…</p>
<p>Undermining my opponent in chess
Channeling my inner Joe LaGrange
Hinting at things I want
Indian Music
Chinese food
Attempting to sound smarter than I actually am
Googling random obscure math theorems (i.e. Frenet-Serret)
Opening acceptance letters</p>
<p>Of course, my most favorite thing is reading between the lines. You should try it sometime</p>
<p>@intparent, you are 100% right. Agreed.</p>
<p>@cneogy, that essay truly is optional. I doubt it matters too much what you put on it. I made UChicago a music playlist. </p>
<p>Have all of you visited the campus already? I heard they’re tied with Yale for most beautiful campus. It really is so beautiful there, although I’m scared for the winters. And the food is actually pretty good compared to some other colleges I’ve visited and experienced. I just love that the school is so…livable. Like I can picture myself actually living there. At some other schools, as much as I love them, I just can’t.</p>
<p>“The fact that you have to pull all your other apps once you get accepted ED is a huge myth and I wish people would stop spreading it. You must pull your apps once you say YES to your ED.”</p>
<p>This is wrong. </p>
<p>If there are no potential financial setbacks with your ED school, you must withdraw your applications to other schools. On the Early Decision agreement it states the following: “If you are an Early Decision candidate and are seeking financial aid, you need not withdraw other applications until you have received notification about financial aid from the admitting Early Decision institution”</p>
<p>However, besides that reason, you’re supposed to " promptly withdraw the applications submitted to other colleges and universities and make no
additional applications to any other university in any country." </p>
<p>Your second sentence doesn’t even make sense because applying ED is a “YES” in of itself.</p>
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<p>The ONLY reason that is allowed to not withdraw all other applications is if they applied for need based aid and what they received was not sufficient for them to attend. You don’t get to wait around to compare offers. Maybe that person doesn’t have their need based aid package in hand… then it is legitimate for them to wait. Otherwise, they denied themselves that opportunity by signing the ED agreement.</p>
<p>intparent has summed up what I’ve been saying all along.</p>
<p>agreed! if accepted ED applicants withdraw their applications from UChicago, why would that benefit the regular decision applicants versus the EA applicants? is everything too resolute for a few withdrawals to affect anything?</p>
<p>"This is wrong. </p>
<p>If there are no potential financial setbacks with your ED school, you must withdraw your applications to other schools. On the Early Decision agreement it states the following: “If you are an Early Decision candidate and are seeking financial aid, you need not withdraw other applications until you have received notification about financial aid from the admitting Early Decision institution”</p>
<p>However, besides that reason, you’re supposed to " promptly withdraw the applications submitted to other colleges and universities and make no
additional applications to any other university in any country." </p>
<p>No. What I said is not wrong at all. Once you say yes, you are saying there are no financial aid problems, your package is fine, and you’re ready to go. ED is not a YES in itself because there is the potential that you have financial problems and have to turn down your ED offer (unless, as someone else mentioned, you didn’t apply for financial aid; financial aid problems is the only way you can say no). ED is a yes in itself IF you did not apply for financial aid.
You’re basically reiterating what I said, are you not? “If there are no potential financial setbacks with your ED school, you must withdraw your applications to other schools.” Exactly. This is what I have said. You do not need to withdraw your applications until you say YES to ED. If you have applied for financial aid and have said YES, you are confirming there are no financial aid package problems and you are ready to pull other applications. Many people tell other people “As soon as you hear from your ED school, you have to pull your apps.” I’m trying to tell people this isn’t true. You still have time to work out financial aid, if you applied for it, and if the financial aid doesn’t work out, you can turn down ED without ever having to pull other apps (minus UChicago’s, which says you need to pull it regardless of whether you’ve said yes to your ED already or not).
Not to take a rude tone or anything, but you’re really not saying anything new. I’m trying to understand what part of what I’ve said is false. You must pull your apps once you say YES to your ED, unless you have no financial aid package to work out.</p>
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What I meant was that if I had been accepted to my ED (I wasn’t) and had accepted the offer, I would never have wanted to see the UChicago decision. I would rather just pretend that I would have been accepted than actually know. If the applicant is not accepted, then that is a blow to the confidence. If they are accepted then they (like I was during the end of my wait) might be stuck thinking that the grass might be greener at the EA school and that the ED school is not the best fit. I think that it is just best to take the ED acceptance and never look back at the other schools because regardless of the decision, they will not be attending.</p>
<p>@glenc0c0 that’s really good logic to take. I wish my ED had worked out too (deferred), although there was a chance the financial aid wouldn’t have worked out. But if it had, I wouldn’t have thought twice about any other school. And that’s the message of ED, in my opinion. That’s how things should be.</p>
<p>I am so confused…
Are we gonna receive our decision by email? not like logging into an online portal?</p>
<p>Log into your portal to see a decision. You’ll get a letter in the mail a couple days afterward.</p>
<p>Hi, this is the first time i’m hearing about UChicago’s unique “which says you need to pull it regardless of whether you’ve said yes to your ED already or not”
I have tried googling this and can’t really find anything
Can someone please link me to an official site that states this policy?
thank you</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1181310-uchicago-questions-ask-admissions-counselor-75.html#post14573483[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1181310-uchicago-questions-ask-admissions-counselor-75.html#post14573483</a>
“yes, we allow students to apply to ED schools as well, although do request that you withdraw your application promptly if you are admitted to your ED school, even if you have not yet received a decision from UChicago.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1225061-pre-med-uchicago.html?highlight=pre+med+university+of+chicago[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1225061-pre-med-uchicago.html?highlight=pre+med+university+of+chicago</a>
Is anyone premed here for UChicago? I just ran across this thread and now I’m terrified. Is appying to UChicago for premed a big oops? Anyone have any insight on this?</p>