<p>so do we have another thread???</p>
<p>Either way for tomorrow’s result, I’ll be proud of myself because I have tried my best. Good Luck to everyone who applied to U Chicago early!!!</p>
<p>There is another thread. Look around</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1430522-official-university-chicago-ea-class-2017-results-thread-results-only.html#post15189560[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1430522-official-university-chicago-ea-class-2017-results-thread-results-only.html#post15189560</a></p>
<p>hey guys, so i called today to ask about handing in FA forms after decisions come out and the admissions guy asked for my name and after i told him… he told me that i could hand in forms in the following months… in a slightly negative tone. (not to sure about this)… which makes me think i’m deferred or rejected… ANY THOUGHTS?</p>
<p>I did the Waldo essay - took a rather unique approach to it, will be sure to post if admitted tomorrow 
But, that’s a pretty darn big “if.”</p>
<p>@elloelise
The website itself says that you can turn in forms for EA even after the deadline. And did you call admissions? I’ve talked to the Office of Aid before and they were pretty rude with me (which is understandable, I’m sure a lot of kids call and ask dumb questions or check up to see they received things, and they were probably at a busy point during the year/month).
A lot of people here will hate me for bringing up the FA discussion again, so I won’t delve too deep into it, but don’t worry about his tone. Be patient. The lady I talked to at Aid was very short with me, but they did ask me for my tax return and the director of Aid emailed my mother a couple days later some personal questions about my family’s financial circumstances right now. I’m not saying these things mean I got in, or even that they’re good omens, but they don’t line up with the tone I got from talking to the other lady on the phone.
So just be patient. Decisions are literally around the corner. This too shall pass, and goodluck.</p>
<p>Well I’m glad to find out I’m not the only one who has been so anxious for this moment to arrive and will anxiously be checking my email at school tomorrow. I wish you all the best of luck and hope to be future classmates with as many as you as possible (hoping for the best for ALL). My countdown I’ve had going is sitting at about 15 hours and 47 minutes! Let’s go!!!</p>
<p>@tawarren95 thanks for the response:) good luck to you too and i sincerely think you have a great shot because you come off as a mature, well-spoken individual</p>
<p>I can’t seem to find any data on last year’s deferral rate (although I didn’t look too hard), but I do know that Brown’s deferral rate for this year was around 70%. With 10K EA applicants this year, things will be tough, but there will also be a high deferral rate. I don’t see a high rejection rate in the works this year. I’m not sure why; it seems like their EA rejection rate would probably stay close to what it was the year before, and simply more people will be deferred.</p>
<p>I say this to say that many of us qualified kids will not be accepted, as badly as we all want to be in that group. And seriously, that’s okay. We can all try again RD round, and we’re all going to get a million acceptance letters to other wonderful, wonderful schools. You guys have what it takes to get into UChicago, and sometimes rates get in the way of an acceptance. Don’t worry about it. You guys are all wonderful and would be great additions to the class of 2017.</p>
<p>Goodluck to all of you guys, seriously. It’s really cool that the applicant pool this year is this wonderful.</p>
<p>And thanks elloelise! I appreciate that!</p>
<p>This may seem like a stupid question (I’m not very well versed with admissions and all that), but why on earth would the deferral rate be so high? 70% is downright absurd.</p>
<p>I’m not sure, but I prefer it to schools with majority rejection rates. Brown’s applicant pool is tiny compared to a lot of other schools (less than 3K). Having a high deferral rate makes me feel like they’re being more reasonable/fair in recognizing that a lot of those applicants are very qualified and could fare well in the RD pool. Also, ED is supposed to signify first choice, and denying a majority of EDers who are showing that this institution is their #1 seems lame to me. Although now that I think about it, 70% is pretty high, isn’t it. Hm.
From what I’ve heard, UChicago’s deferrals tend to be soft rejections. I still don’t know how many people get deferred, but assuming the acceptance rate for EA this year is going to be around 20% or less, I don’t see how they could reject 50% or more of 8,000 people. But maybe I’m just being naive. Or blindly talking out loud. Probably both.</p>
<p>I wish UChicago was ED. Life would be so simple for those of us who consider it our first (and in my case only) choice. Going anywhere else just wouldn’t be the same!</p>
<p>I suppose the percentage of deferred applicants who are eventually accepted would be quite low. I’d rather have my hopes dashed right in the beginning than have a vestige of hope, and then be disappointed when I don’t get in.</p>
<p>Wow Brown’s deferral rate is HIGH; acutally the other Ivy Leagues are also generous with defers this year. I myself am not super anxios about the result though, just got accepted by one of my dream scools =] So fingers crossed for all of you guys. Best of luck =U=</p>
<p>@DemonIncarnate I just checked your previous posts to see where you got in (and your stats :p) and congrats about Georgetown but I found this from your post very, very upsetting… “UChicago (still waiting for its EA result, but also not going no matter what)” </p>
<p>I don’t understand why people apply to schools (especially early) if they have NO intention of going there.</p>
<p>From DemonIncarnate’s post:
“Notre Dame (also in, but I’m not gonna go now that Walsh accepts me), UChicago (still waiting for its EA result, but also not going no matter what), Brown, UPenn, Duke, Dartmouth and Wash U in St Louis (all RDs, but only Brown and UPenn are under consideration if got accepted)”</p>
<p>Eh, sometimes it’s parental pressure, or maybe you just find out there’s something you really don’t like about the school after you submit your application.</p>
<p>I can understand that, AtomicBoyWonder. That actually happened to me this year. I applied to a school early (regular decision, but I turned in my application really early), then only afterwards I realized some things about it that made me feel like I wouldn’t fit there. </p>
<p>But I also see uchicagobound17’s argument. That is a LOT of schools to say you aren’t going to go to.</p>
<p>On the other hand, good luck to everyone today!</p>
<p>Dawn of the final day: 10 hours remain. I wish I had an ocarina…</p>
<p>This is probably my last time posting until decisions are released, so to go with the flow, good luck everyone. Try to keep it in perspective, I guess. That being said, 6pm cannot come soon enough for me.</p>
<p>Whoa, doomsday is really encroaching. When you come to think of it, as what my dad reminded me of today at supper, if my application is not accepted tomorrow morning (china GMT +8), I’ll still be me and move on to RD applications. But on the other way around, the reason why I’m so anxious isn’t about whether I’ll get accepted, but instead about how high the stake is right now. I mean, with several RD applications hanging there half-finished, most of which I’ll withdraw if I turn out to be admitted to Uchicago, I can’t help but think about the strong contrast between admitted to UChicago and deferred/rejected. If admitted, I’ll be in paradise, gambling my luck on Harvard or Princeton on RD schedule (they offer need-blind Financial Aid to int’l applicants), needless to stress out a bit. However, if rejected/deferred, tough days ahead of me I hardly want to envision right now. Loads of stress, essays, FA applications, and interviews to at least eight more institutions will…idk…kill me? Worst, I have to come back to face the ridiculously harsh competition and go to a domestic college. No, really don’t want to think about those things.</p>