<p>Eh, I wouldn’t necessarily say that DemonIncarnate applied with no intention of attending, but he just got into his dream school so that’ll narrow down his list even though he already sent the apps. College admissions can be such a crap shoot, you have to have backups and second choices.</p>
<p>I also got into my dream school EA and am 99% not going to UChicago either (if accepted obviously), don’t shoot me…</p>
<p>It has been said one hundred times over, but no matter what happens to everybody in this thread, I’m sure you will end up at a great school. The University of Chicago isn’t rejecting you as a person so don’t get too down on yourself. It isn’t a slight against you or your achievements, keep your head up and keep moving, the next four years will be exciting and great no matter where you go. You all sound like wonderful people and I hope for nothing more than to meet all of you as University of Chicago freshman. Good Luck!</p>
<p>^ lol I wanna shoot you so bad cuz of envy. I’ll be so happy and relieved if I have a single admission from a university which I would be satisfied with.</p>
<p>Getting anxious…</p>
<p>what time will they post the decision? the local chicago time i mean</p>
<p>I’ve been accepted to two schools so far (a safety and a reach that I never liked much, anyway). If I get into UChicago today, I’m going there. If I don’t, I have a fabulous college to fall back on, one that won’t put me in debt at all. Plus, I’m waiting to hear from six other schools, so I’m sure there are more letters bearing good news to come. </p>
<p>Point is, today changes absolutely everything and nothing at all. </p>
<p>Terrified doesn’t begin to cover it. </p>
<p>Though, it’s important to note that, while this seems like the end of the world, a rejection isn’t the worst thing ever. Regardless of today’s outcome, everyone on this thread can and will end up happy with their college experience if they allow themselves. I spent a long time pining over UChi and making jokes about how my life would end if I got rejected before hearing that a friend of mine is very sick. I don’t know you all, but I’m sure most of you have your health, and that’s something to be thankful for. </p>
<p>You’re a high school, soon to be college, educated young adult who is obviously intelligent, curious, in high enough socio-economic standing to afford schooling- things will be okay for you. Things will be okay for all of us.</p>
<p>@schmallia
Truth. We’ll be accepted into other good colleges. The decision comes out in a few hours. Hopefully, when I wake up, it’ll be out (I’m international). Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>what time the local chicago time will the decision be out?</p>
<p>Chicago is Central Time, and so far everyone has said 5pm EST. So 4pm central.</p>
<p>@tawarren95: thanks, im an international and i just didn’t know. 4pm is late :((</p>
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<p>I wish people would NOT post their essays. The are ~20,000 more students working on their RD applications out there, and quite a few from this pool may be deferred to ED. Better to let all the application due dates pass before posting essays. I just think everyone should come up with their own completely unique essay ideas and approaches. It is hard to do that if there are a bunch of versions other people wrote floating around.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone today!</p>
<p>I just find it really annoying that decisions have to come out in the evening for most schools. SAT/ACT comes out instantly. Why not admissions (although it would change the culture of finding out and kids would be staying up late, freaking out in the middle of the night, ect.)?</p>
<p>Good luck to all !! I’m a proud UChicago Mom of a Class 2016 student. Last year my daughter acceptance email was a lot of colored balloons , we scream, and danced together for minutes !!</p>
<p>@intparent
How is posting essays a problem? (I’m not taking a rude tone or anything, just curious). There’s a huge Post Your Essays thread started in 2007 that I found helpful to get inspired and think creatively. Anyone who uses someone else’s to plagarize probably will only hurt themselves, since they will be the ones who lose originality. Should RDers have posted theirs by now? Probably not, although the sooner you submit, the sooner the university can read it (not that they will) and therefore you gain a little bit of an “I was first.”
I plan on posting mine as soon as I know, regardless of the decision. I just want to help anyone RD that’s possibly stuck, and if by some chance that someone wants to “borrow” mine, admissions will have already read it.
And what are the odds, unless your essay is truly personal, that your essay is original in the first place? On that Post Your Essay thread, I read a lot of Waldo’s and saw a lot of similar themes.</p>
<p>@realeducation, did your daughter get a notification email the same time she was supposed to check her portal? I’ve heard that we get “check your decision” emails and I’ve heard we’re also emailed our decisions. Not sure which is true.</p>
<p>Tawarrent95, in her portal. UChicago is a woderful school !! Good Luck !!!</p>
<p>We got check your decision e-mails, but whether these were sent at the exact same time as the decisions came out I’m not sure now. My suggestion is to log into your account the minute the decisions are scheduled to come out, if you want to know ASAP.</p>
<p>To all of you who are waiting for decisions, I wish you all the best of luck. As a current student, I’m so excited to see (or read about?) people who are so passionate about the University of Chicago. As you know, there was a large increase in early apps so being accepted is no small thing. If you are accepted be very proud of yourself! If not, don’t be disappointed; there are only so many spots and many of you are very well qualified to do well at UChicago or other schools.</p>
<p>Please feel free to ask me any questions about UChicago through PM’s! Good luck!</p>
<p>Aah! The wait is killing me! (Sorry to butt in, I’ve been following this thread for quite some time now)…
Wow it’s probably been a phenomenal year for UChic! :-)</p>
<p>Results will be out when I come back from school… oh maaaan</p>