Official University of Chicago 2016 EA Results Thread

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<p>Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR; 670 M; 710 W.
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2180
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown): 33
[ *] SAT II: 750 French, 750 Lit, 720 US History
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.03
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): French (4), APUSH (5), Comparative (5), English (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc AP, Religion 4, Honors Pol Theory, Photo, Honors Creative writing, AP English, AP Macroeconomics
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school: a lot, unsure how many but a good amount
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model UN, Phantasm (editor), Quidditch (founder), Medical Club (president), Newspaper (Editor), others I am too excited to think of sorz
[ *] Job/Work Experience: model, write for an online music thing
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] 100 + hours at a local homeless cafe, service trip over 2011
[ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main: 10.
[ *] EC Short Answer: wrote about wanting to solve global issues from MUN, 9
[ *] Extended essay(which topic): Between living and dreaming; wrote about studying avant garde art in Paris; 9
[ *] Optional Essay: Chose quotes and then elaborated on why I love them; 9
[ *] Why Chicago: honestly, this is my best essay of all college essays. I wrote about UChicago as “wanted” for “threatening to kill fun” and went into describing it as it suited me. oh mah goodness.
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: APUSH we are good friends
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: Science; okay probably.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good. I visit with her often.
[ *] Additional Rec: From an art teacher who speaks mainly french so I don’t know about the syntax haha
[ *] Interview: went well. We had both lived in Paris and I talked about Model UN shifting paradigms (i had recently won a conference as argentina by ‘legalizing’ weed. It was kind of an awk thing to bring up, but got the shifting paradigms aspect across hah
[ *] Date Submitted App: mid-octopber
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Chicago, IL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: F
[ ] Income Bracket: well, i didn’t qualify for need based aid.
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list]
[ b]Reflection[ list]
[ ] Strengths: essays, extracurriculars, summer activities
[ ] Weaknesses: first semester junior year
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: YAYAYAY
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors: nothing haha
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to you all! Maybe see you in August if I decide to go/ don’t get in to other schools.</p>

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<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>SAT - 2310
Math 2 - 730, Latin 730, Chem 750
12 AP’s
4.0 UW, 4.35 W
Lot of leadership, excellent recs, creative essays.</p>

<p>AHHHHHHHH!!! So excited :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): -
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): -
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 30
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 31
[<em>] SAT II: -
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Weighted GPA: -
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/291
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 Euro, 5 Lang, 5 American Gov’t
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): -
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: -
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2
[ <em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Subjective:[ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): I’m president of a handful of clubs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Work at an ice cream shop
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] I’m a part of Key Club and Junior Optimist
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Wrote about painting a nude[/li] [</em>] EC Short Answer: My internship at a local museum
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): My own topic
[</em>] Optional Essay: wrote about the Curious Case of Benjamin Button
[<em>] Why Chicago: Referrenced Kurt Vonnegut
[</em>] Other:[/ul][ <em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: I assume good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably generic
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: I enjoyed it!
[</em>] Date Submitted App: Nov. 1st :stuck_out_tongue:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: about $80000
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: My ACT isn’t top-notch
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I just didn’t put my soul into the appilication
[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list]Other Factors: I would research more aobut the school.[/li] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I got into UMich, which is my dream school, so I’m not too upset. :)</p>

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<p>screwed up the format</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250, but didn’t send because I took it in November for the National Merit Scholarship competition
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 34 Composite: 31 English, 36 Math, 33 Reading, 35 Science
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36 Composite: 36 English, 36 Math, 36 Reading, 35 Science
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 780 Bio M, 760 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.57 (completed 12 APs, will finish 14 by end of high school)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Calculus AB (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Biology (5), AP Psychology (5), AP English Language/Composition (5), AP US History (4)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: the toughest
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Several
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Competition Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, several local/state science fair awards
Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): after school music program (audition only), orchestra, science research, president of two clubs, work as Marketing Manager for nonprofit
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: taught Chemistry at a summer school, science research internship, piano instructor tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local hospital, intern at another hospital, founded 2 non-profit chapters on high school campus, work as a Marketing Manager for a nonprofit
Writing:[list]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: personal growth and motivation, how I shifted from the challenge of seeking comfort to the challenge of seeking challenge[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: working with non-profit, what I do as Marketing Manager
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): between living and dreaming - I liked it, it wasn’t quirky but really heartfelt and deep, possible con: pretty long, ~850 words
[</em>] Optional Essay: Listed a few books I loved, highlighted the Great Gatsby
[<em>] Why Chicago: How I’m a mathematician/scientist who is also immersed in art/culture, why UChicago has the ideal intellectual culture, UChicago’s philosophy, etc etc…weakest essay by far because I forgot to do it until the night before
[</em>] Other:[/ul][<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Excellent, couldn’t be better!! Written by a teacher who advised me with my science research stuff, it was absolutely wonderfully written
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Should be okay, written by my AP Physics B and C teacher, might be kind of generic
[<em>] Counselor Rec: completely generic, I met her for the first time the week before the rec was due because she was new and assigned students time slots to see her.
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[<em>] Interview: Ehh, it was okay, my interviewer wasn’t able to answer some of the questions I asked her, and she asked me some interesting questions (Where do you sit in the classroom? Are you social?)
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] none
Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: two days before the deadline I think
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: High
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] science research?
Reflection[ list]
[<em>] Strengths: science awards, straight As and 14 AP classes, decent writing style
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Why UChicago was completely generic
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list] Written a better Why Uchicago essay haha
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Ahhhh I’m so happy, but I’m really not sure if I’m going to attend, considering how I’ve already been accepted to CalTech and MIT. Good luck to the deferees, and I hope that everyone eventually finds their way into the perfect school for them!!</p>

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<p>Did this before I found out, to keep it unbiased.</p>

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Not taken
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): NA
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): C: 31 E: 32 M: 28: R: 33: S: 30 W: 10
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): NA
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t send.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99 (One A- (freshman year))
[<em>] Weighted GPA: NA
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11 (But not reported)
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses):World History (5), Language and Composition (5) European History (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): NA
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Physics B, and Spanish 5 (will be taking AP test).
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: None.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar. Wisconsin State Senate Scholar.
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Student council- four years; Food Drive- three years (Director); Freshman mentor- two years; NHS- two years; FCCLA- one year (Director); karate (second degree blackbelt, demo team, masters team); Library advisory (Teen board member).
Freshman mentor
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Karate instructor (three years)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Over 150 hours for food drive; forty hours in Peru going to schools etc; 45 hours teaching English in South African preschool; over 100 hours on an annual benefit garage sale; etc.
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[list]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Wisconsin politics. About waking up in the capitol building the night the assembly passed Walker’s “budget” bill. It turned out really well. It’s definitely my favorite essay.[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: About my passion for karate and how it’s so integral to my identity now.
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic):Nonscientific method. I wrote a really whimsical piece about eenie-meenie-miny-moe. It showed my personality very clearly. I really liked it.
[</em>] Optional Essay: Wrote about lots of my favorites and then related them back to a Jack Kerouac quote. It was kind of beatnik in style. I liked it.
[*] Why Chicago: I wasn’t sure if it’d be clich</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):best sitting 2290 Math:740 CR:760 W:790
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):2310 Math:740 CR:780 W:790
[ *] ACT (breakdown):didnt send
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown):didnt send
[ *] SAT II: Math II:800 Biology M:780 US History:770
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.something idk
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC(5), Bio (5), APUSH (5), Lit (5), APES (5), Spanish Language (5), Physics C both (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Macro/AP Micro, AP Chem, AP Stat, AP Psych, World Lit, Dual Enrolled at a college
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school:1 more I think
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] none i think
[ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Main ones would be Academic Games (Team Captain), Quiz Bowl (captain), Thinking Kids Project <a href=“Founder”>a city-wide service program in New Orleans</a>, Robotics (have been Vice President and President), Mu Alpha Theta, there’s others but I’m not THAT involved
[ *] Job/Work Experience:Interned at a lab at Tulane, and graded papers at Kumon
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list]
[ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main: About volunteering at a school uptown
[ *] EC Short Answer: About my battle with cooking (and getting my @$$ wupped)
[ *] Extended essay(which topic): UnScientific Method
[ *] Optional Essay:About Nicki Minaj
[ *] Why Chicago: Wrote it as a series of equations
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1:Calc/Stats teacher who knows me well
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2:APUSH teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec:generic
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:was ok. I mentioned sex at one point (it was related to literature) and then it got awkward
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list]
[ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App:day it was due
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):LA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:South Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ ] Income Bracket:~90k
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] all anti hooks possible
[ b]Reflection[ list]
[ *] Strengths:no freaking idea
[ *] Weaknesses:oh so many
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I portrayed myself the best I could, and I got lucky after that
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>

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<p>wow formatting fail. sorry for the mistakes.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 760 M, 790 W)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Same
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): None
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): None
[<em>] SAT II: None
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.44
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/450
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Human Geography (5), Art History (5), Statistics (5), World History (4), English Lang (5), US History (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): None
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP Calculus AB and BC, AP Microeconomics, AP US Government, AP Physics C, Orchestra
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2 I believe
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Lots of music stuff (section leader in some ensembles)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Minimal [/ul]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: A failed audition process (9)[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: A music EC (5)
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): #4: Topic is kinda personal, don’t wanna divulge (6)
[</em>] Optional Essay: Mostly about the definition art vs. my favorite media (9)
[<em>] Why Chicago: Pretty bland (4)[/ul]

[ul][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: He told me he wrote that I walked on water (?)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Don’t know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[<em>] Art Supplement: None[/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] Date Submitted App: 11/1
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] School Type: Non-competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: High, I guess
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, course load, grades, certain essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Work/volunteer experience, breadth of ECs, no interview, certain essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Certain essays?
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: I would have submitted a music supplement.[/ul][/list]</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (650 CR, 760M, 800W)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2320 (760 CR, 760M, 800W)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II-790 Biology E-730 (didn’t send 790 retake because I didn’t think it would get there on time)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.5
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (decile ranking)
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Stats (5), Biology (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Physics Honors, Eng.1A at community college, Senior writing seminar, AP Calculus AB, Chinese 3
[<em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: around 5
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none besides national merit[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Wrestling team captain, two volunteer organizations, track and field, and football for two years.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[list]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 8. wrote about a disabled wrestler and how he influenced me.[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 8. wrote about wrestling again.
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): scientific method. 9. It was either a hit or miss because I tried to be creative.
[</em>] Optional Essay: 6. Talked about Calvin and Hobbes
[<em>] Why Chicago:7. not great but it wasn’t too generic.
[</em>] Other:[/ul][<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: good? didn’t read them
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: average
[</em>] Additional Rec: wrestling coach wrote a good one
[<em>] Interview: none
Other[ul]
[</em>] Date Submitted App: October 31
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada (have lived in US for 5 years but had to apply as international)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 70-100K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: test scores and GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: maybe my extended essay but not really sure.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: don’t know.
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m pretty disappointed but I did get into Michigan so I have that going for me. Hopefully, I can get in during the regular decision pool. Congrats to everybody that got in. **</p>

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<p>REJECTED
I know most rejectees don’t post at all, but I really don’t care what people think :b</p>

<p>SAT superscore: 2040
GPA: 4.2ish weighted, 3.8ish unweighted
Rank: 81/325 or so in a very competitive high school
APs: Environmental Science, Latin Vergil, Statistics, Calc AB, Human Geography
PSAT Commended Student thing and National Honors Society</p>

<p>Over 400 service hours officially (about to turn in 200 more)
WRAL-1360 Hometown Hero Award for founding the Scholarship Program for Refugees
Tutor ESL students for 4 years
Indian classical dance for 12 years and I now teach
Manual labor in Cambodia </p>

<p>AWESOME supplement essay; I also felt that my CommonApp essay was good because I talked about why service tourism is bad the way that it’s presented to teens now, instead of why I had an “inspiring trip to Thailand” (which they say not to write about).</p>

<p>I visited Chicago and met with the professor of Tamil language (had dinner with him). I mentioned that in my essay, as well as my wish to study Tamil at Chicago because it’s one of the only schools that teach it in the country. I also wrote about math and how it’s not my best subject but I want to study it because I love it a lot.</p>

<p>Recs were probably good; didn’t get to see them.
No interview
Art supplement: clip from my arangetram, an Indian classical dance solo debut
Submitted app probably mid to late October</p>

<p>State: NC
School type: nationally recognized public high school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income: middle class
Hooks: Type 1 diabetes since age 5; the only white dancer at my dance school?</p>

<p>Strengths: I felt the essays were really truthful and definitely not robotic.
Weaknesses: I have a feeling they were SAT scores and class rank.</p>

<p>I thought I was going to get deferred because even though my academics aren’t amazing, I’ve done a ton of stuff in the community and shown a lot of leadership in the refugee population in my town as well as in dance. I’m disappointed that I won’t be able to send them my updated service learning hours and other newer qualifications. I just got deferred from Michigan a few days ago so not having the best week. I felt a little invincible I guess, so this taught me a good lesson. Good luck to everyone else out there and have a happy holidays no matter what the decision was.</p>

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<p>Deferred from Uchicago… got into Columbia a few days ago… awkward</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 760 M, 770 W = 2330
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Only took once
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 English, 36 Reading, 35 Math, 32 Science = 35
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): Only took once
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Chem, 770 Math II, 740 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.44
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/383
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s on Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Latin: Vergil, Language & Composition, and a 4 on US History
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C: Mechanics and E&M, AP Lit & Comp, AP US Government, AP Macroecon, Leadership Initiative, and Science Academy [research]
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school: none[/li][</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, made it to National Chemistry Olympiad and Cum Laude National Latin Exam
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Future Teachers of America (president for 3 years, wrote common app extracurricular on), Mock Trial (president 2 years, Best Advocate), Mu Alpha Theta (won a couple local/state competitions), National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: McDonald’s from June 2011 until December 2012 (I quit, but at the time of application, I was still working there)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Working with babies at church nursery, Lots of tutoring at middle and high school levels, Feed the Need, Relay for Life, Nursing home prom, etc. etc.
[/ul]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[</em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[<em>] Common App Main: 10, about how my dad has been underwater for half of my life serving in the Navy, made my teacher’s wife cry, haha (:
[</em>] EC Short Answer: Future Teachers of America and what I do and how I’ve impacted people, 6
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): About a time you found something you weren’t expecting, and how I found U Chicago, 8
[</em>] Optional Essay: I don’t think I submitted this even though I wrote the SAME thing for USC :confused:
[<em>] Why Chicago: I visited the school, so I basically wrote a love letter to UC. I wrote about how the things I read about in the letters were even better in person, etc. 9!
[</em>] Other:[/ul][<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Honors Precalc BC: this teacher loves me, and I did very well in his class.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP US History: This teacher adores me and I have a total girl-crush on her. Brilliant, I’m sure, since she asked if I wanted to read it.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Counselor knows my name, which is ~rare at my school, so I guess that’s a plus, but probably generic.
[</em>] Additional Rec: AP Language & Comp: He & I talk about how awful the education system has gotten, and he told me he quoted me in some articles he published (and wrote that in his rec!)
[<em>] Interview: The worst interview in the history of interviews: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1257867-how-much-can-interview-hurt-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1257867-how-much-can-interview-hurt-me.html&lt;/a&gt;
[li] Art Supplement: Haha, me being artistic, good joke.[/list][/li]Other[ul]
[</em>] Date Submitted App: October 31st :smiley:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores, some of the writing, recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Other parts of the writing, extracurriculars, lack of awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ^^^
[li] What would you have done differently?:Should probably have submitted the optional essay.[/ul][/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I don’t know what to do now :frowning: Deferred at Caltech too. Congrats to those accepted!</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 760 M 660 W 750
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2170
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 36 Reading 35 English 36 Science 28 Math
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown): 34
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Lit 720 US history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure. like 3.7
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.1
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/308
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): AP US History (5)
took AP Chem last year but did not report my score (lol)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental
AP Psych (taking it by myself online)
AP Gov
AP Lit
AP Music Theory
AP Bio
Calc Honors
[<em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] none.
Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Photography (wrote my essay about it, have been on a book cover and in magazines, am with stock photography companies…i.e. it’s a really big part of my life)
Model UN
Girl Scouts (did my Silver Award and am working on my Gold)
Piano, oboe, English horn
Tri-M National Music Honors Society (Historian)
NHS (Historian)
Track
Cross-country
Peer leadership
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:[/list]

  • Gold & Silver Awards
  • I tutor underpriveleged kids every week
    Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
    [</em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
    [<em>] Common App Main: wrote about my photography, I guess it was quite good?
    [</em>] EC Short Answer:
    [<em>] Extended essay(which topic): Don’t write about reverse psychology. I wrote about pretzels (9-10 I guess?!!)
    [</em>] Optional Essay: not that exciting but I did do it
    [<em>] Why Chicago: I LOVE Chicago but I could have written a lot more than I did, I regret not writing more but I guess it didn’t matter!
    [</em>] Other:[/ul][<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: excellent
    [</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: excellent
    [<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
    [</em>] Additional Rec: my mom’s good friend who has known me for many years is a very active alumni and wrote me a supp rec
    [<em>] Interview: went well
    [</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] sent in my photography portfolio
    Other[ul]
    [<em>] Date Submitted App: Oct 31
    [</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
    [<em>] Country (if international applicant):
    [</em>] School Type: public
    [<em>] Ethnicity: white
    [</em>] Gender: female
    [<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none
    Reflection[ul]
    [</em>] Strengths: my photography, my Gold Award
    [<em>] Weaknesses: I don’t have a great UW GPA and I even got a C+ sophomore year as a final grade!
    [</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my essays, photography, and Gold Award
    [li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list][ b]Other Factors:**[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I AM IN SHOCK. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A JOKE.</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (680 CR, 780 M, 780 W)
[</em>]SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2240, same score
[<em>]ACT (breakdown): 33 (30 E, 33 M, 32 R, 35 S, 9 Essay)
[</em>]ACT superscore (breakdown): 33, took once
[<em>]SAT II: 770 Bio M, 770 Math 2, 660 Lit (didn’t send Lit)
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>]Weighted GPA: ~4.65
[</em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/352
[<em>]AP (place score in parentheses): LAC 5, USH 5, Bio 5
[</em>]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[<em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Phyiscs, AP Lit, AP Gov and Pol, Psychology (school doesn’t offer AP)
[</em>]Number of other EA applicants in your school: Just me.
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All State Chorus, All South Jersey Chorus, National Merit, AP Scholar, various school awards.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Dance (10 hours a week) - Captain
Fencing (5 hours a week) - Captain
Musical (~10 hours a week in season) - Lead roles
Various other shows (varies) - lead roles
National Honors Society - Secretary
Various Choruses (~4 hours a week) - Section leader
Band (bassoon!) - section leader
Stage Crew (~1 to 2 hours a week)
Morning Broadcast (2 hours a week) - Senior Leader
Basically, anything theater/acting/singing/music related, I’ve done. I really adore these activities.
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: None
[li]Volunteer/Community service:[/li]Secretary of an organization that holds concerts for animal shelters every summer
Ran my own can drive sophomore year because no one had
Various other volunteer experience for a total of ~200 hours[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>]Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li]Common App Main: About a funny role I received, and how it affected me - 9/10 or 10/10[/li][</em>]EC Short Answer: Described my love for dance, and why I want to continue it - 9/10
[<em>]Extended essay(which topic): unscientific method, quirky, well thought out, fit me perfectly! - 10/10
[</em>]Optional Essay: My favorite performers and dances, very sporadic - 8/10
[<em>]Why Chicago: Short, to the point, cliched but accurate - 7/10
[</em>]Other:[/ul]
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation #1: didn’t see, but she got me into Gov School - ?/10
[</em>]Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t see, but she also got me into Gov School - ?/10
[<em>]Counselor Rec: He told me that I got a “best in career” though I didn’t see - probably 10/10
[</em>]Additional Rec: My dance teacher, basically said I was a true performer and wonderful to work with! Made me cry! - 10/10
[<em>]Interview: Very nice, just talked about my favorite teacher and why I love singing. My interviewer kept telling me I had to joing accapella at UChicago! - 10/10
[</em>]Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Date Submitted App: 10/15
[</em>]State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>]Country (if international applicant):
[</em>]School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: complicated question. Parents are divorced.
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: Dedication to a specific type of EC, GPA, Essays
[</em>]Weaknesses: SAT SCORE! darn you critical reading! Perhaps Recs as well, and ya know, Uchicago is crazy hard to get into!
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>]What would you have done differently?: tried for higher SAT scores.[/ul]</p>

<p>[/list]**Other Factors:
Summer 2010 - Cornell University Summer College, 4.0/4.0 GPA
Summer 2011 - New Jersey Governor’s School in the Sciences **
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Good luck to everyone! If you were deffered, you still have a shot! If you were denied, there are so many wonderful schools out there, I believe everyone will go somewhere great! I’M SO THRILLED RIGHT NOW, OMGOMGOMGOMG! I CANT WAIT TO MEET YOU ALL!</p>

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<p>DEFERRED</p>

<p>IB Diploma Candidate
33 ACT
3.85 UW GPA/4.5ish W</p>

<p>ASB SECRETARY
TRACK 1 YEAR
250 + VOLUNTEER HOURS
MATH COMPETITION REGIONAL WINNER
(also have other random ecs)</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2390 composite
SAT IIs: 800 Physics, 800 Math IIC, 800 Chemistry, 740 Literature
GPA: 3.82/4.0 unweighted
Rank: ~50 percentile (school doesn’t rank)
Other stats: 5 AP BC Calculus (5 AB subscore), 5 AP Chemistry</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Wrote about a scuba diving experience where I lost my partner in the water and connected that to how it is important to keep others in mind while reaching one’s goals
Supplements: I thought they were pretty good (except for my “why major” essay, which was just mediocre.) I also sent a music supplement.
ECs:

  • Columbia SHP
  • Intern at a hospital research lab
  • Volunteer at MSKCC pathology lab
  • Volunteer at church youth orchestra
  • National Merit Semifinalist
  • NHS member
  • Violin Regionals and All-State for violin
  • LiNK club president
  • Haidong Gumdo club founder/president
  • Bowling JV and Varsity
  • Math Team member
  • School NJSL (New Jersey Science League) member
  • A few not that important violin awards</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: I don’t know, but not exceptional
Counselor Rec: Probably not that good because I don’t really know him</p>

<p>Hook (if any): None that I can think of</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Magnet high school (test required to get in)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments:
I think the main reason why I wasn’t accepted was because I wasn’t that stellar in any field (aka no awards, etc.) Not to mention that my percentile for GPA is pretty bad.</p>

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<p>Congrats Brian! you deserve it!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR; 720 M; 760 W.
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2280
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown): NA
[ *] SAT II: 780 US History, 710 Math II, 710 Bio-E, 800 Literature
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.00
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Euro (5), APUSH (5), US Gov (5), English Comp (5), Psych (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: APES, AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, online personal finance, AP Spanish, advanced studio art
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school: noooo idea
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (secretary), speech (captain), literary arts mag (copy editor), community service organization (co-founder and co-pres)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 20 hrs/wk at a pizza place
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 1000+ hrs at Seattle Children’s Hospital, a bird banding study, and w/ the Pink Polka Dots Guild (which I founded)
[ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):
[ *] Common App Main: 10.
[ *] EC Short Answer: debate, 8
[ *] Extended essay(which topic): unscientific method, 10
[ *] Optional Essay: answered it, 9
[ *] Why Chicago: 8
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: APUSH we are good friends
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: debate coach, good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good. I visit with her often.
[ *] Additional Rec: from US Sen. Patty Murray
[ *] Interview: didn’t have one
[ *] Date Submitted App: Oct 31
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Seattle, WA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: $75K/yr
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):?
[ *] Strengths: essays, extracurriculars, summer activities
[ *] Weaknesses: none?
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: YAYAYAY!!!
[ ] What would you have done differently?:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congratulations everybody!!!</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 750, M: 790, W: 750 (1 sitting) 2290 total
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same as above
[<em>] ACT (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: World History :720, Math 2c: 800, Chem: 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure but very close to 4.0 (all As except 2 a- in different semesters throughout high school)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.17
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 7 total - AP chinese (5), AP World History (5), AP Language (4), AP Chemistry (5), AP Microecon (4), AP Macroecon (3), Ap Calc BC (5…but then subscore 4…)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics (I took the AP exams before without actually taking the class. so now I’m in it so that i can get 5s…), AP Literature, AP Statistics, Advanced Calculus (supposedly harder that AP Calc but its just honors credit), MUN, and other required courses at our school; in context of our school rigorous as possible
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] EARCOS global citizenship award, 1st place in city wide english speech contest, AP international diploma, AP scholar with distinction? and some little end of the year excellence awards in AP Language, sociology, English 9, and broadcast journalism, one award at a Piano contest in 9th grade
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Student Council (12 - President; 11- Secretary; 10- Chaplain), MUN (student officer 5 times), Club Amnesty International (10-12; founder and president), Translating work with two non profit organizations (explained in volunteer section), Varsity Soccer (9-12), Varsity Basketball (9-12), NHS (member 10-12), NEHS (10-12 member), Piano (9-12; one award), School Newspaper (reporter and editor 10, 12), Broadcast Journalism (master editor, 10-11)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] extensive translating work for two non profit humanitarian organizations since 10th grade, last summer volunteering at a day care center for the elderly with dementia; 9th grade summer volunteered at orphanage and taught English
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main:about how handwritten letters represent me. 8[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: about student council. 6…I regret not changing this.
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): a time when you found something you weren’t looking for. took the prompt figuratively and wrote about a time when I realized by dreams should not be crushed. Kind of cheesy though…8
[</em>] Optional Essay: about my unique taste in music. 8
[<em>] Why Chicago: Just objective reasons of why I want to be at Uchicago. 7
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: From English teacher in 9th and 12th. haven’t seen
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: From Sociology teacher and my club sponsor. haven’t seen
[<em>] Counselor Rec: haven’t seen, but should be good
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: none
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] none
Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: about 2 days prior to deadline
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[</em>] School Type: private international
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender:F
[<em>] Income Bracket: no fin. aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] NONE
Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores were alright, GPA, quite a bit of AP scores, didn’t ask for fin aid as an international
[</em>] Weaknesses: AP scores that aren’t 5s…essays…Asian…international…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA, okay test scores…honestly I have no idea.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]worked on my essays more…
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I cannot believe this is happening. I am grateful and ecstatic beyond my capacity. This is SUCH a relief.</p>