Official University of Chicago 2016 EA Results Thread

1994dog · December 19, 2011, 6:30pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[] SAT II: 800-800-800-770
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA:
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No Rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most Rigorous
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Many
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Nothing Special NMS, AIME[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Soccer, Cross Country, Math Club, Boy Scout
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] State: Midwest
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 130K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Numbers and Essays
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted: I have no idea[/li][/ul]

cwinche · December 19, 2011, 6:33pm

*facepalm
ignore that previous post! Deferred, which is alright

Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit.
ACT (breakdown): 30C (26 M, 35 R, 28 S, 35 E)
SAT II: 780 Literature , 710 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
Weighted GPA: 4.79
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/136
AP (place score in parentheses): Lang (5) US History (5) Euro (5) Stats, World
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP World, Honors British Literature and Composition, Honors Zoology, Advanced Filmmaking and Film Studies
Number of other EA applicants in your school: I think just me
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, NHS, National History Day Nationals Eighth Place, NHD Nationals Qualifier

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
NHS
(Vice president of) Student Council
(President of) Peace Jam
Philosophy Club
Meditation Club
Filmmaking internships (two of them, at different companies)
Tutoring for special needs kids that I run
National History Day for seven years (always at least place at state)

The Usual you get the idea
Job/Work Experience: Pools for two summers, tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: Local Community, International work in Ghana, Cambodia, Kenya, Thailand etc including work in a selective program run and funded entirely by the State Department
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: 8
EC Short Answer: 8
Extended essay(which topic): 9- A little out there. It was the dreaming one.
Optional Essay: 9
Why Chicago: 6
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: Really really great
Teacher Recommendation #2: Really good
Counselor Rec: Nothing special
Additional Rec: From filmmaking teacher, it was very good
Interview: I couldn’t do one! Damn!
Art Supplement:
Film supplement. I’ve been at an Arts school for Seven years and have been making movies for nearly a decade. I think it was good.
Other
Date Submitted App: 10/30
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
School Type: Public Arts Magnet School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 180,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
lol I wish
Reflection
Strengths: My essays, Letters of Rec and ECs
Weaknesses: Grades, scores, awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not academic enough?
What would you have done differently?:
[/list]Other Factors: Tried harder and studied more for standarized tests. General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Deferred here and at Brown! Wahhh. adfkjadkfj

AstroPhy · December 19, 2011, 6:59pm

Don’t know about this code stuff…
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (690 CR, 690 M, 700 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2080 (only one sitting…sigh)
[] ACT (breakdown): 32
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 33 (31 E, 32 M, 34 R, 34 S, 10 W) (testing = not my thing)
[] SAT II: 750 Phys, 730 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.34
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Comp Sci. A (5), Statistics (5), Phys B (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc B/C, AP Chem, AP Phys C, Logic and Probability, Senior Humanities, English IV, Video Art/Weights
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 9
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State Science Fair Grand Award (x2), Intel ISEF Finalist (x3), Intel ISEF 2011 2nd place Physics and Astronomy[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Olympiad (Co-Captain), Model Rocketry Club (Captain and Co-Founder), Science Fair, Rock hounding, amateur radio operator
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer intern as U.S. Naval Observatory – Flagstaff Station (x2)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not too much, admissions tours for school 6 weekends out of the year, about 4 hours each.[/ul]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: about life 10[/li][] EC Short Answer: Science Olympiad 9
[] Extended essay(which topic): Living and Dreaming 9
[] Optional Essay: Favorite books, movies, paintings, etc. 8
[] Why Chicago: Strong mix of science and humanities 8
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Probably really good
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Very detailed from I was told, probably quite good
[] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[] Additional Rec: Research mentor, amazing
[] Interview: Amazing, lasted 1.5 hours (until we both had to go) and received very positive comments from interviewer at the end and over email.
[] Art Supplement: Picture of a remote weather station that I donated to the rocketry club.[/list]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: October 30th
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Mexico
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White (Russian descent)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >120K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Intel ISEF awards, research experience[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Research experience, rec letters, and heartfelt essays
[] Weaknesses: test scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong essays and rec letters, and ISEF awards.
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing!!![/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Found out after Calc B/C final, made my winter break!!! So happy right now, and glad to be done with most other RD apps! Good luck to all who were deferred. I know it may not seem like those were accepted understand the pain of getting deferred or rejected, but suspend that belief for a second. You all will still go to great schools, and as long as you continue with the drive and passion that you had for UChicago, then you’ll be fine. It’s not a reflection on you, the process is tough. And remember that they try to fit you to the school, so not getting in may be better in the end, as they probably know that you would do better somewhere else, no matter if it’s your dream school or not. Good luck to all! Heck ya!!!

nondairycreamer · December 19, 2011, 7:04pm

was anyone rejected???

UMTYMP_student · December 19, 2011, 7:07pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 780M, 760R, 750W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2340 800M, 790R, 750W
[] ACT (breakdown): did not take
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): did not take
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Weighted GPA: 4.76/5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/500ish
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5), Physics C Mechanics (5), Physics C E&M (5), Environmental Science (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), Human Geography (5), Macroecon (5), US Gov’t (5), Chemistry (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): did not take
[] Senior Year Course Load: All at University of Minnesota Twin Cities and at upper division level. Abstract Algebra [2 semesters], Differential Geometry, Analytical Mechanics, E&M, Japanese Literature in Translation [2 semesters], Modern Chinese History, American Studies 1900-1940, Hong Kong Cinema.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: i don’t know but a decent number
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist.[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Quiz Bowl 4 years (Club President 2 years), Science Bowl 4 years (Captain 2 years), Math Team 4 years (Co-captain 1 year), Science Olympiad 2 years. All among the best in state but nothing too notable nationally. 10 on AIME
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: none
[] Summer Activities: 2 years at Ross math camp. Was top first-year.[/ul]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[] Common App Main: The dangers of scientific illiteracy 8.
[] EC Short Answer: Quiz Bowl 9.
[] Extended essay(which topic): Between Living and Dreaming. Wrote about math. 10
[] Optional Essay: Favorite books and movies. 9
[] Why Chicago: Math and East Asian studies 8.
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: From physics professor that didn’t know me that well but I had done very well in his senior/graduate level biopolymer physics class.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: From history professor that didn’t know me that well but I was the best student in her upper division history class.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably decent.
[] Additional Rec: Very good from the guy who runs the Ross program.
[] Interview: Went very well. Was with a math professor so we talked a lot about math.
[] Art Supplement: did not submit[/list]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: near the deadline don’t remember exactly.
[] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[] School Type: large inner city public. have taken all classes in the last 2 years at the university of minnesota twin cities.
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extremely rigorous schedule. Will have taken 18 upper division college classes by the time I graduate high school. Also good test scores.
[] Weaknesses: not many
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Very strong academic record.
[] What would you have done differently?: nothing [/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Very relieved after being deferred from Caltech and MIT

ohksaj04 · December 19, 2011, 7:09pm

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

[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR 720 M 750 W
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 34 E 35 M 36 R 34 S 9 W TOTAL 35
[ *] SAT II: USH 760 MATH II 790 LIT 720
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.51
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 APUSH, 4 EURO
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, GS Gold Award [/list]
[ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Theatre, Girl Scouts, Student Group on Race Relations, Choir, Women’s Ensemble, Show Choir, International travel
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:4 Mission Trips, lots of volunteer with Girl Scouts
[/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: Wrote about a Mission trip I went on and digging a hole (9/10)
[ *] EC Short Answer: Wrote about earning my GS Gold Award and the Theatre program I started (8/10)
[ *] Extended essay(which topic): Created my own about going back to your old hometown and finding it wasn’t your hometown that you missed, but your childhood (10/10)
[ *] Optional Essay: I wrote about Music (7/10)
[ *] Why Chicago: Listed a lot of things I loved about the school (7/10)
[ *] Other:[/list]
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: Very strong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: Strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very strong
[ ] Interview: I interviewed locally and it went really well
[ ] Art Supplement:submitted 10 minute montage from various theatre and choir activities i’ve done [/list]
[ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App:10/19
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):OH
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ] Income Bracket:Upper Middle Class
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/list]
[ b]Reflection[ list]
[ ] Strengths: Community service, essays, test scores, grades
[ ] Weaknesses: actual leadership positions
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: volunteer work, grades
[ ] What would you have done differently?:nothing [/list]
[ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m very happy, this was one of my very top schools and I’m amazed I got in!

underwaterclouds · December 19, 2011, 7:13pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2270 (M: 730, Wr: 800, CR: 740)
[] ACT (breakdown): 33
[] SAT II: 800 World History, 730 US History, 720 Lit
[] GPA: 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/25
[] AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (5), AP World (self, 5) Only one AP available to Juniors…
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Chem, AP Japanese, AP US Gov, AP English Lit, controversies, Journalism
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Um, none. National merit semifinalist? [/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Aikido (take classes, teach a children’s class) Student Council President (9th and 11th), Student Council VP (10th), Corresponding Secretary for Serteens (11th), President of Serteens (12th), Secretary for National Honor Society (12th), Vice President of Debate Team (12th), President of book club (12th), Paddling (3 years, 2 years varsity)
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid internship at state senate
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts, assisting with a children’s aikido class (throughout high school and eighth grade), multiple service projects with Serteens Club[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Significant experience: wrote about aikido and how it taught me patience and discipline (um…7)[/li][] EC Short Answer: Debate and how it taught me to take chances (8)
[] Extended essay(which topic): Plato → Play Doh: wrote a story about a procrastinating girl (9)
[] Optional Essay: Listed a bunch of favorites (can’t really rank this)
[] Why Chicago: Used the “fun comes to die” quote I rank this a 6. But I did make sure to say the UChicago is my number 1 by far.[/ul][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Fantastic. I read it, and it was…amazing.[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: I didn’t get to read, but this one should have been pretty good too
[] Counselor Rec: Fantastic
[] Interview: Was with a dad of a girl at my school. I think it went well. It was mostly him talking about how much I’d love the school. He seemed pretty sure I’d get in.[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: October 30
[] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[] School Type: Smaaaaaallll private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Um, none. [/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Awesome recs, decent test scores, grades,
[] Weaknesses: My essays weren’t great?
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I feel so lucky and honored. Yes.
[] What would you have done differently?: Well, considering I got accepted…[/ul]

Other Factors: None.

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: So, so, so, happy. Also, I really want to know what they thought of specific parts of my application…

hk0000 · December 19, 2011, 7:17pm

@nondairycreamer: yes people were rejected. However, these types of threads always have a bias because people who were accepted or deffered typically post in larger numbers than those who were rejected either because people feel that it will be embarassing to post, or just feel that there’s no reason to.

lego606 · December 19, 2011, 7:17pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (750 CR 630 M 720 W)
[] ACT (breakdown): 32
[] SAT II: 650 Lit, 630 US
[] GPA (out of 4.0): 3.35 or so.
[] AP: Scholar (4,4,3,3, and one CB cancelled)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP, 4 Honors, 1 Regents, 3 dual curric.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: none (weird, I know)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Haagen-Dazs Flavor Ambassador xD, Prudential Spirit of Community Award letter (reapplied this year though), Google Science Fair commended, Represented US in international LEGO robotics competition[/ul]

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Do Something club (leader), Snail Mail My Email (organizer), chess team (cocpt), robotics team (cocpt)
[] Job/Work Experience: Israel Advocacy internship, MTA of NY
[] Volunteer/Community service: Developmentally disabled, NYC Marathon, NYC roof painting (CoolRoofs), soup kitchen[/ul]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):

[] Optional Essay: Got an A++(is that even possible) from Macaulay-Hunter College teacher so

[] Other:

[ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: English teacher - absolutely glowing[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: not as good word-wise as #1 but also glowing
[] Counselor Rec: Refused by counselor… idk who wrote it. I think the principal of the school?
[] Additional Rec: Creator of Snail Mail My Email (snailmailmyemail.org) - strong
[] Interview: mehhh… I think it went ok. Not my best.
Other

[list]
[] Date Submitted App: Last day due to incompetent college guidance office that didn’t send out transcript for 2 months… and then managed to send it in 4 times.
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Recs, volunteer service, extracurrics
[] Weaknesses: probably the required essay, def. grades
[] Why you think you were deferred: Grades, probably… Everything else seemed pretty ok.
[] What would you have done differently?: The interview and one of the essays, maybe[/ul][/list]Other Factors: Met with LI admissions rep a few times an talked about school, also had a connection in Admissions.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I hope I get in Regular! Congrats to all those accepted

vonnegut · December 19, 2011, 7:24pm

I AM ACCEPTED AND ECSTATIC AND SO HAPPY. I will post my stats later when I can breath.

IeatKids · December 19, 2011, 7:29pm

I got rejected… too depressed to put up my stats.
Here are the basics
UW GPA 3.9/4 Weighted 5.3/6
ACT 32 composite
70ish/500

HockeyMom101 · December 19, 2011, 7:29pm

ACT scores of 22 and 23
Weighted GPA: 3.91
Rank 7%
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s - that’s it
Number of other EA applicants in your school: prob none
Major Awards: none
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): a few, no leaderships
Job/Work Experience: Spanish translater
Volunteer/Community service:Catachist Aide
Writing: decent
4 recs, probably good
Interview: good
Art Supplement:good
Date Submitted App: August 4th
State (if domestic applicant): WI
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list]: first gen
Weaknesses: test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: outta her league
What would you have done differently?:I told her not to apply and waste $75

IeatKids · December 19, 2011, 7:34pm

@HockeyMom101: Quite amazing she got deferred with that ACT(no offense). Good luck.

nondairycreamer · December 19, 2011, 7:46pm

@ieatkids

agreed. That’s pretty low.

skittlescutie · December 19, 2011, 7:46pm

Wow, if she got deferred with that ACT, her other parts of the app must be AMAZING. She’s a special girl, don’t lose hope!

LovesBrown · December 19, 2011, 7:51pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800/650/800)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): ^Same
[] ACT (breakdown): 32
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 33 (36 E, 29 M, 36 R, 30 S)
[] SAT II: 790 Lit, 760 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] Weighted GPA: 4.33?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/175 (just out of top 10%!)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): WHAP 5, APUSH 5
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Hahaha no.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP US Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Psych, Spanish 4, Intensive Studies Theology, Intro to Theatre (LOOK AT THAT. NO SCIENCE.)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: Zero, as far as I know.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Commended, attended HOBY leadership conference[/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Orchestra (8 years), Spanish Honor Society (president), National Honor Society (officer, we do a lot of stuff), Pit Orchestra (4 years - concertmaster), Scholastic Bowl, Model UN (we attend the Chicago conference, heck yeah), other assorted goodies
[] Job/Work Experience: Eh not really.
[li] Volunteer/Community service:Mostly stuff through NHS, key club, orchestra.[/ul] [/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: About discovering my love for comedy writing. - 8.5[/li][] EC Short Answer: About orchestra… ehh. Not great. 7.
[] Extended essay(which topic): Play-Doh → Plato. Took a risk - the thing’s like 1300 words. But it’s good. Probably a 9.5 or 10.
[] Optional Essay: About 30 Rock and Arrested Development. Seriously. 8.
[] Why Chicago: I put a lot of heart into it! Probably a 9.
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Didn’t read, but after getting in I’m sure it’s good! From history teacher for 2 years, went on a trip to Europe with him, I’m involved in extra-curriculars he’s in charge of.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t read - from this year’s English teacher. She likes me, but she didn’t know me too well when I asked her to write it!
[] Counselor Rec: Should have been good, as far as I know. How do people read them?? It seems weird to me. Idk.
[] Additional Rec: Nope.
[] Interview: Yep - on campus with a current student. It was okay, but we didn’t really click and I said “umm, uhh… umm” more than I would have preferred. Apparently it didn’t hurt too much.
[] Art Supplement: Nope![/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Erm, 10/31 or 11/1… haha. Late night/early morning.
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant): The US America
[] School Type: Smallish Catholic
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: High
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hm… yeah no. None at all. I am 0% hook. [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ESSAYS! SAT a little bit. Maybe recs. Maybe EC’s? I don’t know! Nothing!
[] Weaknesses: Everything, I thought?! SAT math, holy terribleness. GPA, seriously! Class rank! Not even in top 10%! Zero diversity! No major awards! Math! I’m bad at it!
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I HAVE NO IDEA. Essays, maybe?! Maybe I’m charming?! Maybe this is an elaborate, very cruel prank?!?!
[] What would you have done differently?: NOTHING, I SUPPOSE! WHAT IS GOING ON![/ul]

Other Factors: Um, uh… no?
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!! AAAHH!! I CAN’T EVEN BELIEVE IT. I LITERALLY DO NOT KNOW HOW I GOT IN. THIS IS AMAZING, AND CONFUSING, BUT MOSTLY JUST AMAZING. CAPS LOCK WORDS. THEY MEAN EXCITEMENT. Next year applicants, no matter how many times you convince yourself it’s gonna be a deferral, you never know. Work hard on the essays. Take a risk. It will all work out, regardless if you get into School A or School B. It’s just… it’s good. Things are good sometimes.

IeatKids · December 19, 2011, 7:53pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 32
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Weighted GPA: 5.3/6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 70/500
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Psychology(5) Chemistry (5) Government (5) Statistics (5)
Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Quizbowl, NHS
[] Job/Work Experience: I work full time at the hospital
[] Volunteer/Community service:About 250 hours since freshman year[/ul]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: 7[/li][] EC Short Answer:8
[] Extended essay(which topic): 6
[] Optional Essay:7
[] Why Chicago: 9
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8
[] Counselor Rec:7
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[] Art Supplement:[/list]
Other[ul]
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >$250,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 3rd generation of legacy[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I guess none
[] Weaknesses: Everything
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i wish i knew…
[] What would you have done differently?:Not apply, buy more tissues[/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: going to cry myself to sleep tonight.

rbouwens · December 19, 2011, 7:56pm

I’d like to say something: I’m HockeyMom’s daughter with the 22/23 ACT. Yeah, I was actually deferred with a 22 ACT where there are also kids with 30+ who are rejected/deferred. First of all, I’ll commend them for doing so well on a test that I struggled with. I’d just like to say that test scores aren’t everything; I had a successful interview and I think that’s what did it. I wrote to the best of my ability and my recs were probably positive. I may not be the brightest bulb in the pack, but they saw something in me that kept them from rejecting me.

Also, this is for all those kids who chastised me a few months ago for even thinking about applying here when I mistakinly posted my stats: who has a chance? This guy! :)

For future students out there with low ACT scores: DON’T LOSE HOPE!!!

Have a merry christmas and good luck with college searches!

ASH5297 · December 19, 2011, 7:57pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 - 800 Math, 790 CR, 720 Writing
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2310- See above (only took it once)
[] SAT II: 730 Bio M, 720 World history
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[] Weighted GPA: 4.52
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):47/328 (14th percentile)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Gov and Politics (4), Calc AB (3), Bio (5), World History (4), English Lang (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs (Chem, Calc BC, English Lit, Psych, Stats)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4 or 5, none accepted that I know of
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.) I won a $500 grant to do community service, dont know if that counts :[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS (exec board), School tutoring program (exec board), Robotics Club (treasurer + cofounder), Outdoor Track (Varsity, 2 years, currently hold 2 school records), Religious group (copresident)
[] Job/Work Experience: I teach martial arts part time (I am enrolled in the martial arts academy, have a black belt, I wrote about this for the “elaborate extracurricular” part of the common app
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Hospital, Public Library, Tutoring, other assortment [/ul]
**Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best): ** Id say an 8, it was a bit colloquial, but I think it was one of the better essays ive written so far[ul]
[li] Essays (Include Subjects): [list][/li][li] Common App Main: The time I hit my brother in the face with a golf club when I was 7, what I took away from it[/li][] EC Short Answer: Working + being a student at a martial arts academy
[] Extended essay(which topic): Choose your own topic- wrote about the premise of a “reset button” and how I would change my life
[] Optional Essay: Music and its versatility
[] Why Chicago: Amazing academics mixed with quirkiness
Other[list]
[] Date Submitted App: 3 weeks early
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: At the moment, less than 10k (my dad’s unemployed right now)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT score, varied extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: lowish unweighted GPA/Class rank
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Too many other better applicants
[] What would you have done differently?: Studied more my freshman and sophomore year[/ul][/list]Other Factors: Nada
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I really hope I get in the second time around

Insouciant · December 19, 2011, 8:07pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ list]
[li] SAT I (breakdown): 1910 (three times. hate the SAT. 720 R, 540 M, 650 W)[/li]
[li] ACT (breakdown): 29 (one time)[/li]
[li] SAT II: 770 US History, 690 Bio M[/li]
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88[/li]
[li] Weighted GPA: 5.02[/li]
[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/352[/li]
[li] AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5), US Gov (5), Bio ([/li]4), World His (5), Psych (5), English Comp (5)- taking 4 more this year, 10 in total

[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP Enviro, Honors Journalism, Honors Philosophy, AP English Lit, AP Econ Macro, AP Euro, Gym, Honors French 4[/li]
[li] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0[/li]
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction [/list][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tennis (3 years JV, 1 year Varsity, 1st doubles, Mustang Award from Coach, Second Team Cape-Atlantic League Award), Political Science club- 4 years, Rally Against Discrimination 4 years (President, Secretary), Key Club 4 years, National Honor Society, French National Honor Society (Treasurer), French Club (Treasurer), Jewish Youth Group (worked my way up ladder-- now President), Drama Club (Stage Manager), Musical (ensemble), Student Council (committee member), International Culture Club 4 years[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Salesperson at Bakery— 300+ hours since August 2011[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Food Bank, though not many hours (like 60). Kinda busy with tennis to volunteer. [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]

[li] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list][/li]
[li] Common App Main: My father’s impact on me: our love for history and how Parkinson’s changed our relationship[/li]
[li] EC Short Answer: Tennis and how I came back from an injury to become varsity and my love for the sport[/li]
[li] Extended essay(which topic): Don’t talk about reverse psychology-- basically said Don’t accept me, and then said why they should while daring them not to accept me. Kinda worked, right? ;)[/li]
[li] Optional Essay: My favorite books[/li]
[li] Why Chicago: The location and the people and the teaching methods[/li]
[li] Other:[/ul][/li][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: My AP World and Euro teacher who loves me and saw me play tennis. Got a 100 in World and a 95 in Euro [/li]so far, so I’m guessing a great recommendation

[li] Teacher Recommendation #2: My AP Bio teacher. I struggled in that class and I used him to show that I was dedicated. Hopefully good![/li]
[li] Counselor Rec: Eh. She didn’t know me. Prob average.[/li]
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[li] Art Supplement:I included a short story I wrote [/list][/li]
Other[ul]
[li] Date Submitted App: 10/19[/li]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): NJ[/li]
[li] Country (if international applicant):[/li]
[li] School Type: normal sized public[/li]
[li] Ethnicity: White [/li]
[li] Gender: Female[/li]
[li] Income Bracket: 40,000-50,000[/li]
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Uhhhhh, lol none. I’m white and my parents have masters degrees… oops.[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]

[li] Strengths: Essays. My love for tennis. My grades.[/li]
[li] Weaknesses: SAT!!! Oh my god it does not reflect who I am [/li]intellectually at all. I tried to get it to the 2000s but I’m so bad at
math :(

[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: SAT [/li]SCOREEE. Plain and simple. More volunteer work, too.

[li] What would you have done differently?: Studied for the SAT!!! Volunteer more. Be better at math. [/ul][/list]Other Factors: Lots of stress this year but I’m glad the wait is over… mostly…[/li]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: All I can say is wow, I can’t believe I wasn’t outright rejected. I feel like my SAT score hurt me a lot. I’m gonna try to get into Uchicago, but I’m optimistic about my other regular decision schools now. To accepted: I hope I can join you guys. CONGRATS!!! To deferred: Hey buds! We can do thisss. If not, I hope we all find happiness in our other schools To those rejected: I’ve been there. Last week. Columbia. Yeah, it sucked. You’ll find schools you’ll love!! **

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