***Official University of Chicago 2016 RD Results***

<p>Copy, paste, and good luck!</p>

<p>
[quote]
[noparse]
Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT I (breakdown):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT II:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] AP (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Additional Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Interview:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[li] State (if domestic applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Country (if international applicant):</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Income Bracket:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:[/noparse]

[/quote]
</p>

<p>Does anyone know when decisions are released?</p>

<p>March 23rd IIRC</p>

<p>Eh, I figure i’ll open this up. It’s nice to post about something happier then deferral/rejection for once.</p>

<p>**
Decision: Accepted**</p>

<p>(Via likely, with merit $$)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] SAT II: 790 US History, 780 Biology-M, 780 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~9/339
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 55555555 (5 selfed) -
. Biology
. US History
. Microeconomics
. Macroeconomics
. European History
. Psychology
. English Language
. US Government
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc II, Multivariable Calc (Selfed AP calc over summer), AP Chemistry, Honors Physics, AP English Literature, AP US Government, Honors Science Research, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (3000 level dual-enrollment class), Advanced Methods in Analytical Spectroscopy (8000 level dual-enrollment class).
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>. Research: Placed @ ISEF, national finalist @ JSHS, semifinalist for Intel STS, plus several smaller awards</p>

<p>. Debate: State finalist</p>

<p>. Mock Trial: 2nd in state sophomore year, 3rd Junior year. 20th in world junior year, 10th senior year. Top 10 witness in the world junior year, state MVP witness sophomore and junior year.</p>

<p>. Minor Awards: National Merit, AP National Scholar etc.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):</p>[/li]
<p>. Big one - From 8th grade through the first half of junior year, built a large online community focused around a game with ~200k members and ~1m users. [9,10,11]</p>

<p>. Science Research; with 0 connections and little guidance, my project was much more independent then everyone else I saw at the competitions and my teacher made note of this in her letter. [10,11,12]</p>

<p>. Mock trial (lead atty.) [9,10,11,12]</p>

<p>. Lab Research; after my first ISEF project I found a mentor in the local U’s chemistry department. [11,12]</p>

<p>. Debate: Extemp, Public Forum, & Congress [10,11,12]</p>

<p>. Glassblowing: I make bowls, vases, paperweights and similar such things at my local museum. [9,10,11,12]</p>

<p>. Swordsmithing @ local museum. [11,12]</p>

<p>. FIRST Robotics [9,10]</p>

<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Helping out on weekends and during the summer with my parent’s small business doing gopher work.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing significant.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Harvard SSP on a scholarship (10-11); conducting chem research (11-12); swimming; glassblowing; and working for family business.
[</em>] Essays: Everyone thought they were among the best they had read. 1 was about how a jailed friend inspired my ISEF project; the other about learning responsibility through running my website.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 recs:
. Rec 1 teacher loves me, said “best student in 15 years and I’ve had 50 students go to ivies”
. Rec 2 teacher liked me, talked about my extreme curiosity and highlighted AP-self studies.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good. She generally dislikes top students, but I helped her when she was in a real bind awhile back, so we get along well.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From a Harvard professor I did my ISEF work with. He asked to write it several times, and after my Yale deferral I read it. Included such statements as “he is a genius”
2nd supplemental rec was from a local U professor I did research with recently. Included such statements as “Snipersas is without doubt the best student I have ever met,
surpassing many graduate level students in his abilities…with true chemical brilliance.”
[</em>] Interview: On-campus, with an admissions officer. Uneventful, aside from a *** look he had on his face when I mentioned that I blitz self-study APs for fun.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Public Competitive, 2-3 to ivies per year
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: EFC = 0
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none whatsoever</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Awards, Recs, Essays, Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA & Rank, easily. Applying econ probably didn’t help.
[*] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: A significant element of luck exists in admissions decisions like these, and my case was no different.[/ul]</p>

<p>^No wonder you got a likely letter–congrats again!</p>

<p>Hopefully I’ll post here with a big green title less than less than 6 days later!</p>

<p>I hope so too haha</p>

<p>Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using CC</p>

<p>holy crap @snipersas’ stats!
I sure hope he is near the top of Chicago applicants. Otherwise, the new first years are going to make everyone else feel woefully inadequate.</p>

<p>I think UChicago would figure in snipersnap’s safe colleges list.</p>

<p>Accepted with $5,000 scholarship after deferral.</p>

<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>2290 (780 CR, 760 Writing, 750 Math)
800 Sat U.S History
720 Literature
740 Math
3.74 UW GPA (This is what did me in. I got a C in Calculus my sophomore year and a bunch of poor grades. Didn’t manage to offset this though I got a 4.0 last semester)
EC: couple hundred volunteer hours, spend summer of 2010 taking linear algebra at Stanford, opinion editor and copy editor at school newspaper.
Wrote some very good essays.</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 740 Math 660 Writing
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Literature 800 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 for Junior Year.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%, but school doesn’t officially rank.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: A Levels in Literature History Econ and Math with 4 A’s at AS Level
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Lots of little things, volunteer work, a few awards at MUN and other public speaking competitions, nothing international or national.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 weeks at a stock brokers
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 50-80 hours in Pakistani government hospitals and other places.
[<em>] Summer Activities: MUN, 2 weeks of volunteer work
[</em>] Essays: I loved them. Very strong, I talked about being a citizen of Pakistan with a voice, and watching people live under the constraints of society, poverty, radicalization and trying to ensure my voice was still heard. And the UChic specific essay took with it, my heart and soul.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great, I think. Never saw them but they loved me and my “intellectual curiosity”.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good probably
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: International Relations
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): -
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Pakistan
[<em>] School Type: Private with affiliations with the Church of England
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: -
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Essays probably.
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, recommendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: Did a lot of things, was not necessarily the best at all of them, well rounded.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No idea.
[/ul]General Comments: Not too shabby.</p>

<p>Accepted! I’ll post stats later, right now I’m too busy calling everybody.</p>

<p>I got in! I keep refreshing to make sure it wasn’t a mistake. This is an amazing feeling.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2010; W-670, R-670, M-670
[</em>] ACT: 31; E-32, M-27, R-33, S-33
[<em>] SAT II: Biology E-740, Math II-650, English Lit-670
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[</em>] AP: Biology (5), English Language (5), Art History (4), Chemistry (4), U.S. History (3)
[<em>] IB: N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Environmental Science, AP European History, AP U.S. Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP English IV, ROP Website Design
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Mock Trial (Public Relations; Vice President), Academic Decathlon, Varsity Tennis
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Not much…
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not much…
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteered at a library
[</em>] Essays: There were typos…
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t know, but they were from 2 English teachers, if I remember correctly.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: It had good comments.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None.
[</em>] Interview: None.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 80-100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: AP Workload
[</em>] Weaknesses: Everything? Low-ish SAT and ACT scores, typos in my essays, weak extracurriculars and leaderships, and awards.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: For the above weaknesses, I was not accepted, not sure why they would waitlist me, but better than outright rejection, I suppose. It still hurts. A lot.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted CSULB, Case Western Reserve, UCD, UCSD…</p>

<p>[/ul]**General Comments: UChicago is my first non-accept. Maybe I should steel myself for Cornell as well? Ugh. I just feel like crap. Then again, if I did get accepted, I might not even go because of finances… Oh well. Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! **</p>

<p>Congratulations! The EA admits are looking forward to meeting y’all in the chat and facebook group!</p>

<p>posting for my D. Deferred EA</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2380 780 M
[</em>] ACT:35 32 reading
[<em>] SAT II: 3 800s, 1 790
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): National AP scholar (6 5s, 2 4s)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): working on it
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:7 APs, 5 IBs
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):National Merit Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):dance, scouts, HOSA,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:summer job at a clinic after 9th, summer research after 11th
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: yes
[<em>] Summer Activities: above
[</em>] Essays:ok
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:good
[</em>] Counselor Rec:good
[<em>] Additional Rec:chicago alum and research mentor
[</em>] Interview:no</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):US
[<em>] School Type:Public large
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian Indian
[<em>] Gender:F
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: since D did not send a note to adcom professing Chicago to be number 1 choice as required by deferees, this was an expected outcome.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Caltech, MIT, Columbia LL</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone.</p>

<p>Accepted! I shall post stats later.</p>

<p>Wait listed. seems like it will have a lot of wait listed students</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (800 critical reading, 770 writing, 670 math)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 US History, 720 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.1
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language, Spanish Language, Euro, US History (all 5s)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Environmental Science, AP Government, Italian II, creative writing seminar, dual-enrollment calculus
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Multiple national creative writing awards, publications
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama, creative writing, GSA, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: working with local theater companies
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots of varied stuff
[<em>] Summer Activities: working with local theater companies
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty good, and writing is my strong suit.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I know one teacher considers me the best student she’s ever had, and the other probably counts me among his top students.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Okay, I suppose…I don’t know her terribly well.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: I had this sweet little old man who talked about Sondheim the entire time with me. We clicked from the beginning. One of my favorite interviews.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public magnet school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: >$200,00
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): er…I can play the recorder with my toes?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: After I got deferred, I kept emailing my regional counselor. And emailing her. And emailing her. She probably thought I was stalking her. I just really love UChicago, though…so I guess it showed!
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not the highest GPA there ever was.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am a fricking special snowflake.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UVA, JMU. Deferred early at Chapel Hill. Waiting on William & Mary, Princeton, Brown, NYU, and Amherst.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Waitlisted! Is it embarrassing that I’m proud to be waitlisted? I was expecting an outright rejection, considering my 3.5 UW GPA gets wrecked by 99.8% of UChicago’s applicant pool.</p>