Official University of Chicago 2016 RD Results

zhangvict · March 23, 2012, 11:26pm

**Deferred EA **Accepted RD

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190, 740M 740 CR 710 W
[] SAT II: 790 Physics 760 Math IIC 660 Literature
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted Score 42/45
[] Senior Year Course Load: HL Math, Econ, Physics, English A1, SL Chinese, Art
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Young Scout assistant instructor), Learning Electric Guitar w/Grade 3 exam, Random clubs like gardening, table tennis and debate
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching Foreign students English, Aid distributor for homeless, Peer Mentor/counselor for little kids, more stuff to do with little kids
[] Summer Activities: Foreign Community Service above, Harvard Summer School art and philosophy courses (2 A’s)
[] Essays: I thought they were good, but hard to tell. After being deferred I wrote another extended essay answering all 6 prompts, which I thought was stronger than my first essay/
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: supp. rec from art teacher who showed it to me but I have no idea if it was useful to the admissions team
[li] Interview: Thought it went well, talked about a lot of random stuff like literature and existentialism[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): US citizen living abroad.
[] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[] School Type: Semi - Private International
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High-ish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, art (uploaded portfolio), community connection with little kids, idk
[] Weaknesses: relatively poor junior year grades in comparison to predicted grades, no outstanding awards, below average SAT score, asian
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe my EA essays were not Uchicagoan enough, or maybe its my juior grades. I have a feeling processing errors that caused 11 copies of teacher recommendations to be duplicated in my file might have contributed to my defferal.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not all decisions received, but so far accepted at: Pitt, UCSB, UCSD, UCLA, waiting for decisions from: Dartmouth, Brown, Yale, Princeton, Amherst, NYU, UCB

[/ul]General Comments: omg so excited Uchicago is the school I most like in terms of it’s intellectual and educational rationale. I want to tell everyboddy that deferral EA does not mean automatic rejection RD. Think carefully about why might your EA college defer you and update with new transcripts, accomplishments etc.

bowlofchilli · March 23, 2012, 11:27pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 790cr 730ma 790wr
[] SAT II: 750 francais 710 math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): english lit (5) enviro (5) art history (4) francais (4)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: ap art history, ap enviro, honors english, honors italian, advanced electives[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots
[] Summer Activities: volunteering + science research
[] Essays: unique unique unique
[] Teacher Recommendation: the one I saw was bangin’
[] Counselor Rec: my counselor quit so I asked my advisor… idk
[] Additional Rec: Very bangin
[] Interview: great!

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): west coast
[] School Type: private east coast
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: comfortable
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): unique science interests

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: unique
[] Weaknesses: unique
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: I am obviously competent but grades I had while living with an evil roommate make me a “risky” candidate[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: So thrilled not to have been rejected.

Jose4Jesus · March 23, 2012, 11:34pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Math 710, CR 770, W 760
[] SAT II: Bio (660), Us History (760) Literature (770) Math 1 (720)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):none
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), USH (5), Lit (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Physics, AP Statistics, AP Art History, and AP EURO among other core requirements.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a handful of essay contests, QuestBridge scholar and finalist, three honor society memberships, and National Merit Scholar[/li][/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): worked with a project that helps students in a third world country, fellowship leader, saber fencer, technological equipment assistant (sound room staff), writer (essayist, playwright), and more.[/li]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Transcriptionist for seminary professors, taught summer school for underprivileged children in NYC for five years, tutored, taught apologetic classes for teens and adults, taught classes in India for a brief time.[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service: library, taught in the Lower East Side, etc. (500+ hours)[/li]
[li] Summer Activities: ^mentioned. I worked during the summer because my family is not wealthy.[/li]
[li] Essays: If I could go back and change them a little, I would. I worked really hard on them, but I feel I have changed a little in the recent months and would write it differently.[/li]
[li] Teacher Recommendation: Given that my mother wrote it… I think it was probably decent… not good, not horrible. Just okay. [/li]
[] Additional Rec: (No counselor rec because I’m homeschooled.) Amazing. She emailed it to me to read, because she was so proud of it.
[] Additional Rec: Awesome. She read it to me over the phone, and I was in tears.
[li] Interview: I think it went pretty well. My interviewer was pretty wonderful, interesting, and gracious. She was a hippie back in her day and had lovely little stories. I really enjoyed my time with her.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[] School Type: Homeschooled
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <30,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None at all unless you count being homeschooling as a plus for diversity, but I don’t think people see it that way just yet.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: very experienced teacher? independent and proactive, maybe?
[] Weaknesses: Asian female, needs scholarships, homeschooled
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Possibly because I need scholarships, in light of this
[Illinois</a> Runs Out Of Financial Aid: State Depletes College Assistance Funding Early (VIDEO)](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>Illinois Runs Out Of Financial Aid: State Depletes College Assistance Funding Early (VIDEO) | HuffPost Chicago)
UChicago needs to help support student applicants from their own state.
Also, my stats weren’t stellar.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted at Northwestern, Accepted to CaseWestern Reserve, Gordon College, and St. John’s University.

[/ul]General Comments: I’m really disappointed that I am waitlisted, but I consider it an honor to still be considered. I really do like UChicago, and I hope I get a second shot. Best wishes to everyone else!
To my fellow homeschoolers, for whom I am writing this whole thing, here’s my advice- Don’t spend time in your essays trying to sound like a normal kid. The fact is we are not, and we should emphasize that. I am afraid I tried too hard to sound more traditional, which must have hurt my application.
Again, best wishes!

__
C-H … Chicago!
C-H … Chicago!
C-H … Chicago!
What is C H for?
METHANE!

WhaleWhale · March 23, 2012, 11:43pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800R 800M 740W
[] ACT: Nopes
[] SAT II: 800’s (Math 2, Physics, Bio), 770 US
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but top 10% (Cum Laude)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s (Bio, APUSH, Compsci, Calc AB, Calc BC, Euro, Physics B), English Lit (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Nopes
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, Advanced Topics in CS, AP stats, AP Spanish lang, AP Physics C, 1/2 credit art, a very watered down HS multivariable calc course
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major: National AP, National Merit Finalist, a few art and math awards that are kinda legit, but not really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club/Team (president and founding member), Political Club (prez), Art Society, Tennis (Varsity and JV), a school literary and visual arts magazine
[] Job/Work Experience: Unpaid research for two summers at Ohio State’s Cancer Center, didn’t accomplish too much because our lab was suffering from funding problems
[] Volunteer/Community service: library (lead volunteer), random school stuff
[] Summer Activities: Research and volunteering, went to a couple summer programs during the summer after freshman year
[] Essays: This is interesting
Common App: Delightfully awesome
Why Chicago: I tried to include the unique aspects of UChicago, but the essay wasn’t amazing
Favorite things: It was decent, but not amazing. I wrote about my favorite book (Brave New World)
Choice: #4: Write about a time you found something you weren’t looking for.
The essay itself was amazing, but it answered the prompt very indirectly. The adcoms could probably tell that I intended to use the essay for different apps and just copied and pasted it for Chicago. I could have changed it so it fit the prompt better, but I was too lazy.

[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably amazing
[] Counselor Rec: Really good
[] Additional Rec: Research mentor: really good
[] Interview: I thought it went pretty well, but my interviewer seemed to be testing me the whole time. I had to BS my way through a couple of questions, but I don’t think I said anything stupid.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: small (<90 per grade), “competitive” private school (we send around an average of 8 kids a year to top 10 schools or top 5 LACs, but most are slightly weaker than the people accepted to Top 10 schools and post on CC)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,00+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My stunning good looks[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: standardized tests, grades (kinda), “well-roundedness”
[] Weaknesses: Lack of significant accomplishments. Also, I’m a fun person, so I may die at UC (jkjk)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I didn’t show too much interest in Chicago. My Chicago-specific essays were a level or two below my common-app one and the one that I clearly copied from another app. It didn’t help that I neither toured campus nor contacted the adcoms. They probably think that I don’t actually want to go to UC (which is completely true). Alternatively, I could just be too derpy for Chicago.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: WashU, Case Western, and state schools
Deferred at Yale

[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations for those of you accepted! UC is truly a wonderful place. That said, I am not completely sure why I applied there because they aren’t too generous with financial aid.

If you are waistlisted, there is a good chance that UC simply thinks that you are not truly passionate about UC. Definitely send an update letter. If you were rejected or don’t think you will make it off the waitlist, remember that you can be successful at any college. State schools are significantly cheaper too!.. and fun doesn’t die there. PARTY (but not too often)

madirose · March 24, 2012, 12:16am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I:1720 (not submitted with application) 610/560/550
[] ACT:30, 35/25/31/28
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0) :3.75
[] Rank:7/58
[] AP: Spanish Lang. (5) English Lang. (4) US History (4)
[] IB: None
[] Senior Year Course Load: First Semester: Pre-Calc, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, AP Calc, AP Gov/Econ, Anatomy, Tutor for Honors Spanish 3
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Jazz Band(Top band since freshman year, section leader 11 and 12), Wind Ensemble(Section Leader 11 and 12), ASB(Senior Class President), Mariposa Club (secretary), Interact Club, Executive Council, Invisible Children (Founder and president of school’s club), Nordic Team (Team Captain grade 12), Softball, Youth in Action
[] Job/Work Experience: Hostess/Waitress at local restaurant(4 yrs.), intern at UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (3yrs.)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Avid business association volunteer, active community member, Ambassador for Undersea Voyager Project, Campaigner for Barack Obama (2008, 2012),
[] Summer Activities: 2 week Course in Mexico, job and internship
[] Essays: My biggest asset, I chose to write on the “Living and Dreaming” prompt.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Spanish teacher and US History/Gov/Econ Teacher, both of which I am very close with and see me highly among other students.
[] Counselor Rec: New counselor this year, I didn’t have much of a relationship with him.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Through Email.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: CA
[] Country: USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:—
[li] Hooks: Fluent in two languages, small community[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Writing, extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: Organization through the process
[] Why you think you were accepted: Letter to the Dean, good writing, improved grades and test scores after being defferred
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: DePaul, SDSU, Cal Maritime, University of Utah, UCSC. Rejected: UCSD, UCLA. Waiting on: Northwestern, Barnard, NYU, Berkeley

[/ul]General Comments:
I think that I am an example of someone who doesn’t have the best test scores and grades, but put a ton of effort in to their application. I am proof that you can get in!

halfsie94 · March 24, 2012, 12:17am

Waitlisted…stats are somewhere else
Meh

tarmiriel · March 24, 2012, 12:48am

Posting quickly for a friend. Accepted, 97 GPA; 2350 SATs; 770-800s on Math II/French/USH; 5 on BC Calc/AP French/APUSH. Current schedule: Calc III at Columbia, Shakespeare, AP Physics, Constitutional Law, Theater Teaching Internship. ECs: lots of theater (directing/acting/stage managing); various hiking trips during the summer. Accepted at a top-30 liberal arts school (likely letter), deferred from Yale EA, and waiting on the rest. White male from NYC.

dancingdesigirl · March 24, 2012, 12:56am

Waitlisted

Average public high school:
UW GPA - 3.3 and midyear grades probably brought it down to about a 3.1 (downward trend for all four years, just a mess in general)
SAT 2210 (760 M, 750 R, 700 W)
Rank: 25%

ECs: not going to list them all but i was extremely involved in a lot of things, had a lot of leadership positions, and had an average but good amount of community service

Thoughts: I… have no idea why I was even waitlisted. I was so sure that I was going to be rejected that I almost didn’t even check it. If I had to pick one reason why I might have gotten waitlisted instead of rejected outright, it would be my reverse psychology essay. I wrote it as a conversation between the admissions counselor and their mom, where the mom was telling them not to accept me and the adcon was saying that they wanted me. It was last minute and weird… and stupid. And… I’m just so confused.

I feel like they just waitlisted everybody this year. I think if my midyear grades were awesome like I was going to make them be, then I would have gotten in because of the upward trend thing. Maybe second semester grade will have an impact on getting off the waitlist?

specific · March 24, 2012, 1:01am

Decision: Rejected

[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2170- 790/690/690
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:Physics-790 and Math IIC- 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): NO GPA
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5/300
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Had listed only 6 ECs- 4 of them were jobs that I held in last four years (place where I come from has almost nil ECs to offer)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: 1) 3 years in a call center as a call/computer operator (2) Tutored children for more than three years now (3) working right now at an underfunded and derelict school as a teacher
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: some volunteering at a relief organization
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays: Wasn’t great, I guess. Though, I thought it was good enough (perhaps, that is why I didn’t get in)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them. Teacher weren’t eager to work on my behalf, since I graduated from high school some four years ago
[ *] Counselor Rec: same as above
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes. (Rejection letter mentioned that they couldn’t admit me coz they don’t have enough financial aid)
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Nepal
[ *] School Type: Public School that taught me how to self study
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket: $4000 per annum
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Nothing
[ *] Weaknesses: Non-traditional student, wasn’t a genius and asked for a full ride (haha! I was foolish to even think of applying to US and wasting my yearlong savings on this)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Wasn’t good enough, I guess

[ /list][ b]General Comments:** I Shouldn’t have thought of joining a college after so many years of graduating from high school, I was delusional and had false sense of hope

nocensure · March 24, 2012, 1:23am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 superstore (770M, 790CR, 790W), 2300 highest single-sitting
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II: 800, US History: 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/105
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 45/45 Predicted
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cambridge Top in India in IGCSE in IT, felicitation with ex-President in India for achievements in Indian development (microcredit), Times of India Student of the Year, Selected to be part of the official Indian delegation to the 2nd Preparatory Conference for Sustainable Development, chosen to go to Wockhardt though leadership Conference where I had personalized time with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Muhammed Yunus, South Asian Leadership Conference, Many MUN awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):President and Founder of Eutopia, a microcredit organisation that has lent hundreds of thousands of dollars
President and Founder of Project Synergy, a network of schools and organisations that work towards sustainable development, over 30 schools and 1300 volunteers.
Editor-in-Chief of School Newspaper
Economics Club President
Head Boy
Varsity Tennis for 4 years
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship at ASA Bangladesh, for microcredit
[] Volunteer/Community service:See Eutopia and Project Synergy
[] Summer Activities:ASA Internship
[] Essays:Excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation:Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other

[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant): India (US citizen living abroad)
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $30,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
Reflection

[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, Test scores, Essay, liked me as a person?
[] Weaknesses:No hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A mixture of hard work and luck as all things are.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Stanford (likely), Northwestern, UCLA

General Comments: To all the acceptances, this is your moment, celebrate hard but don’t forget to ponder your journey to here. To the rejects: keep your head up. There’s many schools out there and you’re meant for one. I promise. To wait-lists: I know it’s frustrating but hope is a powerful thing. Never let it go.

busterbeetle · March 24, 2012, 1:39am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 780r 800m 800wr
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 chem 800 mathII 800 bio m 800 chinese
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): chem 5 bio 5 calc bc 5 (ab subscore 5) eng lang 4 cs 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: ap physics, ap lit, ap spanish, ap gov, ap stats
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major. USABO semi, regional science olympiad medal, natl merit, ap scholar w/ distinction, some minor art awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Literacy club president, Best Buddies VP, Art Club co-founder, minor Key club officer, science club, some minor church leadership, a couple art activities, Stanford internship.
[] Job/Work Experience: summer job as an office clerk/tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: 600 hours total
[] Summer Activities: see above
[] Essays: Common App was not so polished. Extended essay was crazy badass.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 was good, not excellent. 1 described my quirky personality.
[] Counselor Rec: Kinda quirky. good, but not excellent
[] Additional Rec: From old math teacher. she loved me!
[] Interview: kinda awkward. I had to begin/end the interview and lead my interviewer though the interview cuz she was sort of clueless. Her report prob wasn’t the best.
Also sent in a visual arts supplement. Guess that wasn’t enough.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: middle of the middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): … [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, gpa, extended essay
[] Weaknesses: common app essay, not enough awards.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This year was brutal.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at all UC’s w/ regents or regent invite. USC. Reject: Caltech

[/ul]General Comments: I really liked Chicago. Too bad it didn’t like me back. There goes all my hope for my ivies.

PAGRok · March 24, 2012, 2:15am

Accepted! Will post stats tomorrow. I was deferred to Yale, seems like its a trend for us UChicago applicants.

masterc888 · March 24, 2012, 2:25am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 - First and only sitting - 800 CR, 770 Math, 750 Writing
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry, 790 Physics, 780 US History
[] Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.65 W, 3.91 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Computer Science (5), AP World History (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP English (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Statistics (5), AP United States History (5), AP Calculus BC (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Chinese, Honors Joyce Seminar, AP Physics C, Honors Multivariable Calc, AP European History
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, National AP Scholar, AIME, National Debate Finalist (12th Place), National Forensics League Superior Distinction, 2011 YMCA Youth of Character, “A” Times in 12 Swimming Events[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (Dual Captainship), Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Swimming (Club - Varsity Group), Cross Country, Track (Varsity), Piano (Level 10), Republican Club (VP)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Church (Chair of Student Team, Guitar, Choir, Mentoring), YMCA (2011 Youth of Character), World Changers (Construction)
[] Summer Activities: Community Service, Debate Camp
[] Essays: Decent
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from Newspaper moderator, one from Speech and Debate Coach
[] Counselor Rec: Decent
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Highly competitive prep school
[] Ethnicity: Asian :’(
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Affluent
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, Extracurriculars, AP courses
[] Weaknesses: Low UW GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: That low UW GPA (3 B’s Sophomore year because of illness the week of finals) hurt, but my dearth of extra curricular activities probably helped.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waiting on all the other ivies
[/ul]

letmein2012 · March 24, 2012, 2:31am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 700 M, 740 CR, 800 W; 1440 or 2240
[] SAT II: 750 Lit, 740 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95; 4.35
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 3
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl, yearbook, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, Free the Children
[] Essays: Good not great
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably fantastic
[] Counselor Rec: Definitely fantastic
[] Additional Rec: I sent one in after being deferred; it was written for UChicago only.
[li] Interview: It went really well. He said he would tell UChicago that I would be a great fit.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Super small private
[] Ethnicity: Half chinaman half white
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing. Oh, wait, I have a sibling legacy, which suppooooosedly is the equivalent, of well, nothing.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Grades. I think I showed a lot of passion post-deferral. Plus, I had intellectual extra curriculars that showed a lot of initiative, methinks.
[] Weaknesses: I work too hard, I care too much, and I sleep too little. But in actuality probably SATs and essays…relative to everyone else!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure, but it wasn’t because I’m better than anyone else. Maybe it was a fit thing?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waiting on pretty much every other school. And I harbor no anxiety. Feels good.

I screamed, I cried, I was and am deliriously happy.

cheeseisgood · March 24, 2012, 2:32am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):N/A
[] ACT:34 (superscore)
[] SAT II:n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 6 5’s and 1 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): intel isef 4th, intel sts semis, as well asother international science awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot of research in my own lab, community service president of a teen leadership council, started an organization for tutoring kids with learning disabilities, work at a summer camp and a lot more
[] Job/Work Experience: see above
[] Volunteer/Community service: see above
[] Summer Activities:camp and internship at local university
[] Essays: i thought they were good, i guess one of them showed no character
[] Teacher Recommendation: only saw 1, which was amazing, havent seen other
[] Counselor Rec: unbelievable know him very well
[] Additional Rec:n/a
[li] Interview:did not go well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):ca
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:small private
[] Ethnicity:white as can be
[] Gender: m
[] Income Bracket: very high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):n/a[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:awards, passion
[] Weaknesses: have 2 A- on transcript
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didnt get some of my application stuff until late feb, when i sent it in in december…
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred- Yale (EA) Accepted- Columbia (likely- science research fellow)

[/ul]General Comments: This process is so random. Probably going to Columbia, which was always higher on my list than U of C. Honestly I am really surprised. After the LL i thought uchicago would take me too, but I don’t really fit the idiosyncracy of chicago as much i would like to think so.

Zyzzthetics · March 24, 2012, 2:52am

friend of mine got accepted with a 27 (Unsure of what GPA was)
Another was wait-listed with a 20 lol

IjustKANT · March 24, 2012, 3:49am

Decision: Accepted

May very well be that I forgot some stuff, but here’s the general picture

Objective:[list]

[] SAT I (breakdown): /
[] ACT: 34 (superscore, E: 35, M: 35, R: 30, S: 35)
[] SAT II: 730 Math II, 710 French
[] WEIGHTED GPA (out of 7.0, IB system): 7.08
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): /
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): /
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted: 44/45
[] Senior Year Course Load: Math HL, English HL, Economics HL, German SL, Biology SL, French SL
[*] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Won at an economics competition in Spain → 3000 Euro prize money, + multiple awards at a high school level. There’s just not as much opportunity to compete for these in Germany/Europe. Awards at our age aren’t such a big deal as in the states (not wanting to touch on any clich

IjustKANT · March 24, 2012, 4:27am

And by “why I really want to go there”, I obviously also mean reasons as to why Chicago is a good, if not the best FIT, in terms of the Core, critical thinking, school ideology, etc…

Philsophydude · March 24, 2012, 9:39am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (800 CR 770 W 680 M)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2 800 Bio M
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/a but top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) APHG (4) Lang (4) Euro (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Physics, Lit, BC, Macro, Gov
and Lin Alg at university
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Biochem research for two years. (paper published, 1st place state science fair, some other regional awards)
Built website and iPhone app based on historical sites I geolocated around the area
Hip Hop producer/dancer
Co founded debate club
Chef for various events
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Hundreds of hours in lab
80 some hours in Russian hospital
some volunteering at local library and museum
[] Summer Activities: Computer building business and research
[] Essays: Amazing in my opinion, might’ve been too far out tho
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good but not great
[] Counselor Rec: Doesn’t know me
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: none

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 50,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: idk
[] Weaknesses: idk
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:idk
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCSB, UCSC, Penn State main
Rejected: UChicago, Caltech, MIT
Waiting: Princeton, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Berkeley, Stanford, Dartmouth

[/ul]General Comments:

acciocollege · March 24, 2012, 9:42am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 650CR 780M 680W
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: 640US 780M1 730M2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93.62/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): didn’t send
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5APGOV 4APUSH, took AP Italian but not exam
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Journalism, AP Calc BC, Legal Ethics, Criminal Law, Forensic Chemistry, AP Comparative Government, Civil Law, Criminal Procedure, Economics, Advanced Volleyball
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Softball, Big Sibs Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Interning, Currently writing articles for a website
[] Volunteer/Community service: like 150 hours, 250 if you count the unpaid internship
[] Summer Activities: INTERNING and sitting on tumblr
[] Essays: I’m sure many of them were better, but my UChicago ones were what I was most proud of.
[] Teacher Recommendation: read one it was good, didn’t read the other but I’m sure it was really good.
[] Counselor Rec: definitely awesome
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: I thought it went very well. The interviewer was very down to earth and made me realize that UChicago was a perfect fit.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York City
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public ~5500 students
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~130K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad is a cop?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m interesting I guess?
[] Weaknesses: Mediocre stats compared to others I guess, and I could have been more involved.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So many other kids who deserve it more than I do.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Albany, UMass Amherst, Boston University. Waitlisted: UChicago, Northeastern(LMAO already withdrew, what a joke), Waiting: Harvard, Cornell, Notre Dame, American, UMich(deferred)

[/ul]General Comments: I was honestly expecting a straight up rejection so I was not unhappy with this verdict. LETS KEEP THE HOPE ALIVE. I know my chances of coming off the waitlist are incredibly slim, but its okay. Best of luck to everyone!

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