<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 USH, 800 WH, 800 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/218 ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): WH (5), USH (5), Chem (4), English Lang (4), Latin Vergil (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Religion classes, AP Politics, AP Physics B, AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, H Bio, H Visual Basic, H Western Civ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): CT Governor’s Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Comcast Leaders & Achievers, Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key, National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude/Gold Medal (3x), a few other local writing awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate 9th-12th grade (captain), Envirothon 10-12 (captain), school service society 9-12 (VP), NHS 10-12 (VP); The first 3 are the ones I have dedicated myself to in school over the years, it would take a while to describe the things I do in each of them.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none, applied for some jobs, didn’t get them >.<
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: worked with a non-profit in New Orleans rebuilding houses, volunteer at food pantry, tutor at local middle school, volunteer for local state representative, and the school service society could be considered community service (we run monthly schoolwide food drives that go to the aforementioned food pantry)
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering at food pantry, camp CIT, etc.
[<em>] Essays: Common App was a little abstract, fairly personal, not sure how admissions officers would’ve responded to it; I thought my UC essays (why UC, UC optional, Play-Doh) were pretty good, they were very lighthearted, I felt like trolling that day :), thought UC would like it, but guess it didn’t go over that well lol
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: don’t know, didn’t ask for or read, but I have very good relationships with the teachers I asked
[<em>] Counselor Rec: don’t know, didn’t ask for or read
[</em>] Additional Rec: Envirothon coach, it would’ve been very good
[li] Interview: didn’t get one</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Catholic, all-male
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese-American)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: just barely don’t qualify for FA, but still applied for FA anyways lol
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: objective stats, essays (I thought, but maybe not)
[</em>] Weaknesses: none in particular, overall solid app, but I had nothing that really stood out or anything in particular
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: couldn’t say, UC had a flood of apps this year, maybe there’s something I missed that did it;
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dartmouth likely letter, Swarthmore early write acceptance, Northwestern accept, thus far</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I’m fairly disappointed, UChicago was one of the higher choices on my list, but I have several other very solid options at this point, and am waiting to hear from all my other schools within the next 2 weeks. I really like UC, the intellectual culture and student body that it attracts (I’m a prospective philosophy major, or at least minor), and I feel like I fit the archetype of UC undergrad student pretty well and that I expressed that well in my essays, but it’s ultimately not my determination if I get accepted. One of my good friends from my school got into UChicago EA. It seems to me that there were an unusual number of waitlists at Chicago this year, or at least from what I can see on CC. To be honest, I kind of thought that I was “in” at UC - guess it’s always healthy to get periodic reality checks, keeps you grounded. Probably will not be staying on the waitlist. Congrats to those who got in, and good luck with other decisions!</p>