Official University of Chicago Class of 2015 RD Results

GoldenCandle · March 18, 2011, 5:12pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 30 (comp), 33 (Reading), 33 (Writing), 32 (Math), 26 (Science)
[] SAT II: 740 (Lit), 670 (US History)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8th%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (US History), 5 (English Lang), 3 (Bio)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 5 (Math Studies)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 7 IB classes, 1 AP
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Politics, (theater), (youth government), speech & debate, model UN, etc
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship with political organization
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, political organizing
[] Summer Activities: Aforementioned internship
[] Essays: My mother insisted on editing my UChicago essays and eliminated a lot of the more abstract ideas from them. In retrospect, my Common App essay kind of sucked as well.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably pretty good. English and History (my to best subjects).
[li] Counselor Rec: I never got to read it; I know that my counselor loves my writing, but not necessarily me as a person. She’s known to write good recs, but was overall unimpressed with me compared to some of my other classmates.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
[] School Type: Public magnet
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper-middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA and extracurriculars. I gave my app a lot of personality, so I hope that it at least stood out.
[] Weaknesses: Essays, tests, recs, class rank, no awards, etc.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Mediocre academics coupled with whiny essays.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted at my safeties (University of Tulsa and American). I was originally deferred at UChicago and Georgetown in EA. This is my first non-safety school from which I have heard back RD.
[/ul]
General Comments: Well, this sucks. I love the school, and it sounds like a ton of my friends got in, if they hadn’t already been accepted EA. Congrats to everyone who made it!

lllllll · March 18, 2011, 5:13pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 CR, 760 M, 780 W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: Not sure. High 700s in Math II and Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8x, not sure what
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4s and 5s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs and a college-level Physics class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, NLE Gold x3[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot. Played in elite jazz band, on state-winning chess team, founded a few clubs, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: I run a jazz trio. We’ve played a lot of gigs.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Helped Indonesian orphans.
[] Summer Activities: See above.
[] Essays: Awesome.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good.
[] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah.
[] Intended Major: Undecided.
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Big, good public.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sadly, none.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Not sure. Essays.
[] Weaknesses: GPA and rank, most likely.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There are just so many qualified applicants. I got unlucky.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted to the University of Washington and McGill. Haven’t heard back from 8/11 schools.
[/ul]
General Comments:
Oh well. Good job to the accepted; sorry to the rejected; good luck to the other waitlisted. We’ll all end up somewhere great.

NadaBear · March 18, 2011, 5:14pm

Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul] ACT: 30
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
Rank: 19 of 164
Senior Year Course Load: Toughest my school offers, took all AP’s available
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All State Orchestra? ('09 and '10) [/ul]

Subjective:[ul] [ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (HS Orchestra), (City Symphony), Debate, NHS, German Club
Job/Work Experience: 17 hrs/wk, year round, for the past two and a half years
Volunteer/Community service: 30-ish hours
Summer Activities: Work
Essays: Find X.
Fairly entertaining, showed personal qualities
A story of a fishing trip gone awry
Common App Essay
About my search for philosophical truth in a small, Midwestern town
Not my best writing, but fairly interesting
Teacher Recommendation: Showed personal ambition, responsiblity, leadership
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, but I trust she was fair
Additional Rec: Concerned that my overworked cello instructor put this off until it was too late[/ul]
Other[ul]
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): South Dakota
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]Reflection[ul] Eh
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tough admissions year, low ACT (compared to the applicant pool, at least)]
What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? University of Minnesota, Reed College (applied) [/ul] General Comments: Congratulations to those accepted, I’ll keep up hopes for finding my way off the massive waitlist I’m predicting.

dunbar · March 18, 2011, 5:20pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340. CR: 800 M: 770 W: 770 (one sitting)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: USH: 800 Chem: 790 Math II: 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97/100 so 4.0?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/755
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), USH (5), Psych (5), Physics (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Econ H + AP Macro/Micro self-study, AP English, AP Calc BC, Latin, Public Affairs, Sociology, Independent Study: Philosophy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A, unless NMF counts[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC/Track, NHS (officer), Mock Trial (attorney), Science Bowl
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: I help out at a local church quite a bit. Some hospital volunteering as well.
[] Summer Activities: N/A (hahaha)
[] Essays: Decent, but rushed. 
[] Teacher Recommendations: One was great (especially for Chicago), the other was probably similar.
[] Counselor Rec: I go to a large public school so I wasn’t expecting much, but my counselor seemed to think I stood out.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Philosophy
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SATs, course load, independent study in philosophy, teacher recs
[] Weaknesses: ECs–explained them on the extra section of the common app and wrote about potential Chicago ECs in my “Why Chicago?” essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Intellectual character
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? We will see on March 30th
[/ul]
General Comments: Really happy right now. This was the first reach school I have heard from so now it’s time to sit back and hope to post this triumphantly once again.

Clowiebear · March 18, 2011, 5:27pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800m, 750cr, 720w (2270)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800math2, 800wh
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank: top 1% out of 800
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): lang5, psych5, wh5, ush5, chem4
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP CalcBC, AP Euro, AP Econ/Gov, AP Bio, AP Lit[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: I rifle-shoot. It’s an Olympic sport. I have multiple national records as well as i’m on the national team. This summer i went to the World Championships in Munich and got first place so i’m now the Jr. World Champion
[] Job/Work Experience: job at a business… 2 summers. editing and filing
[] Volunteer/Community service: i volunteer at my range teaching gun safety to boy scouts, army, rotc
[] Summer Activities: all shooting. traveled all over the US
[] Essays: I thought mine was really good, really me. As for the why university of chicago one? lame. but so was my stanford one and i got accepted there…
[] Teacher Recommendation: good? idk i hope so
[] Counselor Rec: Considering she’s counselor to 200+ kids in my grade… probs not too great
[] Interview: none

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yup
[] Intended Major: undecided
[] State: CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[li] Income Bracket: not getting financial aid bracket[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: idk. maybe my teacher recs? My why university of chicago essay was lame but still…
[] Why you think you were waitlisted: idk. totally taken aback
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
I got accepted to Stanford and got a likely letter from Duke so… idk i guess i’m too fun for chicago.

[/ul]
General Comments:
whatsup with all these waitlistings?

theBybee · March 18, 2011, 5:29pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770M, 730CR, 790W
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: 770 Lit, 790 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top Quarte
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5); English Language (5); Spanish Language (5); APUSH (5)
[li] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Gov/Macro, Teacher’s Assistant, PreIB German 2, AP Stats, Yearbook[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook staff (People Section Editor); Gay-Straight Alliance (2-year VP); German Club (Historian); Spanish National Honor Society (Senior Rep); German National Honor Society; NHS; Tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: AMIGOS de Las Americas - spent 8 weeks living in Nicaragua, helped facilitate a community-wide project (also worked in state-side training aspect for the past two years); Taught computer literacy to Spanish-speaking women at Su Casa de Esperanza
[] Summer Activities: Worked on Work Crew at a summer camp
[] Essays: Common App Essay about my views on college apps, Why Chicago about how I’m destined to attend UChicago (my brother goes there, inter alia), Essay on my own prompt about what I can’t live without (my graphing calculator)
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’m thinking pretty good, as one was by my English teacher who I now TA for, and one was by my German teacher who has called me “the German class phenomenon”
[] Counselor Rec: Who knows; my counselor doesn’t know me that well as my school is pretty large

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Concentrated interests
[] Weaknesses: Well, I failed chemistry…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wasn’t really expecting to get accepted. I’m actually surprisingly not bummed.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? We’ll see where else I get in!
[/ul]
General Comments: Happy to get my first rejection out of the way.

amazingme17 · March 18, 2011, 5:29pm

Copying and pasting this from my post for St. Louis while making a few changes specific for UChicago. I think it’s pretty much the same template and everything.

Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2280 (720 CR, 770 M, 790 W, 10 Essay)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Bio E, 800 Math 2, 780 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/436 (class size was 461 at time of application)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Human Geography (4), Statistics (4), USH (4), Lang and Comp (4), Chemistry (4), Latin Vergil (2) suck suck suckity suck
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not applicable
[] Senior Year Course Load: 1st semester: AP Calc AB, AP Lit and Comp, AP Euro, Sci Academy; 2nd semester: AP Calc BC, Anatomy and Physiology, AP Econ/Gov, Science Academy
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): in terms of “major,” National Merit Finalist, AP awards; otherwise, TMTA awards, HOSA awards at the regional and state level, Science Olympiad region and state awards, voted most likely to succeed by my senior class, writing awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
HOSA (10-12; historian, senior rep); Science Club (9,11-12); NHS (11-12; secretary); Mu Alpha Theta (10-12); Latin Club (10-11); Y-Teens (9)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital, church, library
[] Summer Activities: Tennessee’s Governor’s School for Sciences, volunteering
[] Essays: Nothing special
[] Teacher Recommendation: One said that it was the longest he had ever written; the other I’m not sure how good it was.
[] Counselor Rec: It’s her first year at our school, so I don’t think it was really personalized.
[] Additional Rec: Not applicable
[] Interview: Not applicable
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I’m doing science research throughout my senior year at a university.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT Subjects, possibly rank?
[] Weaknesses: AP scores definitely, lack of big awards, mediocre essays, never did anything to show interest (no interview, campus visit, etc.)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Lots of amazing applicants with better stats than I had and who demonstrated a lot more interest than I did.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Congrats to those accepted, good luck to those waitlisted/rejected.

JustMae · March 18, 2011, 5:34pm

** Decision: Accepted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310: 800 Reading, 710 Math, 800 Writing (single sitting, only time I took it)
[] ACT: 34 (35 English, 33 Reading, 33 Math, 33 Science)
[] SAT II: Didnt take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/19
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None offered at school
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None offered at school
[] Senior Year Course Load: (rigorous for my school) College Credit/Independent Living, Dual-Credit English Comp I/Dual-Credit English Comp II, Chemistry, Band, Art II, Consumer Economics, Contemporary Literature/College Into to Literature, Dual-Credit College Algebra-Trig
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge Finalist, National Merit Finalist (Semifinalist on app), not really major but national qualifier/gold medalist in an FCCLA STAR competitive event
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FCCLA (chapter president, district president, state officer), band (1st chair flute), one-act, speech (team captain), letter winners club (president), NHS (president), quiz bowl (3-year captain), senior class vice-president, cross-country (letter winner), track (3-year letter winner), four-year stat keeper for basketball team, JETS TEAMS pre-engineering team (captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: on family ranch
[] Volunteer/Community service: a bunch through FCCLA (decorating nursing home, various fundraisers for charity), working concessions for the school, AWANA preschool teacher; 300+ total hours
[] Summer Activities: National FCCLA (x2), State 4-H Horse Show, state officer leadership academy, Girls State
[] Essays: I dont have anything to compare them to… I did the Find X and really liked it, but I didn’t think my other ones were that great.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Ive had them all for 6 years of junior high and high school but nobody from my school ever applies to top-tier schools so Im not sure! They know and love me, though!
[] Counselor Rec: Shes known me since I was in elementary school shes awesome! However, she has NEVER in 15+ years of counseling even had someone use the Common Application, so
[] Additional Rec: Good, I assume. Again, had me for 6 years.
[] Interview: None. Oops!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended major?: Double major English/Physics
[] State (if domestic applicant): Nebraska
[] School Type: Absolutely tiny (75?? students in high school) K-12 school in a town of 300. No AP or IB classes offered, never sends kids to top schools.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Weird situation Massively negative AGI, but own a ranch worth 2.5 million thats been in our family for 70 years net operating loss for over 5 years with huge debt, though.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Living on a ranch in Nebraska, test scores despite no AP/Honors/IB classes?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, living on a ranch (diversity?), very involved
[] Weaknesses: Little rigor due to lack of options, having administration/teachers unfamiliar with the process, lack of major awards, my Why UChicago essay, no interview/campus visit Im shocked!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know. Rural background? I’m so happy.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Creighton University Honors Program, Waitlisted at WashU
[/ul]General Comments: I honestly didnt think Id get in. Im so excited! I just wish it was actually an option they gave me NO need based aid. Net operating losses don’t really work well with the $6100 total yearly aid I’d get… nonetheless, congrats to those admitted, and don’t lose hope, you waitlisted and denied kids! You’re amazing people and you’re going to do awesome things no matter where you go!! Hopefully, the fact that I won’t be able to attend will mean that one of you waitlisted guys will! :)

nwgolfer321 · March 18, 2011, 5:37pm

Waitlisted. I’m not posting that ****. Idfc anymore. Wustl waitlist, now this one. F.ml I guess I’m probably going to a state school after CMU and Cornell do their bidding.

Congrats to all those admitted. It’s a special place.

surfershymn · March 18, 2011, 5:40pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (780 cr/740 math/760 writing, 12 essay) one sitting
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 780 us history, 730 math ii, 750 lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/159
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): My school just introduced AP classes this year due to my class’s pleading!
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calculus, AP Spanish, AP English, Art 3/4, Algebra 3/Probability and Statistics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cheerleading (co-captain), Model UN (representative two years, committee chairperson junior and senior year), Yearbook (two year co-editor), NHS (Treasurer), Freshman mentoring, Madrigals, bunch of other choirs, student government, Spanish NHS, academic team etc etc
[] Job/Work Experience: interned at my local township committee/mayor’s office/I’m never sure what to call it
[] Volunteer/Community service: Adult choir member at my church, assistant dir of the children’s choir, lots of community service with my church, NHS, Spanish NHS etc
[] Summer Activities: cheerleading camp and went to Jersey Girl’s State
[] Essays: I thought they were decent. I didn’t really consider them incredibly unique though. My common app essay was about President Bartlet of The West Wing and how he inspired me, and my supplement essay was my Princeton essay so I didn’t think that was going to go over well but I guess it didn’t matter! I used a quote from Flowers for Algernon that related to a story about my brother and I in a bookstore.
[] Teacher Recommendation: They were glowing from what I can tell. I don’t really know!
[] Counselor Rec: She loves me lol so I’m sure it was good.
[] Additional Rec: I had another teacher rec.
[li] Interview: didn’t have one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: political science
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: small public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: < $40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): dunno really[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I guess leadership, test scores, gpa?
[] Weaknesses: no AP scores or any exceptional achievements, rank
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly did not anticipate getting accepted at all so I couldn’t say! I’m a pretty good writer though so I think my voice in my essays might’ve pushed me over the edge!
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? I’ve been accepted to TCNJ and American U, and I also applied to Tufts, Yale, Princeton, and Georgetown.
[/ul]
General Comments:
SO happy!! UChicago has always been my #1 so wow!

paosid · March 18, 2011, 5:43pm

Pick one:
Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2250: 700 CR, 770 M, 780 W
[] SAT II: 790 Chem, 750 Math II & Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/600, 0.5%

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Many, great quality
[] Volunteer/Community service: Church, Soup Kitchen 500+ hours
[li] Teacher Recommendation: Great[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, would need all
[] Country (if international applicant): Reside in US, but considered int.
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: F
[li] Income Bracket: ~25K[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays (Were unique), ECs, teacher recs
[] Weaknesses: SAT?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: International asking aid
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
[/ul] applied to 15ish. Accepted: UCLA, Stony Brook (Honors college), Emory-scholar finalist, MIT.
Waitlisted: UChicago=/.
Rejected: None yet.

General Comments: Congrats to all who got in =) Definitely upset–UChicago was in my top 3 mainly b/c of college atmosphere. Ah well, 2 more weeks of stress.

ivyeic · March 18, 2011, 5:50pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 740M/750R/760W (2250)
[] ACT: 35 (35E/36R/35M/34S)
[] SAT II: 770 US History, 750 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unavailable
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US: 4 Lit and Comp: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest offered
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF?[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior Advisor, Mock Trial (captain), Satirical/Humorist magazine (Editor), skit comedy TV show (writer, editor, director), Yearbook (EIC), Chess Team (captain), NHS (VP), Freshman Retreat Leader, President’s Ambassador (officer), Internship at a headhunting firm, tutor at a few local grade schools, 1st chair alto saxophone
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid internship at a headhunting firm, paid internship at local company
[] Volunteer/Community service: tutor (250+ hours recorded)
[] Summer Activities: Faulkner book club, camp counselor at reading camp in the inner city, camp counselor at a sports camp for developmentally delayed, rec league soccer
[] Essays: I thought all of them were fantastic, and so did my counselor and all four of my English teachers
[] Teacher Recommendation: probably good, never saw them
[] Counselor Rec: probably good, never saw it
[] Additional Rec: boss at my most recent internship: fantastic
[li] Interview: I had an interview on campus. I thought it went incredibly well.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: I honestly don’t know. I though I would be accepted for sure.[/li][/ul]
General Comments:
Good luck to everyone! You’ll have an absolute ball at UoC!

Blackbanana · March 18, 2011, 5:53pm

All these amazing applicants keep getting waitlisted…

EconMajor910 · March 18, 2011, 5:55pm

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210; 790 CR, 690 MATH, 730 WRITING
[] ACT: 33, 34 superscore
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 790 math 2, 730 lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk it was pretty low though (for UChicago)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/470
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): econ -5 Micro, 5 macro; apush- 5; language and composition- 5; psych- 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Euro, AP Comp Sci, AP Stats, AP Eng. Lit, then study hall and weight lifting
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, 4th place newspaper design at state competition[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholastic Bowl/Academic Team (captain), Publications/Newspaper/Yearbook (Op ed. columnist + News Section editor), Science Olympiad, Psychology Club (helped organize it)
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: like 9 hours i think lol
[] Summer Activities: Exchange trip to spain , some summer school, traveled to like half of europe, journalism and debate camps at different universities (whitman and u-iowa)
[] Essays: 10 i honestly think they were as good as they come
[] Teacher Recommendation: haven’t seen, both of them really like me though i think, and i really impressed them when taking their classes
[] Counselor Rec: mediocre (5) she was vague and it had typos
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Econ
[] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Semi-rural public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~ 150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation immigrant, only been living in united states for like 10 years: I’m from peru. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, awards+test scores
[] Weaknesses: grades definitely
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays mostly plus “diverse” status (first generation immigrant from Peru)[/li][ *] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? UIUC, Illinois Wesleyan, Marquette, UIC, Tulane, Augustana, Bradley, American University. also considering applying to UArizona in tuscon for fin aid
[/ul]
General Comments:

UChicago’s my top choice atm. I love this school. wish they gave more financial aid though :(

chesers · March 18, 2011, 6:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2400
[] SAT II: 730 Math 2, 780 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA: 3.95 UW, 4.31 W
[] Rank: 19/445
[] AP: English Lang (5), English Lit (5), US Gov (5), Calc BC (5), US History (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Stats, 4th Year German (college-level)
[] Major Awards: National Merit Finalist, Washington Scholars nominee, US Presidential Scholars nominee
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Piano (lessons, seven years), German Club, National Honor Society, Debate Team, School Newspaper
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Public Library (page)
[] Summer Activities: took government-sponsored Mandarin program at Gonzaga University, took Mandarin 101-103 (first year sequence) at University of Oregon
[] Essays: Apparently good, even though I rushed them like a boss.
[] Teacher Recommendation: The one from my AP English teacher was excellent, about how much I’d grown during the years she had me. I didn’t see my AP Calc teacher’s, but I think it was probably pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: No idea, probably good. 
[] Interview: Didn’t have one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State: WA
[] School Type: Suburban public (pop of 1800), mostly sends kids to community college or state universities.
[] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks: none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, grades, essays
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: I’m not sure. I know my numerical stats are good (ish) but I honestly have no idea how my essays went over. I started one of them at 11:30 pm the night of the deadline, and quoted Fight Club…[/li][/ul]General Comments: Oh my God, I’m so excited! Chicago is my first choice by far! The financial aid they gave me probably isn’t enough to attend (scratch that – definitely not enough), but I’m expecting that from most schools, so I’m just concentrating on the fact that I got in! Yay!

shanabanana922 · March 18, 2011, 6:02pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2170 Math: 680 Reading: 740 Writing 750
[] SAT II: World History: 700, Literature: 710, Spanish:710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87/4.3
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Language and Composition (4), Spanish Language (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Rigorous/Most Rigorous
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar?

[/ul] b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Girl Scout (12 years - I have my Brozne and Silver awards and will recieve my Gold soon), Theater (12 years), Dance (10 years), Choreography (3 shows), member of Advanced Choir program, member of Advanced Acting program, founded an a capella group on campus, member of the Girls A Capella Group, Editor of the Literary Magazine, Political Op-ed contributor to the school newspaper, member/leader fo MANY clubs… there’s more, i just can’t remember
[] Job/Work Experience: babysitting, choreography
[] Volunteer/Community service: Service trips to Peru (5 times) and Taos, NM (2 times), started a charity to send bright Peruvian students to college, taught drama at the local Boys and Girls Club, Girl Scouts
[] Summer Activities: Service work, Went on exchange to Chile, Took theater classes at Columbia’s HSP program
[] Essays: decent - not bad, per se, but i could have done better
[] Teacher Recommendations: good, i hope
[li] Counselor Rec: GLOWING[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Private, Catholic, Prestigious
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: high income
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE :[

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: my ECs are pretty good i think
[] Weaknesses: definitely my scores and grades
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: grades for sure, but i think im still in the running because im not a typical UChicago applicant
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? been accepted to Loyola Chicago, haven’t heard form anywhere else
[/ul]
General Comments:
i’m really honored to even be waitlisted! congrats guys, and maybe i’ll see you next year!

racheljs · March 18, 2011, 6:05pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380: 780 CR, 800 M, 800 W
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unranked, but probably top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Lit (5), Psych (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP chem, Biotech, AP Euro, Band, AP language and comp, German 5, Multivariable Calc at UW first semester
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV Gymnastics, Color guard (captain), Band, Jazz Band
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Old Navy for 1.5 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS tutoring and Peer Court
[] Summer Activities: A lot of Gymnastics, Working, German Exchange (nothing too special)
[] Essays: Awesome in my opinion. My “Why Chicago?” was definitely my best “why this college?”
[] Teacher Recommendation: Haven’t read them, but I would assume they’re good.
[] Counselor Rec: I’m guessing on the good side of mediocre, as my counselor probably has around 100 students.
[] Additional Rec: I had three from teachers.
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: I think I said Math but I don’t actually know
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Kinda double legacy (mom’s parents, dad) but I don’t think that counts for much at UChic[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, Test Scores, College Math
[] Weaknesses: ECs, don’t really volunteer, not much leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I would say good test scores, grades, and essays
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted at Beloit, UW Madison, Colgate, and Smith. Still waiting on the other 11.
[/ul]
General Comments:
Super excited!! This is the first non-safety I’ve heard from so now I know I have the option of attending an excellent school!

parent62 · March 18, 2011, 6:08pm

Decision: Accepted

My son was admitted to UChicago, Will post stats by end of March,

princetongirl93 · March 18, 2011, 6:12pm

Decision: Accepted!!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): V:700 M:740 W:700
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: didn’t submit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Haven’t taken any (too much $)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: All APs
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 11th at state level of the National French Contest[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot of leadership positions (NHS secretary, French Club treasurer, ect.) Varsity Ski team, Crew team
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years at Dairy Queen
[] Volunteer/Community service: Homeless shelter volunteer, lots of stuff with my church
[] Summer Activities: Work and Vacation Bible School
[] Essays: I thought they were pretty good. I think my essay on my favorite… was the best. I wrote about how NPR was my favorite way to wake up
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great from my french teacher for 4 years. He loves me
[] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good
[] Additional Rec: Great
[li] Interview: I thought it went ok. I was my interviewer’s first ever interview so it was a little awkward[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah I need way more tho
[] Intended Major: Econ
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $70,000ish
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, Essays, Test scores 
[] Weaknesses: I didn’t think I stood out that much and I was originally deferred
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea I guess they liked my essays
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? So far: Notre Dame, University of Michigan, and Indiana U (my safety). Waitlisted at Wash U and Still waiting on Brown and Northwestern.
[/ul]
**General Comments: I still can’t believe I was accepted! Especially after being deferred. Congrats to everyone who was accepted! **

cookcfc · March 18, 2011, 6:13pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 - 750M, 740CR, 720W
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II - 670, Literature - 670, Spanish w/ Listening - 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure unweighted, but 4.56 weighted.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None yet - was abroad Junior year
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Comp. Sci, AP English 12, AP US History, Independent study in German and Independent study in English 11.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’m from a small public school in NH, I don’t even know what USAMO stands for. [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]- Rotary Exchange student in Chile for 11 months

Student Rep. on School Board (I represent about 1100 students k-12)
Varsity Soccer
Varsity Tennis
Varsity Nordic Skiing
LifeSmarts - Consumer challenge. Like Jeopardy for Econ nerds. 4 member team, we’ve won at the state level the past three years and placed 4th and 3rd nationally. This year we won states and will compete in Hollywood nationally (all paid trip!)
Math Team
Outing Club (Vice President)
FBLA

[li] Job/Work Experience: [/li]- 4 years at a Marina

More years than I can count at my Dad’s restaurant doing catering.

[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]- Earthquake relief in Chile

Tons of hours with Rotary for various events, both here and in Chile.
Volunteered at a Chilean orphanage once a week while in Chile.

[li] Summer Activities: [/li]- Work. Work. Work.

Play a little bit.
Waterski competitively

[] Essays:

Common App: Decent. About how I changed in Chile. I wrote about metaphoric “things” I’ve carried through life and how they have changed. Based of Tim O’Brien’s novel…
Why UChicago: Generic. Dropped a few professor’s names though.
Find X: Wrote about how Xs look like intersections and how life is about finding the next X.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Meh. They meant well, but neither were great writers. Hopefully their intent was clear.
[] Counselor Rec: Good. She loves me.
[] Additional Rec: Superintendent wrote one about my time on the school board.
[li] Interview: Didn’t have one. Didn’t realize until too late that you had to request it. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, and got tons. $51400 total financial package, all in grant money.
[] Intended Major: Econ/International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Tough to say, my parents are secretive. Maybe 80-100k.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique ECs (spent a year abroad as a high school student), transcript looks pretty, I think my “Find X” essay was creative…
[] Weaknesses: Common app essay is iffy. SATII scores (outside of spanish) are pretty bad, all things considered.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my ECs pulled me through.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
[/ul]
General Comments:
Don’t get too concerned if you were waitlisted! Keep up the hope! I don’t think I’ll attend UChicago unless Harvard, Brown, UPenn and Georgetown all deny me or give me nothing for financial aid, so there’s one likely spot that will open up!

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