Official University of Chicago Class of 2015 RD Results

Pkizzle · March 21, 2011, 12:10pm

Decision: Accepted

:D

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Never took it
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: Didn’t submit scores, but 760 on both Literature and Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/34
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP English, AP US History, Human Expressions, French III, Drama, and Social Justice
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of clubs Vice of NHS, Vice of Key Club, Treasurere of Class, Yellow Ribbon), Varsity Tennis Co-Captain, Drama for 7 years
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Church, Key Club activities, lots of small, general stuff
[] Summer Activities: None
[] Essays: Can’t really tell if this hurt or helped me, but I wrote about how humanity cannot be simplified into two types of people. (Rejected one of their prompts…)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably wonderful! I don’t know, I didn’t see them.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably wonderful as well!
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Oh yes.
[] Intended Major: Undecided, but I think I put Education as my top interest. :
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation American, if that counts.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea why I was accepted above so many others… But I’m happy!
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Applied to Harvard, Columbia, Notre Dame (Accepted), U of Michigan (Accepted), and a small in-state Catholic school.
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xtoffeex · March 21, 2011, 1:46pm

I got an email from my interviewer saying the acceptance rate was 17% this year. Not sure if it’s accurate, or what the waitlist percentage was though.

andreacz · March 21, 2011, 2:29pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):630 writing 680 math 800 writing
[ *] ACT:didn’t take
[ *] SAT II:630 lit 660 math I
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.75
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):apush (3) aplit (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:Honors Stats, Honors Gov, Honors Econ, AP Language, Honors Spanish V, Honors Bio
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

]Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):xc 4 years (capt 11, 12) lacrosse 4 years (capt 12), world affairs 10, 11, 12, nhs 10, 11, 12, fsnhs 10, 11, 12, student council 4 years, student body president 12
[ *] Job/Work Experience:part time job at antiques store for 2 years (5- 10 hrs a week)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 32 hours in costa rica, 24 hours in peru, new student orientation at high school 4 years
[ *] Summer Activities: teen community service orgs (see above)
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:1 from english teacher, 1 from social studies
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: in Oct

Other
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[ *] Intended Major: undecided
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):pa
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection
[ *] Strengths:leadership, ECs
[ *] Weaknesses:should have tried harder in early hs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:sat scores and gpa on the lower side
[ *] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
none yet… i have 7 schools to hear from
General Comments:applied EA, deferred, then waitlisted

lullinatalk · March 21, 2011, 2:52pm

If I was deferred and waitlisted, I would be very mad. It’s probably about to happen with my Columbia ED application though…

wabamaccepted · March 21, 2011, 7:34pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (CR: 740, M: 700, W: 650 [ouch])
[] ACT: 30
[] SAT II: Math II-710, US History-760, Biology-700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we dont rank =D
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): all of them?.. European History (5), APUSH (4), English Lang (4), Calc AB (4), Biology (3) … i dont talk about Spanish or Physics (i never sent these scores btw)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Pysch, AP Econ, AP US Gov, AP English Lit, AP Calc BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Finalist, National Honor Society, AP Scholar w/ Honors

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Biology Club, Red Cross Club, Youth Group (Worship Leader), a Polymer Science program, Women’s Club (officer) and a bunch of other stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: do internships count? I was an intern at a local clinic. I shadowed the family doctor there.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours at a wonderful children’s museum. i love kids =) they’re adorable.
[] Summer Activities: volunteering
[] Essays: common app essay was amazing…ly long. lol but i loved it. i talked about diversity and how it got me to choose what i wanted to do in life. find x was pretty beast i won’t lie. i loved it. it took me the longest to write and i had it proofread like 10 times. i took me months before i thought it was perfect. my why chicago essay was pretty average. the rest of the supplement was cool too. the part were they asked about what type of music i liked and all of that was one of my best. i completely lest loose. it was actually a lot of fun to write.
[] Teacher Recommendation: i’m sure they were great. i chose teachers who i love.
[] Counselor Rec: who knows. it could go either way with her. she seemed totally swamped last semester so i dont know if she did her best with each one. since if got in i supposed she made me look steller because my SATs were abysmal.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: It went really well. I got a law student who was doing work in my area for a while. I feel more comfortable with younguns than with old people =D[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup but I didn’t fill out the option app so I dunno if i need to but I submitted FAFSA and CSS. Does not filling out that optional app mean I didn’t apply?
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): Tennessee
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Magnet HS
[] Ethnicity: African
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: < 60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: super rigorous curriculum at a super competitive school, National Achievement, essays were amazing as well
[] Weaknesses: i hated my test scores. everything else was pretty solid though.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays and the things I like section really helped me express me. I have kooky interest and a kooky personality and i made sure they knew that =D.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Vanderbilt
[/ul]
General Comments:
Wow I’m amazed. There was a girl with much more stellar scores than me at my school who got rejected. Hopefully, they give good aid. I’m probably not going to attend though. They don’t have the major that I really really want to major in but from what I saw they are an amazing school and Chicago is a great city. They also seem to be skimpy when it comes to financial aid as attested to by others who got in EA at my school.

duffer188 · March 21, 2011, 8:58pm

Decision: Denied

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II: 29 Comp
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/52
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), English Lang (4), Calculus AB, US History
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Daemen College English Comp/Lit, Government, Publications, Honors Physics, AP Calculus AB, Chorus, Economics, School Publications, Health, Public Speaking, Religion 12, SUNY at Buffalo Bioinformatics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): University of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Science Award, WNY Educators STAR Award for Spanish, SUNY at Buffalo Mini Medical School Enrichment Program, Character Council of Hamburg Member, US Air Force Math and Science Award, 1st Honors with Distinction, Excellence Awards in English 9H, English 10H, AP English Lang, Global IH, Global IIH, AP Biology, Lost 80 pounds
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theater Technical Production (Sound/Lighting Manager), Mock Trial (Defense Captain), National Honor Society (Chapter President), Science Club (Student Representative), Student Senate (Vice President), International Club (Co-President), Masterminds Member, Student Ambassador, School Newspaper Writer, Ski Club
Job/Work Experience: Wegmans Cashier (15 hrs/wk)
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ Hours
Summer Activities: Golf, Internship at Roswell Cancer Institute
Essays: Endearing
Teacher Recommendation: Confident
Counselor Rec: Who knows
Additional Rec: From Congressman
Interview: NA
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type:
Ethnicity: Private, Religious, All Boys
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $90000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Leadership, ECs, Rank, GPA
Weaknesses: Test Scores, Course Load
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Course Load, Test Scores, Random School
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: SUNY Geneseo, Canisius College / Rejected: UChicago / Waiting on: Northwestern University, Brown, Notre Dame, University of Virginia, University of Rochester, Cornell

General Comments:
Long shot, but I’m glad I tried.

craisins4lyfe · March 21, 2011, 9:09pm

@lullinatalk: according to adgeek, columbia is compassionate enough to strictly never waitlist a deferred applicant. so we can both breathe a sigh of relief in that respect at least.

andreacz · March 21, 2011, 10:37pm

@ lullinatalk
haha yea it’s def a little annoying… i know i’m a little underqualified but just like, let me in or don’t. chicago just wants to leave me hanging i guess

iamthesunking · March 21, 2011, 11:22pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (760 Writing)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 US History, 660 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 91/100 with a healthy mix of B’s and C’s, but with an upward trend
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): If my school ranked, I would be outside the top quartile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4, 4
[li] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs and an elective[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Classical Pianist (2 state championships, other state level awards), Community Service Club (Founder, President), Baseball (4 letters), Basketball (1 letter)
[] Job/Work Experience: Some piano gigs, but I forgot to put that on my app
[] Volunteer/Community service: Various. The most significant was organizing and performing a benefit concert for an African school.
[] Summer Activities: Harvard SSP (Didn’t put on app because I did horribly-I skipped over 50 % of my classes)
[] Essays: Standard. Essay Option 5: Have you had any results from an epiphany? My extended essay was my HYP essay combined with my Cornell essay, so… not exactly quirky
[] Teacher Recommendation: I had a bit of a trouble with these, seeing that most teachers perceive me to be the “laziest gifted person that I’ve ever seen,” but they turned out to be decent. One was surprisingly standard, and the other pleasantly surprised me. The teacher was a friend, actually-it implied that I was lazy, but that I had a lot of potential and passionate about things I like, and that I was personable and an indispensable part of the school community 
[] Counselor Rec: Very good, actually.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Great. Or I thought it was great…[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[] Intended Major: International Relations/Political Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores and essays?
[] Weaknesses: GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA and my why Uchicago was lame.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted: Wash U
Waiting on (in order of preference): Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Dartmouth, Princeton, Brown, Penn, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Cornell, Vanderbilt [/ul]

General Comments: I’m thankful that I got in to Wash U since I haven’t exactly worked hard in high school… In a couple of classes, I did not do a single homework assignment. I did not deserve to get in so kudos to Uchicago for taking more deserving applicants.

blackpixel23 · March 21, 2011, 11:34pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800M/800CR/770W
[] ACT: Didn’t Do It
[] SAT II: 780 USH/800 Bio E/780 Math II/730 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92/4.44
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not at my school
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s except for one 4 on English
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):None
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Art History/AP English/Spanish VI Honors/AP Physics/AP Calc AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Nothing except for AP Scholars[/li]
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Club Soccer for 6 years
-Varsity Soccer for 4 years(Captain)
-Varsity Volleyball for 4 years
-ImaginAsian Club for 1 year (Leader)
-Head Yearbook Page Editor
-Peer Mentor
[] Job/Work Experience:-Interned for a month at a small event planning company
[] Volunteer/Community service:
-I do a bunch of community service through my school’s program. I would guess it comes around to 250 hours.
-I volunteered at two Tourette’s Syndrome Camp this past summer. I spent an entire week as a junior counselor at each one. I loved them both. 
[] Summer Activities:
-The camp and internship
[] Essays:
-I didn’t like my CommonApp essay that much but found it pretty solid. It focused on something that my Tourette’s Syndrome but the essay was rather lengthy and could have been better.
-My Why Chicago? was pretty solid. I liked it.
-I took my book essay from my Brown app and used it for the optional essay. It came out really well.
-My extended essay was for two people prompt. I loved it so much.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw them but both of them liked me pretty well.
[] Counselor Rec: Never saw this but I’m sure it was good.
[] Additional Rec: From the founder of one of my Tourette’s Camp. I feel like it really added a human aspect to my app.
[li] Interview: Went really well. It started off super slow but then we found a common topic regarding Asians in American culture and he seemed to really like me. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[] Intended Major: Economics (how typical)
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small private schools with 100 kid per grade
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: >200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I always wondered whether my Tourette’s Syndrome was a hook or not. It supposedly isn’t but there can’t be too many top kids with TS. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My GPA and SAT score are really high up there. Also, I liked all of my essays which is a big plus.
[] Weaknesses: Another Male Asian applicant from California? No way! My EC’s list is not that deep at all.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays were really solid and I fit the quirky atmosphere of Chicago really well.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going?
Accepted: WashU, Vanderbilt, Emory, UCSD, UCLA
Rejected: Stanford EA (but I never really liked it there anyways)
Waiting: Tufts, Colgate, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Cal, Brown, Dke
[/ul]
General Comments: The more I researched UofC the more I fell in love with it. It’s easily in my top five and I’m so excited to visit later in April. Good luck to everyone and can’t wait to meet those already in!!

asphalt · March 22, 2011, 10:30pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (750 W, 770 M, 750 CR)
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 740 Lit, 730 US History, 710 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese Lang (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), Physics C: Mechanics (4), Psychology (5), Human Geography (5), Calculus BC (5), Art History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP US Govt, AP Macroecon, AP French
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Presidential Scholars Award, other less significant awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (President), Science Olympiad (Captain), Academic Decathlon, NHS (Community Service Chair), French Honor Society (Secretary), Swim Team (2 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship for a State Senator, School Tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Interact Club, volunteer tutor (not much)
[] Essays: Common App was cliche (not too profound, a bit unbelievable) but relatively well written. My main essay (two kinds of people) was a French critical analysis essay that I had written that had previously been translated into English for a summer program junior year, and with two lines added to both the beginning and end. You can tell how much I tried toward the end of my application process…
[] Teacher Recommendation: Only read one, which was okay. Assuming other one was okay as well. Gave them both brag sheets so they probably sounded similar.
[] Counselor Rec: Absolutely outstanding. Like, amazing.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Didn’t request–> no interview
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 100-140k, with special circumstances (ie not this rich)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None, other than maybe senatorial internship?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, AP Scores, SAT score, Courseload, ECs
[] Weaknesses: Lack of community service, generic/not-too-good essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Long essay must have worked in my favor. 
[li] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? UCLA, UCSD, Case Western, Cornell Likely[/li][/ul]General Comments: Everyone is going to hate me for this, but I really don’t know if I like UChi that much from what I’ve researched. It seems like “where fun goes to die” is true, and they study 24/7. And I’m not a huge writing/critical thinking type gal. But it’s given me the best financial aid out of all my schools so far, and it IS a good school. Plus, it’s reputation is probably an over-exaggeration. So I’ll probably go, and love it.

59sound · March 23, 2011, 11:03am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (730 CR, 720M, 800W)
[] ACT: Didn’t report.
[] SAT II: 790 (Math 2), 740 (Lit)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/79
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 43 (Predicted grade as of midyear report)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Math, IB HL Physics, IB HL History, IB SL Chemistry, IB SL English A1, IB SL Spanish A2, Theory of Knowledge, National Studies.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cambridge University Top of The World Award (Best Score for 2009 IGCSE in Spanish Lit), Harvard Association Cultivating Inter-American Democracy Best Delegate Award (2010), Best National IGCSE Results (2009), Third Place National Knowledge Bowl (2010), and a bunch of other (mostly) internal stuff.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): As is the case with so many people in this thread, too many to list properly. My favorites are MUN/MOAS experience, Amnesty International National Youth Group (Founder + President), National Youth Orchestra (Double Bassist), Student Government (Head Student).
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship with a lead strategist during El Salvador’s Presidential election campaign (2008)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of stuff with Amnesty. We established a Feed the Poor program and distribute meals twice a month to different communities. I taught 3 kids to read at a local public school. We’ve raised some money for different causes w/ Amnesty. And a few other random things.
[] Summer Activities: Oxford Pre-IB Study Course at St Antony’s College Oxford (2009), Harvard SSP (2010)
[] Essays: My ‘Find x’ essay is the best essay I’ve ever written…about how Music and Econ/PoliSci are ultimately about the same things for me. For Common App, I wrote about my last ever christmas dinner with my closest group of friends.
[] Teacher Recommendation: From last year’s Physics teacher. I thought this was good. 9/10.
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty good. We’re not a big school, he’s my History teacher, and he’s known me for about 5 years. 8-9/10
[] Additional Rec: From my Math teacher. It could’ve gone either way. I guess it went well.
[li] Interview: None. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Economics
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): El Salvador
[] School Type: Medium-sized private school w/ British curriculum.
[] Ethnicity: Latin American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Irrelevant
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really stands out as a “hook”. You be the judge. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays? Some of the awards?
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores are nothing special.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure, but I’m glad I was.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Admitted to Columbia (likely) and to NYU. Still waiting to hear from the others. In the UK, admitted to London School of Economics, Warwick, Durham, and York.
[/ul]
General Comments: For an Econ junkie who never got to take a proper Econ class in High School, thinking about majoring in Econ @ UChicago, of all places, is pretty amazing. I’m really grateful for this chance.

JWU1248 · March 24, 2011, 6:10pm

**Decision: ACCEPTED **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 2220 M: 760 CR: 740 W: 720
[] SAT IIs: 800MathII 760US history
[] ACT: n/a
[] APs: Human Geography (4), World History (5), Computer Science (4), Macro (5), Micro (5), APUSH (5), English III (5), Art History (4), Physics B (4). Currently taking calculus bc, statistics, psychology, environmental science, English Lit, Euro
[] IBs: n/a
[] GPA: 3.9/4 UW
[] Rank: 38/600
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: NHS, some community service stuff, internship with congressman, engineering internships over summer
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Essays (subject and responses): Find X. This was probably the reason i got in.
[] Teacher Recs: probably pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: probably solid
[] Applied on:
[] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[] State or Country: Texas
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public
[] Ethnicity:Chinese
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
i was really surprised i got in cuz of my low rank and SAT scores. I guess the essay i wrote was good enough to barely get me through. Anyways this is probably my top choice as of now (unless i get into stanford AND they offer me merit based scholarships)

michplusdich · March 25, 2011, 3:09pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
[] ACT: 30 (33 R)
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.07
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/554
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Art History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: German IV Honors, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Biology, AP English Literature, Physics I, AP Calculus AB, AP US Government, AP Comparative Governement
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/list]Subjective:[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):German Club (9-12), Academic Team (9), Students Against Destructive Decisions (10-12), Student Council (11-12), Track and Field (9), Volleyball (9), Cross Country (11-12), Environmental Club (11), Local Quiz Show (11-12), Chorus/Show Choir (9-10)
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutored in Math (12)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer (11-12) 100+ Hours of Community Service, Animal Shelter Volunteer (12), Church youth Group volunteer, Legislative and Senatorial Page (11-12), Children’s Hospital Fundraiser Volunteer (11-12).
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Could have been better
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was decent, other one was pretty vague
[] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Interview went rather well

[/list]Other[ list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Neurology (Pre-Medicine)
[] State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[/list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[] Strengths: extracurricular activities, some of the essays
[] Weaknesses: teacher recommendation, low test score
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: low test score, essay was not the best, recommendation could also have been better.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted: Indiana University, Tulane University. Waiting for decisions from: Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, and William and Mary
[/list]
General Comments: I wish that I would have taken more time with the essay - it was not bad, but I believe that if I had put more effort into it, it would have stood out better.

euphoniumist113 · March 25, 2011, 5:00pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310: 800 reading/770 writing/740 Math
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 US/770 Lit/740 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9/ weighted 4.3ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank no percentile rank. I’d estimate definitely top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro 5/US 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit/ AP US and Comparative Gov/ AP Calculus AB/ Econ/ Journalism/ Symphonic Band/ 3rd year Italian Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Photo Editor for Pacemaker-winning 100 year old high school paper, senior theatre tech (and press photographer and press manager) for all three years of the life of an entirely student-run theatre company that does free outdoor theatre, Euphonium player for band and three years of school musical’s pit orchestra, hobbyist photographer as well as doing photography work (I do product photography and sports video for high school athletes)
[] Job/Work Experience: None really
[] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing regular enough to put down
[] Essays: My common app essay was very good, I worked on it for a couple months and got significant editing help. It was about journalism and photography. My chicago essay was a sarcastic essay about the idea of american exceptionalism. My short paragraph answers were very crafted and good too, if I may say so.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 3, one from my econ and euro teacher who loves me and said it was an excellent rec. Another from my physics teacher who really liked me (we’re both musicians and hit it off), plus I wanted to show a side of me that wasn’t social science related to show how I dealt with a class I wasn’t naturally good at. The last was by the journalism adviser who’s almost more like a friend. I pretty much rebuilt the photography department of my paper with his help (went from no staff photographers to winning awards in 2 years) and I’m pretty sure it’s a glowing recommendation.
[] Counselor Rec: Boilerplate. New counselor in my senior year so she doesn’t know me, although she seems friendly and I dropped in to say hi a few times. She oversees 500 students though, so every counselor rec at my school is boilerplate.
[] Interview: Missed the ridiculously early deadline.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: I didn’t get a dime! This is a major problem with my going here. I’m middle class from San Francisco, so income numbers are high by most of the country’s standards and it looks like they didn’t take that into account at all. I’m going to try calling the aid office though and seeing if I can get something…
[] Intended Major: History/Political Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Large Public Magnet School (ranked top 30 in the nation)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 120k ish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nada
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars (especially journalism, photography business, and theatre company), public school?
[] Weaknesses: Volunteer/Work experience. It’s not uncommon for top students at my school to take ten to twelve APs (we’re accused of being an AP mill), so by that standard I’m not taking advantage of my curriculum opportunities. Hopefully they see that I’ve always tried to avoid taking APs just for the sake of taking them though…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my grades/scores and extracurriculars.
[/ul]General Comments: I’m pretty psyched. I also got into Northwestern, which I really like, but I’d be happy with either of my chicago schools. Still waiting on the Ivys and Georgetown, but I am a happy camper :)

mathgirl93 · March 25, 2011, 5:52pm

Decision: Accepted with a 10 K/year scholarship!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 - 790 CR, 770 M, 670 W
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II (if submitted): 750 US, 710 MII, 640 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/90
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US (5), AP Eng Lang (5), AP Global (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry, AP Literature, Abnormal Psych (college class), Honors Economics, Logic, Health (hardest course load I could take, getting all As)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Outstanding Achievement in Global History, Outstanding Achievement in Art, PSAT Top Scorer, National Merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Violin (10 years), Debate (captain) all four years, Track (four years, varsity), Key Club, ARISTA Honor Society, Tutoring a sophomore at my school and two 7th graders weekly this year
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at NPG (2 years), Intern at Ralph Lauren Dress Design (1 year), Prestigious Columbia Summer Program for high school students
[] Volunteer/Community service: Spent one month in Peru building bathrooms, stoves, and digging irrigation canals for the locals
[] Essays: good, i thought. I wrote the ‘what would I dissolve’ essay, and i just made a list of things I like for the optional essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read either, but I assume they were good
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[] Interview: I thought it went well 
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but I didn’t get any. I got a 10 K merit scholarship though!
[] Intended Major: Mathematics
[] School Type: Public
[] Gender: Female
[] Income: 150,000 +
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, essays, teacher recommendations?
[li] Weaknesses: SAT IIs[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m so happy! I didn’t even expect to be admitted, let alone get such a huge scholarship! I’m still waiting on the Ivies…but I’m very happy with Chicago. Congrats to everyone else who got in!

nalalovessimba · March 27, 2011, 9:11pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240: 800 CR, 730 M, 710 W
[] ACT: did not send
[] SAT II: 800 World History, 760 Literature, 750 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 59/400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Spanish Language (5), European History (5), Biology (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load:
AP Statistics
AP Spanish Literature
AP Psychology
AP English Literature
AP US History
AP Art History
Teacher Assistant
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity cross country and track captain, church stuff, a few small things
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: nothing significant, just enough to fulfill my school’s requirements
[] Summer Activities: NC Governor’s School
[] Essays: very strong
[] Teacher Recommendation: waived the right to read, but should’ve been great, both of them loved me, one is the teacher I TA for
[] Counselor Rec: waived the right to read, but we have a great relationship, she’s seen me overcome significant challenges
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: didn’t get one[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: hell yes
[] Intended Major: History or English/Creative Writing
[] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Very competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: <25k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: writing, teacher recs
[] Weaknesses: my junior year grades were terrible
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably grades, also I didn’t have stellar extracurriculars
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted to UNC-Chapel Hill, Tulane, USC, rejected from UVA, waiting on Vanderbilt and Columbia
[/ul]
General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! Chicago was my top choice, but I suppose I’ll be happy somewhere else.

lce · March 27, 2011, 10:23pm

Decision: Accepted!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (800 W, 700 M, 700 CR)
[] ACT: Did not submit
[] SAT II: 800 Math IIC 800 Chem 700 US
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 maybe? very low lol
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on English Lang, Calc BC, Chinese, Spanish, Chem, and 4’s on US and Art Histories
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, English, Macro, Compsci, and Multivariable Calc
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF (232 PSAT), buncha Quizbowl related things[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quizbowl (Captain), Math Team (Captain), Science Bowl (Captain), varsity XC since freshman year, MUN
[] Job/Work Experience: got a job summer of junior year for petty cash/personal expenses
[] Volunteer/Community service: few if any lol
[] Summer Activities: few if any…took physics and microecon…played maplestory 8+ hrs a day
[] Essays: i did all 3, and picked the 2 types of people essay. it was fun.
[] Teacher Recommendation: no idea, waived right to see them. teachers were tenured though so they have rec-writing experience (20+ years)
[] Counselor Rec: probs good
[] Additional Rec: what? didn’t do this
[li] Interview: no interview offered i would’ve liked one though…[/li]
/list][ b]Other[ /b][list]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yup
[] Intended Major: Econ
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: Large Public (700+ kids in class)
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Med
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ORM, fits like a glove 'cause i’m tragically hipster

[/ul][ b]Reflection[ /b][ul]
[] Strengths: Essays/my writing ability, Fit, leadership
[] Weaknesses: GPA LOL
[] Why you think you were accepted: see strengths
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Likely Letter and then accepted to UVA, rejected from NWern, awaiting Duke and Ivies on Wednesday
[/ul]
General Comments: Love this school; it’s basically Hogwarts. Feel free to PM me questions or help on apps

kmg3448 · March 28, 2011, 1:12am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670 M, 800 CR, 790 W)
[] ACT: didn’t send.
[] SAT II: 780 US, 720 World History, 690 Lit (blech)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH: 5; AP Lang: 5; AP World: 5; AP EnviSci: 4; AP French Lang: 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Econ, AP Euro, AP Comp Gov, AP US Gov, Journalism
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Mount Holyoke College Book Award, a bunch of smaller state/school awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity golf (captain); newspaper (copy editor / 3-year staffer); literary magazine (editor-in-chief); Literary Club (president); National Honor Society (president)
[] Job/Work Experience: babysitting…?
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours at Habitat for Humanity, 150+ hours elsewhere
[] Summer Activities: school-sponsored trip to Greece; volunteering at a nature camp for low-income children
[] Essays: My “Why UChicago?” essay was really good; my “Find X” essay was rather good and quirky; my additional essay was just me trying to prove that I have really good taste in music and art; and my main CommonApp essay was really, really off-the-wall. It was essentially about my historical fascination with cemeteries. (I promise you, it wasn’t morbid at all!)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but I’m sure they were both quite good.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, but I’m sure it was fantastic. My college counselor happened to be my AP English Language teacher, and I was her favorite student.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Went swimmingly! The interviewer and I completely got along. Our general consensus was, “*** yeah! Nerds of the world UNITE!”

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nah.
[] Intended Major: English and History, with a minor in Anthropology
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private, non-boarding
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: err, high enough?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nada[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, extracurrics, grades, my unconditional love for UChicago
[] Weaknesses: SATs, bad luck, kryptonite
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I fell in love with UChicago the moment I stepped on campus for the first time, and I think that really came through in my essays and in my interview.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted to the UF Honors program, Middlebury, Denison, and Lafayette. Waitlisted at WUSTL and Northwestern (not surprising…my essay was terrible). Still waiting on Williams, Brown, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, and Tufts. UChicago is my current top choice, but it could be edged out by Williams or Brown. I’m very conflicted right now, haha.
[/ul]
General Comments: Best of luck to everyone!!! I’m actually ridiculously excited. I started crying when I got the email. And congratulations to everyone else who got in!

kmg3448 · March 28, 2011, 1:15am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (670 M, 800 CR, 790 W)
[] ACT: didn’t send.
[] SAT II: 780 US, 720 World History, 690 Lit (blech)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH: 5; AP Lang: 5; AP World: 5; AP EnviSci: 4; AP French Lang: 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Lit, AP Stat, AP Econ, AP Euro, AP Comp Gov, AP US Gov, Journalism
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Mount Holyoke College Book Award, a bunch of smaller state/school awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity golf (captain); newspaper (copy editor / 3-year staffer); literary magazine (editor-in-chief); Literary Club (president); National Honor Society (president)
[] Job/Work Experience: babysitting…?
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours at Habitat for Humanity, 150+ hours elsewhere
[] Summer Activities: school-sponsored trip to Greece; volunteering at a nature camp for low-income children
[] Essays: My “Why UChicago?” essay was really good; my “Find X” essay was rather good and quirky; my additional essay was just me trying to prove that I have really good taste in music and art; and my main CommonApp essay was really, really off-the-wall. It was essentially about my historical fascination with cemeteries. (I promise you, it wasn’t morbid at all!)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, but I’m sure they were both quite good.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, but I’m sure it was fantastic. My college counselor happened to be my AP English Language teacher, and I was her favorite student.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Went swimmingly! The interviewer and I completely got along. Our general consensus was, “*** yeah! Nerds of the world UNITE!”

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nah.
[] Intended Major: English and History, with a minor in Anthropology
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private, non-boarding
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: err, high enough?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nada[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, extracurrics, grades, my unconditional love for UChicago
[] Weaknesses: SATs, bad luck, kryptonite
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I fell in love with UChicago the moment I stepped on campus for the first time, and I think that really came through in my essays and in my interview.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted to the UF Honors program, Middlebury, Denison, and Lafayette. Waitlisted at WUSTL and Northwestern (not surprising…my essay was terrible). Still waiting on Williams, Brown, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, and Tufts. UChicago is my current top choice, but it could be edged out by Williams or Brown. I’m very conflicted right now, haha.
[/ul]
General Comments: Best of luck to everyone!!! I’m actually ridiculously excited. I started crying when I got the email. And congratulations to everyone else who got in!

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