<p>I'm not so into posting stats. However:</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>
<p>deferred....oh well congrats to all accepted, don't worry to those deferred, im sorry to those rejected, and ill see all y'all at gtown baby!</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M 740; CR 670; W 800 (essay 11)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 800 Physics 790 Chemistry 780
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs: Comp Sci A (4), US Govt. (4), Stats (4, without class); Calc BC (5), Physics B (5, without class) Bio (5), Psych (5); To be taken: English, APUSH, Physics C mech, Physics C E&M, Chemistry
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: 3.96
[<em>] Rank: no rank
[</em>] Other stats: AMC 10: 116; AMC 12: 92.5 (ouch)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: basketball for fun, fishing, math, nhs, mu alpha theta
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: math tutor
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): family, problem-solving in fishing
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one was very good, and the other one might have been bad or adequate.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: okay
[</em>] Applied on: EA, 5 min. before deadline
[<em>] Hook (if any): family essay maybe?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: USA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, 1000 students
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian American (Indian)
[li] Gender: M[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Feel Like Bragging?/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to all of the accepted applicants. To the deferred, congratulations as well, UChicago is extremely interested in you. To the denied, congratulations on being good people and working so hard, good things will come.</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800/790/780
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/800/790 bio-e/lit/mathII
[<em>] APs: six 5s, one 4
[</em>] GPA: 3.8 uw, pretty rigorous courseload (1 B freshman year, 1 B soph year, 2 Bs senior year first quarter, but i don't think it got sent in)
[li] Rank: school only ranks by decile, top 10%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: clubs, science, mediocre
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): essay 1, did all optional essays, made love for learning very clear, had a lot of fun writing them. they probably weren't the best but they were pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: okay personality-wise, both should have checked off "best in career" academically
[</em>] Counselor Rec: barely knows me</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[/list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: my heart was hammering so hard i feel like i just ran a marathon! most likely going, as i am applying to three more reach schools.</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs: N/A
[<em>] IBs: IB Diploma - Predicted 40
[</em>] GPA: School does not give a 4 point GPA
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] Other stats: gahh
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: A LOT - lots of leadership and starting new initiatives
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Really bad I did it in one night, lol... Did the powers of 10 one.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Applied on:Nov. 1
[<em>] Hook (if any): Humanitarian
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: BC, Canada
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private IB school, small
[</em>] Ethnicity: Iranian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: gahhhhhhhh</p>
<p>oh well</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 M, 750 CR, 710 W (E 10) CX 2260
[</em>] SAT IIs: MATH II C 800, CHEM 780, BIO 760
[<em>] ACT: 36 M, 34 W, 34 S, 30 R (CX 34) E 12
[</em>] APs: 9 total by graduation, 4 Macroecon, 5 Microecon, 5 Bio, 5 Chem, 5 Eng
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.83 UW
[<em>] Rank: Not ranked
[</em>] Other stats: AMC 10 107.5, AMC 12 94, MMPC Finalist 3 years in a row
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Latin Club 3 yrs Secretary, Hospital volunteering 3 years, Orchestra 3 years + 1 year principal as cello, NHS 2 years web master, and several others.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My english teacher loved them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No idea - waived
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea - waived
[</em>] Applied on: Sept 25 Mailed
[<em>] Hook (if any): Attended Summer@Brown
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MI
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Definitely not URM
[li] Gender: Male [/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I feel horrible right now. I really, really wanted Chicago. That adds on to how stupid I feel right now. I'm in total disbelief.</p>
<p>*Decision:Accepted!!:) *</p>
<p>Stats:[list]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 520, 530, 780
[ *] SAT IIs: 700 (Chinese), 600 (Hebrew), 550 (Math I)
[ *] ACT: What is the act?
[ *] APs: None
[ *] IBs: What is IB?
[</em>] GPA: 2.9 waited (Honors english 10th)
[<em>] Rank: 30 / 80
[</em>] Other stats: Ranked # 3 on Halo live
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Game club, english honors, intramural equestrain
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Weighter
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): English Honors
[ *] Teacher Recs: English Honors
[ *] Counselor Rec: Impressed by my difficult work load
[ *] Applied on: a computer
[ *] Hook (if any): Barack Obama's third cousin's friend's mother's hairdresser's son.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Puerto Rico
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): na
[ *] Ethnicity: black
[ *] Gender: male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm so happy!!!!!! I'm jumping around. I can't breathe. OMG - I tots had a heart attack str8 up.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>So, I was one of the (it seems relatively few) UChicago EA rejects. This really crushed me, but it also destroyed my confidence on my chances of getting into Stanford, Duke, etc. I feel I was rejected not because I wrote badly, or about my high grades, but rather that I simply chose a bad topic for my common app essay. I wrote a very personal essay, and after being rejected I worry that it is a huge detractor. I wrote about my childhood abuse, my fathers suicide, and how I grew past them and they have made me who I am today. It is a well-written and moving essay, but now that I've been rejected I cant help but feel it was sharing too much. What would you guys recommend doing? Trashing my entire ComApp user profile and starting over or trying to work past it? Do you believe the essay can be overcome?</p>
<p>Thanks, I just really trust this groups insight.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred </p>
<p>** Stats: **[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (by section): 750M, 700CR, 730 W (2180/2400)
[</em>] SAT IIs: didn't submit
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: all 5s
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: n/a</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] ECs listed on app: editor in chief of yearbook, 2nd in state in math league, other good stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked at a theater over the summer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): #3- mad good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Applied on: 10/30
[li] Hook (if any): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: M</p>
<p>[/ul]*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm really disappointed, *really. ehh, at least i didn't get rejected. but still...</p>
<p>kochampolska: just because one school rejected you, doesn't mean you won't get in somewhere great. Your essay sounds very good, so I wouldn't be so pessimistic. If you are really that worried about your chances, you should apply to another safety or two. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll do better than you think.</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 720M 730CR 790W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750:US History 740:English Language 720:Biology
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs:Euro:4, US History:5, Human Geography:5, English Lanuage:5. This year: PhysicsB, CalculusAB, U.S Government, Macroeconomics, EnglishLiterature, LatinVergil
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 97w/100 or 93uw/100
[<em>] Rank:no rank, probably top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Singing (president of select choir, male a cappella group, and music honors society. I sent a CD), Theater, Tennis Team, Literary Magazine Editor, Volunteer work with singing group
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Main Common App on Latin and views of Fortune, Supplement were one about Sondheim and my love of musical theater, one about Chicago's intellectual passion and quirkiness, one about a physical road in Oxford England demonstrating different days through out time and the events taking place at this road (much more abstract, kind of in a Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five style)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good. Sent four, but I think the last one came a bit late
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Applied on: Late October?
[<em>] Hook (if any): All State Singer? Heavily involved in Music
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):psh...really competitive and crazy
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Woo hoo! I was deferred ED Dartmouth, so I'm feeling very happy right now. My parents didn't want to make a big family to Chicago unless I got in. Visiting end of December! Yayyyyy!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 690 M, 770 CR, 760 W (E 12)
* SAT IIs: US HISTORY 740, LITERATURE 730
* ACT: N/A
* APs: 9 total by graduation: 5 US History, 5 Psych, 4 Euro, 4 English Language
* IBs: N/A
* GPA: 4.5 W, 3.88 UW
* Rank: N/A -- probably like top 10%, though.
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Liberty in North Korea (President, Chapter Founder), Key Club (Treasurer), ASB/Student Government (Executive Treasurer), California Scholarship Federation (Vice-President), Link Crew Leader, Cloisters - nursing home (volunteer since sophomore year), UCSD Cancer Center (volunteer since last summer)
* Job/Work Experience: N/A
* Essays (subject and responses): My AP English teacher from last year liked them, and I was pretty pleased with them, too.
* Teacher Recs: Didn't see -- should've been good, though. I was on super good terms with both of the teachers.
* Counselor Rec: Didn't see -- probably decent at best. I've spoken to my counselor a grand total of four times in my entire high school career.
* Applied on: October 31 online
* Hook (if any): Nothing really, I don't think.
</code></pre>
<p>[ b]Location/Person:**</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm feeling fairly low right now. I was rejected from my first choice on Thursday, and now this, so I'm in a pretty bum mood.</p>
<p>Wow, this thread is actually bearable. Now the Stanford Early Action thread is another story...</p>
<p>Lol disasturrrrrrr</p>
<p>I thought this was supposed to be holistic?</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 780M/780CR/800W
SATIIs: 790 Chem, 800 Math
APs: 5 on Stats, 4 on spanish lang, 4 on english lang
GPA: 3.78 UW (this is actually not as bad as it looks! only like 1 person every few years gets a 4.0. Also i had a bad frosh year)
Rank: school doesnt do rank but probably top 5%</p>
<p>ECs: pres of math club, student council, paid job at a lab (also a review paper i wrote got accepted by a journal)</p>
<p>Essays and recs were probably good enough. I'll post my UChicago essays up at some point b.c their essay topics were the coolest and i dont wanna waste them!</p>
<p>State: MA
Private School
Asian Female</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math: 740 CR: 730 Writing: 680
[</em>] SAT IIs: The ones they saw: US History: 720 Biology Molecular: 690
Not sent by stupid collegeboard: Math II: 770 Literature: 690
[<em>] ACT: Didn't Take
[</em>] APs:
10: AP Euro (4)
11: AP Physics B (4), AP Biology (4), AP US History (5) -Didn't take AP Calc because of scheduling conflicts, took Calculus at community college instead.
12: AP English, AP Government, AP Economics
[<em>] IBs: None
[</em>] GPA: 4.09 Weighted, about 3.8 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 24/309
[</em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Venturing (by boy scouts of america, but co-ed and for teenagers), Mock Trial, Band (play trombone for 7 years, baritone for 6, made it to all-state solo ensamble this year), Climbed Mt. Whitney, White Stag Leadership Development Camp, Volunteer for Jacob's Heart Children's Cancert Association, attended COSMOS (California State Summer School for Math and Science) at UC Santa Cruz.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Personal Statment- Describe significant experience... I described my life in foster care. Extended Essay I did particle accelerator and made up a wacky world, with a in interesting twist. Why Chicago essay was very unique, I was worried it might be too outlandish to send, but apparently it worked! And optional essay talked about my favorite holiday, Halloween, and why it is my favorite holiday.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One from English teacher it was stellar. He said I was one of the best students he's ever had. Physics teacher rec was good, but he wasn't that talented of a writer.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read, my counselor loves me though so I'm sure ti was good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): In foster care ( at least I think it's a hook...)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public School, not extremely bad, but not real good either.
[<em>] Ethnicity: German/Italian... so white.
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm so happy I was accepted! And I'm sorry to all those who weren't, but I'm sure you all will find a school you really like anyhow :)</p>
<p>kochampolska: I don't think it was the topic which you presented, my essay was very personal as well. I don't know how you wrote your essay, but one tip for a more touching essay topic is to make sure you present it in a positive light, as hard as it may be. Try to show how you grew from the experience, so they know you're not dwelling on the past too much. Show you have hope for what the future will bring and that will inspire them as well.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):760 CR, 780 W, 800M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Chem, 800 Bio, 750 Lit
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Calc BC-5, Bio-5, APUSH-5, Lang-5, CS AB-5, Chem-4
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 4.74 W, 3.74 UW
[<em>] Rank: no idea XD
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math team captain, science team captain, mental illness awareness club, FIRST Robotics, Volunteer at a museum, teach origami classes to 5th graders, multiple orchestras/bands, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): didn't show them to anyone, but I guess they were okay? I wrote about visiting a house I moved away from when I was younger for the long one...also how I love to build stuff
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Applied on:
[<em>] Hook (if any): girl leading the math/science teams? I have a couple national writing awards...that probably helped somewhat
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):public, supercompetitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[li] Gender:F[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yay!!! I got into college! Good luck to everyone else who applied!</p>
<p>@ 1337sauce
oh my god, yeah, I thot UChicago's holistic..guess it's more about test scores then.
I mean, on majority, people who get in have like...22/2300+. Those who get in with below and like ridiculously low SAT scores are definitely helped by their URM status...omg so unfair</p>