<p>if she got accepted to Stanford ED, she had to withdraw all her other applications. So how did she find out about those other schools?</p>
<p>^she/he probably meant EA. i dont think stanford does ED</p>
<p>and the reason she was rejected is because shes an international that applied for aid</p>
<p>Roboticsfre4k: Thanks! This is what she told me, and i just wanted to check…
And yes, Stanford was EA, my fault.</p>
<p>International applicants to Chicago who apply for financial aid really have it tough. Chicago isn’t international need-blind like other top schools for some reason.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred –> Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 CR, 690 M, 800 W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 690 Chem, 720 Lit/Math 1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All A’s except for 3 high B+'s fresh/soph year
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2.6%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (3) Spanish (4) USH (5) Euro (5) Lang (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Stats, AP US Gov, AP Lit, AP Physics C
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Jeopardy! Teen Tournament Finalist, National Spelling Bee contestant
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Varsity ice hockey (4 years, goalie, captain), newspaper (2 years), chorus (3 years), math team (1 year), mock trial (1 year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring kids at low-income public middle school
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): ?
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): My love affair with Jurassic Park and its scientific and ethical ramifications…quite good, I made many literary allusions
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): n/a
[<em>] Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it): I don’t remember it but I’m sure it sucked
[</em>] Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it): This one was good, I talked about growing out of my schools before I was technically ready to leave them
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: I though it went well, but my interviewer didn’t really relate to anything I had to say
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Three Areas of Interest Listed: ChemE, economics, marketing
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US and A
[</em>] School Type: Private, Roman Catholic co-ed
[<em>] Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Female engineer?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, test scores, EC’s, essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: My well-roundedness
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess I don’t seem scholarly enough for them, Northwestern accepted me in a heartbeat
[/ul]General Comments: So what? I didn’t like UChicago much after my interview anyway. Plbbtt!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 750 M 660 W 650 = 2060
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Biology M 720, Literature 730, U.S. History 670, Math I 680 (</em>faicpalm)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Err, 3.917 before mid-year report… 3.83 after. Lovely, I know.
[</em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable) n/a
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4) - Taking Psychology and Calculus, I’ve exhausted my school’s curriculum which is kind of sad.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, Health, Genetics, College Credit History, U.S. History II/Economics, College Credit Literature, AP Psychology, CP Physics, Band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’m not quite sure what’s “major”… I’ve gotten national and state-level awards in extracurricular activities and writing competitions.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): FFA (3 years, Vice-President), FBLA (3 years), French Club (2 years), Drama Club (3 years), Hi-Q (3 years), Student Council (3 years, Secretary), Forensics (4 years), Golfing (2 years), Pep Band (3 years), Marching Band (3 years), Link Crew (2 years), RSVP (2 years), NHS (2 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I’ve logged in a lot of hours through my activities and have gotten recognition for it. I also play harp at church and nursing homes during holidays.
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): I don’t remember this… Haha.
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I wrote about how I won a Mercedes Benz when I was eleven. A little corny, but solid overall?
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I think I just listed my favourite things in sentence format. Not very captivating.
[<em>] Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it): A bit succinct and generic, but I think my first sentence really conveyed how much I wanted to go to UChicago. I made an analogy between UChicago and retro geek glasses, lol.
[</em>] Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it): My prompt was the outgrowing trousers one. I wrote about how I was involved in fanfiction and how it ultimately made me a better writer.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): n/a
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): n/a
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Three Areas of Interest Listed: Biology, Literature, English
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): WI
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public school in a small town. ~550 students in all four grades.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Early graduate.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My essays and my academic record before this year. I’ve exhausted my school’s curriculum as they only offer those AP classes. Graduating a year early.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Senior year grades, test scores, etc.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: More clever and creative applicants, I suppose. I took it kind of personally because I thought I was a fit for UChicago… I guess you never know.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to those who got in and my condolences to those who did not. I truly understand how you feel - two of my friends were rejected as well.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 800 Bio, 800 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All 98%+
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Alot, 5s.
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: A lot of APs.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO, USABO, Intel, Siemens, National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (President), NHS (President), Student Council (President), Class President, Beta Chi Pi (President, Mu Alpha Theta (President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot.
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): They could have been better but conveyed who I was extremely well.
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I loved it.
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Didn’t write it. Or did I? Can’t remember.
[<em>] Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it): Good.
[</em>] Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it): Could have been better.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Interview: AWESOME.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Three Areas of Interest Listed: IDR.
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Good Public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Awards, scores, research
[<em>] Weaknesses: Essays
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: IDK. But yay!!
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 after three tries
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math Chem Physics, 730 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 or 3.9
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable) some Bs
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): barely top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 5s and one 4
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): three 6s
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: the usual.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not really any.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Science Bowl mainly
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library.
[</em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): forgot/wrote it in 5 mins.
[<em>] Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): wrote on Science Bowl. pretty standard stuff.
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): don’t remember
[<em>] Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it): basically reworded what they put on their website lol.
[</em>] Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it): wrote about how lazy I was. I basically copied my UC prompt and essay.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): didn’t see
[<em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): nope.
[</em>] Interview: horrible. I said I wanted to do major in business or engineering. Then my interviewer said that Chicago doesn’t have business or engineering ><
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Three Areas of Interest Listed: Chem
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: CHINESE WASSUP
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nada
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: i can’t see any.
[<em>] Weaknesses: alot.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I AM SO HAPPY. MY FIRST PRIVATE ACCEPTANCE after getting rejected from stanford and MIT/caltech/harvey mudd/washU. unfortunately chicago’s fin aid sucks. costs 2.5 times more than berkeley. so now I have to convince my parents to cough up the extra money ><
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>did they waitlist a lot of people? because it looks like a lot of REALLY qualified people were waitlisted and applicants much better than myself were also waitlisted.
Do they expect a lot of people not to be able to go to U. Chicago because of the cost and the crappiness of the economy? Could there possibly be a lot of open spots?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 770, CR 770, W 760 - one sitting, first and only try
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): Mostly As, a few Bs
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I asked to be kept blind of this information to maximize the learning experience. I didn’t want school to become a competition with my closest friends, and I wanted to learn, not to worry about how I measured up.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP Calculus AB (5), AP US History (5), AP Lang (5), AP Physics B (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Currently taking AP European History, AP Lit, AP Spanish, and AP Microeconomics, as well as a joint enrollment class with Georgia Tech (Calc II and III).
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Gold Award on National Spanish Exam, Superior rating on AATSP Spanish Composition Contest.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Academic Team (4 years, current president and captain, placed 7th in the nation last year), National Spanish Honor Society, Spanish Club, Multicultural Club, Beta Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Beauty supply cashier
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring
[<em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): How quizbowl as an activity has expanded my horizons on learning (especially in the field of literature). I thought it was rather insightful as to how the activity works and how it has enriched me.
[</em>] Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): The things that make me laugh, especially nerdy jokes. I liked it. It was entertaining, fresh, and it offered a down-to-earth view of the kind of person I really am.
[<em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I wrote about my all-time favorite book: Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar, and how it caused me to reevaluate my personal philosophy. I had a lot of fun with this one.
[</em>] Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it): I talked about their top-ranked quizbowl team and my desire to be in “Voices in Your Head,” their elite acapella group. Also the world-in-one-city idea. I thought it was specific enough to really show my interest in Chicago.
[<em>] Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it): Prompt: An examination of the phrase “You are what you eat.” I wrote about how Korean food, Jungian psychology, and how all of it was a metaphor for how I developed as a person. This may have been the best essay I’ve ever written.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Interview: Very fun! We talked a lot about music and works of literature, especially my favorite: Latin-American literature! My interviewer was very funny and she made me really want to take their “Literature of Three Americas” course.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Three Areas of Interest Listed: International Affairs, Foreign Language, Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] School Type: large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: half white, half Korean
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college, divorced parents (and how I grew from seeing my mother raise three children by herself)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, for sure, interview, SAT
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, not knowing my class rank
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have a really unconventional world view that is constantly expanding. I expressed my interest in being exposed to new ideas that would ultimately break down and reshape everything I know now.
[/ul]General Comments: I am SO HAPPY.</p>
<p>Limitfofx,</p>
<p>Birthdate on your profile makes you 21 years old and you registered today to post this?</p>
<p>Riiiight…</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlist
I rejected the waitlist immediately.
My school counselor did not send the school report or the mid year report. lol. This is also the reason why my friend was waitlisted by WUSTL.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlist
I rejected the waitlist immediately.
My school counselor did not send the school report or the mid year report. lol. This is also the reason why my friend was waitlisted by WUSTL. </p>
<p>Are you serious!? There should be repercussions for someone (the school counselor) not doing their job.</p>
<p>Wait… so even if your counselor didn’t send the mid-year report, you can still get waitlisted?</p>
<p>Crap. I was pretty sure my counselor sent mine but I didn’t specifically ask him and now I am FREAKING OUT.</p>
<p>Question. Why are the stats all over the place for acceptances/rejections?! It’s insane how they make these decisions?</p>
<p>Because to some colleges, your immeasurable qualities as a person matter more than a couple of numbers on a page.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 Verbal: 760 Math: 750 Writing: 790
[</em>] ACT: 33, did not send
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 720 Physics, 670 Bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
[<em>] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s in APENG, APCALCAB, APPHYSB, US History Junior year.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top… 40 out of 890? No idea.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English lang (4), Bio (4), Phys B (4), Calc AB (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP JP, AP comp gov, AP stats, AP eng lit, Top concert band, Dance/TA
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS finalist?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):[/li]HS Peer Tutoring- VP/ Acting President. (2nd year) Made it from a club to a program. Increased members from 20 to almost 100.
MS Peer Tutoring- Director/Pres (2nd year) Started a volunteer tutoring program at a local middle school.
FBLA- Project Director (2nd year) various state and section awards for presentations and business reports.
Magic Club- Treasurer (1st year)
Senior Men and Women member
Member of Mensa
Concert Band 3 (4), Symph Orch (3), Marching band (2), Pep Band (1)</p>
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None, technically
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: all done in tutoring
[<em>] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Tutoring, pretty much a statement on the improvements I’ve made and my plans.
[</em>] Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Running away from my problems/fears, almost dropping out/leaving high school after sophomore year, having to return, finding something “real” about the work I do in high school. It’s pretty and very different from how I usually write.
[<em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): The Onion and what it says about society, and then a list of various (and random) things I enjoy.
[</em>] Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it): Two flowery paragraphs about how I enjoy questioning myself and debating with others. Includes references to the Socratic method, the pursuit of truth, logic, and a metaphor involving the existence of Eden.
[<em>] Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it): Tell us about games or players. I wrote about my expierence in learning magic. about how figuring out the trick relies on logic and yet, our logical senses cause us to be tricked by it. pretty much about questioning the world. It’s a pretty all-over-the-place kind of essay, unfortunately. Wrote it the night before deadline because people commented that my original games essay had no personality.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): APENG teacher said I was the most… I don’t remember, but along the lines of a prepared arduous student… in his high school career (which has only been a few years though). Didn’t see the other.
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Very passionate about recommending me, but not a great writer.
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[<em>] Interview: I thought it went well. We discussed his experiences and he gave me more information. he seemed impressed about everything I have done and loved the magic trick.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Three Areas of Interest Listed: Psychology…Business… something else.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public (4000 students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Does getting a CA high school proficiency certificate and almost leaving HS count?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Dedication to tutoring, rather unique. Reasonable SAT, GPA, Recs.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Could seem like I was just doing everything to get into a good college. May be too extreme. Essays were risky.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They’re a research school, so people who question fit right in. I think I demonstrated a passion for the unknown. [/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>This took a surprisingly long time, but maybe it helps next years applicants. :]</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): total:2140, m:720, r:750, w:670
[ *] ACT:n/a
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): french:800, lit:760, math II:800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.0ish
[ *] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:all AP levels
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):national merit and national honor finalist?
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis):founded painting club, plus i do afro, peer tutoring, and west african drumming
[ *] Job/Work Experience:bookstore and dental office
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:peer tutoring
[ *] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):good? haha i dont know
[ *] Common App Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):very good
[ *] Optional Favorite Things Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):n/a
[ *] Why Chicago (details in the essay and personal opinions on it):i don’t remember what i said
[ *] Extended Chicago Essay (subject - if you want, include essay prompt if you did #5 - and personal opinions on it):the importance of art
[ *] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it):n/a
[ *] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):n/a
[ *] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):n/a
[ *] Interview:it was interesting…the guy was a young alum and he dropped the f-bomb several times…but he was cool to talk to
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Three Areas of Interest Listed:don’t remember! probably painting, afro, drumming
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):new hampshire/new york
[ *] Country (if international applicant):USA
[ *] School Type:boarding
[ *] Ethnicity:black
[ *] Gender:f
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):hah, nope
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:bamf-ass artist
[ *] Weaknesses:gpa
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:my gpa. and my essay was less than stellar
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>