The NEW OFFICIAL University of Chicago EA Decisions - Class of 2014

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<p>Let's try this again. No one, and I repeat, NO ONE post in this thread (unless you're posting nifty code thing that makes it so that we don't have to remove the spaces) until decisions are released. And even then, ONLY post decisions. </p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Year Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] EC's listed on app:
[ *] Volunteer/Community Service:
[ *] Awards listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Common App Essay:
[ *] EC Short Answer:
[ *] Why Chicago Essay:
[ *] Optional Favorite Things Essay:
[ *] Extended Supplemental Essay:
[ *] Teacher Recs (if you saw them):
[ *] Counselor Rec (if you saw them):
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid:
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ *] Where else are you applying?</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

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<p>“No one, and I repeat, NO ONE post in this thread”</p>

<p>Haha try telling that to the internet…oh wait…meh</p>

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<p>anyone wanna hear the story of Hanukkah?</p>

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<p>Why is the sky blue and not burnt orange?</p>

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<p>meow meow meow</p>

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<p>i’ll be boycotting this thread and posting my rejection in the other thread.</p>

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<p>What jack2010 said.</p>

<p>BTW, dont you (motion) think it would be smarter to post this thread like a lil’ ( an hour or two) before decisions come out.</p>

<p>I mean come on… we are all just way too horny about CC</p>

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<p>Except that, no one knows which day decisions are coming out…</p>

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<p>…since this thread has been sufficiently raped by blatant disregard for a simple request, I’ll hypocritically add my two pennies: don’t you (who all just posted on this thread) think it might be smarter to just write on the countdown/EA people threads instead? This is just annoying.</p>

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<p>Testing… Still can’t make it work right!!</p>

<p>The OP gave no instructions. Do we delete the [ *] on each line or what?</p>

<p>[size=+2][ color=red]**Decision: Rejected/b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>**Stats:[ /b][ list]
SAT I (by section):2500
SAT IIs:900
[li] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted:7.5[/li][ *] Rank:999/1000
[ *] ACT:37
[ *] APs (including this year’s):what’s that?
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Year Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:0
[ *] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.):abc, bcd, cde</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] EC’s listed on app:
[ *] Volunteer/Community Service:
[ *] Awards listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Common App Essay:
[ *] EC Short Answer:
[ *] Why Chicago Essay:
[ *] Optional Favorite Things Essay:
[ *] Extended Supplemental Essay:
[ *] Teacher Recs (if you saw them):
[ *] Counselor Rec (if you saw them):
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid:
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ *] Where else are you applying?</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

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<p>^not funny</p>

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<p>The format in the OP doesn’t work.</p>

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<p>You have to delete the spaces in the [ b], [ /b], [ *], etc.</p>

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<p>tide, you don’t have the forum cred to start this thread. sorry, man.</p>

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<p>Here is the (properly formatted) code without spaces that we will use to post admissions results. Best of luck to everybody!</p>

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<p>By the way, one must use [noparse] in order to prevent the code from, well, parsing.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted OR</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): N/A
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 770 Bio-M
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.045 UW (on A+=4.33 system; nothing weighted)
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] ACT: 36 (35 E, 36 M, 36 S, 35 R)
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): BC Calc, Chem, Bio, US Gov, English Lang (all 5’s), currently in English Lit, Vergil, Physics C
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Courseload: 3 AP’s, a few electives, Linear Algebra/Real Analysis at Stanford EPGY OHS
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 EA I believe
[</em>] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.): AMC 12 132, AIME 10, USAMO 8 (top scores only)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] EC’s listed on app: Math Team, Science Olympiad, JCL, StuCo, Boy Scouts, Swimming, Cross Country
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: Nothing major
[<em>] Awards listed on app: Lots
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding, Tutoring
[<em>] Common App Essay: Person who impacted me; pretty strong
[</em>] EC Short Answer: hurried and not very well-written
[<em>] Why Chicago Essay: Good. Based on the book stacks at the Reg
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay: Wrote about Switchfoot and other dystopian stuff
[<em>] Extended Supplemental Essay: How I got caught. Risky, but very good if it worked
[</em>] Teacher Recs (if you saw them): Didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw them): Didn’t see
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): N/A
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): USAMO+USNCO</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private Day School
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid: Doesn’t matter
[</em>] Strengths: Academics and Leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: Community service?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[<em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere yet
[</em>] Where else are you applying? Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Rice, Virginia, Caltech, Texas</p>

<p>**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] Reaction:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Math: 800; Critical Reading: 800; Writing: 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Mat II: 800; Biology M : 800; Literature: 790
[<em>] GPA: 99.5 … my school doesn’t weight
[</em>] Rank: 3/400+
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): N/A
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Courseload: Physics, Calculus, Spanish IV, Music, English, American History II
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: At least 5 EA, but i dono
[</em>] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] EC’s listed on app: Chess club, school literary magazine, school newspaper, national honor society, social studies club, Big time all-year round premier soccer, varsity soccer captain
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: National Honor Society, volunteer soccer youth coach
[<em>] Awards listed on app: National Merit
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 summers web designing
[<em>] Common App Essay: A newfound appreciation for art found in a mandatory studio art course
[</em>] EC Short Answer: Soccer
[<em>] Why Chicago Essay: More serious, not pretentious
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay: Music - Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West; and Books - Stephen Hawking, Douglas Adams
[<em>] Extended Supplemental Essay: An essay about the different things that different people get out of playing games
[</em>] Teacher Recs (if you saw them): Haven’t seen them but I know they were strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw them): Strong
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Did not go so well to be honest, awkward, starbucks
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Religious
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[</em>] Strengths: Math?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Foreign Language
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Standardized test scores
[<em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: no where yet
[</em>] Where else are you applying? MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Duke, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, NYU [/ul]</p>

<p>I’m so glad this is over. Congrats to everyone who got in! Hang in there deferrals!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 760CR, 800M, 800W
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 Math II, 780 Physics, 700 USH
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.0 UW 5.02 W
[</em>] Rank: 5/519
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): World History, Calc BC, APES, Spanish Lang, Geography, USH, Psychology, Stats
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: Physics HL, English HL, History HL, Math HL, Psych SL, Geo SL, Spanish SL
[</em>] Senior Year Courseload: IB English, IB History, IB Psychology, IB Spanish, IB Physics, IB ToK, APES, Band, Multivar Calculus, Diffeq
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I think I was the only one EA.
[</em>] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] EC’s listed on app: Band, math club, tutoring, geography team, science olympiad
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: tutoring, band stuff
[<em>] Awards listed on app: Mostly school awards, won an essay and math contest
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Common App Essay: tutoring
[</em>] EC Short Answer: band
[<em>] Why Chicago Essay: strong math with a liberal arts balance
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay: film - 12 Angry Men
[<em>] Extended Supplemental Essay: personal issue
[</em>] Teacher Recs (if you saw them):
[<em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw them):
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): great, lady was really nice
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NC
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): fairly large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid: yes
[</em>] Strengths: math/science
[<em>] Weaknesses: foreign language
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: SAT + GPA
[<em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted NCSU
[</em>] Where else are you applying? MIT, Duke, CMU, UNC, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Cornell, McGill</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Very excited, totally unexpected! Congratulations to those who got in; to those who don’t, remember that it’s not where you go to college but what you make of it. There is a school out there for you.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I CR: 800 M:680 W: 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: not submitted
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.97 UW
[</em>] Rank: 23/423
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): AP Euro, AP LA, AP Chem, AP US, AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Calc, AP Lit
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: none
[</em>] Senior Year Courseload: AP Bio, Vocal Jazz, AP Gov, Japanese 5/6, AP Calc, AP Lit
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1?
[</em>] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.):</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: a bunch of choirs and drama
[</em>] Awards listed on app: essay contests
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 15 hours per week for the last year and a half
[</em>] Common App Essay: about my dad
[<em>] Why Chicago Essay: wrote about the schools intangible assets
[</em>] Optional Favorite Things Essay: didn’t do . . .
[<em>] Extended Supplemental Essay:games!
[</em>] Teacher Recs (if you saw them): I only saw one, and it was really nice
[<em>] Counselor Rec (if you saw them): AMAZING!
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): no interview
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): low income, first generation, possible URM?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: WA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, the stats aren’t great
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Native American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid:Yes
[</em>] Strengths: none?
[<em>] Weaknesses: scattered
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[<em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>] Where else are you applying? Yale, Columbia, Stanford</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:/b]
OH MY GOD! :smiley: Thank you Jesus! Congratulations everyone![</p>

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<p>As a genuine UofC student, I am authorized to tell you ALL to DESTRESS.</p>

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