<p>I applied to Northwestern ED because it was the best fit and I could see myself there. I also thought admissions would be a bit easier there and therefore would be a better use of ED than Penn. I would have been ecstatic to get in ED but now that I can’t go there, I’m all the more motivated to work harder on my apps (essays already finished but it doesn’t hurt to write new ones or make the ones I have now even stronger). It’s a wake-up call!</p>
<p>Obviously, given an EA admission to UChicago, there’s no use for me to apply to safeties. I do want to have options among Penn, Duke, HYP and those schools so I can make an informed decision later on. I can see myself at UChicago, but it’s not a perfect fit. Counselor told me UChicago is trying to change the kind of students it admits, so she thought I should give it a try, and maybe she has a point. I’m so happy about UChicago, don’t get me wrong. Please don’t be offended-- I just want to have options.</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with having options. But… UChicago is a fantastic opportunity. Take a minute to be happy and celebrate.</p>
<p>Do you know what you want to study?</p>
<p>ETA: spaceduck is right. Make sure you at least have a financial “safety” it could turn out to be your most important acceptance if it matters. If not, great.</p>
This is the 4th reference I’ve heard about my “junior prom queen” status…some UChicago people PMed me with some harsh words too. I hope I’m not unwelcome there…I actually like UChicago quite a bit.</p>
<p>I’m in the fortunate position of not needing FA. Be assured that I have celebrated my acceptance to college (and to UChicago no less! a fantastic institution) with my parents :)</p>
<p>OP Yesterday - rejected ED at NU with 2300 and top 5%!!!</p>
<p>OP Today - accepted EA at Chicago but “Given the difficulty of admissions, it’s just right that I cast a wide net. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.”</p>
<p>“Like I said, I already finished all of my applications so I might as well send them to all of my reach schools.”</p>
<p>OP has gotten good expository writing practice with college essays. Why spend money to send them? Think first!</p>
<p>Why all of sudden does OP want to go to college in grimy Philadelphia instead of Chicago and think she will fit in better there? Has she ever been to any these places?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter why? She is right to make the applications and to make the choice when the time comes. </p>
<p>It may well be, given the schools she is applying to, that she will get only this acceptance, but we women like to shop around before we buy, and I respect that she’s willing to do the work to find out. Nothing wrong with that.</p>
<p>it’s not like the schools go, “Oh we have enough qualified apps in SCEA or ED. We’ll just take those and stop looking.”</p>
<p>^true. OP wants to expand her choices. Why not? She has the right to do so I don’t see what the fuss is. </p>
<p>By the way, congratulations on your admissions to UChicago! I’m so happy for you. See, another door opens. I wish you the best of luck for your RD admissions. Told my brother about your case and he laughed out loud. Similar cases, two years apart.</p>
<p>This is pretty funny… At CC, the capital of “fit”, someone suggests that a lower-ranked school might be a better place for them than Chicago, and everyone goes crazy.</p>
<p>Give the OP a break. Maybe she legitimately likes Penn and Duke and would prefer to go there? There are plenty of reasons why one of those places might be a better fit than Chicago.</p>
<p>My only point was that it is not logical to EA to your 4th or 5th choice school. Why not go for the school you really want and, if you get in, be done with it all?</p>
<p>I can see OP being in love with NU and wanting to go there ED. Once that fell through, she decided she can love them all?</p>
<p>It makes sense if you truly love one school and they throw you under the bus.</p>
<p>I asked a question earlier and did not see a response whether OP visited NU. From what I heard in presentations last year, NU is big on love. If they don’t believe you are in love, they dont want you. Apparently, ED does not sound like enough love. :p</p>
<p>The differences between NU and the U of C are exaggerated. They are similar places in different parts of Chicago. There are curricular differences, but for many they don’t matter.</p>
<p>It’s all good. Let her see who asks her to the prom. She may well be going with Uchicago. One thing we all know, or the adults here, anyway, wherever she ends up will be the right “fit.” But, tis the season to shop around, for the universities and for the rest of you.</p>
<p>Just my opinion, I don’t think you’ll have a good chance for RD unless you have great academic achievements. I think a Harvard, Yale, Princeton… undergraduate will have better SAT II scores and maybe some national awards for an academic subject (like an olympiad medal, just saying). You are an all-rounded applicant but not an outstanding applicant. Don’t waste the money.</p>
<p>Assuredly, while it isn’t uncommon to see olympiad medalists at Yale or Princeton or Harvard, I guarantee you students of that sort of level wind up all over the place. And many, many, many HYP students don’t have such academic awards of that precise level.</p>
<p>As for the OP - there could be specific reasons, but the thing is it doesn’t surprise me. What schools are looking for seems to grow less and less clear over time, which is a trend I do not support, but some might be OK with.</p>
I don’t see what the fuss is. </p>
I’m so happy for you. See, another door opens. I wish you the best of luck for your RD admissions. Told my brother about your case and he laughed out loud. Similar cases, two years apart.</p>