UChicago 2015 Hopefuls

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<p>I’ve finally decided that I’ll just apply RD. I think I’ll also go RD for all my schools, mainly because 1) I’m not sure if I’ll be able to complete everything by the November 1st deadline, and 2) I read on Yale’s website that they discouraged people who transferred high schools between junior and senior years to apply SCEA, so I’m assuming it probably wouldn’t be a great idea to do so for UChicago either. </p>

<p>Best of luck to the rest of you, though! :)</p>

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<p>^ I applied EA to Chicago despite transferring high schools between junior and senior year. </p>

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<p>I am curious why Yale would state that.</p>

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<p>Perhaps it has to do with teacher recommendations that come from teachers at schools who do not know the new student as well as they would with a few extra months?
That’s the only thing I can think of.</p>

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<p>@ mifune: Taken from Yale College’s FAQ (<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/admit/faq/applying.html):%5B/url%5D”>http://www.yale.edu/admit/faq/applying.html):</a></p>

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<p>To students that transfer frequently, that may be a potential setback if the comments do not properly reflect observed cognitive or personal growth over a sufficient period of time. The three recommendations I had submitted on my behalf were products of a one-year observation period. I was permitted to briefly glance at them and fortunately, they were incredibly positive.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks for the link!</p>

<p>Adding on, observing the adaptation may be beneficial but I believe that it is a bit unfair if Yale prefers not to evaluate applicants based on the visible achievements attained before the transfer.</p>

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<p>^ Urgh, for some reason the parentheses and semicolon were also hyperlinked. Make sure you delete them before hitting the return key ;)</p>

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<p>Corrected: [Applying</a> to Yale College | Frequently Asked Questions | Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“Home | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions”>Home | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>

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<p>Yes, whenever I follow a link with punctuation, I must click “Go Advanced” and move the puncuation outside the URL.</p>

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<p>^ Ooh, smart. Unfortunately as a Mac user, I’m not sure I can do that :D</p>

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<p>Not to depart from the general discussion, but Macs are definitely much less of a headache than PCs. I absolutely cannot wait to recycle this computer (its performance capacity has been greatly suffering lately).</p>

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<p>^ Yes, I’ve found Macs to be generally more efficient than PC’s. I guess it also helps that I own a Macbook Pro – it has awesome graphics and hasn’t crashed once. The PC my mom uses crashed within the first week since she brought it home :P</p>

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<p>I have a PC merely because of its greater compatibility with games.</p>

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<p>Oh, fantastic! That model appears to be highly regarded. How long have you had it?</p>

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<p>What type of games do you enjoy, silverturtle?</p>

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<p>I’ve owned it since June of last year. My dad bought it for me as a birthday present :D</p>

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<p>Well, in a former life (I play only rarely now), I was an avid and skilled Counter Strike: Source player. Before that, the various Sims games were my main interest.</p>

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<p>^ I don’t devote much time these days to idle entertainments either.</p>

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<p>Indeed, how elementary. :)</p>

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<p>Well, I suppose CC is a bit of an idle pursuit at times, but the discussion here is generally interesting and informative.</p>