Hey everyone! Hope we can all discuss applications, essays, ec’s, etc here. Also please mention if you’re applying EA, ED I, ED II, or RD :))))) Good luck everyone!
Hey! I’m applying Early Action, and am trying to schedule an interview as soon as possible (I’ve been calling the admissions office haha!) I’m writing my essay on one of the old prompts about Costco mustard. Should be fun!
Got in RD for the Class of 2020: Deferring and taking a gap year. Got to say that, even in the essay prompts, the nature of UChicago shone through. The prompts allowed me to write, by far, my best supplements of the application process. Good luck to you all and hope to see you next September!
@Xman10199 Awesome! If you don’t mind me asking, what are you going to do during your gap year?
@wibblywobbly good luck mate hope you get in!
Was on the waitlist for 2020 but wrote to my admission officer and told him I was willing to take a gap year if I needed just so I could get in. He said sure, and it was cool because I was kinda wanting to take one anyways. So, I’ll be there in 2017. If any of you guys are waitlisted and want to take a gap year anyways I think it’s definitely worth mentioning to your officer regardless of the college.
I agree with Xman, the prompts were different and interesting and I actually had like .01% fun writing them, a .01% improvement over the prompts for other colleges.
Good luck guys!
I want to get in so badly!! I’ve submitted my application for ED
Sent in my Common App portion EA today. Polishing the supplement over the weekend.
if you submitted the common app portion & writing supplement all through the common app, do you need to submit the writing documents again through your uchicago account?
I submitted my research supps through my uchicago account. so I don’t know if I should also submit my common app portion AGAIN & the 3 writing supplements AGAIN through the my uchicago account? are we supposed to submit it again?
@allima no, you don’t need to submit anything again.
thank you! @sunshine232
do you guys think it will be harder to get in EA because they now have ED options?
At least I get a free T-shirt out of it!
@allima I hope not lol. I applied EA also.
I applied ED today. I hope I get in. I had fun writing the essay: created my own prompt for the extended essay.
Just sent in my application for EA. All the best guys! @allima and @Sandy12345 I really hope not… 
they send you a t-shirt just for applying?
They send you a Tshirt when you send standardized test scores, if I’m not mistaken.
dont we only submit standardized test scores after being accepted & choosing to enroll?
also, how did you format your essays for attaching to the application? Double space? Single space? Times new roman? Did you write the prompt at the top? helphelpehlp!!
@tod4sl0sd1as I think you mean AP scores. Standardized test scores like SAT and ACT are required for admission to most colleges (there are some test choice colleges). AP scores are the ones that you submit after enrollment so you can be exempt from pre requisite classes ya know?