UChicago 2021 Applicant Thread

@tod4sl0sd1as yeah we can choose to self report or send in actual reports

9-11 more days…
I can’t do this. Decisions for other schools are going to start coming out tomorrow. I’m going to be surrounded by people crying (whether tears of joy or despair is a different story)

Applied ED to UChicago. I cannot wait for decisions to come out! I took a serious tone with my why uchicago and uncommon question essays. I wrote sincerely about why I liked UChicago and for my uncommon I wrote of the issues with the electoral college (hopefully works out for a potential public policy major). My favorite things essay was definitely my most creative. I conveyed how my favorite music genre was the compositions of Hans Zimmer in the DC comic book movies, making me see deeper into the characters that I once thought of as "light-hearted’ and “cool”.
Good luck to everyone!

@batmanjohn I was planning on writing about the electoral college too! If I would have gone with the vestigial prompt. But I chose a different prompt in the end.

Hi everyone!! I created my account to talk on this thread :slight_smile: I applied EA to Uchicago, and I used the pick from past prompts option. I chose the “where is waldo?” prompt.

I chose the pick from the past as well! I chose the pH prompt!

I chose the pick from the past too!! I wrote about why odd numbers are so odd. Good luck to everyone applying; I can’t wait to hear back #:-S

I chose one of the current prompts- the “describe your portal” one. I’m so anxious to hear back!!

@hamgirl I chose the “what’s so odd about odd numbers” prompt too! Also, does anyone know if UChicago has released the date that they are sending out ED/EA acceptances?

@Chicagodreams9 we should get the email today or monday. Decisions should be out the 16th.

@Chicagodreams9 ah that’s so exciting! Hopefully they’ll like both of our essays.
@Dartmouth_21 how do you know decisions come out the 16th?

I applied Early Action for Molecular Engineering. I love the program and everything they are doing with it! I have my fingers crossed that I’ll get to chance to double major in Molecular Engineering and Applied Mathematics.

I choose the same essay. It was a very interesting prompt.

One of my friends has family who works for Uchicago and they said decisions will be released next Friday. Hopefully it’s true :slight_smile:

Did anyone else use the past “Find X” Prompt?

i did square one, and it seems like a lot of ppl did it too lol

@ManaManaWegi I actually did haha, but I’m applying RD

@bluekou23 I am also applying RD.

Hi! EA applicant here. Does anyone know when the decisions for EA will come out?

@catulus Monday the 19th! According to the website: https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/