UChicago 2021 Applicant Thread

Wait listed

Waitlisted… what a time to be alive

Does anyone know if they give out financial aid to students accepted off the waitlist?

rejected :confused:

Anyway does UChicago waitlist like half of their applicants? Literally everyone’s waitlisted

UChicago had ED I AND ED II AND EA this year, so I’m not surprised the RD acceptance is wayy lower this year. They filled a big part of their class already. Congrats to everyone admitted, and good luck to everyone else!

I GOT WAITLISTED AND I AM SO HAPPY LOL
I’m a European applicant, currently have 3 rejects in the UK and got rejected from MIT, so spirits were low to say the least. Finally not bad news to tell my parents (for now, at least).

But why do more people seem to be waitlisted than rejected?? Is it always like this? Makes me feel like I have a 1% chance anyway lol.

ED I, EA, and ED II were huge to uchicago this year and most people got in through that. RD acceptance rate was especially tough this year…

Just got accepted!!! So excited!!

Accepted! Wow!! My “extended” essay was only ~200 words…

ACCEPTED WOOT WOOT PRESIDENT’S SCHOLAR

Decision: waitlisted (lmao I pre-made this to say rejected, wow I’m so flattered and surprised I can change it to something else)
ACT: 31 composite, 32 superscored
GPA: 3.81 UW/4.2W
Significant ECs: tutoring, volunteeting, some leadership
Ethnicity: black female
Location: midwest

Waitlisted :frowning: I think i’m gonna go kill myself considering i got 3 decisions today and didn’t get a single bit of good news

What percentage of class were waitlisted? I think they need more time, so they better waitlisted top 30%, and make decisions later

S accepted…very happy!

@catsrock17 i’m in the exact same situation

Decision: Accepted!!
ACT: Superscore 30
GPA: 3.91 UW
Significants: STRONG ESSAYS!! URM, STEM major
Ethnicity: Native American
Ahhh I’m so happy especially after my rejection from WUSTL :slight_smile:

decision: WAITLIST OMG
act: 35
gpa: 3.6 uw
pluses: essays?? unpopular major?? test scores
ethnicity: asian and white

i’M SHOOk

At least this day wasn’t totally awful. I got my epic box from Reed, and I’m going to sleepover at a friend’s to celebrate her new home. Look on the bright side I guess (but inside I’m really depressed even though it’s one less decision I have to make).

rejected lmao