<p>Hey everyone, I got my UChicago acceptance in the mail today!! Woohoo!!</p>
<p>Now, I have a bit of a problem. I've currently been admitted to Smith, Wellesley, and UChicago. Wellesley is being annoying about credit evaluations-- they're only giving me 4 classes for credit. Now, my academic dean could call and yell at them and they'll probably back down and award me about 6-7 more classes... but the problem is, I don't know if I'm going to Wellesley! UChicago has been much more generous about credit transfer. I have to tell Wellesley whether I'm attending by May 15th, and UChicago by June 1st. My top two choices are Yale and Stanford; I'll hear from those somewhere in late May. So I may not have heard from them by the time I need to respond to Wellesley!!! Damn. What should I do? Wellesley vs. UChicago (vs Smith, who I need to tell by May 2)?</p>
<p>First, congrats on another acceptance, anisky. </p>
<p>And I'm not how it works for those schools, but my friend last year couldn't decide and ended up putting down three deposits (UVA, WM, and GTown) before finally settling on GTown. If money isn't a problem and you can put down a deposit without officially committing, that might be an avenue to explore.</p>
<p>Hmm, I read on Yale's website for Freshmen that they reserve the right to rescind your rejection if they find out you've sent a deposit to Yale and to somewhere else. I don't know if their transfer process is the same, but I don't want to take any chances...</p>
<p>Congratulations Anisky on your acceptance to Chicago. Transfer students have a difficult logistical problem because schools don't have a generally agreed upon date for issuing transfer students offers of admission and a "drop dead" date for students to accept the offers. I agree with Toph that the solution is literally to "buy time" by putting down a deposit, especially if any of the schools are offering financial aid. Furthermore, many schools reserve the right to rescind admission offers if your grades suddenly go south. It seems to me that such offers are thus not really firm offers, but contingent or tentative offers. If a school cannot come up with sufficient credits or does not provide you with sufficient financial aid, it's only fair that you have a right to rescind your acceptance.</p>
<p>I'd contact Yale and ask if it's ok that you send the deposits in to the earlier deadline schools if you promise to rescind them if Yale accepts you.</p>
<p>Of course... if you decide on UofC over Wellesley and Smith then it really isn't a big deal anyways.</p>
<p>That's good news anisky. Take a deep breath. </p>
<p>Most schools understand that other schools operate on different timetables, so the proper procedure is probably outlined somewhere in the transfer instructions. If you are forced to commit to a school that you have been accepted to before another school gives you an admission decision, you should call the school with the later decision date and explain the problem. They will likely just ask you to send a copy of the admission letter (or fax it), and will do their best to expedite the decision. It also shows that you prefer their institution over the other, however, I can make no pronouncement on how this effects admission decisions. I would call Yale and Stanford soon to explain your predicament. I am certain they will be understanding.</p>
<p>I'm with all of you...I put down my housing deposits for Penn, but I am still waiting for Brown and Yale. If I get assigned graduate housing at Penn BEFORE I hear from Yale/Brown, if I choose NOT to go to Penn, I will have to pay a $250.00 cancellation charge on my room at Penn. The reason I did this was in case I didn't get into the other two schools, I wouldn't risk the chance of not getting housing at Penn. Was this insane...or just covering my own a**???</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. :)
It felt like the right decision. I just wish Yale/Brown would hurry up, already. If I'm not accepted into either school, I want to know so I can focus on going to Penn.</p>
<p>the former is my excitement for ainsky, while the latter is an audible manifestation stemming from my immense anxiety from waiting, waiting and WAITING for uchicago's decision! </p>
<p>seriously, though: congratulations. i'll just sit here wringing my hands and salivating in anticipation of a big, thick envelope sometime soon.</p>
<p>when you log on the uncommon application site, does it say "Welcome, [Your Name]" or just "Welcome,"? Maybe there's a way that I can tell if I got rejected before I get the thin envelope and burst out in tears...</p>
<p>I have been accepted to all of them, but I don't know what to do... I'm still waiting on Stanford, Yale, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Swarthmore, and Haverford. The last three I probably wouldn't choose over my current options; the first two I would, the third I MIGHT. </p>
<p>I talked to one of the deans of my school and he thought that I was silly for even considering Wellesley over UChicago. He said that UChicago is academically "Head and shoulders over Wellesley. Not to mention torso", and went on to say that students with a 3.4-3.6 here generally go to Wellesley, and 3.6-3.8 generally go to UChicago. </p>
<p>I went to graduate school and taught undergrads at UChicago, and my d. went to Smith (and I went to Williams). To me, for years 3 and 4, there is no comparison: Smith is the better school. The greatest benefit of UChicago is in the first two years - the core curriculum. After that, unless there is particular specialty that UChicago has, you will get better personal attention at Smith, the quality of campus life is better, and, I think, there is just better teaching. (Years 3 and 4 at Chicago are precisely the time you will be hitting the research profs - those who are more interested in research than teaching.) Whoops - just noted you might be a second-year transfer? It might then be a tossup - depending on what you are looking for.</p>
<p>I think the same is likely at Wellesley, though I know less about campus life.</p>
<p>oh how i wish i knew what uchicago was up to with me. decisions were sent out a long time ago, and look at me, sitting here with no clue whether i'm in or out. :-( the waiting is KILLING me. i'm from chicago and i go to school in a bordering state, so i have some idea of mail time. it seems as if standard envelopes take much less time than do packages, large envelopes, etc. or maybe fate is being kind and waiting until after 4/20 to deliver bad news. either way, ARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!</p>