<p>uchicago i already applied you can stop sending me emails telling me how amazing ur school is.</p>
<p>AGREED. Whenever I see a UChicago email I freeze, then I click on it and it basically says “Hey! We’re great! This isn’t your decision email by the way. Lol.”</p>
<p>An acquaintance of mine just got into his ED school and had to retract his UChicago app.
I was like, “A SPOT FOR MEEEEE?!?!”</p>
<p>Yup.</p>
<p>Can’t get over how decent the UChic ad office is-- hope it reflects the school in general. BTW, I need to be sedated…</p>
<p>Decided to join the chatter… :)</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
MI</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
October 31st hehe</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
On and off for like 3 months…</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
no time… until they extended the deadline smh </p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
in between living and dreaming, there’s a third thing–guess it</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
not sure… i think the creative one, though–i sounded semi philosophical ahaha</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Psych? </p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
reach! possibly…</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
not my top, but an 8 nonetheless</p>
<p>hoping alum grandpa will pull me through :P</p>
<p>Friday night before another ACT…sure lets browse CC!</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
NM</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
October 28th</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
Worked on the CA essay for like 2 months. I think maybe a month on UChicago? (Weekend/weeknight editing…)</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
yep. The one about favorite books and what not.</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Living and dreaming</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Hmmm, not sure. Out of the supplements, probably the living and dreaming one.</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Physics and Astronomy!</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Eh, I’m really hopeful, but I doubt I can say safety. Likely??</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
It’s not my number one, but I’d still give it an 8.</p>
<p>I hope they value research experience!</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
California</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
October 31st</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
Off and on since late August</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
No</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Play-doh/Plato</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Probably my commonapp essay.</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Statistics</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Reach lol</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
About an 8…</p>
<p>ok, im jumping in late but the waiting is killing me! When are the results coming a;lakjdf;asljdf</p>
<p>and btw have you guys heard anything about the climate improving for pre-med students ?</p>
<p>1) Where you’re from
Midwest
2) When you submitted your application
Mid October
3) How long/hard you WORKED on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)
From September
4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yes
5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Between living and dreaming
6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Why Chicago?
7) What you want to major in
Mathematics and Economics
8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Reach
9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
9.98+0.02</p>
<p>Chicago is my top choice.</p>
<p>Where are you from?
Massachusetts</p>
<p>When did you submit your application?
October 30</p>
<p>How long/hard did you work on your app?
Started in August, most work done in October</p>
<p>Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yep! I know it truly is optional but I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity</p>
<p>Creative essay topic?
Don’t write about reverse psychology.</p>
<p>In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Hmmm…not sure. It’s between creative and common app.</p>
<p>What do you want to major in?
Linguistics or Psychology (probably)</p>
<p>Safety/likely/reach?
College counselor’s opinion…possible (on naviance). My opinion…reach haha</p>
<p>How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
If you’re at ten, where can you go from there? Nowhere. What we do, we go one louder to 11.</p>
<p>In other words, it’s my absolute top choice.</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Arizona</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
Oct 30th</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
I did it over a few weeks, working on it a little bit here and there.</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yeah. I wrote about The Mars Volta and Mario Vargas Llosa.</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Between living and dreaming.</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
I can’t decide between my CA essay and my Chi supplement.</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Anthropology.</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
High reach/low likely</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
9 or so.</p>
<p>On another note, does anyone know is any specific houses are known for something in particular? Like, is there a house known for being into sports, one that’s generally into math or science, etc…</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
International.</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
October 21.</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
15 full days, around.</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
No (and mildly regretting it). My creative was partly about favorites.</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Between living and dreaming. Reading it now, I feel I screwed this one up – it doesn’t go anywhere.</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Creative essay. You can probably tell what I think about my common app essay… I rewrote everything for my regular admissions schools.</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
I put down Mathematics.</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Reach. </p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
[This</a> much.](<a href=“http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\sum_{k%3D0}^{\infty}\frac{9}{10^k}]This”>http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\sum_{k%3D0}^{\infty}\frac{9}{10^k})</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Colorado</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
October something…idr like the 15th maybe?</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
very long and hard.</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
yes</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
what is one question that you have</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
the one mentioned in #5…it was incredible</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
cog neuro</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
reachish</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
7…Brown is by far my top choice school</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Hawaii</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
October 30</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
off and on for a month or so</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yup :)</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Plato → Play Doh</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Creative</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Near Eastern Studies</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Reach. Who would seriously consider it a safety?</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
10^10</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
New Jersey</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
Oct 30th</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
I wrote the essays in one weekend, but I did work hard on them.</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yes</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Reverse psychology</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
The creative essay</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
environmental studies, archaeology, or classical studies</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Reach</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
11</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Midwest</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
Oct 31st</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
Very hard. It wasn’t a difficult thing to do though, I enjoyed writing the UChicago essay more than I enjoyed the others…by far.</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yep :)</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
My version of the scientific method</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Creative. Second would be the common app essay. Really I liked them both…</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Double major in statistics and political science with a minor in philosophy</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Likely (I hope my guidance counselor was right…)</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
8</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
CA</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
October 31st </p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
… like 2 weeks (lolololololol)</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
no. not regretting it, though :D</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
make your own topic!</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
the make my own topic one :P</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Chemistry (time to make things go boom!)</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
hm… leech (likely reach)</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
7</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Memphis</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
October 29th</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
Um… weeks. I kept getting my friends and teachers to help with the essays, and I was very careful about everything else.</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
I did, but I don’t know that you could really call it an essay… more of a list. But I think that’s fine for this.</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Between living and dreaming.</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
It depends on how they take it, but I felt better about the common app. It was pretty clear and legit while the other may have been a bit philosophical and confusing. However, I don’t think either will be a problem.</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
English/Creative Writing/Business</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Based on the stats of previous years, I’d say likely. Don’t think it could really be a safety for anyone, tbh.</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
10. I don’t want to go anywhere else. (But I’ll suck it up if I have to).</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Havertown</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
August 14th or something…talk about nerdy</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
I’d say a week or two</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
I didn’t, but only because I was so interested/excited about the main one</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Between living and dreaming.</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
The supplement creative essay for sure, I was actually invested in it, which was a first for the questions I had previously looked at for other schools, and really enjoyed writing it.</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
English/Creative Writing/Psychology </p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Hahah I really have no idea. I tried my best on the application and am hoping for the best, because I really like what UChicago’s about in terms of the life of the mind and what not. Honestly, it could either be likely or a reach.</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
I’d say 8 or 9, but I wouldn’t be totally crushed if denied. (Only about half crushed…)</p>
<p>Uhh I didn’t do the optional (really regretting it) but I think my reverse psych one was strong. Do you guys think I’ll be okay? Asian, 36 ACT, 800 math II, 770 physics, 730 bio-m. 3.75 (bad) gpa, 64/586 rank. 10 years piano and 7 tennis, and officers in a few school clubs. Lol chance me?</p>