<p>Knowing the date has helped me. I didn’t to be caught off guard by my rejection! This way I’ll be prepared…ish.</p>
<p>U of Chicago is not a likely school for ANYONE!</p>
<p>^ word
10 char</p>
<p>yep. does anyone else log in every second in case the decisions have been posted… even thought they’re not going to be there until monday</p>
<p>I thought for sure it would happen this week - probably Friday. I wish I didn’t have to wait those extra three days…</p>
<p>I feel like there’s a decent chance UChicago will announce on Friday, just so that anyone angry for being denied/deferred won’t be able to call over the weekend! I’m hoping so at least 
As long as I’m not one of those denied…</p>
<p>Can’t wait till monday!! I hope my essays get me in… i have good grades and scores but I think essays & ECs are more important for this school…</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Hong Kong</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)?
Started end of September/beginning of October… a bit late haha. Worked on it for 1 or 2 days in each week</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yep</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Write about a time you found something you weren’t looking for</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Commonapp essay</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Possibly chemistry or economics… hoping to decide in uni</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Reach. Thought it’d be between likely and reach but after reading about the rise in the number of applications as well as the increasing competitiveness i realized it was a reach :(</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
10! But I’d probably rate that for other schools too</p>
<p>1) Where you’re from</p>
<p>Northern California
2) When you submitted your application</p>
<p>November 1st
3) How long/hard you WORKED on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)</p>
<p>Pretty hard. I did a lot of essay shuffling and rewriting. </p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?</p>
<p>Yep—wrote it on my favorite book.</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?</p>
<p>Made my own, though this was most of a last ditch attempt to use an essay I had already written. This will likely hurt me. After all, how can I come up with a topic more creative than the ones they’ve already prescribed?</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?</p>
<p>Personal statement or Why Chicago supplement</p>
<p>7) What you want to major in</p>
<p>Chemistry on the pre-medicine track</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you</p>
<p>No idea. </p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?</p>
<p>10000</p>
<p>Wait, I thought scores were released today? whaaaa?</p>
<p>MONDAY! MONDAY! MONDAY! MONDAY! MONDAY!
I’m not freaking out as much as I thought…surprising.</p>
<p>So guys… if you get into Chicago, are you still gonna apply to other schools RD?</p>
<p>I know I will! I’m a prospective pre-med and saw the U Chicago pre-med thread here and I’m not as attached to what will come of my decision anymore. But it would be great for those of you who view Chicago as the top choice. Nice to relax a little for the rest of the year.</p>
<p>Just got into University of Michigan… my “non reach” dream school. Chicago may be a reach, but now that I’m in U of M, I’m surprisingly not nervous, just excited. My mom really thinks my creative essay is going to get me in (i did the non scientific method one) but I’m not sure… I think there’s a 50% chance I’ll be deferred. ANYWAY… I really hope I get in, b/c I <3 u chicago!!! Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>deferred from MIT, not feelin too good about Monday now.</p>
<p>same jussayin12, I hate having to wait. And I’m worried that, because an extra 2000 people applied early to UChicago, I’m going to end up having to wait for that decision too:(</p>
<p>Does everyone have financial aid information needed on their UChicago account? Because mine got updated in the last few days, but I assume everyone has that.</p>
<p>Guys - I’m slightly confused. Are we getting an email on Monday about how to access our decision? It’ll be posted online right? Or will our decision itself be emailed to us? And at what time?</p>
<p>I’m not really nervous at all and it’s really surprising because I really really realllly love UChicago and I would LOVE to go there! But I think I’ll probably be freaking out all day on Monday :(</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Michigan</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
November 1</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
About 5 Days.</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yes</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?
Commonapp essay</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Economics </p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Reach, unfortunately no doubt about it. </p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
9 - Though I’ll admit UChicago isn’t the very top spot on my list if I had the choice, it comes in a very very close second.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many EA applicants were accepted in years past? I feel like there’s no hope getting closer to the deadline. Almost 8700 applicants and the maximum number they would accept is 1000 :(</p>