<p>2) When did you submit your application?
Halloween! Submitted at like 6pm and then went to a concert that night </p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
About a month on the commonapp, a month drafting for the supplement, but wrote my final supplement essays mostly in one day</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Indeed</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Antonio Machado</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
They are all kind of unified in my mind, so I can’t really distinguish</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Think I want to double major in govt and linguistics but the prospect of double majoring at Chicago is a bit frightening</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Reach, oh, gosh, is it a reach. What is it, 15.8% acceptance? So scared.</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
10.</p>
<p>@Insouciant
SO MUCH. It was amazing. haha. I even did the scarf flip and everything. Unfortunately, I couldn’t say his famous quote “She’s a stupid ----” because, ya know, family friendly show or whatever.</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
Ten minutes before Nov 1 deadline…</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
The night I submitted…5 hours</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Of course not lol. </p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
The ask your own question one. </p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
My, “why chicago” was crap; clearly indicated my lack of interest in going there. So I think the creative one was best.</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
I think biology? Pre-med track. </p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Strong academics (2/300, 3.99 UW, 4.382 W, SAT: 2380, Subjects: 800,790,800, Siemens Semifinalist), Okay EC’s (400+ hours hospital volunteering, Math club co-founder, Debate VP, Co-published for research, EMT volunteer, Tennis, etc.) My “why Chicago” essay was crap and I didn’t do an interview…let’s hope things go well. </p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
1/10. I do not see myself here, especially since I found out how bad the pre-med here was. I thought there would be a lot more kids like me- applying to a good school but didn’t want to commit anywhere. I just hope to use this as a confidence boost for the RD round. I apologize if I take anyone’s spot .</p>
<p>@breaker, this is in no way meant to be offensive, but why apply to a school that doesn’t have the program you want (especially if you don’t like the school)? I understand the idea of having an acceptance from a good school behind you heading into the RD round, but still…why kill yourself (or not) working on an app such as UChicago’s?</p>
<p>1/10, breaker746? I’m sorry, but how could you dislike such an amazing school (that you took the time and money to apply to) to the extent that you rate your interest as a 1/10? Also, what makes you say the pre-med is “bad?” At a school ranked as high as UChicago, no academic department is “bad.” To describe it as such is sort of offensive. </p>
<p>I don’t mean to rant and pick on you, but this thread is intended more for people who actually want to go to UChicago…your ambivalence toward the prospect of such a valuable education is sort of appalling.</p>
<p>@breaker746 Wow. If you actually have no desire to be at UChicago, please call and withdraw you application ASAP. There are people that would die for a spot you might take.</p>
<p>I think that its because of people like breaker746 that number of EA applicants rose to something around 8700. A lot of these people apply to a range of top schools hoping they will get into one school. The #5 rank at USNWR could have been a contributing factor as well.</p>
<p>My decision to apply to Chicago was mostly an impulse one- a good school that wouldn’t preclude me from applying to other EAs. As I stated I spent a single evening on the application, so it wasn’t much of a time waste. In addition I had the means to pay for it. Only after I applied did I find out how bad (aka how difficult) the pre-med is b/c of intense core cirriculum and grade deflation. If I had known I wouldn’t have applied. But I’m sure there were a TON of kids who applied (like me) just cause it was the only very high ranked school that offered a normal EA instead of SCEA, so please don’t be hatin’. If the decision is fair and is based on interest, I’ll likely get rejected. Otherwise, I apologize. Good luck to everyone! I hope those who want it get it.</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
11:59 on November 1st… I wanted to make sure it was perfect. </p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
I looked at the essay prompts the day they came out, wrote a draft for every prompt, threw them all away, and did the Tell us about a time you found something you weren’t looking for prompt a week before the due date. </p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yes</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Robert Frost/Sylvia Plath</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Why Chicago</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Foreign Languages/English/International Relations/Undecided</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?
Somewhere between pi and infinity.</p>
<p>@TobiasFunkeBlue,
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE FIRE…SALE? </p>
<p>UChicago applicants have awesome taste in everything. With every passing moment, the amount that I want to go to there gets more enormous. Good luck to everyone (but mostly to me) (that’s a joke) (kinda) (yes it is) (but seriously I want to get in).</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Hong Kong, Born in the US</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
2 weeks before the deadline</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
Started in the summer as soon as the essay questions were available</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Yes! Lady Gaga, Les Miserables, and Fountain Pens</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
What is the connection between Play-Doh and Plato?</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Ironically, the common app one lol</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Undecided, I dunno, Philisophy, Economics, Visual Arts, may double major</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Reach Its now like an Ivy</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
1 (with 1 being the highest)</p>
<p>1) Where are you from?
Born: Crawley, West Sussex, England
Live: Fayetteville, Georgia</p>
<p>2) When did you submit your application?
August 9th</p>
<p>3) How long/hard did you WORK on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P)?
As soon as questions were available I began drafting my essays. I spent months pouring my heart and soul into my extended essay!</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?
Of course, the eternal experience of photography!</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?
Between living and dreaming etc.</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?
Extended essay</p>
<p>7) In what do you want to major?
Laws/Letters/Society & Gender/Sexuality Studies</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you
Relative reach</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?
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<p>Just another word on breaker,
Gotta love how he just throws his stats in when the question only asked if it was a safety/reach/target.
NOBODY IS ASKING FOR YOUR STATS.
That is all.
Hi fellow EA’ers!!! Good luck with everything!</p>
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