do you guys know wht time it comes out?
I’ve been living a tiny bit north of chicago for almost my entire life and idk if that makes me immune to the cold or not but the winter here isnt as bad as people make it out to be imo. Think of all the snow days!! Haha…all you need is a really heavy duty coat, a hat and gloves and you’re set!
Another ED deferred applicant joining the thread
lol this is the ed reject thread
@dr0wning literally!
@94percentmilk I live in socal so I think my perspective is a bit skewed… to me, chicago will probably be horribly cold.
@graceann I recognize you! it sucks that Columbia didn’t work out but as you can see, you have company 
I’m gonna put this out there right now since there are so many ED deferred/rejected people here so you guys don’t raise your hopes up too much: you have a slim to nonexistant chance of being accepted here. UChicago is more selective than all of those ED schools; therefore, you can’t expect anything here. If you couldnt get in there, how can you possibly get in here? Be ready because a definite deferral is coming. This is coming from a fellow ED deferred applicant just trying to be real about this.
@rhdhtai I’m not an ED reject, but what you said isn’t true at all. Anyone can get rejected from any school, and accepted to another. You can get rejected from Cornell and accepted to Harvard. They should go into this like they would any other: optimistic, but realistic.
Also, I’d be hesitant to say that UChicago is more selective than other schools. ED, by nature, should have a higher acceptance rate than EA. It’s mostly serious applicants, whereas, let’s face it, UChicago has a bunch of people throwing in an app because it’s free, and they can apply to their other schools along with it. And, for ED, applying shows serious commitment to the school, so someone who applies ED with certain stats would probably be looked more favorably upon than someone who applied RD with the same stats. That said, UChicago is obviously one of, if not THE, most selective schools.
@tutututututuru It’s hard to expect anything tbh. Hard to feel optomistic when kids in your school with stats comparable or lesser to you got into their ED schools and all you hear is about how one person got into somewhere and another got in somewhere else. This whole process hurts me and my self esteem.
Sorry for the harsh statement. I just haven’t felt this low in ages and I can’t expect anything when I look at the crazy low acceptance rate of UChicago.
Look, it makes me anxious too. I feel competitive too. But, in the end, there’s more to someone’s application than numbers and stats. Maybe they wrote amazing essays. Not to say you didn’t write good essays, but maybe they wrote amazing essays. Maybe they’re connected. Maybe they have some hook.
Or, who knows. Maybe they got in on luck. Don’t let an ED rejection get you down, or pessimistic. Your chances are no better or worse than they were before you opened up the ED results. Maybe you wrote better essays for UChicago. Maybe the UChicago adcom sees something in you that your ED school’s adcom didn’t.
I’m serious, you can get rejected from anywhere and into anywhere. My sister didn’t get into Purdue’s Honors College, but got into MIT.
@rhdhtai hey cheer up! every school is different and maybe the reason you were deferred for ED is the reason why you get accepted into another school! i dont know if that makes complete sense but i hope it makes you feel a little better c:
What is the EA acceptance rate vs the RD acceptance rate?
lmao hi fellow ivy ed defers/rejects
@tutututututuru I completely agree.
@rhdhtai Dude, it hurts I know. But this is possible. Chicago can’t just reject everyone in a given year.
@VaishS EA is about 9-10 percent. RD is probably 2-4 percent. Overall is 6-8 percent.
No way RD is that low
Is it just me, or do others EAs feel that the vibe of this thread has changed from one that was collaborative and helpful? Maybe it’s part reaction to college results coming out? Maybe it’s just the stress of the seemingly endless waiting? Perhaps there is a way to restore some balance? This is a stressful process and we’re relying on our essays to speak for us, and I know it’s so hard to no longer be in control. Many, like myself, have had UChicago as our very top choice for some time and did not apply RD. This is an amazing institution and I am proud to be in the company of so many gifted applicants.
Lots of people have been talking about ivy leagues and acting like UChicago is a back up, so I can see what you mean.
When and how does U Chicago release their EA results?