UChicago Class of 2022 Discussion

@MathMom71 Gap year admit here. Last year, admissions started accepting people off the waitlist starting mid-April. I was accepted at the end of April. The people who weren’t accepted for the current class or a gap year were sent an email around May 10th, thanking them for applying and letting them know that UChicago would no longer accept waitlisted applicants.
We don’t know how many are waitlisted-a few years ago, it was reported that it could be in the 3000s-4000s. In the past, they’ve accepted around 100 kids off the waitlist-25 for the current class and 75 for the gap year. Obviously these numbers could change based on yield/final enrollment though. Any statistics you hear about (even these) should be taken with a grain of salt because they’re not officially confirmed by admissions.

@jimochimin if you can afford the deposit (won’t be refunded if you pull your commitment) and you benefit from committing early (e.g. housing priority), go ahead and commit. They probably won’t notify waitlist admits until mid-April, and the waitlist is said to be very sizable. If you’re waiting on other waitlist decisions, those schools could take longer to notify people, so you should definitely send in a deposit somewhere by May 1st.

@Sallaw some people receive financial aid offers right away, but sometimes it’ll take longer to receive it. Just make sure all your forms are submitted and you should be fine.

I was looking for some advice… I got the email earlier and checked my status and was waitlisted. Normally, I probably would have been a little downhearted, but yesterday I got an email from Cornell’s Diversity Hosting Program saying I got into the class of 2022. Cornell has been a top choice for me since I first learned about it last spring and when I visited in the summer. Should I accept the waitlist offer from UChicago or cut my loses since I’ve already gotten into one of my other top schools?

@MathMom71 the waitlist letter looks quite like a rejection letter. I was expecting to be rejecting and had to read the letter twice!

@johndee731

Since Cornell is actually your top choice, accept their offer and decline UChicago wait-list offer. There is no reason to stay on UChicago wait-list as you will be just occupying a potential spot for another student. The only reason you want to stay on the UChicago wait-list is that you actually are willing to give up your Cornell spot in case UChicago offers you admission. You sound indifferent to attending either colleges. If I were you, I would grab the bird in hand instead of waiting for the long shot of getting off the wait-list.

Disclaimer: I am a parent and know no one on the wait-list. So this is not an attempt to get qualified candidate to decline the wait-list offer.

Ok @85bears46, when you put it that way, I do sound kind of indifferent. Cornell IS where I want to be, so I shouldn’t waste my waitlist spot when someone else who want’s it, even more, could have it.

@lizzy1234 I received the email but only after I checked my decision!

Is it weird that I have no financial aid despite sending in all documents before Feb 15th?

@Pelincton yes, i sent my stuff in on feb 8th and got my fin aid

Daughter waitlisted. 1560/ 4.0 UW GPA – getting more excited about the places she was accepted outright. She loved the U Chicago ap, though.

What would you suggest to do to increase chances of getting out of waitlist? ( I am a female international student)

Waitlisted. Still estatic to get some amazing acceptance offers though, so I’m not too sad! Good luck to everyone waiting to hear back from more schools!!!

Rejected

Hello guys. I haven’t checked my decision yet. I am super nervous. However, I want to ask if we only get email stating that there is a status update for the application and not the financial aid, does that mean we are rejected? Do people who got accepted, received two emails or one email? Does the financial aid appear later after we checked the decision? Thanks

Do any of you see financial aid information? If so, where do you see it? I can’t seem to find anything and I am fairly certain that I submitted all of the materials before Feb. 15.

accepted!! so excited

OK guys here’s some tips and stats about the Waitlist. It seems like about 12% were waitlisted. The number of students who get accepted from the Waitlist totally depends on the amount of beds available in dorms and class size and yield rate. Since Uchicago’s yield rate is about 55% on average, they accept about 2500 students thinking that only about 1400 will accept the offer, if that number goes down or the number of available seats goes up. From what i heard and read, waitlist is mostly used to fill out gaps, meaning that they will take students based on diversity, no financial aid, and intended major. They don’t give you a place in the Waitlist, they look at the Waitlist as a whole when choosing a student to see who’s the best fit for that gap.

Daughter thought she was rejected - just reread and found out she was waitlisted!

Hey guys! I’m an international student and was waitlisted yesterday. Since I didn’t get in to UChicago, are my chances of getting into an Ivy League school very low?

“Since Uchicago’s yield rate is about 55% on average, they accept about 2500 students thinking that only about 1400 will accept the offer, if that number goes down or the number of available seats goes up.”

Last year was the first year of EDI/EDII and UChicago’s yield was around 72%. This year, assuming that rumors of 32,000 applicants and a 7.1% accept rate are true, then the number admitted right now is about 2275. They are looking for around 1700 enrollees. The yield will depend on the percentage of EDI/EDII making up that admitted class, but it’s not going to be less than last year’s 72% overall and will probably be closer to 75%, landing at 1700. That’s all before Summer Melt. It’s possible that they fill an additional 20 or so seats to account for an expected melt - last year they did exactly that and ended up “oversubscribed” at 1740. That might have been deliberate, btw. Much easier to bump your numbers up if you are Shocked . . . Shocked . . . that more wish to attend than you thought :wink:

Last year they also offered gap year admission to several more waitlisted. That happened after May 1, IIRC. So it ain’t necessarily over yet.

@JBStillFlying 72% is probably the highest it will ever get, I’m thinking this year it’s gonna be lower.