UChicago Class of 2022 EA/EDI Results Only

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[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses):
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ *] Supplementary Material:

[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[ /list][ b]General Comments: **

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**Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[]SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): 1500, 19 essay, 740 reading, 760 math
[]ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): N/A
[]SAT II (Type, Score): Biology 700, Spanish 720, Math I 600 (did not send)
[]Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.81 out of 6.0
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 52 out of 656
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (2), Spanish Lang (4), Psychology (5), World History (3), Biology (4) Calc AB (4) US History (3) AP Lang (4) Macro (3) Micro (4)
[]IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Comp Gov, AP Chem, AP Physics C, AP Literature, AP Environmental
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Questbridge Prep Scholar

[/list]Subjective:
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Asian Student Association, Spanish Honor Society (Ambassador), []English Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Mock Trial (9th and 10th)
[]Job/Work Experience: Legal Internship (11th), Kumon Tutor (July 2017-Present)
[]Volunteer/Community service: 96 hours, Key Club, Internship
[]Summer Activities: Summer 2017 Kumon Job, Other summers in the Dominican Republic helping grandfather with medical distribution company
[]Essays: Common App about how my mother’s absence and reintroduction changed me as a person (10/10), Why []Uchicago was about my experience at the fly in and how they redefined what I wanted in a school (9/10), Uncommon about what is not often talked about and I wrote about Asians underrepresented in the media industry (9/10)
[]Teacher Recommendations: AP Psychology teacher (10th Grade) 10/10, AP Bio teacher (9th and 11th) unread but at least 7/10
[]Counselor Rec: Mediocre at best, not read
[]Interview: Yes and it went amazingly well. My interviewer said she thought I seemed like a great fit for the school.

[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[]State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[]School Type: Large public (just over 3,000 students)
[]Ethnicity: Afro-Caribbean descent
[]Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: 40-49,000
[]Assets: None that are valuable
[]Property: None
[]Extenuating Circumstances: Went to Fly-in (?)
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First generation

[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: Essays and Recommendations
[] Weaknesses: GPA and Test Scores, and Extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted: I honestly think this miracle happened because of my essays. My GPA and sat score aren’t stellar. My essays, however, I spent a lot of time on. I slaved over them and I think my personality came through as well as my desire to attend this school, proving it my number one choice.
[] Where else were you accepted: UCF, USF, Stetson

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**Decision: Deferred **

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown):
1440 (did not submit)
680 Reading/Writing, 760 Math, 4/8 Essay (yikes)
(could’ve easily done better but I decided that there was no worth in pursuing a better score if my ACT was good already, lol)
[] ACT (breakdown):
34
35 English, 33 Math, 32 Reading, 34 Science, 8 Writing (yikes)
[] SAT II:
N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
3.59?, weighted (out of 5) is a 4.05
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
236/837
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
AP English Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load:
AP German, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, AP Literature, Earth and Space Science, Statistics, Varsity Choir, Texas-sanctioned Health/Speech classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]Don’t know what qualifies as a “major” award so I’ll just leave this blank.

[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
(Student Democrats Organization), (Varsity Choir), 1st chair in Texas All-State Choir, Varsity Swimming, German Honor Society, National Honor Society, Music Honor Society, Feminism Club, Pride Club, other miscellaneous things.
[] Job/Work Experience:
Swim coach, swim instructor, and lifeguard.
[] Volunteer/Community service:
60+ hours, Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
[] Summer Activities:
Summer league swim team, swim coaching, and lifeguarding
[li] Essays:[/li]Common App: Witty, fantastic essay about being a lego dictator, tying into my political aspirations.
Unconventional: Decided to go with the free choice prompt, and I decided to be bold and not choose a prompt but rather submit three selections of poems/passages that I wrote following the death of a dear friend.
Why UChicago: If I recall, I wrote about being gay in Texas, and my desire to fight for a better societal perception of homosexuality.

[] Teacher Recommendation:

  1. Choir director of 3 years: He’s a great writer and I’m confident he wrote something great!!
  2. US History professor at Houston Community College: A teacher who I maintain a great relationship with. Writing might not be his strong suit but I’m not too worried.
    [    ] Counselor Rec:
    She told me that she really enjoyed writing it, and that it was among the best ones she wrote (she has discretion over something like 1k students so this is good news to me!!)
    [] Additional Rec:
    Nope!
    [    ] Interview:
    Nope!
    [li] Supplementary Material:[/li]Submitted a music portfolio of me singing things from the casual and classical repertoire. Also emphasized the fact that I’m active/recognized in the community as a performer.

[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?:
Yes
[] State:
Texas
[] School Type:
Public, but SUPER competitive.
[] Ethnicity:
White
[] Gender:
Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
250k+ :s
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]Growing up gay in Texas, if that counts

[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths:
ECs! Test scores! Also, my main essay was fantastic.
[] Weaknesses:
Grades, classes, and class rank. Possibly the latter two essays?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
My weaknesses.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Drexel (accepted). Waiting on GWU, NYU, American, UPenn, Columbia, Northwestern

[/list]**General Comments: **

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[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred **[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1450 (M 720 RW 730)
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 31 34 34
[ *] SAT II: (Math 2 700 Math 1 710 US History 770 Chem 630)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13th percentile
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB (5) USH (5) Human Geo (5) World H (4) Chem (3) Euro (3) Lang (3) Physics 1 (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ ] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, AP Macro, AP Bio, AP Lit, two orchestra classes
[ ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Hispanic Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Greater Miami Youth Symphony
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Postmates
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: My extracurriculars are my community service, plus in the summer I’ve helped teach English in Chile
[ *] Summer Activities: Eastern Music Festival, see Volunteer/Community service
[ *] Essays: Common App Essay plus supplementary Essay
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: My AP Physics 1 teacher and my APUSH teacher wrote my recommendations and I believe they did a good enough job on them
[ *] Counselor Rec: Standard stuff I believe
[ *] Additional Rec: My orchestra teacher who I’ve known for 4 years of high school and I believe she wrote amazing things about me
[ *] Interview: Did the Interview
[ *] Supplementary Material: Just the supplementary Essay

[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public Magnet school
[ *] Ethnicity: Latino
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: I thought my supplementary Essay was pretty good and my recommendations I don’t expect anything less than glowing
[ *] Weaknesses: My Common App Essay wasn’t the best and it had a couple of typos
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was deferred because of my essay and maybe my SAT II scores
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was only accepted so far to Florida International University

[ /list][ b]General Comments: **
I will be rejoining the applicant pool and I hope that the admissions committee accepts me on their second consideration, I’m glad I wasn’t rejected.

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**Decision: Deferred **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1490 (Math:770 and Reading/Writing: 720)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9762
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): World History (4), US History (5), Language & Composition (5), Biology (5), Environmental Science (5), Calculus AB (3-did not send)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP American Government and Politics, AP Literature & Composition, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 2, AP Calculus BC, Glass Fusing, Religion
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): As Listed on Common App-Harvard Prize Book, Villanova Book Award, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Honor Society & French National Honor Society, Student of the Month in various classes

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): VP of Interact Fidelis Club, Orchestra and Jazz Band, & Ultimate Frisbee
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Docent at small, local history museum for the past 4 years and served for 4 years at a local salmon hatchery: 300+ hours in total
Summer Activities: Internship at local Audubon Center (11th grade) and Boys State (12th grade)
Essays: My Why UChicago one was pretty good, very specific, and made it feel like that was the only college I would ever fit in at. My Uncommon App Essay I also felt was pretty good due to its ability to blend satirical drama with genuine inquisitiveness together really well (was about Ultimate Frisbee discrimination); very UChicago.
Teacher Recommendation: I feel that both of the teachers I asked to write my recommendation really liked me and they were both subjects I really enjoyed and related to my intended major
Counselor Rec: She knew me relatively well based off our interactions when it came to applying and when I would ask her questions
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Was not offered one and couldn’t visit campus
Supplementary Material: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: small, private Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: I feel that my class rigor and essay were the strongest part of my application.
Weaknesses: I feel that my GPA, test scores, and extracurriculars were all really mediocre or below average.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I feel that nothing in my application really stood out and that being admitted through a non-ED track is practically impossible at UChicago.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Boston College and Santa Clara University
Deferred- University of Notre Dame

General Comments: Congratulations to everybody who got accepted! I hope that come Spring I might hear better news, but realistically I probably won’t.

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**Decision: Accepted ED

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1450
[] ACT (breakdown): 34
[] SAT II: 800 US, 720 E Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 (US, Lang, Stats) 4 (Euro)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, Aca Deca, AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, Spanish 3, AP Bio
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Boys’ State Delegate, Speech Awards, NHRP, California Community Service Award[/li]
[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Internship for local Assemblyman, various leadership in community service clubs, Link Crew, ran a small little online business, Aca Deca, lots of film work
[] Job/Work Experience: Some hours worked over Sophmore and Junior year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Quite a bit for CSF, Red Cross
[] Summer Activities: Boys State
[] Essays: How does one grade their own essay? My peers liked it, but that’s all I know.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I read one, which was flattering and not a template. Don’t know about the other one.
[] Counselor Rec: Have no idea
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I killed it. He showed me he gave me a 5/5 on every category.
[] Supplementary Material: A video I made about Autism Awarness for my school district

[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): >$200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-gen, Hispanic[/li]
[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths: Interview, My speech awards and Boys State, my media skills
[] Weaknesses: GPA, no major spikes
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am Hispanic, first-gen, with an immigrant family mostly. Other than that I had unique skills in Film and Speech, I got amazing recommendations from my interviewer and teachers, and I had a very challenging course load all years of HS.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Fordham (Full Tution Scholarship), Babson, ASU, U Arizona

[ /list][ b]General Comments: **
Apparently, you can still be accepted to UChicago without being in top ten percent of class and not winning multiple international competitions. To other people who plan on applying, I suggest unique extracurriculars should definitely peak the interest of an AO, such as Film or Speech. I feel lucky to be accepted, as luck is still a large factor for these elite colleges.

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[ b]Decision: Deferred EA **

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (800 M 750 RW) 16/24 Essay
[] ACT (breakdown): didn’t submit
[] SAT II: didn’t submit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 ish, weighted is 100.4 (most likely between 4.4 and 4.6)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/115
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB 5 Lang 4; didn’t send Bio, Chem, CSP; taking Lit, CSA (maybe), Macro (self-study), Calc BC (self-study), Gov
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP CSA, Economics, AP Gov, Psychology/Sociology, Honors Physics, Gym/Health, Calc 2 at local university
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a few minor stuff but nothing super important[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): quizbowl, minimum-wage job, marching band, other stuff that I don’t feel like writing out
[] Job/Work Experience: work mentioned above
[] Volunteer/Community service: nothing substantial
[] Summer Activities: did a few things but there was nowhere on the app to put them so
[] Essays: definitely not good. I originally thought they were good, but that wasn’t the case. Common App essay sucked and sounded douchey. Why UChicago actually not bad but not very specific. Extended Essay was pretty good but probably too weird for them
[] Teacher Recommendation: both probably good 9/10
[] Counselor Rec: slightly generic most likely but still good, 8/10
[] Additional Rec: 10/10 got one from quizbowl advisor, known her for quite some time
[] Interview: didn’t get one lol
[] Supplementary Material: nada

[/list][ b]Other**
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: hell yeah
[] State (if domestic applicant): The Keystone State
[] School Type: public, rural, kinda crappy
[] Ethnicity: white af
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 100k-150k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none lol[/li]
[/list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths: SAT, course rigor (compared to what’s offered at my school), ECs not that bad, grades maybe
[] Weaknesses: essays not good
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays not strong enough, SAT essay, switched from ED to EA two weeks ago, just not a good fit
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: first decision; applied to Northeastern, WUSTL, and Fordham already; applying to Yale, Penn, Columbia, Princeton, BC, Emory, UDel, and GWU

[/list]**General Comments: **Overall I just wasn’t a good fit. I thought I was, but the intellectual environment just isn’t for me. I’m redoing my personal statement for other colleges, and so far other supplements are turning out well. Early Action is extremely competitive here, and I wasn’t good enough apparently. Withdrawing my application soon since I don’t feel like waiting several more months for a final decision. Congrats to everyone who got in, and sorry to everyone else who didn’t. Good luck everyone with your future apps!

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**Decision: Rejected ED1 **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 36
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parentheses): eight 5s one 4
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs 2 adv 2 other
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no. Nmsf, some others (not going into detail)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): good, not going into detail
Job/Work Experience: yes
Volunteer/Community service: yes
Summer Activities: not going into detail
Essays: Common App 10/10, Uncommon 9/10, Why UChicago 7/10
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10, 1/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec:
Interview: no
Supplementary Material:

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): underrepresented state
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): <$90k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No

Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

**General Comments: ** I’m so, so, so sad…

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[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): nah fam
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 35
[ *] SAT II: math 2 (800)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 9% based on elc for UCs but no rank
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): all 5s - apush, aplang, ap calc bc, ap stats, ap physics c mech
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap bio, ap lit, ap gov, ap spanish, econ, linear algebra, diff eqs (2nd semester)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no major? just a lot of international debate, mock trial, and mun awards

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): debate, mun (pres), mock trial (vp), congress campaign (leadership), nationwide organization for one of the above (vp), paid math tutor, teach piano, student gov (class officer), philosophy internship, captain of softball
[ *] Job/Work Experience: paid math tutor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: nationwide organization for one of the above (vp), teach piano
[ *] Summer Activities: philosophy internship, congress campaign
[ *] Essays: common app (6/10), supp (8/10), why uchi (9/10)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: lit teacher also advisor of club (8/10), stats teacher bc of a stats project regarding sexism i published on a website (9/10)
[ *] Counselor Rec: 8/10 my counselor really likes me
[ *] Additional Rec: coach 8/10 (no idea but should be pretty good), friend 8/10 (didn’t add that much)
[ *] Interview: 0/10 pm for specific details but it was honestly terrible
[ *] Supplementary Material: none

[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): permanent resident but born in China
[ *] School Type: rich medium public and a feeder for T15 schools
[ *] Ethnicity: chinese american, literally wrote about this in my CA so
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 250k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none lol

[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: stats except subject tests (procrastinated and did pretty badly on the ones I didn’t submit), ECs, recs
[ *] Weaknesses: interview, essays
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ED inflation
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: uhh no idea only had time to apply to UChicago because I started the essays the week it was due lmao

[ /list][ b]General Comments: ** do ED it will help you also interview does not matter as much as you think

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Decision: Deferred

Applied EA
Objective:[ul]
[]SAT: 1590 (800M, 790V)
[]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Spanish (Reading only)
[]ACT: didn’t take
[]GPA: 4.16 UW (my school does it out of 4.3; A+ is 4.3)
[]Rank: school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): All 5’s: Stat, Bio, Calc AB, Chem, Psych, Spanish, Microeconomics, CS A
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP CSP, AP Calc BC, AP Physics I, AP Lit, Criminal Justice, Public Speaking
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [/li]- Women’s 8-Ball National Champion (Highest division)

  • Jr. National 9-Ball Champion
  • Went to Jr. Worlds 4 times

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: copying from commonapp with some stuff omitted

  • Billiards (Captain), 15hrs/week
  • Robotics (captain), 8hrs/week
  • Math Team (Captain), 2hrs/week
    [    ]Other Awards:
  • AIME Qualifier/AMC 12 Honor Roll (just once)
  • MAML Finalist
  • National Merit Semifinalist
  • Math Prize for Girls Participant (lol tied for like 250th out of 300 so basically one of the worst there but it’s the effort that counts)
    [] Job/Work Experience: Internship (software), 40hrs/week ish during summer
    [    ] Volunteer/Community service: Just volunteering at my local library
    [] Summer Activities: Tournaments and internship
    [    ] Essays: The commonapp one was okay. I thought my extended essay was good; I did the armor one and wrote about my mind being my armor. The Why UChicago one wasn’t that great. It was kind of generic and I honestly should have done more research.
    [] Teacher Recommendation: Should both be good.
    [    ] Counselor Rec: Probably generic. She had us fill out a survey with things we thought she should know about us, so it probably looked better than the really generic ones.
    [] Additional Rec: Had an extra rec from my coach.
    [    ] Interview: I thought it went well. We just talked a lot about UChicago.
    [li] Supplementary Material: Nope[/li]
    [/ul]Other[ul]
    []Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): MA
    Country (if international applicant):
    [] School Type: Small public
    [    ] Ethnicity: Asian
    [] Gender: F
    [    ] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): ~$120k
    [li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope[/li]
    [/ul]Reflection[ul]
    [] Strengths: Scores and pool. Also, math, but idk how much UChicago cares about that.
    [    ] Weaknesses: My Why UChicago Essay. To be completely honest, I did not put enough effort into this.
    [] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays. Also, I had very little demonstrated interest. Idk if others actually replied to UChicago mail or contacted them, but I just never did. Whoops.
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied EA to Caltech and MIT, accepted at both.

[/ul]**General Comments: **
Eh. It’s okay. I thought it might feel worse but it’s probably just the MIT Class of 2022 group chat that’s tiding me over, lol. It would probably be worse had I gotten deferred/rejected from my other EA schools.

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**Decision: Accepted ED

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (770 R/W, 780 Math, perfect essay)
[] SAT II: 790 Math II, 780 Lit, 750 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~top 20%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (5), Euro (5), US Gov (5), Music Theory (5), Bio (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP French, AP Economics, AP English Literature, Wind Ensemble
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Statewide theater award, finalist in music program and performed at Carnegie Hall, New England-wide political scholarship, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction[/li]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Theater (student director, award-winning actor/dancer), Band (section leader), Marching Band (section leader), Model UN (president), NHS (officer), political intern (founder and coordinator of a regional branch of a political campaign in order to encourage grassroots political engagement among high school students)
[] Volunteer/Community service: interned at the State House, interned for a political campaign, interned at some prestigious political organizations, played music for charity
[] Essays: Common App (10/10) was very quirky and unusual but ultimately very powerful and unapologetically me. Why UChicago (9/10) was really deeply researched and also played to some of the more obscure parts of UChicago that attracted me. Uncommon Essay (10/10) was really unconventional and super weird, but I guess they liked that? PM me for more details on essays if you’re interested.
[] Teacher Recommendation: AP Euro (10/10), called me the best student she’s had; Pre-Calc (8/10), saw me go from a B student to an A+ student
[] Counselor Rec: Probably a 7.5/10, was one of her favorite students but I’m not sure how well she writes recs. Apparently good enough for UChicago, I guess.
[] Additional Rec: The politician I interned for, probably a 6.5/10? Not sure.
[] Interview: 7/10. Good, nothing outstanding, but a lot of playful banter. Was with a student on campus.
[] Supplementary Material: A recording of me playing my instrument.

Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[] School Type: Public, very competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Probably none[/li]
Reflection
[] Strengths: My recs and essays really showed off who I truly am. I was so uncompromisingly authentic and genuine in my application that at times it worried how unconventional I was being.
[] Weaknesses: My class rank and my international status (despite having lived in the US for most of my life). Also my freshman year GPA was a 3.6 rip
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Maybe my essays had that UChicago factor they like? I honestly don’t know, I’m still in shock.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Will withdraw my UMass app.

**General Comments: **
I just can’t believe this happened. I stalked last year’s results thread and dreamed of being able to type this for myself one day. UChicago 2022, let’s get it!

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**Decision: Accepted EA

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[] ACT (breakdown): 33 superscore (I believe they superscore) - 35E 34R 31M 30S highest sitting=32 with a 28S
[] SAT II: didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 (weighted 4.1)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP language (4) AP US history (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): school president, church volunteer, team captain
[] Job/Work Experience: student teacher at elementary school for a few weeks (more of a volunteer thing but eh)
[] Volunteer/Community service: church work
[] Summer Activities: mostly babysitting
[] Essays: common app 10/10 uncommon 8-9/10 why chicago 6/10 (not my best work)
[] Teacher Recommendation: waived my right to read them but I imagine they were average to good
[] Counselor Rec: same
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: didn’t have one!
[] Supplementary Material:

Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: black
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 350k+ if I’m correct
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM[/li]
Reflection
[] Strengths: essays for sure!! ACT (I think?) and ECs
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays probably. they were really personal
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere yet! still waiting

[/list]**General Comments: I’m still in shock. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t get in, because I was preparing for rejection! Congrats to everyone who got in, and to everone else: God has a plan for you!! **

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**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1460, 730 math 730 English
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 790 math 2, 740 literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but probably top 10%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Euro (4), Music theory (5), US history (3), spanish Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C (technically 2 classes- one for learning, one for labs), AP calc BC, AP Econ, English 12, government, independent study in music composition
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit semi finalist[/li]
[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): professional kids’ choir at a church in DC (senior chorister and theory coach), professional adults’ choir at the same church, GSA (president), a cappella group (founder, director, arranger of music), rec soccer, tales for tots club, school principal’s advisory board, “ROCS” (respect others, community, self) committee at school
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: none that I mentioned
[] Summer Activities: Curtis institute of music young artist summer program (I was there for composition), Royal School of Church Music summer course, Westminster choir college composition week
[] Essays: common app 9/10- wrote about my choir and how much it means to me, why UChicago 7/10, uncommon 8/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: both probably 10/10
[] Counselor Rec: doesn’t know me well but probably said great things anyway
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[] Supplementary Material: composition portfolio

[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: don’t remember
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no[/li]
[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: grades, music stuff
[] Weaknesses: test scores weren’t amazing and My essays are unlikely to set me apart
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: overall I wouldn’t blow them away
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to bard and Indiana, waiting on oberlin, William and Mary, Wesleyan, Northwestern (and conservatories for bard, oberlin, and northwestern)

[ /list][ b]General Comments: **

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**Decision: Accepted EA

Objective: [ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1590, Math 800, Reading 39, English 40
[] ACT (breakdown): 36 composite, 36 Math/English/Science, 35 Reading
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s on everything – Human Geo, Physics I, Chem, APUSH, Calc BC (5 subscore), Bio, APWH, AP Lit, Spanish Lang
[] IB (place score in parentheses): Spanish B (7)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Scientific Research (yr 2), Calc III - Multivariable (through UMTYMP program, at the University of MN), AP CS, AP Physics E&M, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lang and Comp
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none :slight_smile: [/li]
[/ul]Subjective: [ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (Captain), Newspaper (Copy editor), Protein Modeling Club, Science Olympiad,
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Kumon (math and reading) tutor, Spanish tutor
[] Summer Activities: Started a camp, participated in All-State Orchestra for viola, have done Orchestra camps for a few years, and tutored kids
[] Essays: Probably the best supplement I submitted in my early apps, I picked an old prompt for the uncommon essay and I adapted one of the short stories I had written earlier
[] Teacher Recommendation: I hope they were good :slight_smile: I’m not sure how other people on CC are able to objectively rank their recommendations lol
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Didn’t get one! :slight_smile: Don’t be worried if you don’t get one either!
[] Supplementary Material: I submitted a couple recordings of pieces I’ve played on the viola, and my research paper from last year

[/ul]Other [ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] State (if domestic applicant): MN
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity:
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection [ul]
[li] Strengths: I think that, given that UChicago deliberately crafts an uncommon essay, the response to that has to be very insightful and interesting to read. Although my essay wasn’t perfect, I’m pretty sure the beginning was an interesting read and may have gotten me a second glance by the admissions committee. Also, my Protein Modeling Club is working with a professor at UChicago whom I mentioned, so that might have also been helpful. Btw, something to note, I didn’t do well on my Chem subject test the first time that I took it, but I studied for it over the summer and retook it, and I got an 800. Don’t be afraid to retake Sat IIs!! [/li]
[li] Weaknesses: I don’t have anything particularly special about me; I haven’t won any super impressive awards, competed in cool things, participated in a well-known research camp, or have an interesting back story. If any younger students are reading this, my biggest suggestion is to try and think about the ‘story’ of your application early on. Which life experiences have shaped your views and have led you to the ultimate decision of a college and a subject of interest? Basically, participate in things you’re interested in and that you’re likely to apply for. [/li]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Answered above[/li]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was deferred at MIT and Caltech[/li]
[/ul]

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[ color=green]**Decision: Accepted EA [/color]

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1580 (780 English, 800 Math, 7/7/7 Written)
[] SAT II: 800 US History, 750 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.77
[] AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5), US Gov (5), World (5), Lang (5), Stat (5), Calc BC (5), Human Geo (5), Chem (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Gov, AP Euro, AP Bio, AP Lit, Newspaper, Political Statistics, Sociology
[li] Major Awards: CSPAN Student Cam 1st Prize, New York Times Student Review Contest Winner, National AP Scholar[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars: Managing Media Coordinator for school newspaper, Young Democrats [President], It’s Academic/Quizbowl [Captain], school and community theater
[] Volunteer/Community service: Internship with congressional campaign, internship with county government data office
[] Essays: Coalition App about serving as a substitute minister (decently interesting and unique). UChicago extended essay about loving That 70s Show (written before all the Danny Masterson allegations came out).
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my AP Gov/Young Democrats sponsor who I TA for. Second from my PreCalc/Calc teacher. Very close with both, so likely strong recs.
[] Counselor Rec: Counselor from a 3000+ student public school but we have a solid relationship so presumably more than the generic template.
[] Interview: Yes. Went on for about 2 hours with interesting conversation so probably a success.

[/list][ b]Other**
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): ~$200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing too spectacular[/li]
[/list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths: Perfect grades, aggressive course load, fine test scores, good recs
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars aren’t too unique, demographics
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Great fundamentals, demonstrated some personality and fit through essays and interview
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waiting on UMD College Park, Emory, Yale, Columbia, Rice

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**Decision: Waitlisted EA **

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1550(780 RW and 780 M, 17/24 essay)
[] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: 770 Bio, 750 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (4.69 Weighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parentheses): U.S Gov (4), Micro (4), Macro (5), Bio (5), BC Calc (5), World (4), Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: APES, AP Lit, MV Calc, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Stat
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): W.E.B DuBois Award of Academic Achievement, Best Delegate at the American University Internation Model U.N conference (AmeriMUNC), AP Scholar w/ Distinction, Commended Scholar from the NMSQT, General Honors Society, Math Honors Society, Science Honor Society[/li]
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model U.N (captain), Varsity Swimming (Captain), Varsity Track, Chesapeake Bay Coalition (vice-president), Green Club (Secretary), SGA (Class president)
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard and internship at a hospital in D.C
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered over 200 hours at my local hospital and around the community
[] Summer Activities: Lifeguard and Internship
[] Essays: Common-App essay was about being a muslim in the U.S (10/10), whyUchicago I thought was pretty dang detailed and specific (8/10), for my unconventional essay I chose from a past prompt about my greatest enemy being a wobble in my favorite stool (7/10). Looking back on it, maybe my unconventional essay focused to hard on trying to be “unique” and didn’t really say all that much about me, in general.
[] Teacher Recommendation: AP Bio (9/10) because I felt that she had gotten to see my true personality pretty well, AP World (8/10)
[] Counselor Rec: 10/10 I’ve gotten to know my counselor really well over the last four years of high school
[] Additional Rec: 8/10 from my M.U.N sponsor and 10th grade english teacher
[] Interview: 8/10 I felt pretty well since he was a bio major and I’m looking to be a bio major so we had a lot to talk about but I was a little worried that he did all the talking
[] Supplementary Material: N/A

[/list][ b]Other**
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, Magnet
[] Ethnicity: White, Middle Eastern
[] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): About $80,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st Generation American

[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[] Strengths: Definitely my academics and extracurriculars. My recs I felt were also pretty good
[] Weaknesses: Probably my unconventional essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my unconventional essay didn’t really say enough about me
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UMBC. Waiting on UMD, UVA, UNC, UCLA. Still Applying to Harvard, Stanford, Duke, John Hopkins, Cornell, Georgetown

[/list]**General Comments: I’m pretty bummed, but I’ll get over it **

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**Decision: Rejected ED I **

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1510 (730 M 780 R)
[] ACT (breakdown): 34
[] SAT II: n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8/4.5W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 54/358
[] AP (place score in parentheses): English Language (5) American Government (5) World History (4) Music Theory (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science Principles, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government, AP Psychology, Advanced Choir, Advanced theatre (both accelerated course credits)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit commended scholar if that counts :slight_smile:

[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Youth branch of local women’s nonprofit (Chair), super involvedi n school theatre (props manager and lead/supporting roles in like 10 shows and other thiings), local college-affiliated children’s choir (soloist), school and county audition choirs, state choir, piano wtih volunteering and duetawrds, all the honor societies idk lots of other music things some more exciting than others
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: a lot through that nonprofit i’m in
[] Summer Activities: european tour with children’s choir, program at nearby major city’s opera house to write/produce an operetta
[] Essays: i don’t know. i thought they were good, but probably not. before i would have given common app 9/10, creative essay 9/10, whychicago 8/10. i probably misread all of it though. common app was about using art as a platform for social change so probably pretty generic now that i think about. creative was imperfections question, i wrote about my pianos each tuned half-step apart and my journeys with them and whatever. it wasn’t super witty or clever or interesting but i thought it was well-written and very reflective of me, but i probably went the wrong route not doing something mroe chicago-theoretical. whychicago was fine it was basic it was the part of my application i felt the worst about afterward bc i felt like i could have done more to show why specifically the personality and student body of the school appeals to me and everything. it’s been my dream school sincei was knowledgeable enough to have a real dream school, but my essay didn’t show it.
[] Teacher Recommendation: again, idk. i thought they would be okay. before would have said 7/10 and 8/10, but my 7/10 was probably actually really basic and didn’t reflect super well on me, and the 8/10 probably was probably generic too.
[] Counselor Rec: i don’t know. 7/10? we’re not close but she really really likes me but it was probably still generic.
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[] Supplementary Material: none

[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah
[] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): <90k i think
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): military? that al most certainly doesn’t count. [/li]
[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: i felt really good about my essays initially but i’ll have to reevaluate, i write well but maybe don’t have very much voice or come across as less genuine or chose questionable topics. and i think i have good test scores.
[] Weaknesses: probably recommendations, and essays even though i didn’t realize it. my senior year course load is distinctly lackin g in calculus and ap sciences. i don’t have any awards. i thought my ecs were okay, they had leadership and a lot a lot of hours of things and showed what i am passionate about and all. but they probably aren’t as impressive as i thought and also maybe don’t show enough dedication to my specific field, i definitely could have doen more.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above weaknesses. chicago is crazy competitive and a shot in the dark for anyone and obviously i knew that going in, but i let myself feel good about it i was feeling very very tentatively optimistic that i wouldn’t be rejected, and i’m really really bummed out i was because everyone i know was deferred and it seems like everyone on here especially ed applicants were deferred, and it just makes me really sad that i’m so wrong for a school i felt so right for that they didn’t even want to consider me. but it will be okay of course and i will live and find another dream this was just one of hopefully many more future dreams and it’s all okay. but yeah.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to fordham.

[/list]**General Comments: ** CONGRATS AND LOVE TO THOSE ACCEPTED, GOOD LUCK AND ALL MY BEST WISHES TO THOSE DEFERRED. chicago is an amazing school with an amazing applicant pool, we are all going to do some pretty crazy and interesting and exciting things in our future and i hope everyone comes out of this not feeling any differently about themselves. it’s really hard for me right now to feel okay about being rejected ed when it seems like EVERYONE else was at least deferred, and when i really thought i had an application that was reflective of who i am and that who i am was someone who fi t in with the type fo community at this school, but i’m gonna get through it and we’re all only high schoolers after all and we’re going to figure this and ourselves out and come out really cool people and i’m super proud of everyone always :slight_smile:

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[ size=4][ color=orange][ b] Decision: Deferred **[/orange][/4]

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1520 (770 M 750 CR), superscored 1550 (800M, 750 CR) 22/24 essay
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 E, 35M, 36R, 36S) 9/12 essay
[ *] SAT II: 800 math 2, 770 chem, 760 physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): euro (4) bc calc (5) apush (4) chem (4) microeconomics (4) macroeconomics (4) physics c mechanics (5) physics c e&m (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP United States Government & Politics, IB Theory of Knowledge, multivariable calculus 1st semester number theory 2nd semester, AP Biology, IB Organic Chemistry, AP Statistics, Spanish 5
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, National AP Scholar, Stockholm Junior Water Prize nomination from Stockholm International Water Institute

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Cross Country for 2 years JV 1 year, 1 year varsity track team no letter, 1 year novice debate, 4 years science olympiad, 3 years science fair, internship at medical office, miRcore research
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 60 hrs in a hospital, 24 hrs with red cross, 15 hrs organizing plus participating in health fair
[ *] Summer Activities: all of my volunteer work
[ *] Essays: common app 8/10 (specific to me and personal but probably not written as well as i can), why uchicago 7/10 (probably kinda generic), uncommon 8/10 (idk i had fun with this one)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: AP Chem teacher plus advisor for 2 years 9/10 (he def liked me plus knew me fairly well), AP World Literature teacher 7/10 (pretty sure he liked me but i did ok in his class)
[ *] Counselor Rec: 7/10 (i mean she probably just didn’t know me very well
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: none
[ *] Supplementary Material: none

[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): probably none

[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: test scores and class schedule
[ *] Weaknesses: gpa, lack of hooks, maybe not enough extracurriculars
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: probably gpa
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: none so far chicago was the first to come out for me

[ /list][ b]General Comments: ** sad face lul i really wanted to go to uchicago