<p>Cannot you contact admissions UChicago about this? Somehow UCHicago does have a reputation that “they do like them young” (under the condition that students took the most rigorous classes possible so far and finished high school). If you have the slightest doubt about their answer I recommend you to follow menloparkmom’s advice, also because it will put you in a much safer position when applying to other colleges which you will have to because you cannot bet on one horse in 12th grade. I would not surprise me though if admissions is more than interested in getting your application already this year without penalizing you when re-applying in 12th grade.</p>
<p>hey know what i was just thinkng?? I dont mean to sound biased n bitter or anything, since I only did good on the writing section and no other section, but can you guys who are interested in the university of chicago and feel like you know about its mission/motto, and even its atmosphere, respond to this thought of mine? So that i can see if anyone else shares this point of view, or if i’m not making sense. Not that it matters anyway, we clearly cannot change their policy, but if uchicago doesnt consider the writing section because they think it is ridiculous for a student to have to write an essay in half an hour, doesn’t that seem strange? like doesn’t it seem like this particular college, which is dedicated to the life of the mind, intellectual curiousity, individuality, eccentricity, and original thought, would be more interested in somebody’s raw natural thoughts and ideas? like why would they prefer an essay which somebody could have thought about for hours and hours, or even used the ideas of others, when they could read a essay that was unresearched and basically somebody’s natural ability to interpret and analyze and convey ideas? Know what I mean? Does anybody else think it seems like uchicago in particular would be interested in this sort of thing? THE LIFE OF THE MIND. haha thats a strange reason for them to not consider it!!</p>
<p>No Jubles, I do not think that it’s weird! UChicago only gets to see the score for this raw essay and not the essay itself. The criteria used to score the essays, may not be the criteria that UChicago values. The essay is a relatively new addition to the SAT. Quite a few colleges are still studying whether the essay scores would do well as a good indicator. Besides all that, S never gave me the impression that being an expert in speed writing is necessary in order to succeed at UChicago. The quality of the work is essential and this is measured by using criteria that UChicago values.</p>
<p>Chicago doesn’t want to see how you have been scored on a scale from 1 to 12 by some employee of the CollegeBoard. They would much rather evaluate your work themselves so that they can see your writing style and your thought process and hope to gain some insight into your personality. Numbers between 1 and 12 don’t tell much about personality.</p>
<p>By the way, I doubt anyone has ever written a Nobel Prize paper in 30 minutes. Chicago would rather remove time restrictions (to a certain extent) to see your mind’s fullest capability than try to guess at your ability to work under time constraints.</p>
<p>okay, well you guys make sense I have to say. but did anyone at least see where i was coming from?! haha like i didnt just sound completely dumb and uninformed right?</p>
<p>you guys are right. i have to say. but idk it still annoys me. i still agree with my point of view too. and plus im secretly bitter since my other scores were bad hahaha. so i probably have no chance of getting in, idk why i thought i did. i will still try though. plus i gotta retake it i guess n i can study before the second time. but who knows it probably wont go up. whose SAT scores went up a lot the second time they took them? and out of those people, whop studied a lot, and did no one study at all??</p>
<p>The scuttlebutt S1 was told when he applied two years ago is that the Writing score never makes it to the admissions folder that goes to committee. (ditto SAT-II scores) The application essays are the ones they want to see.</p>
<p>really?!?! thats so weird!</p>
<p>The SAT essay is considered as somewhat dubious by quite a few schools. The problem is not just writing an essay in 30 minutes, but rather that the grading of the essay is deemed to be poor. Here is some data.
<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/04/education/04education.html?pagewanted=all[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/04/education/04education.html?pagewanted=all</a>
and here is something more recent:
[How</a> I Gamed the SAT – latimes.com](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-sat3apr03,1,3742834.story]How”>How I Gamed the SAT)</p>
<p>I am applying UChicago too.(EA) as a matter of fact, I have submitted most materials(damn myself! I dare to be so rush!!)I am a foreigner, native tongue not English. SATI Math800, CR760,TOEFL103(but I asked Admission office of UChicago they said it’s okay) I got good GPA too.(94 out of 100. We don’t use the American system) But just so-so extracurriculums. My advisor says I still have a high probability to be rejected. So be aware! (both you and I , I think)</p>
<p>The grading of the SAT essay strikes me as odd, to say the least. I wrote an essay the first time that I thought was amazing, got an 8, then wrote an essay on the second time that I thought sucked but I did have something about Nietzsche 3 times and there and, lo and behold, I get an 11.</p>