@dartmouth21 oh haha I just read your previous posts! Congratulations!! 
What course did you sign up for? I am in the writing session.
We will all have to meet up there!
@SugarSmarts yeah im in the writing course too! And definitely!
Wow lots of people who got in! I got in as well and have to say that my ECs are probably not as impressive. Though I guess when I listed every single thing Iāve ever done it came off as a lot. I go to a pretty much all white high school so I was certain I wouldnāt get in once I realized they were looking for kids at predominantly Hispanic schools. I have a 31 on my act (Iāve only taken oneā¦procrastinating) and 3.7 UW and 4.5 W.
@quoderatuhhh Hey, congrats!! And same here, my school is 95% white. But I did a lot of work with Hispanic populations outside school, so that probably got me in. What program are you in?
Itās so weird that weāre all meeting each other online before we see each other in Juneā¦
where is everyone from?
@dartmouth21 @quoderatuhhh @ComradeValdez
@quoderatuhhh yay you chose chicago! And im from south florida @SugarSmarts
@dartmouth21 cool, itās way warmer there than where Iām from in MN lol!
@SugarSmarts im doing the writing course, too! Iām not really involved in the hispanic community but it is, of course, still a part of my life haha. Still not sure how I got in but my essay regarding culture was pretty well thought out and my sample essay happened to be about the American Dream from AP Lang this year and mentioned some of the disadvantages we have. @dartmouth21 @SugarSmarts Iām from chicago! Itās getting warmer here. Are you guys both juniors?
@ComradeValdez @SugarSmarts @dartmouth21 have any of you guys talked to anyone who has done the program before? I wanna hear about it! I found one guy who did it last summer on CC and was reading another of his threads and he ended up getting in! He probably doesnāt need this site anymore haha.
yes-- everyone in the program will be rising seniors! and nahh iāve just read some of the things on the chicago website. itās going to be soo fun and theres so many things to do in chicago in the summer. thereās this music festival the weekend we arrive idk if theyd let us go though 
Iām sure they would. On the weekends after class I think there is always stuff planned but itās typically optional. All I know is they gave a curfew (10) which Iām assuming means weāre allowed to use it! I love Chicago, especially during the summer
IāM SO EXCITED
Do we know how many people will be in the program with us? On their website it looked like there were ~20 students give or take.
And yes!! I canāt wait to explore Chicago and feel like a college student! My best friend did a camp at Northwestern last year, and she spoke so highly of all the people and classes. Itās going to be so great to be in a community of motivated students like yāall :)
@quoderatuhhh itās the weekend of orientation though, so they might want us there for the activities or whatever. itās weird that orientation is two days long! @SugarSmarts yeah there will be like 20 people in our class, and 20 people in the bio class. there should be a ton of other kids doing different programs but theres not much talk on CC about the uchi summer programs, so idkk 
@dartmouth21 Ok cool! Ahh I canāt wait
Same! I hope some of our other classmates comment on this thread at some point hahaha
Yup! There will definitely be a bunch of kids who are paying to go, too. But yeah so that means only around 40 people got this scholarship, which is pretty cool.
Have you guys ever been to Chicago??
@quoderatuhhh I went twice, but never got to see the city since I was competing all day 
Now I get the chance to explore it! What about you?
@quoderatuhhh Iām from Iowa so Iāve been to Chicago a lot, mostly for the airport though so I canāt really tell you much about the city, haha
I went and loooved it but I canāt even remember how old i was. 10, maybe? Lol so itās been a while
weāre going to have so much time to hang out in chicago ah i cant wait