UChicago Questions? Ask an admissions counselor!

<p>Hi, your website recommends four years of a foreign language class. I took Spanish my first three years but have dropped it my senior year and will be taking Mandarin I. I also plan on studying Mandarin in college. Will the fact that I dropped Spanish after three years have an adverse effect on my application? Thanks.</p>

<p>Hello eric2dea, not a problem-- these course suggestions are recommendations, not rules.</p>

<p>Hi, </p>

<p>I just want to say that I am very interested with UChicago. I really like economics, and business, and I want pursue them as a career. I know UC has good business schools and solid economics program. But what about engineering? I worked this summer at my local university (UCLA) and conducted research. I really loved it, and made realize that it will be a good idea to be multidisciplinary–my Boss will have a Ph.D in Mechanical Eng., has and MBA, and a BA in English. Could I do something like that at UChicago? </p>

<p>Also, I just arrived to America two years ago. My first language is spanish. I love science and engineering but ap-sat-wise my scores suck. That is because I take too long to translate. Ironically I got a 5 on AP English Lang. and US History, but 2s in Physics and Calc BC. The funny thing is that I got As on college classes for Calculus, and right now I am enrolled in Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra. I am afraid that ad. committee will be confuse. Will it be with those stats? </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>I’m not sure if this has already been asked, but does UChicago have a partnership program for engineering with any other schools? Maybe a 3+2 program, or something else?</p>

<p>UChicago has the right kind of environment that I want to be in, but I’m a prospective engineering major. I realize that my major may change in college, but I would like to have the option of engineering still. Specifically I am interested in Mechancial and Aerospace Engineering. </p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

<p>Hi I was wondering what the UC transfer acceptance rate was as well should I reconsider taking my sats to look more appealing as a transfer (currently at Nyu stern - sats were 750 read/740 math/ 630 writ)? Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>Hi I’m an international student attending a very competitive, small private school in an also very-competitive region of the world. I’ve spent time at U Chicago before and absolutely loved it there, and plan to apply early action. </p>

<p>The one thing I’m concerned about in terms of admissions is that since the school I attend is academically cutthroat and has less than a hundred students per grade, my ranking as compared to my GPA, is very, very low. The difference between ranks is extremely narrow, and I’m worried that a low ranking will reflect negatively upon my application. I know U Chicago is very holistic in its admissions process but how much do you consider ranking in a circumstance like mine?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>astua117: UChicago has neither a business program nor an engineering program for its undergraduate students.</p>

<p>Do you consider students who apply EA more favorably? Is there any difference in the level of competitivenes for EA and RA? Thanks!</p>

<p>Question on behalf of my D who is not a CC user. At the info session she attended the counselor suggested that it was preferable to get one LOR from a humanities teacher and one from a STEM teacher. D is a humanities kid and had thought to ask one history and one English teacher. Should she ask for an LOR from from a science or math teacher instead?</p>

<p>1012mom, I had one from a history teacher and one from an English teacher (between them I had taken 3 classes, 1 independent study, and 1 club). </p>

<p>If those two teachers will provide your daughter with the strongest recs, then I would definitely encourage your daughter to ask them. I don’t think sacrificing many 1% ratings in favor of 5% or 10% ratings on the common app teacher form (<a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2012/2012TeacherEval1_download.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2012/2012TeacherEval1_download.pdf&lt;/a&gt;) is worth the added diversity of humanities + STEM.</p>

<p>Since many of these questions are similar I will answer some with one reply: we do not have a school of engineering, nor a partnership with another engineering school in Chicago. Some UChicago graduates who major in, for example, physics or mathematics go on to successfully enter graduate programs in engineering and receive support through Chicago Careers in Science and Technology (<a href=“Home | CareerAdv”>Home | CareerAdv), and our new Institute for Molecular Engineering ([Molecular</a> Engineering names founding director | The University of Chicago](<a href=“Page Not Found | University of Chicago”>Page Not Found | University of Chicago)) will be a great resource for students interested in molecular-level engineering (so, more like chemical/biological engineering or materials science); the Center’s director is currently hiring new faculty for the center, and although we can anticipate limited coursework in molecular engineering in the near future, it will be some time before a major or minor program is available in the area.</p>

<p>Also, please note that I cannot “chance” or provide any estimation of your likelihood of acceptance.</p>

<p>Hello 1012 Mom, your daughter is welcome to send in recommendations from teachers who know her well; while it can be useful to see recommendations from teachers in highly different subjects, if she feels that recommendations from humanities/social sciences teachers will best represent her, it is totally fine to send in two recommendations from teachers in those fields.</p>

<p>I know UChicago is Div III for athletics and does not offer athletic scholarships. But does UChicago recruit athletes? My daughter who is an athlete is in touch with uchicago coach and she is on the top of the coach’s list for recruit. But it seems to us that the coach does not do the early read that NESCAC schools do, meaning, to tell the recruit if they are in the ball park or not. I know somehow the recruiting process for ivies and NESCAC. They all require GPA, ACT/SAT in the ball park and athletes have a huge advantage when applying early decisions. I know UChicago only offers Early action option.
If you are being recruited by a NESCAC coach, and the coach really wants you, a ACT of 28 and a challenge course load with majority of As, will get you in Early Decision. Same with the Ivies.
My question is: How does U Chicago evaluate the recruits for admissions? Can the recruits know in advance if they are admissible? How does recruiting work at uchicago?</p>

<p>Hello GoodFit, our athletes work with coaches during the recruitment process, and still do go through the entirety of the UChicago admissions process as well; I am not an expert in this process, and would encourage you and your daughter to reach out to the coach for the sport she is interested in, who will be able to give you a much more comprehensive look at the athletics recruitment process here. [University</a> of Chicago Athletics](<a href=“http://athletics.uchicago.edu/]University”>http://athletics.uchicago.edu/)</p>

<p>Hi again, I have a question regarding supplemental recommendation letters. I have a scientific research mentor that will be submitting a supplemental letter on my behalf. Can he use the standard common app teacher rec form (By just adding another “teacher” above the minimum two), or does that need to be sent separately? While he isn’t technically my teacher, submitting the form through the common app would save lots of postage and prevent him from having to copy out 10-15 letters.</p>

<p>Hello Grace, What would be a good TOEFL score for an international student?</p>

<p>Hello Snipersas, yes, your additional recommendation can be sent in on the Common Application form. </p>

<p>Masterclass- our minimum score for the TOEFL is 104 (Internet based test) or 600 (paper based test). So, anything above 104.</p>

<p>Hello! I am very interested in attending UChicago undergraduate, and thought I’d ask a quick question: How much do you find admissions appreciating an extremely developed passion for the arts–specifically creative writing, if that’s not too specific (i.e. starting and running literary magazine from the ground, over 120 independent publications, awards, etc)-- relative to other top colleges? Thanks!</p>

<p>Thanks Grace for the clarification. I feel really bad because I recently gave my TOEFL exam and scored only 102. I am pretty much sure that my current score doesn’t reflect by best ability but the TOEFL exam is very expensive to re-take. I don’t know what to do now.</p>