<p>@stresscasejen About 4:30 EST, you should receive an email, if it’s following a similar schedule as EA. Not 100% sure, though…</p>
<p>RE: Tebow, I think it’s funny he didn’t go to the super bowl and then got traded to the jets. Huge buzzkill, especially considering the huge hype around him in January. I know he said god has a path for all of us, but it seems he got the shaft recently from Him (btw i’m not trying to sound like I’m bashing god, especially since i’ve found myself praying for the first time in years asking for acceptance to uchicago lol)</p>
<p>Dang, if decisions come out at 4:30 EST, thats 1:30 here which is just when I’m waking up. If theres bad news, I guess it’ll be easy to just chalk it up to a nightmare and go right back to sleep.</p>
<p>Aww guys! These messages/comments have helped to ease the pain of these slowly passing hours SO much. I am usually a very early sleeper (I usually never stay awake after 9:30…yikes! College is going to be so hard), but tonight, I absolutely can NOT fall asleep. I really can’t wait for the college decision from UChicago to come out. Even if it’s unfavorable, at least then I’ll be able to put Chicago behind me and move forward with my life. (THOUGH OF COURSE I will apply again for grad school! I am not giving up forever!!!) </p>
<p>@bobby: Exactly. Close to 50 more days until graduation. No matter which college I end up at, I can definitely know for sure that it will be LOADS better than what we AP kids call “Country High!” Also, are you kidding me??? Notre Dame as your backup college!!! That’s freaking amazing. Though rankings don’t tell everything about the school, isn’t Notre Dame like number nine or something?? My congratulations to you. The school I got offered a full ride to is third tier, though it’s business school is in the top 40s. </p>
<p>@stresscasejen: It’s so nice to meet you, too!!! Be it Chicago or not (9% acceptance rate…I am so nervous), I am looking forward to the many other people I will meet in college (esp Christians). I’ve been mostly sheltered throughout high school, and I know that college will offer so many temptations. It’s going to be hard to stay on the right track, but I hope that God and people like you will keep me there. 
Best of luck to you (and the rest of you). If I do get accepted into UChicago (hahaha…hey, positive thinking though), I would love to meet all of you. These posts have seriously been keeping me sane. This is the first time I’ve stayed up this late because I’m usually so tired from school and extracurriculars. </p>
<p>Not long to go you guys!</p>
<p>@iborpastan: I’m glad to hear that you’ve been getting support from your school. At my school, students think CAMBRIDGE and OXFORD are the Ivies IN AMERICA!!! But you’re right! We’ve all just got to keep the stamina to work harder and not quit regardless of what happens tomorrow. </p>
<p>I’ve heard about the balloons and firecrackers that pop up on your screen if you’re accepted… I wouldn’t mind seeing some of that.</p>
<p>Ah! Thanks iborpastan</p>
<p>Seems like Chicago deferred a record number this year. GOOD LUCK everyone! Just remember that the school you go to doesn’t really matter. It’s what you DO there that counts.</p>
<p>@Adamb15: Cool! You posted at 11:11!!! Did you wish you be accepted by UChicago? :)</p>
<p>At my school, no one ever heard of UChicago and the few that did know little about it, until I decided to apply, so there is no one available that would tell me “oh, UChicago? You know that’s really hard to get into. I doubt you can make it.” </p>
<p>Don’t listen to people who say it doesn’t matter where you go. It matters A LOT because the school obviously needs to have a strong program in what you’re interested in and it needs to have a social atmosphere as well as a curriculum style that fits with you and what you want. What doesn’t matter is whether or not the school is a big name (the usual topics of conversation at CC). You still have to chose carefully and hope to get in somewhere you think you’re a good fit.</p>
<p>My son got accepted to MIT, but he will not decide until he hears from U Chicago!
Now counting down to the last minute!</p>
<p>Melamede:</p>
<p>I too am an anxious parent.</p>
<p>University of Chicago would probably fit my son’s personality perfectly.</p>
<p>I have been waiting for this day for about five years.</p>
<p>So, that being said, as Don Corleone said in The Godfather, “as long as your business interests don’t conflict ith mine, I wish you good luck”.</p>
<p>In other words, I hope both kids get in !!!</p>
<p>Such a low acceptance rate though, and just about everyone applying is a qualified candidate.</p>
<p>And then, you have intangibles, like legacies, affirmative action, geographic diversity, etc.
And other intangibles we might not even know about.</p>
<p>In many ways, it is a crapshoot.</p>
<p>However, I would say that if your kid managed to get into MIT, he/she has a great chance at UC.</p>
<p>rbouwens:</p>
<p>As for not checking to see whether you got in----EVER-----</p>
<p>That’s what the kid did in the movie, The Paper Chase.</p>
<p>When he finally got his grades in the mail, he didn’t open them, and threw them in the ocean.</p>
<p>@Merryli YOU CAN’T SAY WHAT YOU WISHED FOR OTHERWISE IT WONT COME TRUE!! lol. dang this is so hard.</p>
<p>man my week has sucked so far i need something to make it good. i don’t think i’m going to bed tonight i just can’t get tired and i hate sitting in bed just thinking. no matter what anyone says, its hard to not think about how cool it would be to get accepted. i want to be like these guys with one of my good buds [Look</a> out Yale, Here I come! - YouTube](<a href=“Look out Yale, Here I come! - YouTube”>Look out Yale, Here I come! - YouTube)</p>
<p>@floridadad55 Love the Don Corleone reference–just don’t whack the competition! LOL!</p>
<p>And to those of you who get accepted this year–congratulations! And just remember, you probably wouldn’t get in next year–the way the admit rate is dropping! :)</p>
<p>Well its officially the 23rd where I live. So good luck everybody. i hope everyone on here gets in so we have no upsets because I bet all of you are great and good enough to be uchicago material. i havent seen a single applicant with bad stats no matter what the test scores or ECs or GPAs. have a good time tomorrow no matter what and i hope I’ll see you on the other side.</p>
<p>about 13 hours now…</p>
<p>Fun fact of how much this stuff sucks: First acne I got was last November…</p>
<p>^^^ I have had it since like 5th grade. Some people are just luckier than others :’(</p>
<p>My hair did fall out a lot though last fall. It stopped after january thought but started like last week again. Dumb stress.</p>
<p>Oh! UChicago- you better accept me… </p>
<p>I am stressing out to death, and I am unable to concentrate… More nearer it approaches, more anxious I become</p>
<p>12 hours. SHEEEEEEEEET. What is happening to me?</p>
<p>Ahhhh. This is nerve wrecking. I completely agree with what Bobbyf94 said. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, if you want a good laugh and not think about the decisions for a few minutes, I recommend reading this: <a href=“http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~lenci/jokes/chicken[/url]”>http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~lenci/jokes/chicken</a>
It’s golden. </p>
<p>Good luck guys! May the odds be ever in your favor. (I just came back from watching The Hunger Games. It was epic. 'Nuff said.)</p>
<p>@collegeguyyeah: Yeah. My inability to fall asleep last night proves just how badly I wanted in to UChicago! Today I am functioning off only two hours of complete sleep, will have to go to school, find out about my decision, and then (whether good or bad news) have to suck it up as I drag my butt over to a mandatory club dinner. Ugh. I am going to be SO dead by the end of this weekend. Vandy and Rice (I think?) decisions are being mailed (snail mail!) this weekend…did any of you apply to these schools?</p>