<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>SAT: 2280
ACT: 35
SATII: 780 lit, 750 bio, 680 spanish
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: 1/447</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: lots of community work, good internships, work part-time and sports
Essay: really odd...made me sound like a schizophrenic</p>
<p>Recs: all really good, i think. especially my gc's.</p>
<p>School type: Public
Location: Iowa
Ethnicity: Biracial
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Anything else? No, not really. Just really pleased that I have options now, lol. : )</p>
<p>
**
Accepted
**
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2240- 780 M, 760 CR, 700 W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Spanish, 800 US History, 800 Math II
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>]Rank: 1/130
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Fairly good; better than a lot of the ones I wrote for other colleges.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Okay..my counselor doesn't know me that well, so I'm not sure..?
[</em>]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)
[li]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: TX
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no) No</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Internships, some athletics, politics
[</em>]Awards:
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>
<p>:) ACCEPTED!! :) my son was just accepted today. </p>
<p>SAT 2290
GPA 4.0 & 4.6
lot's of EC's/leadership/volunteering
no hook, nothing special, just a hard worker</p>
<p>**
Accepted!!!
**
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: Didn't send
[</em>]SAT II: Didn't send
[<em>]ACT: 34 (9 essay)
[</em>]GPA: 4.41W/5.3-something (bizarre scale, my grades were mostly A-s and B+s.
[<em>]Rank: 46/490 (Magnet program has separate rank, but we compete with another magnet program in the same school which has much easier classes/grades. Thus, a relatively bad rank.
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB): AP US Gov (5); AP USH (5); AP Calc AB (4); AP Lang. (5); will have 4 more APs by graduation.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I took an essay that people said was really moving (I had originally made it for Penn's optional) and calibrated it for Chicago. I made sure that the essay fit the parameters, but I was worried that it wouldn't fit the essay topic (the 'write your own story' one that alludes to comedy--my story involved death and life).
[</em>]Teacher Recs: I have no idea (I didn't read em). One was from my physics teacher, who rules like no other. The other was from my history teacher/Mock Trial advisor. Since we're destroying the NJ competition I'm assuming the recommendation was good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: No idea. She has very little experience with high-level college admissions, but she is also one of the nicest people I've ever met (I can always tell when she's calling me down for a meeting using the school phones because the teachers will always exchange courtesies before hanging up)
[</em>]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides): None.
[<em>]Hook: None.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: New Jersey
[<em>]High School Type: Public (I'm in a magnet program within the high school)
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Mainland Chinese)
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no): Yes (parents never followed through though)</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Mock Trial (4 years, co-founder, lead defense attorney); Forensics (2 years, co-founder, captain); Amnesty International (3 years, co-founder, treasurer); Student Council (Sophomore, Junior, Senior VP)
[</em>]Awards: Won Mock Trial counties twice, was part of one of the top 6 MT teams in all of NJ when I sent in my update; published twice in regional newspaper; National Merit Finalist (James. E. Casey Scholar)
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: </p>[/li]
<p>Don't let the hype scare you. Don't let them get you down. The application is between you and the admissions committee only. Don't forget that. Put yourself there, let them know that you are behind the paper emoting every word, every ounce of sense. I don't have perfect grades. I am not an athlete or a URM or a legacy. I am who I am, and I made sure that that was understood. Maybe it was luck. Maybe it was a combination of factors, or just one outstanding particular. But it worked, and I'm grateful. </p>
<p>Make sure that essay shines.[/ul]</p>
<p>
**
Accepted
**
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2130
[</em>]SAT II: 800 MIIC, 740 Chem
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 3.86
[<em>]Rank: N/A
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) I don't think they matter
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Not impressive by my standards
[</em>]Teacher Recs: No clue. Never looked at them.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good I guess. We are buddies.
[ /list]
Personal[ list]
[</em>]Location: Sweet Tennessee. Originally from China
[<em>]High School Type: Private boarding
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian I guess
[<em>]Gender: Male I guess
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no) no[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Not impressive
[</em>]Awards: No major awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Really write your essays well.[/ul]</p>
<p>
**
Rejected
**
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 630 V/680M/530W
[</em>]SAT II: 630 Lit / 680 Spanish
[<em>]GPA: 8,9/10 (but my school system is so different...)
[</em>]Rank: 2/230
[li]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Vague. And Im pretty sure one didnt even made in.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Vague and short. They all like me, but they had never done this before, and they didnt know how to do it.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides): Research Abstract
[<em>]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]: None
[</em>]Location: Brazil
[<em>]High School Type: Private Brazilian School
[</em>]Gender: Female
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no): Yes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Some...
[</em>]Awards: None
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] It was not a big surprise. I got into Brazilians Universities which was the plan all along, and Im fine with it. But I felt like being ambitious and testing the water. I knew very well that with my stats and asking for Fin Aid it was a long a shot. Im glad that I tried though. I think Id be really more upset at myself for being resigned to going to University here in Rio, and not trying anything else.</p>
<p>
**
Accepted
**
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800R/800M/740W -- 2340
[</em>]SAT II: Physics 800, Math II 800, Literature 780
[<em>]GPA: 4.3 weighted
[</em>]Rank: 19/378
[<em>]Other Tests: APs: six 5s, one 4; a few low scores on AMC and AIME
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: My "Why Chicago?" one referenced the 2002 Aims of Education Address. Basically, it said that I wanted an education that would enrich the way I experience the world and explained how the U of C and its students would help me obtain that education. My main essay was a response to prompt 3. I discussed my inability to tell whether I love learning for its own sake or I do it primarily to improve at quiz bowl.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One from my calculus teacher, one from my US Government teacher. They both like me, I think, but I haven't seen the recs.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: It had to be generic, as I've talked to my counselor a total of two times.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook: none [/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Texas
[</em>]High School Type: public magnet school
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: no[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Quiz bowl (Co-founder & captain; we're good), Science Olympiad, math team
[<em>]Awards: one national SciO medal, NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, US Physics Team semifinalist, a few other SciO and math awards
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I think the essays are the most important part of your application by far. I wrote them in about a day and wouldn't have been surprised at a rejection.[/ul]</p>
<p>
**
Rejected
**
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 680M 750V 800W
[</em>]SAT II: 760Math2 760Lit
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]GPA: 3.9/4.6
[<em>]Rank: 2/200
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) AP Eng Lang-4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I thought they were awesome :]
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Sent in some poetry
[<em>]Hook: Guess I didn't have one :] [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: SC
[<em>]High School Type: Public, not great
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Heck yes [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Blah blah. . .
[</em>]Awards: National & regional ones for writing
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I feel quite okay about the rejection actually. Congrats to those who made it!!![/ul]</p>
<p>
**
Accepted
**
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2060 (CR 740, M 650, W 670)
[</em>]SAT II: Lit 750, Spanish 750, Math II 630
[<em>]ACT: none
[</em>]GPA: 3.9 uw
[<em>]Rank: 24/360
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) u.s. hist 4, taking 6 this year
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: eh night before but honest, i did the table essay
[</em>]Teacher Recs: generic-ish only met them this year
[<em>]Counselor Rec: pretty good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)
[<em>]Hook: (4 diff. high schools,) [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Texas
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: hispanic
[<em>]Gender female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: (yes)[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: clubs, community service,a nonvarsity sport, studied abroad
[</em>]Awards: honor roll
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] dont worry about trying to be overinvolved or what you think their standards are, questbridge probabley helped me</p>
<p>
**
Accepted
**
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 770 760 780
[</em>]SAT II: US 770 Math IC 730 Math IIC 770 Spanish 800
[<em>]ACT: 35
[</em>]GPA: 5.85
[<em>]Rank: 1
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) 5 APs...all 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: i wrote what i knew.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one was wacky and the other was amazing
[<em>]Counselor Rec: probably good although he didn't really know me
[</em>]Supplementary Material: nope
[<em>]Hook: i'm a cheeerleader on math team!! : ]]
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Chicago suburbs
[<em>]High School Type: public
[</em>]Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>]Gender: female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: i'm dedicated!
[</em>]Awards: yes but nothing overly impressive!
[/ul]</p>
<p>I AM HAPPY...</p>
<p>Posting for son with his permission</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 780 M, 720 CR, 750 W (2250)
[</em>] SAT II: 780 Japanese with Listening, 780 Math II, 770 World History
[<em>] ACT: 35 (36 on Reading, English, and Math; 32 on Science)
[</em>] GPA: ~3.6 UW, ~4.2 W
[<em>] Rank: 5/248
[</em>] Other Tests: AP World History, Euro. History, US History, Eng. Lang., Calc. AB, Env. Sci., Japanese all 5s (will be taking Calc. BC, Bio, US Gov., Eng. Lit., and Italian this year); Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: main essay was about winning Best Question award at presentation by producer of The Simpsons; Why Chicago? and favorites essays made very strong case for being well-suited to Chicago
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one with almost all best in career ratings (Japanese); didnt see other two (Calculus and History)
[<em>]Counselor Rec: didnt see
[</em>]Supplementary Material: submitted two extra essays (one about lifelong love of foreign languages, other about reading Torah/Haftarah) and two non-teacher recs (one from rabbi, one from Brown professor whos helped in finding Japanese tutors for many years)
[<em>]Hook: none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: RI
[<em>]High School Type: public (entrance by exam)
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: no
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: formal study of 8 languages (Hebrew, Japanese, ancient Greek, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi [but only proficient in Japanese and Italian]); Japan Bowl (team captain; coaching assistant); Academic Decathlon; Math Team; Chinese Club; Cross Country; Aikido; USY; tutoring (math, Japanese, Bar/Bat Mitzvah prep.); Torah/Haftarah reading; miscellaneous activities with Social Action Committee and synagogue youth group; jobs as Rabbis Assistant and Sales Associate for Rosetta Stone Language Learning Software in mall kiosk; one month study abroad in Japanese high school (took all regular subjects in Japanese) with homestay; internship in Providence office of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse; took Statistics in 9th grade at local university (scholarship through CTY award in middle school)
[</em>]Awards: National Japan Bowl (4th and 7th places); Reischauer Scholars Program; National History Day Naval History Award; National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; several state and school level awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Very happy![/ul]</p>
<p>
**
Waitlisted
**
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:
[</em>]SAT II: 750 Chem, 750 Math IIC
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 3.99 UW
[<em>]Rank: 19/422
[</em>]Other Tests: APs and stuff.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Short essays excellent, long essay good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Didn't read them
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>]Supplementary Material: sent in a supplemental rec after being deferred...didn't read it though
[li]Hook: None </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: UT
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender F
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Many.
[</em>]Awards: meh...NCTE nomination, AP scholar with distinction, many art show awards...nothing big
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Haha...I'll have waited 8 months by the time I find out. Man. : P[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: Didn't take it
SAT II: Didn't do any
ACT: 32 (10 essay)
GPA: 3.8 unweighted
Rank: no ranking system at my school
Other Tests: Junior year I was abroad, so no AP tests. I am taking 5 this year. I took an exam for Dutch proficiency (NT2 - "Nederlands als een tweede taal") and recieved university-level competency after living in Holland for a year.
Subjective
Essays: I started them waay too late, but I enjoyed writing one about my tattered dutch dictionary.
Teacher Recs: I had three and I didn't read them: one from my english teacher who is also my dorm parent and Im sure this one was great. One from my math teacher was good/decent. and one from my Dutch high school social studies teacher which was very good.
Counselor Rec: good - he doesn't know me terribly well though. but he likes me.
Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides): The results of that NT2 Dutch proficiency test.
Hook: I studied abroad my Junior year and I go to an interesting small environmental boarding school in Northern Wisconsin.<br>
Personal
Location: Northern Chicago hometown, boarding school in Northern Wisconsin
High School Type: Independent boarding
Ethnicity: White, dual-citizen with the Netherlands
Gender: Female
Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no): Yes</p>
<p>Other
Extracurriculars: Sustainable Practices Committee (chairman), Varsity Soccer (Captain), Yearbook (editor), mondialogo, admissions ambassadors, study abroad
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: </p>
<p>Essays, essays, essays!! Start them early. With the U of C ones they should be specially written for U of C. They're funky prompts, so play around with several ideas with them -- don't start 6 hours before the deadline with just one idea in mind! Your essay is the place to win over the admissions people. </p>
<p>Also, visit the campus. I am in love with the gothic buildings, but I need to do an overnight visit and meet real students. (There are waay too many stereotypes of awkward geeky U of C'ers...I'm hoping it's not like that!)</p>
<p>
**
Accepted
**
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 770/770/690 (writing... errrr. I hate SAT writing)
[</em>]SAT II: Math2:800/Chem:780/Bio-E:720
[<em>]ACT: didn't submit
[</em>]GPA: idk weighted, but UW is around 3.88
[<em>]Rank: 12 out of 630
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB): Micro and macro econ: 4 (both), chem: 4, bio: 5, lang: 5, US history: 5, calc ab: 4, stats: 4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I wasn't so sure about the long essay (I felt like I beat parallelism till it died 3 times), but I liked the short answer paragraphs
[</em>]Teacher Recs: both love me. one let me read it and it was so amazing. lab mentor was an alum and wrote me an awesome letter
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I got a counselor change beginning of this year, but I think she likes me a lot
[</em>]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides): bio research paper
[<em>]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please): speak 3 languages and grew up in 3 countries?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Pacific NW
[<em>]High School Type: large suburban public
[</em>]Ethnicity: the unrare kind of Asian
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: lots of molecular bio research. ISEF. won 10k grant for an engineering project. done a considerable amount of volunteer work with young children and youth court system
[</em>]Awards: science fair stuff
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] My Chicago interviewer was my favorite one by far of the dozen or so I met these past few months.</p>
<p>
**
Accepted!!
**
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 CR, 760 M, 650 W
[</em>]SAT II: 780 Math 2, 730 Lit, 700 French w/ Listening
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: 3.97 W, probably 3.9 UW (the bump was always weird at my school until they finally got rid of it my sophomore year)
[<em>]Rank: Top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests: 5 AP U.S. Gov
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good, I guess? The truth is I never really had anyone look at them besides my parents.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Very Good/Excellent
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Very Good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Piano CD
[<em>]Hook: None [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Texas
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: 1/2 Indian, 1/2 White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: No[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Newspaper (3 yrs, Section Editor), International Club (2 yrs, President), Field Hockey (4 yrs, Varsity), Lacrosse (3 yrs, Varsity), Piano (10 yrs), (Amnesty International (4 yrs, no position), Project SafeZone (sociological research project/raising GLBTQ awareness during the first trimester of my Senior year), Creative Writing and Multiculturalism stuff outside of school.
[</em>]Awards: A lot of high school awards and National conferences. National Merit Commended, NHS, etc.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I am incredibly honored and humbled to have been accepted. As for advice--don't agonize over the essays! I wrote my essays the same day I submitted, but was very pleased because they accurately reflected my personality. Chicago's essays were the most fun I had during the college process.</p>
<p>Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2370: 770-CR, 800-M, 800-W
[</em>]SAT II: 800-Math 2; 800-Chem; 770-Bio M
[<em>]ACT: 36 comp; 36/36/36/36, 8 essay
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.1 W
[<em>]Rank: NA
[</em>]Other Tests: APs: five 5's, one 3
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: long essay on the Borges prompt that talked about myself directly. was the most edited/revised out of all my college essays.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: idk
[<em>]Counselor Rec: idk
[</em>]Supplementary Material: research paper
[<em>]Hook:
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: VA
[<em>]High School Type: magnet
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: debate, biomedical research, some science clubs
[<em>]Awards: semifinalist in Intel STS/Siemens/USABO/National Merit, debate TOC qualifier
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Drink from the fire hose.[/ul]</p>
<p>Accepted! Wohooo!</p>
<p>
**
Accepted
**
</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2380 (800CR 780M 800W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math 1, 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 800 Chinese
[<em>]ACT: psh
[</em>]GPA: it's hard to translate to a 4.0 scale
[<em>]Rank: 5%
[</em>]Other Tests: AP calc bc, ap chem, both 5; forgot my AMC and AIME scores</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: HAHA! Ok... I wrote the essay on January 2nd. On a plane from home (in the midwest) to school (on the east coast). I felt sincerely bad for Ted O'Neill or whoever had to read those essays
[</em>]Teacher Recs: never saw them
[<em>]Counselor Rec: ditto
[</em>]Supplementary Material: probably sent in a piano supplement, or maybe it was one of the schools that I forgot to make one for...I'm very organized, obviously
[li]Hook: nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Personal*[ul]
[<em>]Location: near Chicago
[</em>]High School Type: private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender F
[li]Applied for Financial Aid: merit aid?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other*[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: a few
[</em>]Awards: some
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]I was SO very excited about Chicago this summer because it had the rep of being all discussions and debates and "life of the mind" and what not. And then came a very nasty surprise with my application so I'm kind of peeved at them</p>
<p>WAITLISTED! </p>
<p>My parents were completely against me going to Chicago (they want me to stay in CA), plus I did my entire app four hours before it was due. I was expecting to get completely rejected. 1900 SATS and 680 on two SAT II's. I'm shocked! I'm so glad I got wait listed at least! I am not asking to be put on the official wait list because I decided the school is too far away for me, but yeah. :)</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>I am truly happy. A big "thank you" to everyone on this board that offered me advice or gave me information about UChicago.</p>
<p>Looking forward to meeting all of you who got in! You guys are probably smarter than I am. =]</p>
<p>My grades and extracurriculars are nothing special at all. It's probably the essays that got me in. I am so grateful! Good luck to everyone who got wait-listed.</p>