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<p>Good grief, it was a joke for crying out loud. Hence the little wink.</p>
<p>I was saying it in a lighthearted manner, not an attacking one! Sorry bovertine!</p>
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No problem. Hard to convey this stuff on the web sometimes.</p>
<p>The wink was missing in the second post, bovertine. But you are not alone. My oldest turned down Harvard for Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>Chicago > MIT here for my CS/math guy.</p>
<p>I thought it was fairly clear from my posts that I was commenting on the Ivy-mania which exists here on CC, particularly amongst the kids. I am in full agreement that this attitude is not always particularly level headed, especially since I went to a couple of state schools myself, and I think I turned out okay.</p>
<p>But maybe I didn’t make that fully clear.</p>
<p>We’ll be the judges of whether you turned out perfectly ok, not you ;-).</p>
<p>S1 is following up on his MIT interviewer’s suggestion. He spoke to his lab director who promised to write him an excellent recommendation! Unbeknown to S1, his lab director had read all of S1’s lab notebook entries and was very impressed by S1’s work quality and work ethic, so much so that he wants to setup an internship program with S1’s high school and take an intern from S1’s high school every year! He knew that S1 doesn’t have the best of grades, but he told S1 not to worry about it because S1 had been working in the lab 20-30 hours every week!</p>
<p>Hope this recommendation would help S1 on his EA deferred and RD apps.</p>
<p>In the meantime, we found out a few of his transcripts were never sent from his high school! The school adminstrator admitted to the mistake and sent the missing ones electronically today. Huge lessons learned here.</p>
<p>S1 just realized today he has a huge schedule conflict this weekend. Earlier this week, he agreed to a college interview this weekend. This morning he realized he also has a big debate tournament this weekend. He had known about the tournament for some time and should have never agreed to the weekend interview, arrrggghhh! He just emailed the interviewer - there goes the first impression… Done venting.</p>
<p>Just discovered this place and thought I’d share our good news to give encouragement to others out there - my son has a 3.4uw and was recently accepted to Chicago EA. It can happen!</p>
<p>Congrats to oddbood & son! Welcome to the family :).</p>
<p>oddbood, join the club. U of Chicago was very kind to the posters on this thread!</p>
<p>A few years ago my 3.41 son was admitted to Chicago, I am very pleased to hear the tradition continues. However, it’s reputation once there is true; they work one’s butt off. S1 who is in his last year relishes the place. I could see the change in him, he really received a “visible” education.</p>
<p>PCP - Good luck to your son in the debate tournament. If he does well, then he’ll have good news to share in the interview!</p>
<p>(We had a similar situation earlier this year when we had to reschedule an entire college trip, including flights & hotels, when S2 decided he HAD to go to homecoming!)</p>
<p>And, btw, S2 is a debater as well…</p>
<p>To add a data point from this year: friend with a 3.6W, 3.4ishUW got into Columbia ED for engineering.</p>
<p>bovertine, it was clear to me. But then I’m not U of C material. OK THAT WAS A JOKE.</p>
<p>Keil, female? female engineering is a small boost.</p>
<p>Another happy Chicago EA data point here – 3.49 on the transcript (includes HS classes taken in MS), 3.56 UW 9-11, 4.24 W, 2290 SAT, killer full IB diploma plus too many APs.</p>
<p>Do Smith and Grinnell count?</p>
<p>What’s is top 20?</p>
<p>[National</a> Universities Rankings - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings]National”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-universities-rankings)
According to US News: UCB, UCLA CM, Georgetown, UVA are not top 20. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>[Liberal</a> Arts Rankings - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/liberal-arts-rankings]Liberal”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/liberal-arts-rankings)
But Smith and Grinnell belong to top 20 LACs.</p>