<p>anyone know about waitlists?</p>
<p>^ Exactly why this transfer process is quite strange. Totally random.</p>
<p>Waitlisted. Just happy it wasn’t a rejection.</p>
<p>Anyone know how many people get off the wl? If any at all?</p>
<p>XferStudent,</p>
<p>I have the same questions.</p>
<p>I was also WL’ed. From scanning through this thread, though, I seem to be the only one who doesn’t have a 3.9x+ from a respectable tier 1 university… I have a 3.8x from a crap-tier state school. What’s up with that? Could it have been my essays, or what? </p>
<p>How competitive is Chicago in relation to top Ivies, like Penn or Brown or Columbia?</p>
<p>Accepted, from the National University of Singapore</p>
<p>4.19 weighted GPA (out of 5.0), decent ECs and essays, and what I think were great recommendations. I was also most happy about my essays, which I thought were the best I’ve ever written.</p>
<p>For those of you who didn’t get in, don’t lose hope for your other schools. I’ve been there, so I know it feels horrible. Keep your chins up!</p>
<p>@safetosay</p>
<p>Ic it was probably your essays. I got a 3.96 at a T20. </p>
<p>Its not as competitive as Columbia (in terms of transfers). But around the same as Brown and UPenn - based on acceptance rates.</p>
<p>grats Dudboi!!!</p>
<p>Accepted! Good luck to everyone on the waitlist and I hope everyone who didn’t face favourable decisions end up loving whichever school they decide on.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if there’ll be a Facebook group for transfers specifically?</p>
<p><a href=“Facebook - log in or sign up”>Facebook - log in or sign up;
<p>That was one that was up and running for prospective transfers.</p>
<p>To those accepted, do you mind sharing your stats? and did you guys visit the campus?</p>
<p>Anyone know what the odds look like for transfer waitlists? I’m guessing the outlook isn’t too bright…</p>
<p>Rejected - Freshman in PoliSci at UIUC. Stellar professor recommendations including one from a UChicago graduate, president and founder of a disease research fundraising organization, intercollegiate position in a congressional debate association, member of amnesty international, member of floor council, taking (and doing exceptionally well in) advanced coursework, offered the opportunity to take graduate-level formal theory classes, 7 5’s and 2 4’s on AP exams, 34 ACT, 2310 SAT, great essays, 3.9 college GPA, mediocre high school GPA. I am also albino and visually-impaired as well as part Native American. I was waitlisted last year.</p>
<p>I thought I was getting in.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link goingforanobel!</p>
<p>In all honesty, looking at the stats for you guys, I can’t possibly explain why I got in. 2180 SATs and 38/45 in IB back in good old high school. No hooks, not a minority, one mediocre prof rec and one amazing one. No college GPA because my school (large public) doesn’t like to go with the flow.</p>
<p>Edit: didn’t visit the campus either, but I did do the virtual tour…</p>
<p>@ Giggle: I’m pretty sure it was the virtual tour that sealed the deal. ;)</p>
<p>Haha, but in all truth, take the acceptance and run with it. Don’t feel bad about anything. You’re in because you’ve worked (and worked hard) for it. UChicago was looking for a “Giggle” and they found her. :)</p>
<p>Of course, it could have just been that you had incredible essays. ;)</p>
<p>If I were you I’d take both answers (and any other good reason you could come up with) and make sure that you have a great summer to prep for the beginning of much to come!</p>
<p>Congrats again!</p>
<p>Lets keep news about the waitlist on this thread???</p>
<p>@ goingforanobel</p>
<p>Thank you for that; no one else would believe me when I talk about how important virtual tours are!</p>
<p>In all seriousness though, those are some of the nicest things I’ve heard anyone say about my acceptance, so here’s a complete stranger’s heartfelt thank you. I wish you the best of luck wherever you end up, and I’m positive that institution is lucky to have you.</p>
<p>Hello, I am a prospective transfer student fighting the admissions staff at UChicago. I’ve gotten rejected twice (once in high school, once in college). They won’t tell me how to improve my application, so could someone help me? Here is my resume:</p>
<p>High School:
Rank 2 (4.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale)
27 on ACT (low but they don’t really look at the ACT)</p>
<p>Scholastic Bowl (all-conference)
National Honor Society
Mathletes
Science Club (vice-president)</p>
<p>Soccer, 4 years (All-State Chicago Fire Academic team, First Team)
Wrestling, 3 years
Track & Field, 4 years (captain)</p>
<p>College:</p>
<p>University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
3.75 GPA
Model United Nations
Club Track
Table Tennis
Kuk-Sool Won</p>
<p>DePaul University (second half of freshman year)
3.8 GPA (Dean’s List) </p>
<p>Independent work:
Writing Book
Starting political organization
Political Blog</p>
<p>Majors: Biological Sciences, Political Science</p>
<p>Recommendations: one by a prof at U of I; another by a DePaul prof who also attended UChicago and taught there, and is their current political consultant (said “you belong there,” “you sound like a UC student,”)</p>
<p>Outline of UChicago essay:</p>
<p>Find x Outline</p>
<p>Let x = my intentions
explain intentions
the derivative of my intentions is my thoughts
explain thoughts
the derivative of my thoughts is i
explain myself
i = sq. rt of a negative number (non-real number under normal conditions)
explain uniqueness
in essence, i = unreal
that means, the second derivative of x = unreal/0
impossible to have 0 intentions, therefore my intentions are unreal under normal conditions
explain how my intentions exist only under abnormal circumstances, therefore x only exists under abnormal circumstances.
In order to find x, one must incorporate an abnormal variable
the variable is UC
meaning, at UC, I will find x, which means I will find my true intentions, which means i can find my thoughts (intentions derive from thoughts), etc.</p>
<p>PROOF: x is in the question, the questions was submitted by a UC student, the student attends/attended the university; therefore, x is found at the university</p>
<p>So there is my application. Any suggestions as to why I didn’t get in?</p>
<p>Oops, I forgot: I also volunteered at a hospital for 2 summers</p>
<p>^ Probably the 27 ACT (since you were a college freshman when you applied, this should have counted) and the essay. I hate to break to you that there were tons of other people who wrote “x is found at UChicago.” And is this even the right thread to post that in?</p>
<p>Can Community College student tranfer to U of C? There admission web page says that credits from CC can’t be transftered… Is there anyone ever successed tranfer as a CC student?</p>
<p>Well yeh the ACT score is low, but according to them, they don’t really look at ACT that much. Also, 25% of those accepted have lower than a 30, so idk. And according to a UChicago student, the essay is there. So idk what more they want… :l</p>