<p>i heard that uchicago doesn't exactly base their admissions on academics and focus more on your essays. is it true?</p>
<p>I'm not sure, but the UChicago essay without a doubt took the longest for me to write. Craziest prompts ever...</p>
<p>Well, I got in, wasn't even in the top 10% of my class (and no, I'm not a URM). The qualitative part of my application was much, much, much stronger than the quantitative part. I believe this worked in my favor at a number of schools.</p>