<p>We have noticed that a number of waitlisted students have sent in letters of continued interest or additional materials by overnight mail. We wish to strongly encourage students to e-mail letters or notes of continued interest or short updates of continued achievement to their regional counselor (who may be found here: <a href="https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/contact/map.shtml%5B/url%5D">https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/contact/map.shtml</a>). Larger documents are not necessary (additional essays, resumes, etc) but if you would like to submit them, please upload them directly in to the "Portfolio" section of your UChicago account. </p>
<p>We realize that paper mail offers a certain sense of formality that may be attractive to students, but it is much easier processing-wise for us to receive and note continued interest via e-mail or electronic upload-- documents mailed in wind up just being scanned and uploaded to your account or scanned and e-mailed to the student's regional counselor, which is the same process that could be done directly by you through your UChicago account or your email, and e-mailed continued interest assures you that we will be able to note the document right away. Additionally, overnight mail is very expensive, and e-mail is free!</p>
<p>So, in short, waitlisted students: please do not feel the need to physically mail updates in to our office. We strongly prefer e-mail or electronic upload and consider it "as formal" as a paper mailing, although significantly more convenient for us and for you. If you have physically mailed in documents, do not worry-- we will still process them-- but for students who have not yet sent in updates, email is preferred.</p>