<p>We deal with merit scholarships, and we read everyone, EA and RN, in early March.</p>
<p>Alums are still busy getting to their interviewees. We've given them until November 23 to conduct the interview and get the write-up done. About 70 percent of requests are normally filled.</p>
<p>Hello Libby,</p>
<p>I am a student from Nepal greatly interested in applying to the University of Chicago? Why do you not have an Early Application option for international students as well??</p>
<p>We do; you can apply early in the same manner as anyone else. You just can't apply for financial aid early because we have to look at all of the international financial aid applicants together. Admissions for international applicants is not need-blind.</p>
<p>Does the University of Chicago have a fight song? If so, could you post the words? Also, what does a Maroon look like? Do people at Chicago go through the hassle to find maroon spray paint (of course red won't do) to paint themselves up at homecoming?</p>
<p>The Chicago mascot is the Phoenix, Maroon is a color. </p>
<p>Wave the flag of old Chicago,
Maroon the color grand.
Ever shall her team be victors
Known throughout the land.
With the grand old man to lead them,
Without a peer they'll stand.
Wave again the dear old banner,
For they're heroes ev'ry man.</p>
<p>Fight Song and Cheers: <a href="http://home.uchicago.edu/%7Eahkissel/cheers.html%5B/url%5D">http://home.uchicago.edu/~ahkissel/cheers.html</a></p>
<p>How do you decide who gets an interview (beyond geography)? Is it random or first-come, first-served? I would think those who request early would get one first, but that doesn't seem to be happening. Maybe my interviewer is going alphabetically (I'm a W)...</p>
<p>Each interviewing territory does things their own way. Please remember that our alumni are volunteers, and are doing us and you a great, time-consuming service without pay or a bureaucracy to help them out. Also, be grateful that you got matched. When I requested an interview, in the days before email, I got a letter a few months later that said "No alum lives within 75 miles of your home." I felt very isolated!</p>
<p>hey libby..my friend graduated from high school in 06..and took a year off. she will be applying to U of C for next fall...is there anything special she has to submit with her application..? for example, they ask for midyear report, but she will just sent her transcript instead. Also will U od C consider applicants who took a year off? what if she doesnt mention anything about that on her essays? can you clear all this out please</p>
<p>Libby,
I applied Early Action, and I requested an alumni interview in September (I got a confirmation email on the 27th). However, I still have not been contacted about an interview. The email said that EA applicants should expect to hear from their interviewer by December 1st, but if we're supposed to hear about our admission by the middle of December, then isn't that kind of last minute? I'd really like to have an interview if at all possible. What should I do?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Don't give up hope yet, margalite. I requested in September, and I just got a call last night. My interview is Saturday. It's a bit annoying that it's so last minute though-this week is really busy b/c of T-giving and other things and I really had to squish it in.</p>
<p>confirm -- we do ask on the application if a student has not been attending school, and what they were doing. She should fill out the midyear report according to our directions, by logging into the online application. Many students take a year off,a and we need to know that through the midyear report so that we can count it as having been received.</p>
<p>ASC interview requests -- send an email to <a href="mailto:asc-questions@phoenix.uchicago.edu">asc-questions@phoenix.uchicago.edu</a>
and they'll hound your interviewer for you.</p>
<p>hey libby,</p>
<p>I'm an international applicant and my school follows the british GCE system. My school doesnt have GPAs and the GCE exams we sit for(ie O levels and AS levels) are given paramount importance in this system. But this rule might not apply to american colleges, which require high school transcripts, class ranks etc. While evaluating international applicants, what is more important, GCE scores or performance in school exams?</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Having been recently nominated for the Fulbright Foreign Student Grant, I am planning to undertake a Ph.D. in Comparative Human Development at the Uni. of Chicago.</p>
<p>In addition to my degrees in Psychology from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom and the University of Geneva, Switzerland, I hold various international diplomas of direct relevance to the following topics: adolescent sexual, reproductive and mental health as well as gender studies.</p>
<p>I have six years experience working in the public health field with international orgs (WHO) and NGOs both in Europe and Mexico. </p>
<p>QUESTION 1: Given the above, I am curious to know to what extent will my chances of entering into grad school be diminished by low GRE scores (410V and 470Q - Analytical 4.0). </p>
<p>QUESTION 2: I would like to know if there are any lower-ranked universitites where I could undertake a Ph.D. in the abovementioned area.</p>
<p>Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions</p>
<p>libby</p>
<p>about the recommendation form 3c, i was wondering if her dad could write that recommendation for her....</p>
<p>also her answer to the first question ''why u want to go to uchicago''..is approx 500 words long...straight forward, no superflous words........is the admission committee looking for people who can write well by flaunting big words, or who can get their points across in a straight mundane language?</p>
<p>nikoleye: Libby is an admissions counselor for the College (undergrad), each grad area, department, committee, etc. has its own admissions process and pattern of admissions. I do not believe U of C has any set minimum GRE scores. Investigating the area to which you want to apply, finding out if there are any personal or professional relationships between those who may write recommendations and those who read them, and demonstrating that one is prepared for the course work and demands of the graduate program will be critical, especially with low GRE scores. More importantly, at the graduate level, it is less about the ranking of the university and more about the quality of the department, and with whom one studies. That should be one's focus rather than name of the university.</p>
<p>Does the U of C place a paramount emphasis on the essays ( those apparently weird ones) ?</p>
<p>davincicodes-</p>
<p>
<p>Second most important: essays. We work very hard on our essay questions and are looking for creative thinkers and strong writers.
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<p>Idad: Thank you for you comments - very much appreciated.</p>
<p>Best,
nikoleye</p>
<p>I'm a foreign citizen living in the United States on a G-4 visa (dependent of an employee of an international organization). On the off chance that I got in, I'd need quite a bit of aid to be able to attend. I know that an extremely low percentage of international students at the University of Chicago (17%, I think) receive aid at all, and even though my family is nowhere near wealthy, we're not poor either. Should I even bother applying? Please don't say "it's always worth a try"; I'm wondering on a much more concrete level if any international white middle-class kids receive aid from Chicago ever... because as ecstatic as I'd be to get in, it really doesn't mean much if I can't afford to go. </p>
<p>I've posted in more detail [url="<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=3200446%22%5Dhere%5B/url">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=3200446"]here[/url</a>], if that helps.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,
Elisabeth</p>
<p>Libby-
Would Chicago look at first quarter grades if they were sent in? It would simply be a report card sent by the school, and not any kind of mid-year report, with finalized semester grades. I earned straight A's, and since I am applying early action, I would like to know whether you think I should send this in.
Thanks!</p>