<p>The mail you received was most likely a result of your son’s score on some test. While I would love it if I was invited to apply to colleges because they thought I was just an amazing, beautiful, intelligent student, it’s probably a good assumption that most college send out mail for the sole purpose of recruiting applicants. The upper Ivys are notorious for this; they’ll send you a letter, even a complete application, just so you’ll apply and their acceptance rate will go up. The University of Chicago, however, has not been overly concerned with their selectivity in the past. Last year’s acceptance rate was 35%, compared to Harvard’s 9% and Princeton’s 10%. So take the letter you received from the U of C with a small grain of salt, but definitely encourage your son to look into the University. It just might be the right place for him!</p>
<p>I am an Chinese international first year applicant. I have a little question: since my first language is Chinese, I think our Chinese class is more like the English classes in the USA(from my own experience in the four-months exchange program between our high school and a high school near Boston) and our English class is really different from yours. Is it ok for me to use a recommandation from my Chinese teacher instead of an English and social studies teacher?</p>
<p>Lewismarshall- I’d recommend you talk to our regional admissions director responsible for Asia, Kevin McKenna, at <a href=“mailto:kmckenna@uchicago.edu”>kmckenna@uchicago.edu</a> to talk about the specifics of this in your situation.</p>
<p>I have a question.
UChic is my number one school choice and i am going to apply EA. But I also want to apply to another school EA as well. Does it look bad on the app? Will either school even find out/or care?</p>
<p>I have question for the UofC admissions counselor. Are there any changes to your admissions policy as a result of having a new Dean of Admissions? Even if there are no major changes, I’d like to know if there is any shift in focus, however slightly.</p>
<p>PaperChaserPop- I am a student who works in the admissions office who is taking the place of admissions officers for UChicago on CC. There are no admissions policy changes as a result of our new Dean; so, we still use the Common App, requirements are still the same, and we still look for a well-rounded applicant in all areas. The main differences are in the office here, where we are streamlining some programs, revamping our tour guiding and student presence in the office, and redoing publications- big changes for us in some ways, but all aimed at making the interaction prospective students and their parents have with UChicago better.</p>
<p>Can you elaborate on this? I thought the goal is to have a well-rounded class, and this goal can certainly be accomplished without having everyone being well-rounded.</p>
<p>m0baik01- You’re welcome to send in AP scores from Collegeboard if you like, but they are not required unless you decide to attend and want to use them to petition for credits.</p>
<p>UChicagoPSAC: My kid submitted their UChicago application about three weeks ago…does the University now contact the applicant to set up an alumni interview, or is it the applicant’s responsibility to get in touch with College Admissions and set something up?</p>
<p>I am fuzzy on the details, as the process seems to vary from college to college. Thanks…</p>
<p>pk92: Students will be able to request alumni interviews on their Chicago Account once they submit either the Common Application or the Chicago Supplement. Just have your child sign in to their Chicago account and they will be able to put in the request there.</p>
<p>Regarding AP scores:
For some reason (probably connected with registration), my AP scores do not show up on my collegeboard.com account. I do have (somewhere) a printed trasncript of them. How should they be submitted?</p>
<p>Philosopher- you should e-mail tech support through the College Board to ask how to go about this. They should be submitted electronically from the College Board itself (so, don’t mail in your paper copy), but only they will be able to help you figure out exactly how to do this through their services.</p>
<p>Also, for future reference: Libby Pearson no longer works in the office, and I am the new College Rep as a student worker- please refer questions you might have for me to the “Ask Away- It’s UChicagoPSAC” thread instead of this one, as this one is MONSTROUS and getting difficult to sift through :)</p>
<p>1) As i select University of Chicago as one of college that will get SAT score, i figured that University of Chicago will get best score in each section.</p>
<p>Does the policy apply to ACT as well? </p>
<p>2) Does applying in EA and RD make any difference? (any- even slightly)
Please, tell me. i am still trying to figure out which application to finish first.</p>
<p>UChicago will make a “superscore” of all of the best subsections of your scores from different test sittings, so no worries- your best overall score will be the one thought about. This is similar for the ACT- you can’t really make a superscore of the ACT, but the highest subsection scores from any sitting will be considered. </p>
<p>EA tends to have a higher admission rate than RD, but only because students who apply EA are often more qualified candidates for admission, not because there is a “rule” that more people must be admitted during that cycle. I’d advise you to send in your application whenever you feel it is most polished and complete, and not to rush it- if this is by the EA deadline, feel free, but if you feel like you’re rushing to get it done, it’s seriously not a problem or a detriment to apply RD.</p>
<p>I had a great day in U of Chicago on Columbus day.
Thanks for great opportunities to know more about Chicago.</p>
<p>May i ask how many students apply in EA and how many out of 5,000 are admitted in EA?</p>
<p>I want to check how many spaces will be there in RD.</p>
<p>Oh a question from today.
During Admission Information Session, a admission officer said U of Chicago’s average SAT 1320-1530.
Does this indicate that U of Chicago will look over writing section, but would not counted as much important
as Reading or Math section?
I also checked on ACT website that U of Chicago does not require ACT with essay.
I and my friend wonder about how much Chicago would care about writing section.</p>