<p>If I get in, I know I would be spending so much time just talking to professors and students. I will have four years of intellectual engagement and come up competent, ready to take on the world. But god, I'm not star high school student, I didn't prove myself. I'm feeling my chances are pretty slim</p>
<p>the question is, what will you do if you didn't get accepted? i doubt i will have the same experience at my state university (rutgers).</p>
<p>I will go to the Emory if I don't get in.
If I don't get into either, a pretty good local school has offered me a full scholarship.</p>
<p>Wow. From U/Chicago to Rutgers is quite a leap...you have nothing in the middle?<br>
Fwiw, if you haven't already, you might want to explore some LAC's...Chicago strikes me as being very LAC-like in a number of ways and the things you like about Chicago you may find at other places.</p>
<p>My leap (had I not been accepted EA) may well have been from chicago to University of Minnesota(twin cities). I was applying to other schools (like Boston University and George Washington U) but I think that had chicago turned me down, I might have picked the UMN Honors program (that or gone to lawrence).</p>
<p>Many state schools can be pretty damn good if you are able to accept the whole 30,000 student idea and force yourself to take classes (instead of having the core)</p>
<p>I did apply to NYU and Vanderbilt but I'm willing to make a bigger sacrifice to pay for Chicago (eating at a homeless shelter, taking on more work, whatever it takes). unless these universities could give me a handsome aid package, i can't go.</p>
<p>how hard is it to transfer to UC? I always plan a few steps ahead.</p>
<p>UNC (In state)
UW
NC state</p>
<p>Because my ECs are lacking, I doubt I really have much of a shot at Chicago (junior this year), but since its EA and would definitely be my top choice I'm going to give it a try. Either way, I would be happy at UNC or UW as well.</p>
<p>hmm this is a toughy if I don't get in which I'm nearly positive that I won't I will go to either the University of Washington or Whitman or the university of Portland so yeah I hope I get in to one of my "reaches" namely UCHI!</p>