<p>Im sure everyone has asked themselves this question, I know I have.
I have kind of given up on getting into MIT, I just dont think I have the ECs and perfect scores to get in. Sure im in the midrange, but so is over half the admission pool. Wheras with Chicago, I have no idea if I have a shot of getting in but it is certainly my first choice school.
Back in may when I decided to graduate early, i did not have any plans except to go to UF on Florida Bright Futures (100% scholarship), and the fact that I might now be able to go to one of the best schools in the world really blows my mind. </p>
<p>I guess I am mentally preparing myself to cope with rejection, because if i dont get into UoC or MIT, its off to UF (which isnt that bad but i would love to go to a HARD school).</p>
<p>Anyways, where are any of you guys going to go if you dont get accepted at your first or second choice schools?</p>
<p>As of now, I can't think of any school but UChicago. </p>
<p>I am a recruited athlete, extraordinary ECs, disadvantaged background, great essays (submitted three essays), regular job, straight A and all that jazz. Only, I'm an international in need of aid, but I'm confident I'll make it despite that.</p>
<p>As I said earlier, as of now, I can't think of any school but UChicago.</p>
<p>i am kind of confident that i can get accepted but who really knows?</p>
<p>we can all say we wrote great essays, but what exactly are they looking for?
I didnt really plan my essays out i just wrote about the stuff i liked and why then told a silly story about chemistry.</p>
<p>I too have my sights set on UChicago, but the point is,</p>
<p>What if I do not make it to Chicago?
Well I am sure that I will not make it in, so whichever I get in, will be my choice.
I am sort of hoping to get into Northwestern or Cornell.
Or even MIT, but I am more sure that I will be rejected from MIT than from Chicago so in conclusion, que sera, sera.</p>
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<p>MIT admissions is completely random. I had a friend in H.S. who is currently attending Princeton who got rejected, but one of the people I was tutoring (in math!) got in. It's a total crapshoot, so don't despair too soon.</p>
<p>Hopefully, my choices will be Dartmouth, Northwestern, Virginia, Penn, and Cornell...but those are very unlikely. I am gonna go get more depressed right now...</p>
<p>If not UChicago, which may or may not pull through with at least a <em>little</em> grant money at this point...a college close to home, possibly Bryn Mawr because I like the atmosphere there the best of all the colleges I visited, despite the paltry course offerings.</p>
<p>If I don't get accepted anywhere RD, including Binghamton, I guess we'll pull money from the air.</p>
<p>I was already accepted but the financial aid estimate was terrible. I will most likely not be able to attend unless they improve it in April or unless I can bargain with them to match another school's. I'm trying to get into Williams, Harvard (huge reach), Penn, Cornell, Grinnell, WUSTL, and Georgetown. If all schools' FA are as bad as Chicago's, I'll probably end up in either Binghamton or Uconn.</p>
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<p>Not to sound like I want you to get rejected, but if you aren't accepted I really will laugh my butt off. I'm sure you have a good shot but I've seen waaaay too many people with similar stats like you get rejected because of small details.</p>
<p>Hopefully JHU or UW. But as of now, since I haven't heard back from UChi or the abovementioned, it's looking like Tulane University, the antithesis of UChi.</p>
<p>OP, I'm going to be the same as you with the Bright Futures at UF. I was accepted EA to UChicago, but the financial aid estimate basically equated a rejection letter, so unless by some miracle I get into/can afford Vanderbilt, Tufts, Duke, or Georgetown (which can't even compare to UChicago for me), it'll be UF. :( Good luck all of you RDers, I hope you all get in and can go! :)</p>
<p>Let's see... I applied to... (besides U of C)</p>
<p>Tufts, Northwestern (25k applicants this yr!!!), Brandeis, Wake Forest, U Rochester, Emory, Carnegie Mellon, and WashU</p>
<p>I guess NWern is #2 but it is a HUGE reach this year w/ so many applicants...so its tied with Emory which -- not meaning to sound presumptuous -- I'm pretty confident I can get into.
And I got into Tulane with basically a full scholarship...but errrgh I don't really want to go. AT ALL. And I have a feeling IF I get into U of C my parents will be like "Tulane is cheaper, you're going there". :( ...</p>
<p>I got deffered, and chicago is my first choice...
But Im really fortunate that the University of Michigan is an in-state school (lower tuition, yahoo! oh, but still pretty expensive...) and that I can be in their Honors Program if I dont go to Chicago.
Good Luck to everyone!!</p>
<p>yea i am assuming i will not get any Aid, however, i have talked to my dad and i am willing to assume any amount of financial burden to go to one of the best schools in the world. </p>
<p>It will certainly mean years of debt, but my education usurps monetary wealth in my mind.</p>
<p>It wouldn't kill you to be positive about this whole admissions process. Frankly, I don't understand the significance of a "safety" or a "reach" school and I don't even see a difference. All the schools that you apply to are ones that you would like to attend. Even if you have a 950 SAT and a high school transcript full of curvy letters, and apply to UChicago, you do have that little hope of making it, don't you? </p>
<p>Of course you do, otherwise you wouldn't be checking back to the UChicago threads to make sure you leave a reply on each one of them. And there's nothing wrong with that, if you've worked for it and are confident about making it, there are no two ways about it. I just wish people would become a little more optimistic about this whole admissions thing, the 2400 Straight A kid saying he isn't confident of making it to his "reach" school doesn't work anymore. I know stats aren't everything, but they do give you consideration by the admissions committee and once you have that, if you truly love the school, I'm sure you can carry of off well. =)</p>