UChicago (2022-2023)

[onyx sedge]

The first minute and a half are the exact reasons I became interested in the University

Then everything else is what kept me super excited

[warped river]

frfr

you guys think we’ll beat cornell w our chat messages?

now that it’s inactive

wait this is so sad. in like 4 days we’ll move our own seperate ways and this thread will die lol

[hollow badge]

make it fun while it lasts !

[warped river]

frfr

[onyx sedge]

I am Chloe Tan if she was a PME major

https://youtu.be/8bFgv7ZoBQA

uChicago best school???

[broken mason]

Rolling release??

My shit better be fucking first

[onyx sedge]

I think?

I might have to double check

It could be just like a random time in the late afternoon

But, my impression was rolling

[warped river]

wait for uchicago??

[radiant hawk]

ne

me

[gritty idol]

meow

[ashen wadi]

Wait what about other T20s

Statistically speaking you might be able to find somebody famous in at least like one of them

Like Jeff Bezos' son or something

That would probably be funny

[vocal eagle]

Me

[frigid galleon]

there are furries at every t20

frequency varies

but they exist everywhere

the only t20 that i'm uncertain of is princeton

[ashen wadi]

Obviously - I guess it kinda depends on the frequency/how open they are about it though

[ashen wadi]

I was wondering about this more than anything though

[frigid galleon]

idk probably

i only specialize in furries

i can tell you about popular furries specifically

no popular furry is t20 material (most are too old to be freshmen applicants, and those that aren't typically don't have the strongest portfolio other than being a furry)

like i'm talking social media influencer furry

[ashen wadi]

Fair, I meant more like

[frigid galleon]

famous people yes because donations, legacy, etc.

[ashen wadi]

Famous people / celebrities in general, not just in the furry fandom

I've heard that a lot of celebrities' relatives attend T20s so like, statistically, at least one is probably a closet furry

[frigid galleon]

anywaay i need to sleep

and that ist rue

[ashen wadi]

Sleep well then

[magic oar]

Will Toledo car seat headrest

[gentle maple]

Guys

Sleeping is getting so hard to do now

I’m literally playing out all the situations of when i open up my decision

And also thinking about so many other peoples

[onyx sedge]

I am falling asleep to podcasts to help with that

[daring steeple]

I have finals and music so

Getting my wisdom teeth out in 2 hours. I’ll make sure to report the advice they give 🫡

[gentle maple]

Oooh interesting idea

[daring steeple]

Same

[celest path]

is it ok to write my uchic supp (the long one) in a conversational way?

i picked the marian one and is it ok if i write it as though talking to the martians directly

martian

[alpine sun]

I read this as controversial

💀

should be fine tho

[vocal eagle]

Good luck!

[lilac bridge]

good morning uchi friends

[alpine sun]

I heard pineapple juice helps if you drink it before

But yeah make sure to buy a shitload of ice cream and painkillers

[radiant hawk]

morning uchicago applicants

[radiant hawk]

twin fantasy

[lilac bridge]

who knows

praying for the latter

can everyone who got in ED pls withdraw and help us out 😭

[vocal eagle]

Decisions coming out on shitpost Wednesday is a joke

[onyx sedge]

Yea, do whatever your heart desires. As long as it effectively expresses your message/theme, then you're good

[broken mason]

Hello fard applicants

[radiant hawk]

ramen is an admitted student

😤

[broken mason]

Today we shall see how the northwestern and late ivier fare

Hopefully well

[vocal eagle]

All of the accounts on the Reddit page making posts yesterday morning before decisions came out that are now deleted 😭😭😭

[broken mason]

Today is the first day I have close friends who get decisions

[vocal eagle]

Speaks for itself that’s so sad

[radiant hawk]

Same

[broken mason]

Duke on Saturday is going to be insane

[onyx sedge]

Hoping that everyone gets into Stanford and Northwestern today so they withdraw their applications

[broken mason]

Our school had like 53 ED applicants

[vocal eagle]

Holy fuck

[radiant hawk]

Cornell thread is never recovering

[broken mason]

Everyone I know is basically EDing northwestern

Duke^^

[radiant hawk]

wtf

Jesus

[broken mason]

Not northwestern*

So like

[onyx sedge]

I'm glad they ED Northwestern

[radiant hawk]

I know like 10 people who ED anywhere

[broken mason]

Im interested to see who gets in

[radiant hawk]

53 is insane

what’s ur class size

[broken mason]

It’s either gonna be a bloodshed like last year or a godmode like 2 years prior

369

[radiant hawk]

wtf

[broken mason]

not private

[vocal eagle]

My class was like 60 people lol

[broken mason]

very public

[radiant hawk]

that’s literally 15% of your entire class

[broken mason]

Yeah it’s insane

Half of our class applies to UnC

But that’s to be expected

It’s a state school

[radiant hawk]

my class is like 570 and I don’t have that many people EDing to places

[lilac bridge]

same

[broken mason]

Stanfard

[lilac bridge]

sitting next to a bunch of girls talking abt college & that makes me feel worse now 😭

[vocal eagle]

So like hypothetically if we get in and this chat shuts down do we need to create our own group chat or what

[broken mason]

Probably

In the meantime

They say yeat you keep evolving

How you so steady with it…

[vocal eagle]

Ramen do you like rap music and stuff

[frigid galleon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1TvnnWYW0M

this randomly came on my youtube homepage

youtube knows

[vocal eagle]

Good morning para

[frigid galleon]

woof

[broken mason]

To be honestly not really that much

[frigid galleon]

morning

[broken mason]

I really like 21 savage

[frigid galleon]

and yeat

[vocal eagle]

Hahaha just the yeat meme

[broken mason]

But other than that I’m pretty impartial

Nah I just like that one song from year

Yeat*

[frigid galleon]

@broken mason this you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hlKU_8zqvA

[broken mason]

Real talk all his other music is ass

[broken mason]

No sir that is not me

[frigid galleon]

do you not want the おくすり飲んで寝よ 8-bit arrangement 💔

[vocal eagle]

It’s too cold here I’m freaking out I don’t wanna leave the house today

[broken mason]

I’m like yeah she’s fine wonder when she’ll be mine she walk past I press rewind to see that ass one more time

[frigid galleon]

how are you? @vocal eagle

[broken mason]

🔥🔥🔥

[vocal eagle]

I’m not used to cold weather and snow

[frigid galleon]

i will bark at you

i will go rabid.

[broken mason]

You are already rabid

[vocal eagle]

cold!!!!

how are you para

[broken mason]

rabid

He is rabid

[lilac bridge]

if you get into uchicago im buying you a fuck ton of blankets and coats

it gets COLD here

[vocal eagle]

This is my new city compared to my hometown

[frigid galleon]

i'm okay i guess

[frigid galleon]

am not

[vocal eagle]

Omg you’re from Chicago right

[lilac bridge]

im in the suburbs but yeah

[vocal eagle]

That’s awesome it would be so cool if you got in

[lilac bridge]

also why competition is so fierce at my school

[vocal eagle]

Do you ride the train ever

[frigid galleon]

nice weather forecast bro

[broken mason]

My town is medium cold

But I live in Nc

So we’re in the south

[lilac bridge]

no 😭 was supposed to head into the city to watch the tree lighting & go to the christkindll market w my friends but we all got sick

[broken mason]

Wait hold up

[lilac bridge]

i don't head into the city much besides chinatown tbh so it'll be like a whole new city

[vocal eagle]

I visited Chicago last winter for my baes birthday and it was so so so fucking cold we ended up ubering everywhere and wasting all our budget on that LMAO

[broken mason]

Holy fuck it’s gonna be 12 degrees on Saturday

[alpine sun]

day by day i am slowly going more insane

[broken mason]

That’s fucking insane

[vocal eagle]

Chinatown is so so so cool

[broken mason]

For Nc

[frigid galleon]

"what i'm trying to say is the diameter of pringle cans is way too small" ~bo burnham, 2016

[broken mason]

Wtf

[vocal eagle]

@lilac bridge have you ever been to strings ramen

[broken mason]

Agreed

[lilac bridge]

nope

[broken mason]

I’m Chinese so idk how to explain but I feel at home

[frigid galleon]

i hope i get a guy at uchicago

[alpine sun]

https://tenor.com/view/cuh-what-cat-huh-gif-23986318

[broken mason]

Like I feel comfortable with a lot of people who look the same around me

[frigid galleon]

idk how to explain
proceeds to explain
???

[vocal eagle]

Next time you need food in chinatown it is the best restaurant ramen I have ever had and I’ve had a lot of ramen

[broken mason]

Not that I don’t feel comfortable where I’m at now

[frigid galleon]

don't 🤨 me...

[lilac bridge]

same omg

[broken mason]

But I just feel extra comfortable

when I’m in Chinatown

That shits heat

[broken mason]

Ramen ramen ramen

Facts

[alpine sun]

👨‍🦳

[vocal eagle]

I just love Chinatown because I love immersing myself in culture and talking to the locals that have lived there for forever

[broken mason]

☠️☠️

[frigid galleon]

i've been to bangladesh and it did not feel very comfortable

[vocal eagle]

There’s this video I watched about chicagos Chinatown explaining the history it’s very very interesting

[frigid galleon]

and it's annoying to not speak the language

[alpine sun]

wait you're bengali????

[broken mason]

Ban Gale

[frigid galleon]

no i'm actually a martian

[broken mason]

Ben Gale

[broken mason]

Yes

[alpine sun]

no wait fr

[frigid galleon]

i'm a protogen in real life 💔

[lilac bridge]

OMG OK JOYEE BUBBLE TEA IN CHINATOWN THO

expensive but good

[frigid galleon]

yes i'm bengali

[vocal eagle]

SO so so good omfg

[lilac bridge]

man this makes me miss chinatown

[alpine sun]

nice to see a fellow bengali

[vocal eagle]

Not to be typical little white girl but boba makes my world go round 🤤

[vocal eagle]

When you told me I was a protogen I had the google tab open for that for days on my phone

[versed salmon]

omg y'all uchi gonna take so long

[vocal eagle]

Every time I’d open google to search something I was greeted by furry art

[versed salmon]

21st ye?

Wow

[frigid galleon]

but why

[versed salmon]

then i'll have an app to open with my bestie in Bandung 🤣

go chichi!

[lilac bridge]

this is why i love going to chinatown

[frigid galleon]

thanks bangladesh is cool other than the girlboss dictator thing

[alpine sun]

ong

[lilac bridge]

like im fine where im at but there's smth different abt being w ppl who look like you

[alpine sun]

last time i went i got deathly ill and got arthritis

prob wont be visiting for a while

[frigid galleon]

last time i went i was completely fine except for my stomach issues getting worse

[alpine sun]

im not chinese but chinatown is nice for the food and ambiance

[vocal eagle]

I hope I get the chance to reconnect with my tour guide if I get into uchicago

[alpine sun]

shame san franciscos was completely dead when i visited

[frigid galleon]

but bangladesh kinda sucked ngl

[vocal eagle]

We grew up in the same town it was really cool to talk to someone so close to home

[frigid galleon]

and i didn't even get to go to the village my dad is from

[alpine sun]

village is thebest part imo

[frigid galleon]

yeahhh i couldn't go to the villages in barisal man i was in fucking bashundhara the entire time

and some of my stay was in gulshan

at least i learned to read some bangla while i was there but i still fucking suck

[vocal eagle]

I’m watching decision reactions from yesterday on tiktok right now

So cute

[frigid galleon]

i know barely enough to get by

[frigid galleon]

you know what isn't gonna be cute

me when i get rejected

[alpine sun]

thats the bougie part right?

[vocal eagle]

When I get rejected

[frigid galleon]

bashundhara is very bougie

gulshan is also kinda bougie but not as much

[alpine sun]

I see

[frigid galleon]

i went to madartek too

pretty ass

[vocal eagle]

I’m gonna do this to y’all

[alpine sun]

I went to dhaka, chittagong, and my grandparents farm in the grahm

idk how to spell the last part

[frigid galleon]

i tried going to the north korean restaurant in dhaka but apparently they closed

💔

[alpine sun]

tough

[frigid galleon]

i emailed them

they never emailed me back

[frigid galleon]

i wanted to know if the food was good

I GOT SO SIDETRACKED I FORGOT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EMAILING THE FINAID DEPARTMENT OF MY LOCAL STATE SCHOOL

[lilac bridge]

i want to reconnect with one of my friends, she graduated last yr but she was always so nice to me

[versed salmon]

LOL

[lilac bridge]

LAMDOSN

me emailing fordham for money

[versed salmon]

NATALIE

i have op news

my why yale is bussin bussin

[lilac bridge]

LETS GOOOOO

[versed salmon]

can u just do that

[lilac bridge]

uh prob not but 😭 if i don't get aid i can't afford it so

[frigid galleon]

fafsa isn't letting me in 💔

[versed salmon]

i think u have to wait for ur financial aid offer to come tho no?

[lilac bridge]

abt to grind penn supps today

[lilac bridge]

i'm asking abt merit scholarships cus ik some people got them

[versed salmon]

imma bout to finish short takes and then the Reflection tmrw morning lol

[versed salmon]

oooo

good idea

But you should still wait no

[lilac bridge]

they only release fin aid in jan / feb for EA

if ik i got money it'll change where i apply

[versed salmon]

real

I think I'm applying to all my pre-planned unis regardless tho

Like URoch is still on

[lilac bridge]

and fordham's expensive i can't afford that 😭

[versed salmon]

TRUE

[lilac bridge]

i'm writing ivys & seven sisters colleges and then depending on the uchi result, i'll write targets

[versed salmon]

all for a meh degree

[versed salmon]

mmm good idea

Imma still have 1 supp to do after all my RD are in

spitzer school of architecture

[lilac bridge]

like econs is econs no matter where you go but as much as i love NYC and despise uiuc, i'll take uiuc if i get money

[versed salmon]

oh and ig i should write my stony honors essay 😭

[lilac bridge]

i didn't even think abt honors colleges for any of the schools im applying to, had no idea they were a thing

[versed salmon]

fair

[versed salmon]

PLS

for me i applied to the opposite of honors at first

and afterwards I was like omg this is what this program is fuck fuck cancel cancel

[frigid galleon]

If I have to log into studentaid.gov one more fucking time

I swear to god I am going to lose it

I am TIRED of waiting like 5 minutes for those damn verification emails to arrive

[lilac bridge]

idek where to find honors colleges like 😭😭

[versed salmon]

what's ur uni list again?

send send

[versed salmon]

LOL my tip is that it's better at night

[lilac bridge]

upenn cornell dartmouth barnard vassar wellesley BU NYU, possibly: pomona, claremont & cmu (still trying to decide)

[versed salmon]

easy tip

google (school) honors college

guaranteed it shows up

some say scholars programs, some have special names, but it usually will show up as the top results

:>

[lilac bridge]

ohhh nice thank you

[frigid galleon]

i'm so sleepy

i slept 3 hours today

[lilac bridge]

para go to bed

[magic oar]

Was listening to this in the car this morning

[vocal eagle]

Mood

Guys I’m going ice skating today 🤩

Haven’t gone since I was like 9

I’ll let you know if I eat shit

[onyx sedge]

@versed salmon Are you EA or ED? I forgot

[versed salmon]

EA

LOL TIE

[onyx sedge]

No

I like DNX

And he hadn't ED'd and gotten in anywhere

[versed salmon]

Awww tq

[versed salmon]

I EDed to columbia, got rejected

5-1 at SUNY Bing/Albany/Purchase College + Hofstra/Fordham

it is what it is

ROAD TO CORNELL

[vernal junco]

I did in a similar way in a story sense

Like I followed the story of the historical figure I was talking about

[vernal junco]

Broo this reminded me, I gotta try making some

[lilac bridge]

damn

meanwhile i'm 1-3

london school of economics, oxford & columbia all didn't want me

[onyx sedge]

Sorry to hear that man! Wishing you luck for RD and uChicago next week

[radiant hawk]

car seat headrest is everywhere

[ocean mortar]

car seat midrest

[broken mason]

no cambridge why

[lilac bridge]

cus i thought cambridge would be harder 🤣

[broken mason]

nah my school wifi is taking the pis

they fucking blocked all application portals

what the hell is wrong with my school

[lilac bridge]

and i hoped my 5 5s would stand out since oxford only needs 3 5s

[lilac bridge]

?????? thats so ?????????

[broken mason]

Yeah I was like is uchicago appliation portal down??

but no

like it was for my friend too

whos EA mit

he wasnt able to access his portal

and I was like ⁉️ :Tf:

[ocean mortar]

iphone hotspot time ?

[broken mason]

what the shit cringe

I mean the thing is

like

why would you block app portals of all the thing syou could block

discord is unblockd btw

[versed salmon]

Amen, brotha

[versed salmon]

yeah i was like okay free week let's grind out SUNYs to be safe and hofstra/fordham are close to home so why not

That was a very good decision looking back tbh

[lilac bridge]

damn thats nice

[versed salmon]

I'm still waiting on stony brook/ubuffalo afhnouifhofuh

well not stony

stony i have to write something for the honors college but imma do that after RD

[stone cosmos]

guys i just woke up, and am now looking at reddit

colleges r so fking haesh this yeae

wtf

77% of applications deffered

[onyx sedge]

harsh?

[stone cosmos]

67% rejected

yes

but like

i should expect this lmao

but like so many EDs got deffered

[onyx sedge]

That's a lot of deferred

[stone cosmos]

fr

[versed salmon]

Bruh

this worries me for RD

but it's aight

ROAD TO CORNELL

[stone cosmos]

this is a scam

[broken mason]

nah it was rough af

[lilac bridge]

same

[broken mason]

harvard EA acceptance rate was 7.5%

[versed salmon]

It's aight tho

my supps are currently on fire

[radiant hawk]

5 days my comrades

[versed salmon]

Maybe too themed around Indonesia but eh

[versed salmon]

time flies!!!

[stone cosmos]

7.5

wow

[versed salmon]

i remember walking out of elementary school like it was yesterday

[broken mason]

Comrade Chicafard

[versed salmon]

ahhh memories

[versed salmon]

ms. chichi

[stone cosmos]

this man is so scam

wtf is fhis

i need to het off tiktok

[broken mason]

why did he chill in the boat template

[daring steeple]

For what school

[broken mason]

he coulda chose a template that woulda had people take him more seriously

yale took the piss this year bruh

they also may have taken the wock to poland

[stone cosmos]

harvard

he runs a business

and wants money

so hes not even accurate

everyone on tiktok

isna scam

[radiant hawk]

no you are above us

you are practically admitted

[stone cosmos]

exactly

[daring steeple]

That man said that gpas above 3.5 didn't matter for admissions

[broken mason]

id make an argument its closer to 3.85-3.9 but 🤷‍♂️

[onyx sedge]

What matters far more is a high course rigor

If you have a few A-s or B+s, they aren't gonna fret, especially if they improve in the next semester/trimester

[broken mason]

my school doens't do A- or b+

90+ = a

80+ = b

yada yada

[onyx sedge]

We don't have A+ at our school oddly enough

[stone cosmos]

gasp

i think ima be getting off reddit and tiktok for the next week☺️

[daring steeple]

?

Wait that's old lol

[lilac bridge]

its ok im taking the kayak route, ROAD TO PENN

[versed salmon]

See I wanna go the kayak route

But like cornell got SEAP and penn doesn't...

we'll see what happens

[daring steeple]

lol

[lilac bridge]

penn has ppe so suddenly im a penn simp

[versed salmon]

LOL

[daring steeple]

Personal protective equipment?

sorry I had to

Política philosophy and economics?

Or ethics?

[lilac bridge]

yep

penn is politics philo econ, i think yale has ethics in place of philo

[versed salmon]

guys is it S.Os., S.O.s., or SOs.

Not SOs. right

[daring steeple]

for?

[versed salmon]

significant other

[daring steeple]

oh I just say so

[lilac bridge]

i say so too

[radiant hawk]

historicsl figures x ao fan fiction soon

[warped river]

LMFAOO

[vernal junco]

Almost done with making the boba

[lilac bridge]

apoc you're so fucking cool

[ocean mortar]

i need to learn how to make boba

[vernal junco]

Almost done

[radiant hawk]

what is this abomination

oh

[tight nimbus]

omg i want to learn how to make bobaaa- i think i have tapioca starch so....i could try

[radiant hawk]

you live in the worst state for boba

[vernal junco]

I've only had it once and rn im watching a YouTube tutorial to do it

[tight nimbus]

thats a lot of syrup for the boba lmao

[vernal junco]

Ye I put in less boba and saved the rest lol

[radiant hawk]

my parents would kill me if i tried

💀

[vernal junco]

Proportions messed up but it's fine

I'll just use less of the syrup

I guess we know who's winning then

Bro you're malnourished jesus

[radiant hawk]

bro is a skeleton

[vernal junco]

Bro has already decomposed

You shouldn't

It's KFC, at least you aren't eating burger king

Damn

[daring steeple]

And you didn't get me none ?

[radiant hawk]

decisions inch closer everyday

[warped river]

fr

every single one of my supps is making me go back to my why uchicago essay LOL

ngl that was the only decent essay ive written, despite it being so horribly cringe

nvm now im regretting re-reading that stuff

[vernal junco]

Alr got the entire thing done

[onyx sedge]

Chocy milk

[alpine sun]

What is that

[vernal junco]

tried making boba

[onyx sedge]

Oh

Not chocy milk

[vernal junco]

it came out pretty well, although I can prob still improve

[vernal junco]

ye lol

[onyx sedge]

😭

[alpine sun]

Nice

[gusty wave]

YO GET HYPE

UChicago coming out soon

[daring steeple]

wednesday is too far away

[alpine sun]

Wednesday

W

[warped river]

fr

[alpine sun]

W ednesday

We will all get w’s inshallah

[warped river]

frrr

[alpine sun]

🤞

[warped river]

hoping we all get in

hoping we just see "congratulations" as the first word

that would be so fun if we all got in

[gusty wave]

Fr

[lilac bridge]

nah i'm getting another L on wed

[onyx sedge]

Me too! Twinning!

[vernal junco]

nah you'll both be winning

[warped river]

same tbh

[onyx sedge]

I love the positivity, but I can't

[warped river]

the way a deferral in this case is also a huge L too

[daring steeple]

fuck northwestern

bitch ass school nobody even likes northwestern

[radiant hawk]

12/21

[onyx sedge]

AMEN

[vernal junco]

damn

[daring steeple]

casually wearing my uchicago sweatshirt as i opened it

[warped river]

theyre for sure going to do it on 12:21 to copy mit

[warped river]

LMFAO

uchicago is sm better

[daring steeple]

i put so much into that application bro

[onyx sedge]

The only thing that'll get me through this rejection is the understanding that it will never happen

[onyx sedge]

Me too man, rejections suck.

[radiant hawk]

did it come@out

[onyx sedge]

7 minutes ago

[daring steeple]

yeah

[warped river]

i agree. like ive been doing the rejection simulator to prepare myself too lol

[daring steeple]

mine came out right at 4:30

me too

i did that before hand

i literally have no reaction rn

im just kinda sad lol

[onyx sedge]

The first time I did the rejection sim, my heart dropped. There was like a pit in my stomach

[radiant hawk]

tbf as an actual northwesterner(Oregon) northwestern is literally more like midwestern

[daring steeple]

i hope uchicago gives me justice

[warped river]

its ok northwestern has an ugly campus too tbh

[warped river]

agreed

[vernal junco]

same, it's really jarring when you first do it

[onyx sedge]

Lmfao ugly campus is true

[warped river]

frr but im glad that initial experience is over

[radiant hawk]

uchicago bout to be midcago soon

everyone around me is getting deferred and rejected and they are smarter than me

[onyx sedge]

Yea, just not excited for the actual pain next Wednesday

[radiant hawk]

ahahahahahahahaha

[daring steeple]

i didnt even get deferred wth

[warped river]

this is literally scaring me sm

like i still have a semi high ego rn which is gonna hurt sm when i get rejected. but im at least prepared for a rejection

[onyx sedge]

Yea, that is scary, but remember that uChicago loves yield, so they take a lot in during the EDI pool, and the NU pool this year was HYPER competitive

[radiant hawk]

uchicago pool is probably more competitive

lol

[warped river]

exactly, you guys got a huge chance of getting in tbh

[vernal junco]

just ready for this to happen

[warped river]

i hate that letter sm

i would rather them just say "sorry not this time"

[radiant hawk]

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

[onyx sedge]

Not as much as you think, extremely brilliant people don't apply ED to uChicago because it's still viewed as a sub-ivy.

[radiant hawk]

if I had that address they wouldn’t dare reject me

[lilac bridge]

ready for that

[warped river]

omg para is typing ?? 👀

[radiant hawk]

para is gonna bark

[warped river]

lmfao fr

[lilac bridge]

i mean i'm expecting a rejection purely bc i did EA so meh

[onyx sedge]

Half of his messages are just "bark"

[warped river]

yeah same

[warped river]

i hope we're both that tiny fraction that get in LOL

[lilac bridge]

i cannot hope

[warped river]

but realistically probably not

yeah fr

[vernal junco]

I got a heart attack today since national merit told me I didn't have my ACT scores in yet, but luckily have until the 31st

[lilac bridge]

hope is awful and terrible and i cannot hope i cannot even allow myself to expect something

[vernal junco]

I'm just hoping nothing like that happens for uchicago

[lilac bridge]

ME TOO

[radiant hawk]

we all be national merit here

[vernal junco]

I THOUGHT IT WAS SELF REPORTED LMAO

[lilac bridge]

I GOT THE SAME THING FOR SAT IN THE MAIL A FEW DAYS AGO & I WAS LIKE WHAT

[lilac bridge]

SAME

[warped river]

not me had a surgery a couple days before so i did shit on the exam

[radiant hawk]

had to pay college board a whopping $20 to get it sent like in November

[radiant hawk]

ripp

[lilac bridge]

cant believe i got away with self reporting to all my early schools but national merit is the one that got that $12 from me

[onyx sedge]

What's national merit?

[lilac bridge]

national merit scholarship

[radiant hawk]

surprised u haven’t heard about it

[warped river]

like where you got a top psat score i think

[lilac bridge]

basically u get money if u do well on psat

[warped river]

yeah

[lilac bridge]

the score required varies from state to state

[warped river]

sucks when u live in california tbh

[onyx sedge]

Okay, but like what does it give you?

[warped river]

money

thats about it

[onyx sedge]

Oh

[vernal junco]

I gotta turn in my ACT scores rn

[warped river]

and prestige ig

[onyx sedge]

How do I get in on this?

[lilac bridge]

it's genuinely just money

and prestige

[lilac bridge]

you can't

[onyx sedge]

Oh

[warped river]

it's sort of too late now

[lilac bridge]

it was dependent on psat in jr year

[onyx sedge]

Is it a pSAT thing?

[warped river]

you take the psat junior year usually and then they check your score

[radiant hawk]

yea

[warped river]

yeah

[onyx sedge]

Okay

[vernal junco]

also do I send a superscore or just one score??

[lilac bridge]

send one i think

idk i sent my best

[radiant hawk]

my state index dropped to 216 so I got in despite me having no chance

[vernal junco]

alr I'll pick out my best

[onyx sedge]

If I hypothetically have a pSAT, what do I do to qualify?

[radiant hawk]

I hope this happens for UChicago

[warped river]

i think it is just automatic

[lilac bridge]

they would have notified you in october

[warped river]

^^

[onyx sedge]

Yea, I was notified, but like do I have to do anything else?

[lilac bridge]

like my school told me abt it in october that i was a semifinalist and then i did the application and everything

[onyx sedge]

Is it just based on score?

[lilac bridge]

oh there was a further application you needed to do to get to finalist

[warped river]

i hope you guys get it

[lilac bridge]

like an essay and everything

[onyx sedge]

Damn, I didn't know that

[lilac bridge]

but semifinalist gets you money at some schools

[radiant hawk]

bama gives like full for finalist

but it’s bama

[warped river]

why couldnt i have almost died after the psat not before 😭

[radiant hawk]

not that useful imo

I guess I would have only chosen bama if I was broke af

[warped river]

still money tho

yeah fr

[daring steeple]

i shouldve just kept my uchicago ed like i had it smh

[radiant hawk]

@gusty wind wait u got in??

[gusty wind]

I DID

[warped river]

OMG SLAY

AHH CONGRATS

[radiant hawk]

good luck my friend

[gusty wind]

IMA WITHDRAW Uchicago today

[warped river]

YAYAYAYAY

[gusty wind]

Tysm!!

[lilac bridge]

LETS FUCKING GO

[warped river]

IM SO HAPPY FOR U

[radiant hawk]

LETS GO

[lilac bridge]

MIDNIGHT YOU'RE AMAZING

[warped river]

WHOOOO

[lilac bridge]

ALSO HAVE FUN AT MEDILL !!!!

MASSIVE JOURNALISM W

[warped river]

FRRR

[lilac bridge]

and bless you for withdrawing

[radiant hawk]

midnight gonna be journalizing at the NYT in 4 years

[lilac bridge]

gives rest of us EA ppl a shot

FRRRRR

[gentle maple]

@gusty wind TAKE OUT THE QUESTION MARK IN YOUR NAME AFTER MEDILL NOW

[radiant hawk]

FOR REAL

[gentle maple]

replace it with an exclamation mark

[alpine sun]

!northwestern

[gentle maple]

5 MORE DAYS FOR US :(((((((((

[alpine sun]

When did

Nu

Come out

[gentle maple]

this afternoon

[vernal junco]

YOO gg

[vocal eagle]

Hi gang

How are we doing today

[warped river]

HI BISCUIT

i am doing splendid. wrote 6 essays to distract from uchicago and a potential decision today for another school

[radiant hawk]

damn

i dont have the will for essays right now

dont have the will to do RD

[vocal eagle]

I’m proud of you!!

[warped river]

youre going to have a week to do all your essays if you get deferred 💀

[radiant hawk]

two

i did the math

[vocal eagle]

As someone who’s a year and a half out of high school it blows me away how hard all of you guys work being in your senior year, it’s very inspiring

[radiant hawk]

13 days between 21 and jan 3

ivies are between jan 3-5

so about two week

😤

[warped river]

LMFAO

[vocal eagle]

I’m about to go thrifting

gonna buy a coat for living in Chicago next year 🤪

Manifesting

Jk I’m broke but I’m gonna look

Im gonna buy something small and red for good luck

[radiant hawk]

coats are for the weak

you should only wear summerwear to gain cold resistance

[vocal eagle]

Look at my among us plush I got

[gusty wind]

Tysm y’all you are the best!!!

[radiant hawk]

lmao

[vocal eagle]

I spent 4 hours at the mall and all I got was my little imposter

At least we are cute together I got him in a blind box

[radiant hawk]

you already got a chicago fit

[vocal eagle]

Frunpy vibes

Frumpy

[gentle maple]

5 DAYS

this is going to be the longest 5 days ever

[vernal junco]

among W

[brazen comet]

Why does Uchicago say "GPA" is only considered?

[daring steeple]

because theyre truly holistic

like ive seen people with 3.3s get admitted

[brazen comet]

is uchicago like actually actually hollistic

[broken mason]

So is northwestern out?

[daring steeple]

yeah it is

[brazen comet]

do i have a chance to uchicago with a 3.8

[daring steeple]

yes

[brazen comet]

I have everything else perfect

Good EC's

Good goofy essays

[frigid galleon]

woof

[frigid galleon]

it was a butt text sorry

[alpine sun]

Pov me

[frigid galleon]

:3

[frigid galleon]

god i wish that were me

applying w a 3.3 uw

[alpine sun]

I only have a 3.9 weighted but all the other parts of my app are decent

[daring steeple]

same i applied 3.3uw but its complicated and i hope they see how well i explained it

[frigid galleon]

91 weighted for me

[alpine sun]

Ye sams

Idk my uw

[frigid galleon]

i've been through a LOT and i said so on my application

[alpine sun]

Also we do a-

[frigid galleon]

specifically gave extenuating circumstances

[brazen comet]

how do u think uchicago will like my half a million dollar buisness

[frigid galleon]

bruh

[alpine sun]

Huu

[daring steeple]

your what

[frigid galleon]

counterpoint. how do you think uchicago will like my furry EC

[brazen comet]

my company that has done half a mil in sales

[daring steeple]

same

[alpine sun]

What are you selling?

Crack?

[brazen comet]

no

collectibles

[alpine sun]

Oh fair enough

[brazen comet]

will it help my application

[frigid galleon]

bro is dealing funko pops under the table

yes it will

[broken mason]

If it’s real that shit will help a lot

[brazen comet]

cuz i got rejected from wharton with this huge buisness

[alpine sun]

My friends doing keeb stuff got rejected too

[frigid galleon]

well wharton is a bum ass school

[brazen comet]

it is

[frigid galleon]

fuck wharton and fuck penn

they lost a brilliant person

[broken mason]

If you’ve done half a million in sales then you don’t really need to worry wherever you go you’ll be fine

[alpine sun]

I sold 10k worth of computer parts

And that was one of my ecs

[broken mason]

Hey!!!

[alpine sun]

😭

[broken mason]

Computer business gang

[alpine sun]

🫡

[brazen comet]

you guys are EA right

[broken mason]

Nah ED

[alpine sun]

Ed

[broken mason]

I ran a computer business as well

[brazen comet]

oh you guys chose EA over ED?

[broken mason]

Laptop fixer gang

[brazen comet]

how much revenue

[broken mason]

It’s local

[alpine sun]

It was more of a hobby for me

[broken mason]

That shit was like

Maybe 5k total?

[alpine sun]

W

[broken mason]

It was pret much all in services cus I don’t sell stuff

[dusk holly]

qquirky

[frigid galleon]

uc hicago letting me in bc i'm "quirky"

[daring steeple]

that's incredible

[alpine sun]

Uchicago letting me in because im a generic asian nerd but i have a decent sob story and do humanities instead of stem

[daring steeple]

they'll love it

[frigid galleon]

ughhhh if i get rejected i'll have to do rd apps

i don't wanna do rd appsssssss

[daring steeple]

also I'm EA, you're not alone lmao

[brazen comet]

If i get in uchicago i wanna commit

and just end apps

what do you sell

[broken mason]

The nice thing is I did a lot of file transfers for laptops so when they were done with them they just dumped them or gave it to me

[daring steeple]

mine does 0 because i don't have one 🙃

[brazen comet]

no actually

[broken mason]

So I got a lot of old computers

but like I also got a MacBook 🔥

And then I broke it 😭

[brazen comet]

50k profit by yourself every year?

damn

[broken mason]

Do you get any money from it,

Oh shoot that’s dope

[brazen comet]

Other stats?

[broken mason]

Yeah I just woke a job now because im lazy and fixing computers wasn’t a stable income

[brazen comet]

what SAT are u guys submitting

[broken mason]

I submitted act

Ooh nice 🔥

[brazen comet]

why not

[broken mason]

I think mine was 36 35 35 35

[brazen comet]

uchicago isn't gonna take someone with under 1500

[broken mason]

Not necessarily

okay that’s on the steep end

[brazen comet]

probably athletic

[broken mason]

That’s not how UChicago athletic support works

I’m low key tired of people thinking that whenever I bring up I’m an athlete

Athletes have to be similar standing to the rest of the admitted class

[brazen comet]

uchicago hates test optional right

[daring steeple]

they have taken people under 1500

no

in fact they have published stats for all of this

check the class of 2026 section on their site

[brazen comet]

I mean CDS says like

85% test optional

[daring steeple]

lowest admitted score was 1020

[brazen comet]

yeah one person

they do

[radiant hawk]

they published a CDS for 2021-2022

[brazen comet]

they started

literally 2 days ago

[cerulean forge]

Weren't they test opcional befire covid?

[daring steeple]

yes

2 years

[radiant hawk]

they put ECs more important than GPA

So sad

[broken mason]

I swear people need to research how athletic recruitment at D3 works before they start bashing athletes

[daring steeple]

tbh idrc

if you get in you get in

[broken mason]

well that’s easy to say but generally whenever I bring up I’m an athlete people just auto assume I’m dumb or something and it’s kinda annoying

it’s like I have a chip on my shoulder

[daring steeple]

ohhhhhh

[brazen comet]

Is uchicago like 70% essayas

[broken mason]

dawg no

It’s holistic

And we don’t know how much % of each

[radiant hawk]

I hate the word holistic

[daring steeple]

deleted

[radiant hawk]

I am never using that word in my life

[broken mason]

Holistic isn’t a great way to put it yeah

[brazen comet]

is ur stats or EC's better

[daring steeple]

i'm confused

the post is deleted

[radiant hawk]

stats is better for me

[broken mason]

This is A2C and a lot of people have warped definitions

What is generic

[daring steeple]

like NHS is my best extracurricular generic

oop

legacy got her up by 200 lmfao

[broken mason]

Yeah nobody really knows how much legacy plays into it

[brazen comet]

I'm curious

why did u guys chose ED uchicago?

[broken mason]

Tf

Who said that

Dawg

[brazen comet]

ED sorry

[broken mason]

You have a bit of disconnect

[brazen comet]

Why did you guys chose ED over EA

[broken mason]

I ED’d because I like the school the most

[brazen comet]

when you could have EA'd and ED'd another school

[broken mason]

Wdym

Why the hell are you asking questions like this

We obviously ED’d to our top school if we ED’d

[brazen comet]

i'm asking like what about uchicago appeals to you

for me its the curriculum

[broken mason]

Why would I have ED’d another school when this is my top choice

[broken mason]

Then ask that question.

Sorry I’m tilted rn don’t mind me

[daring steeple]

only reason i didn't ED is because i'm middle class and nothing's guaranteed

[broken mason]

I ED’d UChicago because I like the city of Chicago, wanted to go to a school in a city, they’re generous with aid, they are good in Econ

[daring steeple]

i hope so lol

[lilac bridge]

i EAd uchi bc i loved columbia and that's what my ED was, and i didn't really feel strongly abt uchi

[broken mason]

Logic being what

[mild rose]

interesting because ive read theyre actually somewhat stingy with aid

[lilac bridge]

source

[brazen comet]

why

[lilac bridge]

ofc that changed when i wrote why uchi but

[gentle maple]

They are lol

[broken mason]

I checked my net price and it was lower than. A lot of competing schools

[mild rose]

did u get in?

[lilac bridge]

not to my ED lmfao

[mild rose]

haha well ig it doesnt really matter for me

[gentle maple]

If you’re extremely qualified, they’ll give literally full rides

[vocal eagle]

The faculty and rso’s

[lilac bridge]

i'm expecting a reject tbh

[broken mason]

They do need based aid a lot of time iirc

[lilac bridge]

bc EA is just not . good odds

[broken mason]

So if you’re poor you’ll go for pretty much free

[gentle maple]

My friends dad

[mild rose]

what i saw was they try to pull u in with a nice package but then take some aid back in the later years

[vocal eagle]

They guarantee tuition for under 120k

[broken mason]

That isn’t saying too much tbh

[brazen comet]

Does uchicago hard reject anybody EA or just defer most

what's the usual

majority defer?

[mild rose]

defer

[gentle maple]

He was some insane Russian physicist and got into like all the ivies and Uchicago. He chose chicago cause he got a full ride and he was international

[vocal eagle]

It is if you grew up poor haha it’s my dream to graduate close to debt free

[mild rose]

mm yea uchicago is the best school that gives merit aid

because no ivies do

[frigid galleon]

TILTED?? TILTED TOWERS??????/

[broken mason]

Hello para

[brazen comet]

EDI or EDII?

[frigid galleon]

haiiii :3

[broken mason]

Both

[gentle maple]

FALSE lol

[lilac bridge]

nah i think reject

i'm not sure i'm the type of person uchi wants

and thats ok

[broken mason]

I think accept 💜

[mild rose]

good school that people want to go to

[frigid galleon]

hi biscuit

[vocal eagle]

Believe in yourself girlie you’re a girlboss

[gentle maple]

People wanting to go there lol

[mild rose]

^

[daring steeple]

well then uchicago is gonna reject me lol

[broken mason]

Fr the negativity is crazy rn

[mild rose]

obv a lot coem from ed but not 80%

[broken mason]

Hype man ramen at your service

Unless you piss me off

[gentle maple]

They won’t offer aid to many ED applicants

[mild rose]

half the poeple from my school that got in last year were rd

uchicago

[broken mason]

⁉️

[brazen comet]

Uchicago

[broken mason]

tf

[frigid galleon]

bark

[gentle maple]

They will however to RD applicants and EA applicants

[frigid galleon]

uchicago

[mild rose]

i hate california

[daring steeple]

uchicago 💀

i would also choose uchicago

[mild rose]

maybe harvard v uchicago would be different

[frigid galleon]

i'm EDing for a reason

[daring steeple]

chicago is my favorite city lmao

[frigid galleon]

stanford is a bum ass school

not even applying there

[broken mason]

Bro UChicago meets 100% of need based financial aid. Why are you talking out of your ass

[mild rose]

^

[daring steeple]

fr though, 80% might be a tad high

[vocal eagle]

My hand are so cold I can’t even type some asshole just hit and ran on my friends car while it was parked and we were in a store and we’re sitting out in the cold lmfao

[gentle maple]

Stanford all the way actually

[brazen comet]

literally my order is wharton wthen uchicago then evetything else

[onyx sedge]

One of the best cities ong

[brazen comet]

but i got rejected upenn

[frigid galleon]

how are you ramen

[broken mason]

A little annoyed but other than that I’m fine

[vocal eagle]

Why are you annoyed what did I miss

[alpine sun]

uwash in seattle is nice

city wise

[mild rose]

why

it always rains

yuck

[gentle maple]

Extremely hard to demonstrate lmao

[gentle maple]

All the homeless there

[alpine sun]

bro we're applying to chicago

💀

[vocal eagle]

That’s true of any city and it’s very very sad

[alpine sun]

yep

[gentle maple]

Seattle is actually the worst city in terms of homeless ness

[broken mason]

If you apply for financial aid, you’ll get some form of it unless you’re really wealthy

[mild rose]

yea because of the weather

[gentle maple]

Seattle ranked 3rd in terms of homelessness severity

[vocal eagle]

The homeless problem in Chicago makes me so sad

[onyx sedge]

Not at a minimum. That is absurd. I'll give you a guaranteed 60% from both ED I and ED II, but nothing higher

[gentle maple]

Nah lol most middle class people don’t get any financial aid

[broken mason]

This is cap

[vocal eagle]

I’m fairly middle class and I’m getting full tuition

[mild rose]

no

[broken mason]

all the pellle I know that go there are on at least 50% tuition paid

[mild rose]

i get none

[vocal eagle]

The issue is the middle class gap is huge

[frigid galleon]

guys!! :))))

[vocal eagle]

And it depends where you apply

[gentle maple]

“All the people I know” isn’t a good sample size 💀💀

[alpine sun]

upper middle*

[vocal eagle]

Congrats para!!

[frigid galleon]

my semester grades are ass but damn my midterm grades go so hard

[broken mason]

That’s fair. But They say they meet all need based aid and from what I’ve seen it holds somewhat true so I’m going to believe it

[frigid galleon]

currently i have 4 As in my semester grades

[broken mason]

We have no way of verifying

So I’ll just go off of what UChicago says

[onyx sedge]

That's absurd. The high end of "upper-middle" class people don't get much or anything, but my family is pretty close to that range and I'm supposed to get around 50,000-60,000. Most actually middle class people get decent aid.

[cerulean forge]

Congrats Para! 🔥

[broken mason]

That’s what I’m saying

[gentle maple]

What’s the upper echelon of middle class

Like where does it stop

[frigid galleon]

for this semester prob gonna come out with 4 As, 2 Bs, and 2 Cs

not great but eh

good for someone whose mental health is rapidly collapsing 💀

[broken mason]

Would you consider 180k family income in that range?

[dusk holly]

id draw the line at 300k

[broken mason]

Because my friend has that and his aid package is 40k

[gentle maple]

Is there a definitive answer

[mild rose]

no

[vocal eagle]

300k is not middle class woah what

[dusk holly]

but no one wants to call themselves high class

[mild rose]

yes it is

[vocal eagle]

150k for each parent that is rich

Woah that’s nuts

[dusk holly]

depends on area

[vocal eagle]

I can’t believe that

[lilac bridge]

last time i believed it did . not go well 😭

[vocal eagle]

That’s definitely true

[dusk holly]

but in cali and coasts its not unheard of

[gentle maple]

If your family is anything less than 50k you’re definitely getting aid if you get in

[dusk holly]

and its p common