#UChicago (2022-2023)
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I don't know why you feel the need to press these low acceptance rates in our faces
@lilac bridge be confident in your application because you worked very hard and i dont want you to get into a deferral mindset
its best to prepare yourself for the worst
like what exactly are you trying to accomplish here
but you're a very very strong applicant and don't let people tell you you're gonna be deferred
Prove a point that ED round takes 80% of their admitted students
yeah idk why we need to even talk about these rates
no point when we've already applied
pandora did u ED
It is what it is
biscuit, from the bottom of my heart, you're one of the best people i've met here on A2C and you're so sweet & i love you
Biscuit is lowkey the best
😭 😭 this is very very nice of you thank you ))):
cuh yes busicet
damn you just changed this entire thread to wholesome
W
i just dont like people picking on each other unnecessarily
thats that gap year vibe
Natalie gets a star
🌟
⭐ !
hopefully an acceptance too in a few days ⭐
for all of us i hope
It would be epic if we all got in
how do you get on the star board haha
Stars
By getting comments with lots of stars
fuck statistics, all of us getting in 100%
Star this comment
i think at the end of the day, all of us are gonna where we'll be happy.
you should be fine
and it'll all be okay
it's only optional
nah no way
bro are you trying to murder someone lmao
they don't defer that much. thats what my regional ao said
Its just a way to share cool shit
real there’s no point in reading the stupid acceptance rates we already applied it’s just gonna psych everyone out
Or express yourself
Video doesn't hurt, but it does show demonstrated interest and a different side of you
Acceptance rate is always 50%, you either get in or you dont fr
real
we will all be okay.
my bf keeps saying this to me LMAO
anytime i doubt myself
Yeah probs do that before paperwork
100% of the time, all accepted students get in
When you get in
Unless they die or sum 💀
true, 99% then
1 in a 100 💀💀💀
Lmfao
should i get off discord, reddit n tiktok until wedns
There's probably atleast one each year
do you think there are kids who got in off the waitlist because the person who was gonna go died
Probably for your mental health yea
they need to lower accepted count if too many get in and they don't have enough rooms
how else do they do it?
LMFAO maybe
Yea
You didn't enroll
I wonder what would happen if all students get in and commit but die, would the yield rate be negative then?
Lets find out
thats so nice omg 🥺🥺
too much negativity fr
ill take one for the team
let's drive down the yield fr
APOC I LOVE YOU 😭🤍
when i visited uchicago the dean of admissions said he could murder everyone in the incoming class and replace them with waitlist kids and no one would notice
so i think they’d just do that
oh same
as one does
have yall visited the campus
nope ☑️
ye, it's insane
yeah i did a fall visit day
it's so nice in the summer
🤨
if he hears you say that he's going to replace you with someone on the waitlist
and guess what'll happen before
tbh he was very entertaining to hear talk
the libraries are insane
The campus is the perfect combo of gothic and modern
yeah it’s similar to northwestern in that way
that's almost exactly like a sentence I used in my essay lol
I remember our car was right next to the medical school
shit was cool
we parked outside of obama's house
Bros on a watchlist
for what
yes
Wait obama taught law
very pretty
Wtf
Who’s filming a reaction video Wednesday?
what's your favorite area?
i will
maybe? not for release tho unless accepted
Not trying to record the most traumatic moment of my life
probably not going to share it anyways
🗿
How did you not know this ☠️
LMAO
made me lol
ye
i actually do not remember bc so much has happened since then 😭 but i loved the stained glass in the church (?) where they held the start of the fall visit thing
not going to record me throwing up and dying on camera
ye that area was cool
the last time i filmed a reaction video it did not go well, i am not doing that again
These Are My Last Words.... I Was Rejected...
Change da world
my columbia vid is dead silence for 30 sec, then i say "yeah no" and turn it off 
Tbh, Columbia did you dirty
lmfao waht
thank you 😭 i read my supps over again today tho and they were not great so i'm not surprised they rejected me
i wanna put that “now i got you in my space, i won’t let go of you” audio everyone uses over it but right before the beat drops it cuts to silence as i go “i got rejected 😐”
is your name Joe
lol
ye I searched it up as well
You fool this is a server full of terminally online redditors
Bold of you to assume we havent seen it
Lol
How long did you guys spend researching for your why us?
1 hour
I scrolled to the very bottom of all of their social media pages ☠️
2016 was not a good year for them photo-wise
yeah i mean i had been to open house like two or three weeks prior so i didn’t have to do a Ton of research
uh like 1 hr
Valid
im gonna be honest i just open the catalog and talk abt a course
actually
no
i spent so long researching scav
bc scav is fucking cool
i just kinda opened the website for the department i’d be studying in and wrote some bs
and i also talked about some activities
My last line for my why is SO corny. I’m sorry Mr. Ramos
not too long, just searched through their website for medicine related stuff and brought up a ton of programs
i wrote about their model un conference
They have a decent debate team right
im watching jerma985 instead of writing essays
i shouldve wrote my essay about jerma
Bro my essays are not extra special like some of these online ones im scared of that
Like im not a gargoyle
the thing that makes me so sad is that
I'm just watching stone ocean tbh
Does it get good?
MUN is probably the standout of my resume so i connected the opportunity to be staff on their MUN conference to helping kids get interested in global affairs and be confident typing back to my personal statement
do any of you farts check your application portal multiple times a day?
haven't watched it since college apps
the only not bs part of my essay
it gets so fucking good
No
What part
Im on the baby part
like of the season?
what episode is that again
i think so and their model un team is like the best in the country for collegiate conferences afaik
I wrote about the core, the Swahili professor, MSCAPP, and food at UChic
what is this about
yeah i also talked about the core
Hows the food
This seems mentally taxing
is it jojo
it's from jojo's bizarre adventure, and the entire show is just wild
oh i jsut saw ur message
ye
the food is good apparently they have a panel twice a quarter to discuss how dining is going
Wtf is that white stuff
well…! the broccoli looks good, i guess!
I can only assume mashed potatoes or bread or someth lmao
I didn’t write about it being good, just that it’s unlimited freshman year
the strawberry toast and omelette in the bottom right corner looks nice
idk about the rest
What’s your fav breakfast food?
i just kinda lived my life for the last 4 years, sure i focused a lot on academics but thats cus my parents wanted me to keep my grades up, i did some ECs like speech for college (bc i would have had Nothing Else) but i never actually cared much abt them, i work for the money, and some graphic design on the side, but i never did any of the "excellent" "competitive" ECs other people did. i feel like i shot myself in the foot for competitive colleges by just living my life and that makes me so fucking sad bc i want to go to these places! but i didn't want to kill myself with ECs i didnt care abt i just wanted to live and i'm so worried i'm gonna get rejected from selective schools bc of that
i wrote about the number of cafes which i recognized was probably a cliche but i was tired and wanted to finish my essay
sorry that was depressing
HUH
A SCREW???
fuck i really like a good spicy breakfast scramble but lately idk why ive been really liking pancakes with like a berry sauce on them
A SCREW?
my kinda food 🤤
I searched up made in heaven and I think I might have been spoiled but idk
I'm speculating what happens now
this is so real i just kinda did what i wanted to do and i’m realizing it’ll never have been enough
luckily I'm only like 2 episodes off so it's not a big deal
Do you perhaps suffer from an absence of melanin?
Oh 💀
i have a bad iron deficiency and i figured it out bc i used to like
crave rocks
LMFAO
and id faint a lot
I've heard it's a bad thing if you like ice
is that a thing
crave ROCKS???
because I like ice at times
so you would go out and like wanna eat some pebbles
Honestly, you shouldn’t feel bad about living your life now rather than later. We’re never guaranteed tomorrow, and whether you get in or not you can still look back on teen years well lived, not a lot of people who apply to high level schools can say the same. And at the end of the day, the Uni you go to doesn’t define your success.
yeah like now that it's too late to change anything i'm realising i shot myself in the foot 😭 like maybe i shouldve just taken the misery of 4 years
this is the realest thing ever
Mf saw that one story about stone soup and was salivating 💀
you've been so so supportive ever since i started talking in this channel and that really means a lot to me, so thank you so so much for these kind words ❤️
natalie i think we're all really protective over you LOL
it’s also annoying cuz we missed ~2 years of ecs so there’s stuff i would’ve been able to start things earlier or get more exposure to stuff but other people with access to more resources were unaffected by that
I'm don't have these competitive excellent Ec's, but I did sacrifice a lot of aspects of my highschool life for academics, and I can honestly say it wasn't really worth it
like even if i wanted to start a non profit or something, i don’t have the resources for that… but some people do and they’re the ones getting in and it’s like ughhhhh
We really only have 30 something years of our life of youth, 25 if you cutoff youth earlier, and 4 years is a ton
Yeah! I really hope admissions officers still consider the impact of the pandemic. Freshman and sophomore years are so fundamental and we just had them ripped away
i truly love you all so so much like all of this support makes this process so much easier and just 😭❤️ like you all are amazing !!! you're all so sweet and kind and supportive and wonderful and if uchicago can't see that in any of you then that's their loss, because all of you are some of the best people i've met
yeah half the stuff on my resume i started in 11th grade
and like it’s not that i wouldn’t do it for 3+ years i just couldn’t
I would say its definitely more worth it to live in the present than chase a more lucrative future
Same here. I used to spend every night studying until 1AM and I’m still over here equally stressing about college.
but some people have packed resumes even despite that and idk it’s just a little disheartening
i KNOW like someone at my school got into georgetown & one of the ECs he had was "starting the student chapter of [company]" AND ITS HIS DAD'S COMPANY
ME TOO
I don't wanna be old and rich and realize I lived an empty life of grind
fill it with experiences 💯
i really hope we have a lot of acceptances
The cap smh
you guys all deserve it fr
frfr i hope we all have the best wednesday ever
I just don’t wanna get rejected but if I’m being honest getting deferred would be just as bad because then I have to do so many applications 😭
Sometimes I think it’s really cruel that you could’ve been rejected before holistic review and they just keep you waiting
I would feel bad if i got in tbh. So many much more qualified homies got rejected or deferred this past week
i hope i get in uchicago EA
this is so real
Not me prewriting my letter of continued interest 💀
fr my best friend got deferred by georgetown and is heartbroken and i would feel so bad if i got into uchicago
this is genius i should do this
That’s a thing?!?
the decisions come out at 5:00 and you have yours sent by 5:02
Intl needing aid here, just hoping that UChicago either reject me & let me go for the LACs already promising generous aid or accept me with enough aid... (sorry first post outta nowhere)
Wait what do you include in this letter?
yield prolly
what time does uchicago decesions come out
don't manifest a deferral
i have like very little updates for them
Maybe 3-5pm,
For real
It’s so negative
Class of ‘23 is built different, just let things play out
“hey bestie nondorf please let me in i did more model un in the meantime between submitting and now”
yield doesn’t even look like a word anymore
Automatic acceptance
do you think dean nondorf would appreciate me calling him bestie
When I went to tour, I went to that spot where it echos, and as I yelled “I’ll get into UChicago” he walked by.
Call him dorf
For sure. Call him nonon too
Ultimate manifester
What’s crazy is I didn’t even know about UChi until this summer. Before this I was going to REA Harvard 😬
I’m so nervous for Wednesday but I’m really excited to see which of you guys get in
Even if I don’t get in lol I’m really excited to see you guys get in
i think i could get deferred but def not in
Nah, I’m going in with the mindset that I’ll get in just because I want it really bad
honestly same
This is kind of me too
i'm hoping i get in bc then the number of essays i write will drop in half
I mean I started praying again because of Wednesday haha. Facing Mecca and everything
i'd only apply RD to 3 schools if i got in
but if i don't get in. miserable fucking week
college admissions has students doing the most random shit to calm themselves down
I was considering eating an entire tub of icecream
Not to be full of myself but I feel like I’m the perfect applicant for uchicago but I might get a reader who doesn’t like my vibe lmfaooo
your shit is gas 🔥
realistically i'm going in expecting a rejection
you have the uchi vibe !!! i really really hope you get in
This is very very sweet thank you ):
for me uchicago is my only hard reach school, i’m not applying to any more schools 🙏 i’m probably gonna go to one of my target schools and i’m okay with that!!
It’s for real random because I’m not even Muslim. But a lot of my friends are and they managed to pray us out of our CS final so…if Allah is doing favors now what’s the harm
this isn't putting myself down or anything i just think the readers may not think im the right fit
dude I get you
It’s definitely smart to go in not expecting much
I'm not christian but I was thinking about my sins
yeah i didn't do that for columbia and that was humbling so i'm going in expecting a rejection for everything now
im not getting humbled by AOs again i'll do it myself!
The amount of good mojo I’ve put into the world this past month and half is WILD. It better come back to me
felt this on a different level
real
I been on my best behavior just to get my karma up
me
i want to get in so bad i could cry hahaha
It’s too the point that I’ll do dishes without being asked just in case not doing them would be seen as unworthy of luck to the universe and I get rejected
volunteering to walk the dog to get extra points
My mom LOVES application season
nah cus our neighorhood had luminaries like 1 week ago
and I was curious if I could light a popsicle on fire
and I accidentally burned down the luminary
I felt so terrible and guilty about it
I almost turned myself in
Just pick a religion. That’s what I did
picking a pagan religion
what is a luminary
sorry for my sins hades
they basically do this for all the roads in my nieghborhood
its a paper bag with a candle in it
did you do it tho
AND YOU BURNED IT DOWN?:?:)
yeah i burned one of them down on accident 😭
I didn't talk to anyone else for the rest of that night
oh just one? psh that’s fine
I was reflecting on my actions
how noble
My bad I meant the stick
and yeah It caught fire it was dope as shit
I lit some leaves on fire too
it turns out cheap wood catches on fire
🧠
this dude is an arsonist
I was considering becoming a decent person for good karma
did you decide against it
nah the level of fucking stress that Was brought upon me for accidentally seting that luminary on fire was something I nevber wanna experience again
Yeah
real
if I ever commited any major crime there would not have to be any investigation lol
I would probably guilt trip myself into turning myself in within the week
If Argentina wins tomorrow, I know Wednesday will be good for me
if argentina loses and i get rejected this will literally be the worst week
Real
what time is the final tomorrow
student run culinary magazine
i know its super duper cool
That’s harsh LOL
That's the right way to do it
If you're gonna defer a fuck ton of students and most won't make it in, then just deny some
Rather than deferring you, we want to be upfront with you, so you can focus on your other college options
that’s so harsh but also like at least it’s up front
they still did defer 8k/12k applicants
Give the ability to focus on other applications. I like it
i don’t wanna get deferred just to get rejected yk
That's what makes it so hypocritical imo. If your goal was to actually accept your deferred applicants, then defer far fewer
didn't apply MIT but i respect that they said
Rather than deferring you, we want to be upfront with you, so you can focus on your other college options
better than dragging people along tbh
and 500 withdrew applications
Wow holy shit that’s nuts
^ rejecting ppl they know they won't take
jesus
That's horrible
like if i get deferred i'll still do a LoCI but i'm just gonna tell myself i took the L
Wtf
like personally i'd rather be rejected by a college if they know they don't want me than be deferred & dragged along
LoCI??
letter of continued interest
Exactly
like maybe the LoCI is just a fun little closure activity for me 🥰
basically gush abt the school & update them on ur accomplishments in the hope they take you
Some of these colleges are players
LMFAO TRUE
like damn even tho i don't date i'm still getting played
They trying to sleep with everyone and then drop them the next day, not trying to actually commit to anyone
If I don’t get in I’m gonna do something drastic
real how do i get no play with schools or girls
people on reddit making jokes like thats what happens at a college with majors light in english and psych
REALEST SHIT I’VE EVER HEARD
If we get in how do we tell each other
#✨-celebration-station
And y’all will see it? Haha
yeah i'll be checking
honestly if any of you get in, feel free to ping
if i get in i'm celebrating here and the celebration area
Should I open my decision at work on Wednesday
I open my decision at a meeting I'm fucking supposed to lead lol
actually no. if you get in, it's mandatory you ping me so i can celebrate you & gush about you bc you all deserve it
I'll try to remember everyone I have to ping
I'll just ping everyone who voted on that poll
Lol
i think we're the only school on wednesday so it should be easy to find everyone in the various channels
I want the uchicago scarf they send to accepted students
Yea, it's just us
Wait, we get a scarf?
That'll go perfectly with my jacket (I already have a scarf for it, just need another one)
bruh that's nicer than what i've gotten for my other schools
one's acceptance letter didn't even have like a "you're in!" folder it was just in the big envelope
ok no i cannot look at any vids of those or i Will Hope and i CANNOT hope
Nah a little while later I think
probs later
I want to wear it to school the day after I get accepted
i want a hoodie to flex
Someone got it in January
if you get in you're probably on winter break no?
No
and also bc hoodies are useful!
I'm not on winter break until Friday
i want a cute crew neck
damn i have a half day wed but i'm skipping
oh same, crew neck or hoodie
would be useful
my dad has like a uchicago windbreaker it kinda serves
where?
Im not a server
The video makes me want to get in even more
It's in pins, but I'll reply to it for you @dusk holly
I want a letter from my AO
Me too
I want to meet my AO
she was being mobbed at my school gathering so i couldnt ask her anything
💀
What state do you live in?
nice
I love nova
When I googled my AO, I was surprised
Northern Virginia
northern virginia
I feel like ive given too much info anyone can figure out my hs 💀
like dc suburbs
I love Alexandria
I spent some time there
please tell me you're not a tj kid
Y'all could definitely doxx me if you had the inclination
LOL
It wouldn't be that hard, my insta is public too
LMAOO
BYE
knew it
Magnet school
Lawl
The amount of times people recognize each other in here
Is SO funny
i'm not gonna totally doxx myself but i will say i'm in fcps that's all
has it really happened that much
It’s happened another couple times in this channel alone
omg
I spied a few other custom mech ppl here
i literally. ran into a classmate. on this server.
which is funny because they give no inclination they are a hs student
idek HOW they knew it was me but they def knew who i was bc they named our shared class period & everything
Oh my god that’s terrifying 😭
i found my best friend here i didn't even know she joined
like i was in another college thread like "oh hi"
omg i just read the messages from the ea chance discussion 💀 bro
also i love it when ppl on here figure out theyre irls
Y'all should fill out my chanceme form
One time i found a server with like 5 entirely different groups i was involved in
Speaking of chancing...
Do people think you’re gonna get into uchicago so far
where is it
wait link it again
Oh
also imma make one too pls fill it out!!
It's getting deleted
oh
dm
What the
Demographics:
Caucasian Male (Domestic)
Need aid, but generally well off
Senior at generally good public school is suburban MN
Hooks: Leadership
Intended Major: Molecular Engineering
Scores/Awards:
ACT: 34 (36S,35M,29E,35R)
GPA: 3.81, unknown weighted (4.3 - 4.4?)
Class Rank: Unknown (~top 5-10%)
Awards: Regional Awards and recognition in Percus...
was it ed or ea though
I'll let you know when I have more opinions
ED
your pf is so strong holy shit
i am not a good judge but your ECs holy shit
Thank you :)
frr
esp the business
wait im so sorry im so bad at this
a 3.8 is not bad omg
Compared to you all 💀
trex no offense but thank god we're in separate pools bc i stand no chance next to you
😭
i have a 3.7 shhhhhh
p sure urs is higher than mine
my school ranks on a diff scale but
Awws, thank you so much!
hoping my course rigor will kinda cancel out my low ish gpa
fr you guys are so amazing
Y'all are so nice about this stuff, thank you
Dude’s chance me makes me wish I did the video
i mean it's all true, why wouldn't i say it
and if uchi doesn't take you then they're stupid and don't understand what a great person they're missing out on
do you guys think 15 IBs and 8 honors will make my 3.7 seem a little better 😟
Real
Definitely
Wait, 15 before senior year?
Definitely
15 including senior year but 7 last year and 2 sophomore year
7 last year, holy shit
and IB is only offered junior and senior year basically
Yea, APs are basically only offered for us Junior/Senior year
i mean one was theatre
Kinda frustrating
but the rest were actual classes lol
Wait, what’s your GPA scale?
What's the total?
bro my school only offers 4 before senior year 💀
13 APs counting sr year
14 for me
ap scores are 5 5s, 1 4, 1 3, 1 2, 1 1
slayyyy omg we are grinding
damnn
If I take an AP that covers multiple actual APs (Micro and Macro econ for example) does that count as one or two APs?
ive gotten all 5s on mine but theyre all humanities ones so far
i have the entire range 💀
i counted as 2
I'm at like 9 APs by the end of senior year then
1 to 4 but we only display weighted GPA on our transcripts so to get the UW you'd have to recalculate
i wouldve gotten a 5 on whap if i actually had it in a normal year
omg whap fr was insane online
Ours is out of 6. Kinda annoying tbh
my gpa is 4.833 UW, 5.778 W
Woah
mine is 4.222 weighted
What’s your rank
we don't rank
Dream school tbh
mine neither
my AP score record was awful before jr year
weighed?
Literally same. Who has 2 in Chem?
I only have a 3.9 weighed 💀
i have a 2 in whap
i took one AP sophomore year and got a 3 
Y'all check that last post in #✨-celebration-station lmfao
Any AP score that isn’t stem I have less than a 5 in
HOW 💀
UW
My school only had 3 aps and I took 2 bc I didn’t wanna take spanish
Me asf
I did fine on my stem APs but holy I got shredded in gov, apush, AP Lang
I have all 5's and a 1
and then i shouldve done better on chem but eh, it was online
we dont talk about the 1
BC is wildly impressive
i actually liked BC
I love BC
actually. no it was hell, esp taylor's series, and it wa s alot of work, but rewarding
actually saw results for hard work unlike stats!!!
The only math worth learning is Stats
I wish I had access to AP classes
i got a 3 in ap gov (in my defense we are an IB school so it was an honors class where you could take the exam if you wanted to), 5s on IB environmental SL and global politics SL, and a 6 in math applications SL
BC was the only math class I took in hs that acc opened up a huge section of understanding I didnt have before
stats is beating my ass
How? It’s just bar graphs and tests
fr it was just rlly rewarding to work hard and see it pay off
i'm in AP stats and binomials are kicking my ass rn
breaking my silence we don't have ap stats at my school so i'm taking gen ed probability and statistics because i finished IB math and didn't wanna do DE i hate math
AP stats was the class that made me change my major. Loved my teacher
it's my first time ever being in a gen ed class and honestly in a way it's so easy it's hard??? like we don't do any actual math just vocab and the questions are so vague
stats just ... idk what it is but it just doesn't click
i was good at stats in IB math but prob stat i'm lowkey bad at
"It's so easy it's hard" is so relatable. Sometimes it's just boring and trying to make yourself do anything is so painful
bro stats was so boring for me somehow
i loved calc sm more
exactly and it's first period and i have 6 IB classes so i kinda just show up to class and go on my phone or do work for another class... because it's just so boring
AP bio is the best AP
I feel like Trex should just remove the ? from his name. No joke the chance me has me rethinking
sure
Send it
whats up with the sudden chanceme culture 😭
wait why is it being deleted lmfao
I was curious about mine then they all became interested in creating their own
i need to fix my college list ramen 😭
best science AP, yeah. best AP overall is hands down apush
yeah trex got me braver
I can't even Cap i thought you were a dude
on the internet, when in doubt, assume male
5 for me :DD
Are you ED or EA?
EA unfortunately
HELLO this is not inspiring confidence in myself how are you all so talented
im literally the only girl left in the math classes now
other than the teacher lol
bro thats pretty heat
At this point…I’m hoping the AO takes sympathy on me
diff eq is impressive thats amazing
I was thinking about taking diffeq but got too burned by calc 3 to continue
nooo diff eq is so fun tbh
hoping AO gets drunk while reading mine
Aint no way I’m getting in lol
more fun than calc 3
bro calc 3 at unc had me stressing straight piss
ok deleted it so my irls dont find me on here 💀
anw im taking diffeq there
BRO
nah u did ED and probably put effort in your essays
I can't cap
there be hella baddies that I be seeing on my way to class @ UNC and im just like 
we'll see once decisions come out tho cause my essays were shit
@warped river you should've put a cap on responses
Considering I’m test optional seeing yalls profiles is destroying my confidence LMAO
ooo true okay ty
me too LMAO
I’ll let you know if I beat the insane odds and get in but I have 0 confidence
Oh, well that may affect things heavily for uChicago
look at the vote count
im test optional too for uchicago tho
SAT is the only thing going for me lmfao
university of chiraq
Feel that
yeah idk i wasn't thinking too highly of uchicago when i applied but now i want to get in so bad
SAT & national merit semifinalist are all i have
omg national merit is a dream
I was the same way about my now #2 school
idek if it makes a difference tbh 😭
i'm test optional bye
Lol
Me too
true idk if it even helps
most top applicants already have it
All I have in comparison to y’all is a decent sob story 😭
plus like 30 other olympiad awards
This is so real
bro the olympiad kids are crazy
like does it even put me on the map when everyone else has like 1938923 awards
@vernal junco you should fill out my ChanceMe 😭
competitons <<<
chicago fever
it really is
I did when you sent it
NO CHANCE ME
fr 😭
Oh, fhanks
i kinda wanna make a chanceme but i think my feelings might just get hurt
'ppreciate it
like 2 ppl at my school got into AIME or smth and its insane
you gotta be so smart for that
Most of my ec’s are extremely tied to like my school and they feel so small compared to the rest of yalls ecs haha
its all relative to your peers
My best thing is my hospital job
that is coolio
Damn. Why did I have to move to DFW for HS
frr a friend from another town got into uchicago and had barely any ecs but she had good essays, stats, and LORs and bc everyone in that town didnt have a lot of access to stuff, im assuming the AOs let her by
@mild rose tell em
My school is so uncompetitive, so ig that helps
nice! what do you do?
It's super cool
about
Just wait and see
What’s your class size?
long island competitiveness
650
oh yea 100%
espseically my school LMAO
lowk my school is clowning on the other LI schools this year
we had so many good acceptances
I don’t work there anymore but during my senior year I worked in the emergency room during the beginning of the pandemic and I had to dress in all the PPE gear to assist with covid patients lol, then once the pandemic died down I helped start the first phlebotomy program at my hospital and did that full time
But I moved out of state so I had to leave that job
ooo that sounds so cool
but we only had 6 cornell, 1 upenn, 1 stanford, 1 northwestern, and two rice
damn that is really fucking cool
autoadmit EC right there
0 duke, colum, prince, yale, havard, mit, dartmouth
wait biscuit what major arre you going for
Lol that’s really nice of you I hope they think the same
THAT IS CRAZy
No like fr
This year we've had 1 yale
Environmental and urban studies
I used to want to be premed but not anymore
wait all, what majors did yall apply as
the best thing i've got is model un 
econ 
neuroscience for moi
my school is so weird that we had no competitive clubs like mun 💀
Molecular Engineering with a concentration in Polymers and Soft Materials Science
premed 🫡
wdym "hope" it's a guarantee lol
💀
😭
global studies
If you’re right I’m going to cashapp you 20 dollars
The most prestigious school anyone at my school has gotten into is Emory because we opened 2020
woah whats that
nah you need to cashapp uchicago 80k if I'm right
wow thats so soon
This is the same deal for my school, nobody has gotten into anything better than UT Austin
thats crazy
Are you from DFW?
Nah I’m not
it's like a more interdisciplinary international relations major
ooooh that's cool
focuses on geopolitics, diplomacy, culture and how it affects things like human rights, etc
Does uchicago consider major at all in applications
it seems so interesting and applicable to life unlike boring econ 🤮
less than 5 days now! almost 4!
Like surely they have to a bit right
they say mostly no, but they will def have to
Idk. With the core and stuff it doesn’t seem like the biggest thing
def not very major in app process
iirc you don't have a major until junior? idk tho I'm probably wrong about that
dont have to declare until junior yup
im glad uchicago allows double majors
you can triple i think lol
Yall
I just figured they probably have to consider it a little bit to avoid building a class of like 75% econ majors or something
if i get accepted im doing that fs
tbf a lot of people change
yeah thats what i dont get ab major blind admissions like how do you end up not having all cs majors or smth
if they do it like tht it could j mess them up
When people talk about these amazing students going to amazing colleges, they always think of these just glowing people, but everyone here feels just like another normal person
Is it all just an illusion?
Like some of us are gonna get in, but none of us feel special
i mean ig with the ea yield convo i guess they might LOL
soon enough you'll realize everything is an illusion lmfao
We're just people doing our best to succeed
i mean harvard has 1400 spots but most of them are just nromal people
same thing with uchicago
some people will be crazy
no one knows what they're doing, and society is less structured than you think it is
others noraml
tbf we're all literal teens. the pressure they put on kids to be extraordinary is so stupid. but yeah it seems like everyone who gets in is always so stellar but theyre just like us too (some w more privileges than others but still)
preach!!
Like the Dunning Kruger effect
the more you know, the more you know you don't
The thing that makes me sad about t20 is that it feels like most people who get in have extraordinary help with the process either from parents or peers who know about it
exactlyy
Nah, more like imposter syndrome -oop
im honestly so lucky i got into the school i did in hs, because without it i would have been so lost. even the peers u surround yourself with help sm w the whole college admission process
Legit. Like my immigrant parent’s only goal was getting me into college. They didn’t have time to put me in ECs since birth
The only person I’ve ever known from my school to apply to uchicago got rejected and I’m pretty sure she was a rank higher than me at the time lmfao
So we’ll see
Yes exactly it sucks trying to play catch up
i think i did econ, 2nd choice history 3rd choice big problems
fr and the way you have to play catch up sm because your parents dont get the college process here is insane. i have irls/friends who have been doing comp math since 5th grade and some who have had their parents help them w non profits in 9th grade, and my parents still dont get that ecs are important in college apps
I learned like junior year that I need to and by that time I was already fucked
it hurts me even more when THEY feel bad they couldnt get me the opportunities that they see others have
😭
i feel more appreciative now
"big problems"???
ME LITERALLY ME, my parents dont know the process here at all so we're playing catch up
exactly
I know the admissions process tries to understand a student as much as possible but there are somethings you can’t convey on paper to show just how much harder you worked than everyone else
and being super blunt ab everything too
or sell a consulting service 🤑 /j
Real
it's interdisciplinary courses available to upperclassmen, was an option and i thought it was cool so i put it as my 3rd choice http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/bigproblems/
i feel so bad too bc my siblings are only a couple yrs younger than me so I cant even give them info bc it's too late. like theyre also playing catch up even tho ive been through everything bc theyre only a bit behind me
ooooh very very interesting
if i get into uchicago my big problems will becoem much smaller
i have 1038293 problems rn and most can be solved by getting into uchi
SAME
i have 41 (hint: 40 of them are rd essays)
Not to sound insufferable but I’ve been through so so so much the past few years and I really hope uchicago accepts me because I deserve one good thing to happen to me
All the adults around me keep telling me that I’ll survive not getting into UChi, but I really don’t think so. I’ve essentially already daydreamed my first semester there
Sorry that sounds so whiney but good god lol
heheh
same boat, praying for you
You’re a strong candidate. They’ll see that
i really hope you get in; you rly deserve it. like just from what ive known ab you, you seem like such a good person and idk theyd miss out a lot if they didnt accept you
with my extracurriculars, i'm extremely lucky i happened to be doing noteworthy stuff with my passion, weather
Thank you 😢
otherwise they would be weaker
I meant strong, I swear. I’m still on post surgery medication so my thumbs are clumsy
sounding sunny!
you guys want to try doing the jackbox and all those games tomm?
Oh yeah you got your wisdom teeth out right?
a lot of people sound like they're stressed and it could be a good idea
feeling thumbsy>
Can we do tomorrow night so we don’t miss the World Cup haha
Yeah. I have beef with the oral surgeon but whatever
i need to finish writing RD essays LOL
How did it go omg
ye sure, although we can do it other days if anyone can't do it
omg tomorrow night marks the week of our decisions
next week we'll be done with all of this
this whole thread will be retired 🥹
There was a complication. She spent 3 hours, non stop, drilling and pulling. And I had to take 12 shots in the mouth. And she drilled my tongue on accident
here should I create a server or nah
Omg!!!
damn
i really really hope you get in. you've worked so hard and from what i've seen in the last few days, you've had a rough few years but you pushed through, and i think you're just really strong for that. im rooting for you !! you deserve this !!
You are like the kindest person ever and you deserve all the good karma you’re earning lol, I really hope you get in
biscuit your profile is cracked asf, you have a great chance (being so serious)
then you're ED
My mom said I have an eating disorder because I dropped food on the group like 3 times in a row 💀
Thank you <333
we've passed 20k messages guys
thank you 😭
lets gooo
what does that even mean
We're gonna surpass Cornell soon 🫢
let's gooo we're critically online
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bananas suck
grapes are good
I didn’t know cats could have bananas. I have to try with my cat
the texture is bad
watermelon's good too
flavor is good tho
idk if this is medically sound advice
💀
i would check dr google
first
Hands down, best fruit, guava
counter: lychee
She’s 10. She could use some excitement
unripe bananas are so good
Also, kinda mushy if you chew too long
brooo no, overripe is better
friend. why are you eating unripe bananas
What the fuck is wrong with you
unripe are too hard
No. Too sweet
No
that's the best part!!
A menace to society
every time I eat unripe bananas I age a few years
its only good when theres a lot of small brown dots
My taste buds literally die on contact with the cells of unripe bananas
overripe has one use which is banana muffins
true
thatsn ot overripoe
ye that's when you know it's good
thats just ripe
This is too sweet
That is perfection
ok grandpa go eat oatmeal
if earlier, the banana is too hard
Oatmeal hits though
🤨
bruh dw I only like soft ones
You only use the bananas for select activities before they're ripe
We are not ending this conversation on that
Omg
Why. You should’ve left the convo on Trex’s weird note
fr those activites are only better with ripe ones
Agreed
Literally why you buy unripe bananas
Truth
I self-sabotaged
which activities ... ?
please elaborate
Well...I mean...they taste good
👀
bro T-Rex wants to gobble it
chomp chomp chomp