UChicago (2022-2023)

[foggy lintel]

how is it a "wack tier list"

it's not a tier list

actually i'd pick it over both ucla and uiuc

GT and berkeley are the only publics id pick over chicago

[full pagoda]

i think i'll probably write my loci this week

cause uchicago would literally be my dream school if i got off wl

does anyone have the loci advice or not

i'm not sure how to specifically write one

because it feels mildly awkward

[near temple]

quesiton

does uchicago reject early action or no

or do they just defer e evryone

[daring steeple]

They definitely reject

[lilac bridge]

they reject! my friend got rejected EA :(

[tame grove]

NATALIEEE LOOK AT U BEING A MOD CONGRATSS

how have uni decisions been?

[lilac bridge]

THANK YOU MIGHTTTT

[lilac bridge]

i have a 3 streak of waitlists at wellesley, neu & BU 😭😭 but i got into kings college london in the uk

[tame grove]

😭 congrats on the uk tho! I rly hope those lists unwait themselves and u get the spot u deserve <3

[lilac bridge]

thank u <3333 still have barnard and ivy day to go so fingers crossed

[tame grove]

u slay those frrr

[lilac bridge]

what abt u? any other decisions come out?

[tame grove]

nope, waiting on u of m only

[lilac bridge]

im praying it comes thru for u & w that fin aid offer 🙏🙏

[tame grove]

nah I'm getting rejected 😭 that safety looking real sexy rn

[austere stag]

same! what’s your kings offer?

[celest path]

Has anyone gotten wl decisions

[lilac bridge]

PPE, just need to pass an english test like toefl

[austere stag]

AH, i’m an L100 economics offer

[austere stag]

u have uncon?

[lilac bridge]

p much, my condition was to pass toefl which will be easy

[austere stag]

that should be doable

niec job

[vocal eagle]

your name on here is real asf

umich the only hope

[tame grove]

I mean at this point for me it rly is 😭

[teal gulch]

Is there any way to unsubmit a LOCI? I accidentally started mine with Dear Princeton Admissions Committee, as I had based it from an email update I provided to my Princeton application.

[ivory grove]

the damage has alr been done

[spice garden]

bro

praying for u

[daring steeple]

Teehee

[limber gazelle]

☠️

[spice garden]

bro if ur international im gonna be real waiting then applying a semester later probably isn’t gonna change ur outcomes that much

def look into schools that are more generous towards internationals (also make sure u apply to hella schools OUTSIDE the t20)

[wide shuttle]

i should probably wait until after all decisions release to send in a loci right

better for yield protection stuff?

bc they know that ive considered all my options and still have interest

[tender pasture]

yes

[heavy surge]

Dude UChi’s yield rate is 83 percent

Realistically none of us waitlisted are getting off the waitlist

And idt u can change it

But even if you could, realistically you’re not getting off

So don’t stress, relax, and yeah

[celest path]

is it true that wl decisions are coming before may 1

[merry portal]

not sure

[celest path]

so prolly a rumor i see

[tender pasture]

no

[mighty hinge]

its probs case by case

[limber gazelle]

That’s what the AO told me when I talked to her in the admissions office lmao

[celest path]

uchi or cornell for premed and why

[peak patio]

lul

[foggy lintel]

probably cornell

from what i’ve heard uchi premed is hell

and the grade deflation just not worth it

[marble wind]

WHAT

After 8 Ivy L’s!!! UChicago drops this on me!!!

[full pagoda]

😭

CONGRATS

OMG

[marble wind]

So apparently this gives me a guaranteed masters at uchicago 😭 I dont even have to apply

[foggy lintel]

CONGRATS JUST GO CHI MAN

I LOVE CHI

[lilac bridge]

CHARLS

HOLY FUCKING SHITTTTTTT

THIS IS THE REPARATIONS FOR THE IVY LS

CONGRATS

[marble wind]

TYSM!!!!

[austere stag]

WAIT

HAD U GOTTEN IN EARLIER?

[peak patio]

CONGRATSSS

[marble wind]

yep. got in ea!

[austere stag]

NICE

[peak patio]

Damn GsGs

[hard sentinel]

they usually wouldn’t even start looking until may 1st..

how would they know to look through the waitlist when not all deposits are in?

[marble wind]

i don't care if duke & stanford rejected me, uchicago is my guardian angel looking out for me

[tribal hull]

is applying as a transfer student harder than applying as a first-year applicant??

[limber gazelle]

Easier i think

For Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Uchicago it’s easier

Harvard Yale Princeton almost impossible

[vast iris]

whats the admit percentage for transfer students in these schools? do you apply as transfer in freshman year or sophomore year?

[limber gazelle]

Transfer around 10%

It varies

[vestal stratus]

Bit late but does everyone on the waitlist have the gap year option?

[mental rivet]

Yup

[vestal stratus]

I see, ty

[limber gazelle]

What does that option mean I just chose it

The class of 2028 thing I’m still so confused

[daring steeple]

You're accepted into the class of 2028

[limber gazelle]

?

Confusion

😵‍💫

[daring steeple]

Literally that💀

You're accepted into the class of 2028, you take a gap year

[tame grove]

if u simp that hard for uchicago, take a year off and they'll take u

[limber gazelle]

Is it guaranteed spot for class of 2028 or just a waitlist for the class of 2028

[heavy surge]

I think it’s the former

[limber gazelle]

🤔 then so many people gonna do that no?

[merry portal]

pre sure its just a waitlist

i dont think they just automatically let you into the co28

[marble wind]

huh i didnt know they did that

[merry portal]

at least thats what i thought when i filled out my waitlist form

[heavy surge]

They might offer you a guaranteed spot

[merry portal]

it says

considered

[heavy surge]

Being offered a guaranteed spot isn’t guaranteed if you choose to do that

[merry portal]

it doesnt make it seem like its guaranteed

[marble wind]

yeah "considered" so def not guaranteed

[heavy surge]

No but

[merry portal]

I mean i selected No for that one

but like

still*

[heavy surge]

They won’t offer you a place on 2028’s waitlist I don’t think

[merry portal]

well no not 2028's waitlist but I dont think you are automatically put into co 2028

[heavy surge]

They’d either offer you admission to 2027 guaranteed admission to 2028 or reject you

[merry portal]

you still gotta be selected

[heavy surge]

Yeah exactly

[merry portal]

its not like a waitlist

but its still another stage of admission

where u can be denied

[heavy surge]

Yeah they’re not just gonna accept you like that

[merry portal]

ye fs

and imo i wouldnt take a gap year

[limber gazelle]

Ok so there are like three options

[merry portal]

esp if u have a good choice already

[limber gazelle]

They take u off the waitlist for co2027, give u a spot for co2028 or reject u

[merry portal]

ye

[limber gazelle]

Icic thanks guys, I was j confused lol

[merry portal]

ye np

[heavy surge]

👍

[heavy surge]

Are you on UChi’s waitlist too?

[limber gazelle]

I’m on lol, I chose yes for both lol

💀

[merry portal]

ye

[limber gazelle]

Prolly gonna send loci soon I was told to send it after Ivy day

🗿

[heavy surge]

Wait why?

Were we supposed to send it after Ivy day?

[limber gazelle]

Emm?

[heavy surge]

Is it so they know we’re still interested in them because we’ve been rejected everywhere else?

[limber gazelle]

They said if u submit after Ivy day yeah

[heavy surge]

💀😂

[limber gazelle]

Yeah it will mean that lol

[heavy surge]

Wait UChi said.

[limber gazelle]

No

[heavy surge]

Okay good

[limber gazelle]

They didn’t say Ofc

But it’s common sense that it would be more convincing

[heavy surge]

Okay good

I mean it sounds logical

[limber gazelle]

🫡

Yeah

[heavy surge]

I didn’t do that tho

[limber gazelle]

Cuz they release so early

[heavy surge]

I submitted like a day after

[limber gazelle]

Bruh

[heavy surge]

I got WLed

Yeah

As long as UChi didn’t explicitly say anything tho

[limber gazelle]

I went to Chicago the day after lol and have been crafting loci sincd then

[heavy surge]

I’m gonna work under the assumption that I’m chillin

Which ivies did u apply to?

[limber gazelle]

Most

Wl Yale brown

Rej others

🗿🗿

[heavy surge]

Gotcha

I got rejected from Yale lol

[limber gazelle]

Yale was my best app by far

💀

Intl it’s way too hard

Even from Canada

[heavy surge]

My Yale app was pretty mid

Most of my apps were pretty mid lol

[limber gazelle]

I don’t think they have anyone interview from Canada

[heavy surge]

I’d say my UC app was my best app

[limber gazelle]

🤔

[heavy surge]

Ivy day wasn’t the best day for me but it wasn’t the worst thanks to the Berkeley and Cornell clutches

🙏

[teal gulch]

Does the fact I sent the loci before Ivy Day show ‘demonstrated interest’?

[azure arrow]

💀

[daring steeple]

Well

Idt it shows you weighed your options well enough to them

March is kinda early

[marble wind]

i officially committed yesterday

yippee!!

[spice garden]

see u on campus >:)

[marble wind]

are you going to the admitted students event this week?

[spice garden]

yes!!! you?

[marble wind]

yep! maybe we’ll run into each other haha

[silk flare]

out of curiosity, where else did you get in than uchicago?

cus uchicago EA is quite hard

[marble wind]

uhhh

it uhh

didnt go the best

[silk flare]

so Im surprised you got bent by all 8 ivies

[marble wind]

see its super weird

uchicago loves me - offered 20k/year, guaranteed masters in a 4+1

most everywhere else hates me

[silk flare]

bruh

that is indeed fuckin' weird

[daring steeple]

Yeah it's not exactly the shoo-in everyone thinks it is, but it's still uchicago !

Congratulations on the scholarship and the masters program

[marble wind]

thank you!

[daring steeple]

How likely to be admitted off uchicago waitlist

[celest path]

yw guys

was waitlisted

[heavy surge]

Ty Jae

🌽🌽🌽 is better for engineering!

[vast iris]

which college are you accepting?

[celest path]

Cornell

[vast iris]

cool, great choice! Cornell CS?

[celest path]

Nah, biomed engineering

[vast iris]

cool

[mighty hinge]

sent in my loci

[heavy surge]

[daring steeple]

How likely to get off waitlist 😫

[tame grove]

uhm they left it blank on the 21-22 cds 💀 I dont think they're that big of chances but I hope all of yall get in ❤

[full pagoda]

it's intentional

they don't have to report it

so they leave it off on purpose

also i need to send my LOCI 😭

[tame grove]

I mean why would they provide it smh

fill out ur loci soon fam

[crimson turtle]

@marble wind W on UC Hicago

[marble wind]

thank you

[crimson turtle]

how far are you

from chicago

i couldnt imagine myself going halfway across the country

[marble wind]

6 hour drive

450ish miles

[crimson turtle]

holy

east coast?

[marble wind]

nah im from the south

kentucky

[crimson turtle]

KFC

I LOVE KFC

[marble wind]

ive been to the first kfc quite a few times

[marble wind]

only 50 miles away from chicago now.. this drive has been awful but im doing it for you uchicago

this admitted students event better be worth

[daring steeple]

Seriously 😭😭😭

Bffr

[heavy surge]

Bro please go to Princeton

Please 🙏

Unless you actually want UChicago

You might want UChicago

Wait @daring steeple sorry for the ping but I need to know

Did u write a loci for UChi already?

[limber gazelle]

Damn I have to submit my loci tomorrow 🥵

[heavy surge]

Did you get that?

[limber gazelle]

No

I j talked with school counselor lol and have loci basically ready

[heavy surge]

I didn’t either…

[limber gazelle]

I thought of polishing it a bit more but now I think I submit asap

[heavy surge]

Yeah

Wait in general

[limber gazelle]

?

[heavy surge]

Which is viewed more favorably

UChi or WUSTL?

[limber gazelle]

Uchi more reputable?

[heavy surge]

Like it has a better reputation?

[daring steeple]

Nah

I only did deferral LOCI

[heavy surge]

Phew that might be why

[heavy surge]

Gotcha

Yeah it makes no sense that you’d have to write too locis

[daring steeple]

The only way I'd go to uchicago now is if princeton flops with their financial aid

[limber gazelle]

💀

[daring steeple]

Which I'm less stable with because someone in my bracket had to pay 31k

But others 13k

[limber gazelle]

For ED? And u got waitlisted later?

[daring steeple]

EA

Then waitlist

[limber gazelle]

Ahh Ic

Thanks for the update lol I was gonna wait a few more days 💀

Now 💨

[daring steeple]

Well I'll tell you all what we discuss later

I have to talk with her at 6 pm

[obtuse rampart]

just got a piece of mail from uchicago

this is like an everyday thing atp are they known for sending mail at every second of every day

[heavy surge]

Ty

[mighty hinge]

Gl 🙏

[azure arrow]

what do you for uchi waitlist

just submit form

anything else?

[daring steeple]

So um

I got pulled off the waitlist-

[limber gazelle]

Niceeee

So are they also processing it for other people?

[sudden turtle]

yo congrats!

[daring steeple]

I think, idk though

Tysm !

[limber gazelle]

Cracked

[heavy surge]

Wait why what happened?

[daring steeple]

Idk, but when I told her it'd still be in my top 3 choices if admitted, she was like "well I have good news, you've been pulled off the waitlist into the class of 2027" and the stuffs gonna be on my portal tomorrow apparently

[limber gazelle]

Short call?

[heavy surge]

OHHH OKAY

Bro I thought you meant like pulled off in a different way

CONGRATS THO

[daring steeple]

I literally don't know how to react

Like that was next to the last thing I expected

[heavy surge]

NAH LIKE YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF

Berkeley early?

Princeton?

[limber gazelle]

Huge

[heavy surge]

And now getting into UChi without EDing?

Easily the most impressive of all the feats you’ve pulled off so far!

[tame grove]

AYYY CONGRATS 🎉🎉

even if u go to Princeton is still a massive W

[azure arrow]

??

[spice garden]

wtf congrats 💀

[daring steeple]

That’s amazing. Question, who did you send ur LOCI to?

[daring steeple]

Thx😭😭😭 been waiting since December atp

[daring steeple]

I uploaded it on my portal

But I addressed it to the admissions committee and my local admissions officer

[full pagoda]

does this mean we have no chance atp if they're already pulling ppl off 😭

[daring steeple]

Btw could someone send me the uchicago discord

[vast iris]

congratulations! you must have an excellent profile

[daring steeple]

Ig i do😭😭

[wide shuttle]

uhhh

so this means

i should submit my loci today?

[heavy surge]

Nah like Berkeley early accepted you bro

You're cracked

Like you got early accepted

To UCB

[wide shuttle]

could someone read my loci and give me some input on it?

[daring steeple]

I can

[teal gulch]

I sent an unpolished update on some extracurricular and awards to the admissions counselor, and they interpreted it as a LOCI, so I guess I’m screwed.

[foggy lintel]

oof unfort

maybe you can explain it

by emailing them again?

[limber gazelle]

I’m sending this afternoon lol, urgency 💯

[teal gulch]

Idk, it was 9 days ago, so it might be too late?

[foggy lintel]

oof

i mean

never hurts to try

if you don't try it will definitely be too late

if you do then there's a chance (even if it's small)

[vast iris]

sure dm me

[heavy surge]

Worse case scenario they don’t accept it

Best to try and see

There are only pluses

Well the minus is drafting a extra loci that goes to waste

[teal gulch]

I have to write a LOCI for harvard as well. How unique would the LOCIs have to be to the school?

[daring steeple]

I'm gonna assume my portal will update on Friday lol

Nothing yet

[azure arrow]

hwo did you format your loci

do you just send it in an email

to the ao?

[daring steeple]

i typed up an actual letter and then uploaded it to the portal, addressed to my regional AO and the admissions committee

[marble wind]

uchicago is pretty

[tame grove]

it rly even looks prestigious af

[mental rivet]

Looks like the Biltmore

[rigid crane]

what kinds of questions were asked during the call? i just got contacted by my AO and i’m very nervous lol

[daring steeple]

She simply asked where uchicago was on my list

[limber gazelle]

J sent m’y loci

🤲

[gentle maple]

How’s the admitted student weekend going

I’m going the end of this week

[marble wind]

I’m in an event rn about pre-orientation

It’s been really good so far

I’ve learned a lot

The person in front of me is googling “is uchicago where fun goes to die” 😭😭😭

[daring steeple]

I hate that uchicago got back to me so late😭 there's an open house later on right

[marble wind]

There’s one yesterday and today and then one April 13th-14th

[daring steeple]

Ok bet going on the 14th

[marble wind]

Also - i went to a model economics class

God the professor was so monotone

I heard really good things about the model english class but I didn’t go

[daring steeple]

Uchicago has a lot of monotone profs
I remember in my summer anthropology class last year, there was 2 teachers and they both sounded almost the same

[marble wind]

Interesting

[marble wind]

apparently 5-10% of incoming students get merit scholarships

according to someone from admissions

ive been wondering that statistic for a while so there it is

[gentle maple]

Oooh yes im going then too!

[daring steeple]

You're going to open house on the 14th?
The reply kinda confused me lol

[marble wind]

apparently 15 hs seniors get into this UAS program and i did 😭 wtf

[daring steeple]

Only 15 ?? Lmao I saw like 5 in this server😭😭😭😭😭 A2C casually cracked

Congratulations though !!!

[marble wind]

thats what they said at this program

and ty!

[gentle maple]

Huh? Yes I am going lol

[gentle maple]

Yo, dm the gram to me

your*

[marble wind]

i got you

[fallow cedar]

Has any intl received a wailist update yet?

[mighty hinge]

Where are you located if you don’t mind me asking? Trying to figure out if my RAO started reaching out or not

[mighty hinge]

Thank god

[daring steeple]

When are you planning to meet with the AO?

[rigid crane]

still waiting on a response for timing, either today or Monday

im not incredibly hopeful since the initial didn’t directly mention admissions… just “a brief phone call” to discuss interest

[daring steeple]

You'll never know

I did mine the day of, expecting nothing
They offered me a spot lol

What did your email look like

[spice garden]

wtf congrats 😭😭😭😭😭

[austere canyon]

Does uchicago have a rival school for sports and academics

[silk flare]

northwestern maybe...?

[daring steeple]

Probably northwestern

[rigid crane]

got the offer during the call so pretty happy haha

[daring steeple]

I told you💀💀 congratulations !!!

Do you want the server discord

[rigid crane]

yeah, could you dm

[daring steeple]

Sure

Ok sent

[limber gazelle]

Congrats, when did u send the loci 👀

[spice garden]

congrats!!!! r u gonna commit?

[daring steeple]

^

Also I love how we're a direct middle finger to everyone who kept saying no one gets off the waitlist😭

[rigid crane]

yess!

[rigid crane]

3/19

[spice garden]

YAYY see u on campus :))))

[daring steeple]

Periodddd🎉🎉🎉

I'm ngl, the way these schools are keeping me in limbo with these financial aid packages

I'm really looking out for Princeton and uchicago then I'll start a real evaluation of which would be best for me

But none have released yet

[rigid crane]

oh woah Princeton that’s awesome

[daring steeple]

Yeahh it'll be an interesting choice to make, but one I'm glad to have tbh

Those have always been the two for me

the problem i have, is i probably won't be able to visit princeton's campus like i can easily visit uchicago (literally 30 min away)

i can't go to their preview since my parents happen to be in new york at the time

[full pagoda]

do you think it's too late to send a loci?

i can't tell if i should atp.. i had one in the works but they're already giving offers to ppl 😭

[silk flare]

No

[full pagoda]

good to know then

the waitlist isn't ranked right?

[daring steeple]

not at all

someone on reddit sent theirs mid april and got an offer

i remember reading that earlier today

[full pagoda]

what even is the waitlist rate of getting off anyway 😭

someone said 15-10 but that seems too high

[limber gazelle]

For waitlists did you guys choose the deferred admisions to 2028 option?

[spice garden]

ugh that sucks ngl

[daring steeple]

yeah it does
i'm trying to gain more info and plan things out so i can potentially just go by myself, but they didn't put much info on travel + lodging out there 💀

[limber gazelle]

The Princeton campus is pretty dope. I was there 3 weeks ago

[tame grove]

AYYY CONGRATS!!

[vast iris]

congratulations! when did you send loci?

[limber gazelle]

She said she sent on 3/19

[limber gazelle]

Idk lol she didn’t say

I uploaded mine through portal

[full pagoda]

@daring steeple @rigid crane how'd you even format ur LoRs 🥹 looking for loci tips

[daring steeple]

Ok I DMd my loci

[vast iris]

could you DM me too if it's okay to share?

[daring steeple]

sure

[azure arrow]

lmao can you dm me too

if you’re willing to share

[daring steeple]

Ok i did

[rigid crane]

my LOCI per paragraph:
-> i REALLY like uchicago pls let me in
-> personal connection to uchicago
-> some academic updates in my life
-> please let me into uchicago x2

[marble wind]

uchicago is so cool ahaha im not biased

[spice garden]

bro spitting facts

[daring steeple]

From an unbiased perspective:
UChicago is so cool

[limber gazelle]

^

[full pagoda]

from an perspective, UChicago is.

[daring steeple]

Perspective is UC Hicago

[full pagoda]

sent in my loci today 😇

[heavy surge]

Wait bop are you in state Florida?

[full pagoda]

yes

[heavy surge]

Why don’t you go to UF?

[full pagoda]

was rejected

💔

[heavy surge]

Wtf???

Did you appeal?

[full pagoda]

yes but atp it's too expensive to justify it i think

fsu is much less expensive

[heavy surge]

Waitlisted From UChicago and rejected from UF is crazy

[full pagoda]

because i got a scholarship

IKR

it's wild

[heavy surge]

The 15 k one?

[full pagoda]

vires scholarship i think

[heavy surge]

Hmmm yeah I think I got that one too

[full pagoda]

plus i have family in the Tallahassee area and an alumni cousin who showed me around

the only sad thing about fsu is i don't think i can go to the magnet lab there because of physical limitations

i have.. metal in my head 😭

so if i went there and a magnet wiped my implants i'd be out of sore luck

umiami has shit physics though so i think im probably choosing fsu

actually i should get a response on the appeal for UF in like a few days or a week idk

[heavy surge]

I’m so sorry!

[heavy surge]

🙏

Like bro tell them you got waitlisted at UChicago

UChicago

There’s actually no reason why they should reject you

[full pagoda]

idk i saw this girl who was like 4.7 gpa 35 act with national merit finalist who got rejected

[heavy surge]

Was she oos?

Also what are your stats?

Just out of curiosity

[full pagoda]

34 act, 4.2 weighted

my unweighted is a bit low which may have been the dealbreaker (3.7 UW)

[heavy surge]

Bruh that’s still not that low

But yeah I’d just go to FSU

It’s becoming pretty cracked these days

[wheat rampart]

i believe in the uf dream

[weary wave]

could you dm me yours as well 🥺

[full pagoda]

btw i think you guys should upload ur loci to ur portal? i emailed it to my admissions counsellor and she told me to upload it on the uchicago portal

[limber gazelle]

I uploaded through portal

If they have a place through portal def do it through portal

[rigid crane]

ig my ao was too nice to tell me to upload it myself 💀

[jagged ocean]

Solid. I'm manifesting for you

[mighty hinge]

my AO said they uploaded it themselves 💀

they were really nice though

[full pagoda]

they already got in

[full pagoda]

mine didn't, but to be fair i didn't put any info about myself in there 😭

except my name

[spice garden]

guess the manifesting worked 💀

[full pagoda]

mine was like, formatted as
-> new thing i organized/did
-> exploring hobbies
-> an event that happened that i liked
-> reflecting on my grades & qualifying for smth
-> simping for uchicago and blatantly saying if i was accepted i'd gladly attend

and in all of these points i listed groups, clubs, things id do at uchicago if i were to attend 😇

basically a secondary why us essay but listing stuff i've done in the meantime

[jagged ocean]

Ong lmao. I work wonders

[full pagoda]

manifest for me 😇

[full pagoda]

me tracking every thread possible ever to see if there's movement (there hasn't been btw, all the offers were arnd a week ago or whatever)

[daring steeple]

dmed it, sorry i didn't notice 💀

[full pagoda]

i'm still obsessed with uchicago 💀

mostly cause i don't want to be in florida at all anymore considering recent news but it kinda looks like it's veering that way

which ugh

i sent them another loci rlly early because i wanted to explain some personal details ab my experience in florida and my life i never explained on my application bc i was scared to talk ab it at the time and my regional ao still hasn't responded

should i just put it on my portal or w/e

[heavy surge]

Two LOCIs are crazzzy

Gl bro manifesting our acceptance

[full pagoda]

toooo be fair it said a lot of things i did not say in my application

id talk about it but its personal

[heavy surge]

U don’t gotta

I respect the grind

Fellow Floridian

💪

[full pagoda]

at least they know i'm dedicated to uchicago

💪

[heavy surge]

In the instance that you don’t get in tho FSU is a really great school

Controversial take but I actually do like it better than UF

[full pagoda]

oh im well aware of that

also

tbh same

i've heard a lot of people talking about uf and how it has a more competitive environment

[heavy surge]

Bro the campus is so beautiful it’s crazy

[heavy surge]

Def yes

Less collaborative

[full pagoda]

i also have family who live in Tallahassee and my cousin is an alumni

so if i need off-campus housing i'm golden

i'm not very concerned except for a few major reasons

[heavy surge]

Manifesting UChi for us nevertheless tho

[heavy surge]

?

[full pagoda]

i've heard that FSU can be conservative despite having some pretty good people there

and i don't want to be stuck in florida

esp not when i'm just ab to graduate from a fucking catholic high school 💀

[heavy surge]

Oh no!

I’m so sorry man!

[full pagoda]

that was what my second loci was about actually lol

i wrote about my circumstances and why i would really want to go to uchicago over any school in florida and how inclusive uchicago was

it's like a second cry for help 😭

[heavy surge]

That sounds like a truly amazing letter of continued interest

If they don’t accept you then they have hearts of steel man

[full pagoda]

you can read it if you want i wrote it at like 4 am after considering all this shit that's gunna go down

[full pagoda]

ikr

i'm just scared for the future cause i don't know what's going to happen

[heavy surge]

If you’re okay sharing I’d love to read it!

But if you wanna keep it private I understand

[heavy surge]

It’ll work out one way or another

Don’t stress

You put yourself out there

That takes effort

Even just applying to these impossible schools man

There’s like serious emotional investment involved

[full pagoda]

i mean tbf i don't think uchicago gets locis like these normally

[heavy surge]

That’s just how it works

[full pagoda]

so my circumstances are def extraordinary

💀

[heavy surge]

Writing all of these essays

[full pagoda]

also sure

[heavy surge]

Especially why us ones

[full pagoda]

i'll be fine at fsu anyways i just wish that things were better now

[heavy surge]

FSU is great and college campuses tend to be pretty liberal and accepting in general

[full pagoda]

that too

[heavy surge]

Tallahassee I can’t guarantee

[full pagoda]

btw i sent it to you

[heavy surge]

But one of the major differences between FSU and UF is that the FSU campus is beautiful

[full pagoda]

fsu is so fucking beautiful

i love it

[heavy surge]

So you won’t have to go off campus much

[full pagoda]

i mean obv i wasn't considering umiami because they didn't have my major but it also made me realize how dystopian modern campuses look in comparison to the older ones like fsu

[marble wind]

tfw uchicago randomly gives me an extra 16k in scholarships

[full pagoda]

they don't want you

they need you

[limber gazelle]

👀

[crimson turtle]

You don’t get need based aid?

[marble wind]

sadly no

[mighty hinge]

Any updates?

Been to lazy to check college confidential

Last I checked it’s all those parents debate lording about stats lowkey annoying 😭

[full pagoda]

nope @mighty hinge

i have not seen a single peep from anything about ANYONE getting in this week

[mighty hinge]

good shit

lmk though fr

If anything happens

[full pagoda]

not sure if they're doing anything this weekend cause i have zero idea if the office is open then

[mighty hinge]

oh yea weekends were safe

[full pagoda]

i haven't had a response from my rao in like days though and i sent them a rlly important email but idk ill just wait

[mighty hinge]

that’s tuff

what did you say exactly if you don’t mind sharing

[full pagoda]

it was the stuff above the "new" loci but it was more ab personal details i never divulged in my app for fear of personal safety

and it feels so weird to get that left on read 😭

[mighty hinge]

They’ll probs get around to it

Inshallah

Praying for both of us

[full pagoda]

i'm guessing they'll prolly admit more people next week though or the week after

bc they need time to come up w names and people

[mighty hinge]

God willing

[fickle gorge]

oh yeah

i'm gonna be so active in here

[ivory grove]

[marble wind]

uchicago based

[fickle gorge]

So true

ily now

[fickle gorge]

soooo when y'all starting ur apps

[full pagoda]

never

[fickle gorge]

good idea

[daring steeple]

Start now ✨

[wide shuttle]

personally would disagree

start thinking about them

dont start writing them yet tho

like think about what kinda theme you're going for in your apps and brainstorm but its not worth it to start writing so early because things change and there's defo gonna be things that will happen over the summer that you feel like will be important

[daring steeple]

Yeah I mean start in that way

The problem with writing over several months, especially between junior and senior year, you might start leaning into a whole new writing style that creates conflict over that time period

[fickle gorge]

W thanks

[merry portal]

Go

Yo

Would y’all take uchicago over umich

if accepted off waitlist

umich cs uchicago econ

[full pagoda]

someone was taken off waitlist today btw!

they were full pay

my ao did not respond to me at all i'm starting to wonder if i should nudge the email again or just wait

[fickle gorge]

Yes easy

[foggy lintel]

probably

[latent flower]

hey my friend got taken off the uchicago waitlist today

he was an intl seeking (i believe) a full or nearly-full ride

i mean he got a full ride from washu so i assume he'd be full ride for uchicago too

was a very spiky econ dude

and we're from the uk!

[full pagoda]

congrats to ur friend!

when did he send a loci if u don't mind me asking

[mighty hinge]

also i think its by RAO right

so uk is different from both of us fs

[mighty hinge]

whats the source btw?

[full pagoda]

reddit

also that is true

[mighty hinge]

can you drop the thread?

[full pagoda]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/zvxeq9/university_of_chicago_regular_decision_megathread/?sort=new

[mighty hinge]

prec

[latent flower]

i'll ask, please ping back if i forget!!

[woven narwhal]

just got off the UChicago waitlist! <3

[rigid crane]

YESS 🔥

[limber gazelle]

Congrats, where are you from 👀

[woven narwhal]

TN!

[spice garden]

CONGRATS!!! r u committing?

[woven narwhal]

I think so! I need to talk it over with my family, I just got the phone call in between classes lol

[spice garden]

lfg!!! hope to see you on campus 🙂

[full pagoda]

wtf is the uchicago phone number??? 😭

[full pagoda]

also holy shit congrats!!

[gentle maple]

😃

[full pagoda]

ooohhh so just look out for the location i see

my hopes are low i'm just trying to make sure i don't miss it

[foggy lintel]

oh pog

[marble wind]

WWWW

[daring steeple]

Wonderful, UChicago pulled a Cornell with my aid 💀

[spice garden]

what does this mean 😭

[daring steeple]

While Princeton, Northwestern, literally every other t20 i got into ignored this (except Cornell), apparently they're holding my aid because of this tax filers issue we're still working to correct (idk how far along it is now)

It's honestly so weird how they can't just give me my estimate, since its just stuff like "head of household"

[spice garden]

holy fuck that literally sucks so much

any idea of when the issue will be resolved?

[daring steeple]

No idea but it's starting to get too damn late now

Waited 14 days

[fickle gorge]

WWW

[peak patio]

congrats

[peak patio]

imo u shd brainstorm for a creative idea for uchicago's uncommon essay

they allow u to use past prompts

and thats what i did

i came up with the idea for the quirky essay 1 yr b4 i submitted the app

[fickle gorge]

W

im gonna do that

[wide shuttle]

i think movement for waitlists has been wednesday both times

so if that helps

[woven narwhal]

In my experience it has not been, my AO reached out to me on a Sunday and offered admission on the following Tuesday

[rigid crane]

mine reached out & offered on a Friday

[full pagoda]

i think people have been offered on every day of the week

there is "no pattern"

they don't coordinate across like 30-40 aos

[mighty hinge]

wish my AO would clutch up and start offering fr

[limber gazelle]

^

[weary wave]

fr

[limber gazelle]

My AO is in charge of china and Canada

[mighty hinge]

my ao is in charge of bay area + my magnet school

her job is legit just to work through feeders 😭

[limber gazelle]

👀

[full pagoda]

my ao is in charge of all of florida

[fickle gorge]

finally have a good start on my PS 🙏

[daring steeple]

periodddd

[foggy lintel]

mike, did you decide between uchi and princeton yet?

[daring steeple]

Uchicago not even giving me aid rn

And they won't budge on my reasoning with them

Atp it's more between Princeton and northwestern (family favors northwestern a bit more, and I can see why somewhat)

[full pagoda]

why???

😭

[daring steeple]

This stuff lol

[full pagoda]

ohh

[rigid crane]

😍

[marble wind]

uchicago so goated

[full pagoda]

you make me so jealous 😭 😭

THE ARCHITECTURE IS SO BEAUTIFUL

[fickle gorge]

UCHICAGO OMG OMG OMG

[fickle gorge]

omg we are going to be best friends

[spice garden]

SHITTT

[full pagoda]

BUSSSSSS

BUSSS 😩 UCHICAGO CAMPUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[woven narwhal]

Also anyone in '27 feel free to use this image on your stories, I photoshopped it from class of 1994 to 2027

[fickle gorge]

W

[spice garden]

wait thats actually crazy holy shit

i fr could not tell

[woven narwhal]

Hahaha ty, I joined the photoshop discord server and someone helped me out, now I'm officially a pro

[daring steeple]

Can someone tell me about uchicago

[spice garden]

best school ever (not biased at all)

[daring steeple]

it probably is just based off of reading about it on quora

[fickle gorge]

Sexy

[fickle gorge]

I agree

[fickle gorge]

best school in the history of the world

aliens are envious of the great uchicago

[peak patio]

sheesh

[peak patio]

so true (not a biased agreement either)

[full pagoda]

hoping i get wl offer in this week or next but i kinda doubt tbh 😭

and im a lot of need sooo

[mighty hinge]

we in this together

[daring steeple]

Frr

[mighty hinge]

Have any offers come out this week?

[full pagoda]

radio silence

[mighty hinge]

Good 🙏

[full pagoda]

though don't take my word for it

there's probably been offers out there and just don't know it

also @mighty hinge if you have significant need you honestly might as well be wishing on a star

a lot of people who get off and say they have are usually full pay

rarely they take people off who are like, almost full need but

not rlly

[mighty hinge]

I’m full pay fortunately

[full pagoda]

my efc is 10k 😊

[mighty hinge]

well god willing it works out

No point to stop hoping now

[full pagoda]

ya i'd say if they don't say anything after next week then it's over

[fickle gorge]

u got this 🙏

[daring steeple]

well a spot shall be reopening lol

chances up a negligible amount !

[limber gazelle]

💀

[woven narwhal]

funny mascot

[fickle gorge]

W uchicago

[limber gazelle]

W

[full pagoda]

someone got off WL according to an a2c thread

[daring steeple]

I love how like

You have the whole surrounding architecture

Then you just have a random blown up chicken out of nowhere💀💀

Well, Phoenix

[peak patio]

WChicago

[mighty hinge]

a friedn of mine just got gap year admission off the waitlist

[woven narwhal]

That's sick!

[limber gazelle]

damnn

[wide shuttle]

wait so they're giving gap year admission now?

[mighty hinge]

Idk they might be doing both at the same time?

they are def sending out offers for gap year though

[wide shuttle]

ah, i expected them to do that after they do the co2027 spots lol

[mental rivet]

“we’ll worry about this MF next year”

[wide shuttle]

lolll

idk what i would do with a gap year offer tbh

cus id take uchicago over nyu for sure but to have to take a year off? idk what id do with that year

[mental rivet]

i’d march down to UNC and take math classes 🤣

[wide shuttle]

that is so real

[mental rivet]

i totally feel you

it’d be a relaxing year if you got into a good flow but you could also deteriorate a lot

[wide shuttle]

wait youre a junior rn right iirc?

[mental rivet]

yup, i’m graduating early

[wide shuttle]

out of curiosity if you got a uchicago gap year offer

would you be allowed to return for senior year?

[mental rivet]

those bastards took away my junior role!

[mental rivet]

no, once i graduate from high school i’m not allowed to return

at this point i won’t be allowed back next year unless i fail english

[wide shuttle]

ah lmao

unfortunate

im just gonna hope i get into co2027 off waitlist and not have to worry about the gap year shenanigans, but at this point, idek if im even gonna get the latter

[mental rivet]

i doubt i’ll get off

[wide shuttle]

just praying for either cornell or uchicago to take me 🙏

[mental rivet]

and i’m totally content with UNC i’ll be able to prepare sooo well for grad school and do so much damn research

[wide shuttle]

ok the thing is

im from nyc

[mental rivet]

and i’m from NC

[wide shuttle]

not only do i like uchicago/cornell more

but i also want to get the hell out of here

LMAO

[rigid crane]

ohh makes sense lol

[mental rivet]

is the stench of feces too much?

[wide shuttle]

well

kinda?

i got kinda used to it

but also, having to be a commuter 😭

[mental rivet]

oh hell nah

nyu wanted to send me to shanghai

[wide shuttle]

and also there's no campus 💀

[wide shuttle]

LMAO I REMEMBER

IN THE NYU CHANNEL

THE NYUSH PERSON

WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU

[mental rivet]

yeah yeah that guy

it looks like a nice school it just isn’t respected really

compared to UNC which has a pretty damn good pure math track for going into academia

[wide shuttle]

nyu has a great applied math track

but so does uchicago 🥺

[mental rivet]

uchicago math is godly

are you a math major?

[wide shuttle]

yeah

well, for nyu i went math/cs but majority i went for math

[mental rivet]

OOOOOOO

ME TOO

I LOVE MEETING OTHER MATH MAJORS

[wide shuttle]

🤩

[mental rivet]

got me interested now

[wide shuttle]

hey perhaps we both get in off waitlist ???

(highly unlikely, but we can hope)

[mental rivet]

that’d be sick

UChicago math 😍

The pinnacle of academia

what do you want to do in math

[wide shuttle]

idek yet tbh

i just know that

the one thing im decent at

is math

and i want to go applied

bc i cannot handle that much theory

[mental rivet]

ooo okay

Brown has an amazing grad school in applied math

The best there is

[wide shuttle]

so does nyu! so if i stay there i kinda have a track

or if i randomly decide to go into law /j

[mental rivet]

sell out!

[limber gazelle]

I’m also math major lmaoooo

💀

[mental rivet]

woah you’re gonna meet Terence Tao

[limber gazelle]

😳

[abstract socket]

just wanted to join to say that i got off waitlist today!

almost mistook the call for spam LOL

[daring steeple]

congrats man!

[tame grove]

AYY CONGRATS!!

[rigid crane]

CONGRATS !!

[peak patio]

congrats

[daring steeple]

how much longer do u guys think the movement will be?

for non gap year WL

[spice garden]

congrats!! will i see on campus next year?

[limber gazelle]

Congrats 🎉

Did they email you before they called

[fickle gorge]

W congrats all of the waitlisties!

i love u all

[daring steeple]

no updates today.. r they done sending out WL acceptances?

[full pagoda]

idk there's been days w total radio silence and then people get accepted

don't assume it's over until they say so

[daring steeple]

yeah i guess, especially before may 1st too

[vast iris]

does it help to upload multiple LOCI?

[daring steeple]

Probably not

Depends

But one can definitely be enough, I only did one after EA deferral

[daring steeple]

wouldn’t think so tbh

[vast iris]

hmm that was > 1 month back

[vast iris]

any idea why these colleges put thousands of students on waitlist, i bet they're not going to read thousands of applications for <100 spots

[daring steeple]

not everyone sends LOCI

i saw a statistic saying like roughly 20 something% of people submit LOCIs

and they tend to pick those that show continued interest through locis

Yeah

We're that weird statistic again

Where it seems like everyone submits LOCIs

[limber gazelle]

On a2c almost everyone does lmao

[daring steeple]

yeahh 😭

i wonder how many spots r left for uchi

my theory is that they’d offer quite a few spots off waitlist bc those who make it RD (non binded) are good enough to overcome the super low acceptance rate and probably have other rly good acceptances

maybe i’m jus being too optimistic but that was my hope on them having a lower RD yield and ultimately taking from the WL

[vast iris]

Chicago has like 84% yield rate, mostly from ED1/ED2.

[daring steeple]

yeah so you gotta hope the RD yield rate is lower bc they only take super qualified applicants in the RD round who probably made other top schools

[vast iris]

how many does chicago generally put on waitlist?

[daring steeple]

Unknown

[mighty hinge]

we don’t know fs but based on online a lot

Though sample size is skewed towards qualified applicants

[woven narwhal]

I got in 3 days after I sent my LOCI

[spice garden]

congrats on committing to pton!! you’ll have to come and visit us 🙂

[peak patio]

indeed

[daring steeple]

Tysm ! Perhaps I will tbh, I only live like 30 mins away and have some friends there

[odd gull]

is there a difference between ED and EA for uchicago?

[austere canyon]

Ed is binding, ea is not

Ed will probably increase your admissions chances more

[full pagoda]

iirc ea is like slightly better RD

ED your chances of getting in are much higher just cause they love admitting ED

[vast iris]

ED locks you to a school though - you can't apply to any other private school

[foggy lintel]

you can apply

you just must commit if they accept you

you can still apply to as many as you want.

[full pagoda]

^ ya i swear you can apply to as many as you want

but if youre accepted

youre obligated to withdraw all other applications

i think you're thinking of REA maybe

[mental rivet]

? you only get 1 ED school, no?

[full pagoda]

to other non-EDs i thought

[fickle gorge]

ED is binding

u have to go if u get in

EA is just regular early

[fickle gorge]

You can apply to 1 school ED Only, but as many other schools as you want

REA only lets you to apply to them early, and you can only EA to public schools

[foggy lintel]

no as in

you can apply to other schools RD

[mental rivet]

oh i see

[odd gull]

dang

if i EA, could i change it to ED2 by the tiem that comes?

uchicago is my top choice at a school but there's a chance my school could be blacklisted from it so idk if it worth the risk to early decision there 😭

[heavy surge]

Yes

[heavy surge]

Lmao still ED

You could always ED2 to another amazing school like WashU if you get deferred or rejected

[peak patio]

uhm

hmmmM

yeah guess so

i do admit tho ED2 has a very limited selection of schools

other than LACs

but yeah honestly ED is fine

[wide shuttle]

to add on to this, im p sure the notable ones are
nyu, cmu, washu, jhu off the top of my head
could be more

in case you're considering any of these as well

@odd gull ^^

[fickle gorge]

if ur school is blacklisted, i wouldn't do it but otherwise EDing is def worth it (if u know u can afford to attend)

[full pagoda]

how do you know

what

[daring steeple]

maybe he knows that someone failed to comply with ED?

[odd gull]

yeah someone from my school backed out from an ED2 this year to uchicago 😭

some people told me there was a chance that uchicago could blacklist our school but idk if that will happen (hopefully not)

[heavy surge]

Where are they going? What school is that much better than Chicago that you’d back out of an ED agreement to go to?

That just lowkey seems hella dumb

[odd gull]

....harvard..... even though they should have rescinded their RD stuff.....

other people are saying her reason is legitimate but i cant see how backing out of uchicago's ed and going to harvard could have a legitimate reason

[heavy surge]

Lmao that’s a very, very small step up

Not worth breaking a contract and dragging your name through the mud

That could potentially follow her

[vast iris]

it's unethical. doesn't this cause that person trouble at harvard if harvard finds it out? harvard could potentially rescind their offer

[odd gull]

yeah. i have no idea how going to harvard from already such an incredible school could be worth such a risk

[vast iris]

it's a surprise that harvard hasn't found this out yet!

[odd gull]

fr 😭

[fickle gorge]

if they did that its probably blacked ngl

[odd gull]

damn okay

[silk flare]

probably not

i think youd need several people to do that

for a blacklist

[odd gull]

the uchicago admissions for my school were like pretty solid this year i think

so like hopefully it wont be blacklisted 🙏

[fickle gorge]

wait really

[fickle gorge]

hmm

i wonder what would happen if u just asked 😭

having a school blacklisted has to be so stressful

[silk flare]

I meahn

its not really indicative of any school wide stuff if one student backs out

you think no kids at elite feeders like andover ever back out?

I guarantee at least one has

[fickle gorge]

thats true

[silk flare]

So Id bet they need a decent sample size

[fickle gorge]

I think harvard westlake was blacklisted by brown a while back

because one kid did it

[silk flare]

idk what harvard westlake is

but how do we know it was just one kid?

[fickle gorge]

elite private celebrity school in LA

[silk flare]

or that there werent other kids in previous yrs

[fickle gorge]

afaik it was one kid

[vast iris]

colleges don't like high schools where students lack ethics

tbh, harvard should decline admission to the student who backed out of Chicago ED contract to go H, vs blacklisting the entire school

[fickle gorge]

^

[silk flare]

they probably will if they get wind of it

[vast iris]

shouldn't the high school call harvard and tell them vs getting the entire school blacklisted by chicago?

[silk flare]

as I said if its just one kid I doubt that they will get blacklisted

so idrk how schools would handle this thing

[vast iris]

from what i recall, high school counselor needs to sign the ED contract form, so if the student is backing out of the contract, isn't it the moral and ethical responsibility of the high school counselor to notify both the ED and other college?

[silk flare]

Yes

but its possible to hide the fact that you're admitted etc,

I guess

idk

[vast iris]

hmm @odd gull should probably discuss this with their high school counselor

[sterile magnet]

Harvard is likely to find out

National Student Clearing House

[vast iris]

how does that help?

[sterile magnet]

it’s used to verify enrollment

if you back out of an ED agreement schools will know

[daring steeple]

prayers up for waitlist movement today 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[clear sluice]

friend got off waitlist today morning