University of Chicago (UChicago) (2023-2024)

[rugged field]

not free

$1

if anything they gotta pay me to drink that shit

but others like it so...

[frigid flare]

i'm gonna get it and then hate it and then bond with someone over how much they suck and then instant best friend

i got it all figured out

[proper fulcrum]

wait wut ur checklist dissapeared?

ohhh it got replaced by the paragraph thingie,

welp, now we pray

[noble field]

W

[tender wigeon]

UChi just gave me a sick ass poster

[frigid flare]

picture ❓

[tender wigeon]

@frigid flare

[frigid flare]

oh crap that is sick as hell

i didn't get one they clearly already rejected me

[tender wigeon]

Lmao

[random lintel]

wow i can see o block from there!

[tender wigeon]

It is one of the best posters I have received

It’s fighting with my duke poster rn

[tender wigeon]

How do you know if you are quirky enough for UChicago

[frigid flare]

by whether or not they accept you

[frigid flare]

https://tenor.com/view/statue-of-liberty-statue-of-liberty-from-here-casting-auditions-america-gif-27603739

[gloomy ferry]

lol if i get accepted ill share my essays and videos with y'all they are the peak of quirky

[frigid flare]

my essay is so quirky i might be seen as a slight menace to society

but my video profile makes me seem like a normal well-adjusted person (i am lying on my application)

[proper fulcrum]

my application is the person i wish i was

inflated ECs, highlights of my best personal qualities, and my best writing after hours of depression

lets just hope it pays off

[frigid flare]

i feel like i probably should've inflated my ecs a bit

[proper fulcrum]

i mean slight amounts are fine as long as you have like 70% backed up

[frigid flare]

i'm so nervous i'm literally rereading my essays cause i really like them and i need an ego boost

if i'm like this now i can't even imagine how i'll be the day before

or the day of jesus christ

that makes it sound like i mean easter

[deft rapids]

What was it about

[frigid flare]

i'm not sure i should say until after decisions

i'm revealing after rd apps are done

[deft rapids]

Like what was the prompt

[frigid flare]

i chose prompt 3

[deft rapids]

Im not sure if I chose the right prompt 😭

[frigid flare]

like you think you could've done better with a different prompt?

[deft rapids]

Yeah

[frigid flare]

oh sad

[deft rapids]

I did 4

[frigid flare]

ah yeah i considered 4 but i couldn't come up with a funny enough idea

[deft rapids]

I thought mine was interesting enough until I saw some crazy essays on the internet

[frigid flare]

maybe i should've looked up essays

i just went with my unhinged gut

so i don't actually know if mine are good

[deft rapids]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jdE5DSTgufTJ9a5i6imWImRroMb14nDnmc4uUWwXsgs/edit?usp=sharing

This one is like the craziest one I saw so far

[vale sluice]

wtf is this

bro wrote a research abstract on clifford

[deft rapids]

And still got waitlisted 😭

What do they want at this point

[frigid flare]

holy crap what the hell

[vale sluice]

my friend wrote a play for the aliens coming to earth one

[frigid flare]

maybe too long? that's all i can think of

there were a couple typos maybe they got mad about that

it's actually weirdly similar to the premise of mine

[vale sluice]

i thought my dartmouth one was unhinged but wtf

i am not uchi material lol

[frigid flare]

mine also had to do with living government superweapons

[deft rapids]

Everyone thinks their essay is good enough until seeing somebody else’s

[vale sluice]

was that a prompt or smth

[deft rapids]

Idk it’s just luck

[frigid flare]

nope i'm just quirky like that 🤪

[deft rapids]

Are you applying ed

[vale sluice]

where?

[deft rapids]

Dartmouth

[vale sluice]

i ranked it for the qb match

[deft rapids]

Oh

[vale sluice]

im applying through questbridge

[deft rapids]

I like dartmouth

[vale sluice]

same i started liking when i was researching for the why dartmouth essay

[frigid flare]

i honestly think this essay might have gone a little bit... too far
i didn't even read the whole thing cause it was kinda trying too hard i feel like and was weirdly dense to the point of being sort of unenjoyable
and maybe a little too crazy

[vale sluice]

i was gonna do uchi ea but i just dropped it completely

[deft rapids]

Some people just hates it cuz others talks shit about it

But I think it’s rly nice school

[deft rapids]

Maybe

Their process is too subjective and vague

Or his AO just didnt like it

[frigid flare]

they do three reads with three different people i think

their process is weird though

they have three categories: academic (on a scale of 1-3 with 1 being the highest), personal (on a scale of a-c with a being the highest), and "intellectual"??? (on a scale of x-z with x being the highest)

[vale sluice]

most schools do 2-3 reads before presenting it to the committee

[frigid flare]

oh wait yeah i think it's 2 with a third in committee

[deft rapids]

How many people in committee

[vale sluice]

however many AOs there are in total

[frigid flare]

usually like no more than 10 right

idk i saw a video about amherst's process

[vale sluice]

id say so

[deft rapids]

I cant imagine them doing that

Like publicly discussing my essay?

[vale sluice]

yeah im referencing that too 😭

[deft rapids]

[vale sluice]

yh they have to vote on accept, waitlist, or deny

[frigid flare]

that video is like the only peek into admissions processes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-OLlJUXwKU

[vale sluice]

other than talking to an AO that is open to talking about it

[frigid flare]

true true

[vale sluice]

the yale ao that visited my school was pretty open about the process

[deft rapids]

Yale

[vale sluice]

they straight up move people who have under a 3.8 uw into a maybe pile in the first read 💀

[frigid flare]

at this point i'm not even interested because i want to get in i'm just interested cause they're so secretive and this stuff is a really big deal

[deft rapids]

Wait rly?

That’s crazy

I have like 3.89

[vale sluice]

yeah they dont even look at them unless they think they under admitted students

[frigid flare]

if i get in i'm gonna request to see my file and share with a2c

not the actual file cause that has my name and stuff

but you get the idea

[vale sluice]

yh as soon as im eligible to view mine im gonna do it

[frigid flare]

i have to stop reading youtube comments

[deft rapids]

Idk

I wish I could get in somewhere

[vale sluice]

fr (other than my safeties)

[tender wigeon]

What’s going on over here

[deft rapids]

Are they mostly reaches?

[frigid flare]

agonizing

[vale sluice]

yeah seeing as im doing qb

[tender wigeon]

That doesn’t sound happy

[deft rapids]

I didn’t even applied to any safeties. Imma just go back to europe if I get rejected im not gonna pay 30k for safety school

[frigid flare]

[deft rapids]

Cope with possible rejection

[tender wigeon]

I need Uchi to accept me to satisfy my Napoleon complex

[deft rapids]

[frigid flare]

get that x out of there or so help me

huzzah

[tender wigeon]

I’m 5 8 and a 1/4

My neurologist told me my growth plates have just about closed

It’s over for me boys

[frigid flare]

this video makes me one to jump off a bridge this man says he goes with his gut and isn't sure why he makes decisions

[deft rapids]

“1/4”

[tender wigeon]

Every part of an inch counts

[frigid flare]

i'm like 5'8" and still above average for romanians

[tender wigeon]

I am not Romanian

[deft rapids]

Lok

[frigid flare]

i am

[deft rapids]

Lol

[tender wigeon]

Well duh

[frigid flare]

also why do you have a neurologist

[tender wigeon]

Scoliosis

[deft rapids]

6’0 is like average for dutch people

Or nordic people

[frigid flare]

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[deft rapids]

[tender wigeon]

That’s chads flag

[frigid flare]

well now i feel slightly bad about making fun of your short but also not really

[tender wigeon]

🇹🇩 🇷🇴

See the difference

[frigid flare]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-straight-laughing-to-straight-face-emoji-koofect-emoji-funny-gif-21892077

[tender wigeon]

Romania is on the right

[deft rapids]

Moldova

[frigid flare]

i pasted romania

[tender wigeon]

You’ve been using the wrong flag the whole time

[deft rapids]

[tender wigeon]

🇹🇩

🇷🇴

[frigid flare]

https://tenor.com/view/house-explosion-explode-boom-kaboom-gif-19506150

[deft rapids]

It’s same

[tender wigeon]

No Romania is a lighter blue

[frigid flare]

we had it first fyi

over 100 years longer

😠

[deft rapids]

So they copued

Copied

[frigid flare]

and they call us the thieves??

[deft rapids]

Mm shady

[frigid flare]

this helped cool my nerves

[deft rapids]

Did you apply ed to chicago

[frigid flare]

yup

i'm hoping for that ed boost but it ain't looking good chief

[deft rapids]

if you have good stats to apply for uchicago you will get into somewhere 😳

Even more selective schools

I think it’s more about luck if you already have good stats

[frigid flare]

i don't necessarily have good stats is the issue

woah crap it's tomorrow

[deft rapids]

Define good stats

[frigid flare]

also uchicago doesn't rely on stats

[deft rapids]

Ik but

[frigid flare]

test scores and gpa aren't even important

[deft rapids]

Still

[frigid flare]

i have 4 uw and 4.36 w but with some grade inflation

1570 and 36

so good stats but ecs majorly lacking

[deft rapids]

I have good ecs but kinda bad grades

[frigid flare]

until i joined a2c i had no idea people could even do research while still in high school 💀

[deft rapids]

Fr

[frigid flare]

yeah ecs are way more important for uchicago so you still got good chance

[deft rapids]

I have 4.23 gpa cuz I didnt took any APs for first two years

Im taking 7 this year

[frigid flare]

oh jesus my condolences

are they all in class??

or are most self study

[deft rapids]

4 in class 3 online

[frigid flare]

that's certified insane

i'm doing 5 that's the most i've ever heard of someone doing in one year at my school

[deft rapids]

I need to pay the price for not studying for 3 years

[deft rapids]

That’s still crazy

I hope first semester grades can get me least 4.3 accumulative

[frigid flare]

the upward trend is real

[deft rapids]

I have 5.0 rn

[deft rapids]

Yeah it’s crazy upward trend

[frigid flare]

i got an ec upward trend

i didn't do anything sophomore year cause i was way too shy

and freshman year was all online

[deft rapids]

Yeah it was tough for me

Least I have an excuse

[frigid flare]

i be hoping and praying though

i'm hoping for ed boost and good essays and the fact that i'm in a rural area

i be living in a village of like 500 people

[deft rapids]

Lol

I want to live in small city

[frigid flare]

how small you thinkin

i live near a town of like 20000 it's kinda lame

[deft rapids]

So many crazy thinfs going on in SoCal

[deft rapids]

Idk 10k would be good enough for me

[frigid flare]

i would like to live anywhere that is not socal

[deft rapids]

Same

[mossy frigate]

wait how long were you guys's uncommon essays, mine was 700 words and now im scared it was too long 💀

[deft rapids]

The webpage says around 650 is good

450 for why chicago question

[gloomy ferry]

dw mine was 1000

[mossy frigate]

do u think 700 is close enough to 650? sorry im kinda paranoid

[deft rapids]

They dont care

[mossy frigate]

oh ok phew

[gloomy ferry]

quality>quantity

[deft rapids]

They just say they might loose attention around that point if the essay is boring

[lost swallow]

i got sent this one too

[lost swallow]

you might have just accidentally thrown it out. the uchi rep who visited my school said they try to send the poster to everyone

[vale sluice]

i have one and i didn’t even apply

its up on my wall cuz its pretty

[frigid flare]

oh rats really
i open every uchicago mail so i don't think so, maybe i just didn't get it yet

[vale sluice]

i got mine like last year

[frigid flare]

oh well

i won't need the poster when i get there for real

[tender wigeon]

Why didn’t you apply where are you doing

Hold up

Hang on

What does the 24/51 mean @vale sluice

[vale sluice]

i applied to 24 out of my 51 schools

[tender wigeon]

Why are you applying to so many holy shit

[vale sluice]

im bored and i need aid

[tender wigeon]

That is insane

[jaunty girder]

there's a few romanians ik at uchicago

[frigid flare]

epiccc

i have met very few other romanians

there used to be another romanian that lived in my area but then he died so now we're the only ones

[lost swallow]

my mother grew up on the border of romania and bulgaria, romania seems cool never been though

[vale sluice]

theres a couple romanians at my hs

[rugged field]

LOL

[frigid flare]

every once in a while i encounter another high school romanian through quiz bowl but that's pretty much it

[proper fulcrum]

weird, ive seen tons of pretty so-so essays get in

[frigid flare]

spider on the wall essay 💀

[rugged field]

yeah

ive seen several so-so people get in

not to the extent of top public schools but i can definitely notice

[jaunty girder]

i know one guy from Constanța who's a good friend, one from Bucharest, and all the romanians i've met have been wonderful

[frigid flare]

this is because we are all wonderful people with absolutely no exceptions we have never done anything wrong ever

[tender wigeon]

Maybe I could write a Uchi supp about how I share my last name with a kind of pasta

[toxic creek]

hello, does anybody know if uchicago considers counselor recs?

[gloomy ferry]

AYYYYYY

[tender wigeon]

How does this say anything about him is the thing

[frigid flare]

yeah that's true

honestly mine doesn't say much about me except that i'm committed to the bit which i'm a little worried about

but there's some stuff in there about charities i support so idk

[tender wigeon]

That’s pretty cool

[frigid flare]

i also included a link to a vlogbrothers video with fun facts about giraffes

giraffes are cool

[tender wigeon]

Agreed

[frigid flare]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6vNYWgUAMY

the thumbnail is important

[tender wigeon]

What a terrible day to have eyes

[frigid flare]

it's important!!!!

[tender wigeon]

I think I am better off not knowing

[frigid flare]

so sad

you betray your username

[tender wigeon]

What

Bro

The thumbnail is literally a drawing of giraffes banging

[frigid flare]

for reference the thumbnail is a reference to hank green's first video about giraffes in which he intentionally held a picture of giraffes banging up to the camera right on time for it to be the thumbnail

[tender wigeon]

Btw giraffes fight with their necks

[frigid flare]

i'm pretty sure the video is mostly just an everyday run-of-the-mill giraffe video

[frigid flare]

this is true it's funny looking

[gloomy ferry]

mine is completely about myself lmao

[frigid flare]

that's probably a good idea

i guess my personal statement was about me i just wanted a chance to make a bit and run with it

[gloomy ferry]

oh my this is excellent

do you know which prompt this is on?

[mossy frigate]

i think its this one "In Homer’s Iliad, Helen had a “face that launched a thousand ships.” A millihelen, then, measures the beauty needed to launch one ship. The Sagan unit is used to denote any large quantity (in place of “billions and billions”). A New York Minute measures the period of time between a traffic light turning green and the cab behind you honking. Invent a new unit of measurement. How is it derived? How is it used? What are its equivalents?

— Inspired by Carina Kane, Class of 2024, and Ishaan Goel, Class of 2025"

b/c of this part of the essay "we can standardize the Emily-Elizabeth as a unit of love that is necessary to increase the mass of a Canis lupus familiaris by 1 kilogram"

[gloomy ferry]

bro then that's like legit one of the best uchicago essays i've seen

how did they get wl 😭

im now second guessing everything

[mossy frigate]

yeah me too 😭 mine was wayyy less creative

they probably got in somewhere really good though

[wind viper]

i feel that its doing too much

and is trying way too hard to be quirky

[gloomy ferry]

i dont think so

it answers the prompt, it provides a unique take, and it shows a side you prolly cant see anywhere else in the application

the prompt does ask for a new unit of measurement

and if they were applying to like a math major or something, it'd make sense that they want to connect the prompt to their academic side

they must've had really bad stats or ecs to get wl

[wind viper]

oh i didnt know that

[wind viper]

they were probably too good

uchicago admits upper-mid kids

[gloomy ferry]

lol what

[wind viper]

yeah they wl you if you're too good

[gloomy ferry]

no way

[mossy frigate]

i guess it's kind of hard to tell for sure if schools yield protect though

[gloomy ferry]

ok but for schools that yield protect, if they wl you and you demonstrate that they're your #1 choice, would they accept?

[wind viper]

this is definitely a practice at top schools

[wind viper]

ok i should clarify i mean ea/rd, moreso rd

[wind viper]

yes hence you have a good shot of getting in if you write after a waitlist

[gloomy ferry]

im not ed lol thats why im asking

[mossy frigate]

is there any proof though, i feel like stuff about yield protection is always a lot of speculation

i applied ed but im kind of curious

[wind viper]

they have the highest yield rate by far and the 1-2% rd rate is just crazy

[mossy frigate]

goddamn i had no idea it was that low

yeah i guess thats fair

[toxic creek]

i dont know but reading that essay, i gain zero personal insight about the writer. so maybe thats why(?)

i think the supps are a way to tell another side of us thats not in the CAPS

"The University of Chicago has long been renowned for our provocative essay questions. We think of them as an opportunity for students to tell us about themselves, their tastes, and their ambitions. They can be approached with utter seriousness, complete fancy, or something in between."

might be wrong tho

[gloomy ferry]

true but most uchicago quirky essays are more about the writer's intellectual and creative side rather than other personal qualities yk

[toxic creek]

yeaa, looking at the prompt, it seems to be heading into that type of answer

[frigid flare]

it's doing so much that i couldn't even finish it, it just felt dense and honestly almost made me uncomfortable

[gloomy ferry]

hmm to each their own

Now i wonder what y'all will think of my essay

@frigid flare down for an uncommon swap?

[frigid flare]

ok then

dm?

[toxic creek]

@rugged field hey sorry for tagging you. i randomly searched "indonesia" on this server and found ur name. im quite interested in uchicago. do u know how many indonesians attend uchicago or if there is any community there? thanks

(and yes im from indonesia)

[rugged field]

for undergrad there r like 4-5 indonesians who went to hs in indonesia/lived in indonesia for a long period of time

me included

but like ppl whose parents r indonesian but lived elsewhere id say another 10

[toxic creek]

i see, thats a really small pool

[rugged field]

wkwkwkw

[toxic creek]

worth the shot gak ya

hadeh

thanks for the info though

[toxic creek]

wait, this means that for the past 4 years or so, there are only 4-5 indonesians? or are these the first-year undergrads/freshmans?

[rugged field]

yeah for the past 4 yrs there r 4-5

[toxic creek]

thats lowkey terrifying AHAHAHA

[rugged field]

lol

go shoot ur shot tho

bukan artinya disadvantage sih utk org indo klo ky begini

i think its j that

[toxic creek]

i go to a public school here in indo, dont know if it will disadvantage me (ga ngambil kurikulum lain)

[rugged field]

1. the smarter indonesians r engineering kids

2. indonesians generally cdnt care enough abt writing good essays

[toxic creek]

but i did take the SAT tho and my score is around the middle 50. idk if that could compensate for em

[rugged field]

middle 50 in uchicago?

[toxic creek]

ah yea, ive heard that uchic doesnt have an engineering major

[rugged field]

mhm

[toxic creek]

i aint stem tho

[rugged field]

ooo

humanities?

[toxic creek]

economics sih

[toxic creek]

yesss

[rugged field]

bruh

why r so many ppl econ kids

[toxic creek]

its fun

[rugged field]

tapi ya gpp sih klo SATnya tinggi

j write a rlly good essay

[toxic creek]

im not really confident about my uncommon essay AHAHAHA. i dont think i can be that "creative" or "quirky" there. but i think i can tell a really good story (while still answering the prompt)

[rugged field]

ermmm

wait hv u submitted or no?

ur applicatiob

[toxic creek]

nope

[rugged field]

ohh

lowkey redraft

like think abt new ideas

for diff prompts

and think outside the box

klo masih ad waktu

[toxic creek]

i seee, it really helps to be creative there ya?

[rugged field]

ye

gl man

[toxic creek]

thanks!

[lost swallow]

be creative but still say something about yourself

[tender wigeon]

I still don’t see why you think it is that good

It literally says nothing about the applicant

[random lintel]

yeah agreed, like its interesting to read for fun but that's not the point with it being a college admissions essay

also maybe just me but its kind of hard to read, if you just spend a few minutes skimming it (which the ao probably does) it's hard to find some coherant theme or message, like it's just fluff

[wind viper]

i think the issue with chicago's prompts is that they breed essays where students don't talk ab themselves

[mossy frigate]

i went to their zoom webinar where an ao said this so i thought they were supposed to be more academic/less personal but i think you can write about anything really

[tender wigeon]

That’s interesting

I guess that the discussion based classes is good for me

All of my co op classes are discussion based

[lost swallow]

yeah the collegevine article talks about this

[rugged field]

idt u shd interpret it as "academic"

u can definitely show high intellect without speaking it academically

[tender wigeon]

Hopefully this carry’s me

[rugged field]

ong

[tender wigeon]

@rugged field how do I get into Uchi

[rugged field]

write a good essay

[tender wigeon]

@rugged field would this work

[rugged field]

it can

[tacit scarab]

i am unable to figure out when uchickie will drop

this is so sad

[frigid flare]

yup they're procrastinating real hard on it

[mossy frigate]

when did they release the dates last year

[tacit scarab]

Mid December

[gloomy ferry]

it doesn't have to tho?

[gloomy ferry]

yall i dont think im gonna get into uchicago

[random lintel]

same

average uchicago ea application

[gloomy ferry]

[frigid flare]

dec 21
2021 was dec 17

thus i predict it will be dec 19 because complicated math

[frigid flare]

there's nothing we can do so we might as well believe

[gloomy ferry]

true but also i don't wanna get my hopes up 😭 idk i feel like my essay is too personal to be quirky

[frigid flare]

having read your essay i'd say it may not be the quirkiest, but it's a great and creative and well thought out response to the question and it being personal definitely doesn't hurt

[tender wigeon]

What’s wrong with EA? I was planning EA

[frigid flare]

very high defer rate

[random lintel]

U gotta ed to have a decent chance

[tender wigeon]

Oh damn that sucks

[gloomy ferry]

we'll seeeeeeeeeeeee

[frigid flare]

indeeeeeeeeeeed 💪

[torn path]

did some people get admitted already? uchicago2028 on ig has multiple posts now hmm

[rugged field]

probably

like CPS

[rich sapphire]

@uchicago2028_official is just the 2027 account posts but changed handle

[rugged field]

ye

y r u online

[rich sapphire]

ur also online

[rugged field]

the second i checked a2c u were typing.

[rich sapphire]

you posted here as soon as i opened the app

[rugged field]

ok

anyways

prereg.

[rich sapphire]

also omg the ice rink blasts xmas music

it’s so cute

[rugged field]

wha

is it open now?

[rich sapphire]

yea

it’s been open for a few days

[rugged field]

hell yeah

do u need ur own skates

[rich sapphire]

no

they have rental

[rugged field]

bet

alralr

[frigid flare]

bruh last year they only announced the decision date a week before it happened

they posted this on their twitter last year
"find x" has aged very well

[mossy frigate]

yeah i wonder if anyone tried to write about twitter for "find x" somehow

ill be sad if i dont get into uchicago because the gothic font they use for marketing is so great

[bold cairn]

ngl it may be sad at first but this school is straight ass sometimes

js lol

[mossy frigate]

yeah i should keep that in mind 😭 thanks

ill feel better when i get rejected

[frigid flare]

schools do be assin

[bold cairn]

For reference, my worst week here was when I had more energy drinks consumed than hours of sleep 💀

[runic dock]

is anyone else's uchicago account temporarily unavailable due to maintenance?

[teal glen]

Mine

Also does anyone know what date the results for ED came out last year?

[lost swallow]

i don’t drink energy drinks, will uchicago change that (if i get in 🤲)

[runic dock]

okay phew relieved to know its not just me

its been down the entire day now

[mossy frigate]

yep mine too

[runic dock]

https://youtu.be/d8M6rAc45kQ

guys check this video out - it says "optional video profile uchicago accepted class of 2028"

how can decisions be out already

[tender wigeon]

Ayoooo

[runic dock]

even his linkedin and instagram say he's in uchicago class of 2028

kinda insane

[wind viper]

hes cps

they have rolling decisions

[runic dock]

whats cps

[wind viper]

chicago public schools

[runic dock]

ohh

okay makes sm more sense than

it says hes in uwc costa rica though

[wind viper]

probably a partner schoo

[runic dock]

yeah probably

[wind viper]

oh wait that kid used to be here

in a2c server

[tacit scarab]

He got banned bc he broke 2 rules in 15 minutes 💀

He was a character

[tender wigeon]

What were they

[regal ingot]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-sad-cat-cat-depressed-depression-gif-13240550249247957481

[lost swallow]

me begging uchi admissions to let me in (i am an auto reject)

[regal ingot]

💔 🥺 good luck

[lost swallow]

tysm, you too ❤️

[frigid flare]

i found one that says accepted 2028 international

i feel like i remember discussion about international rolling admissions but i didn't think that was true

[gloomy ferry]

no way

prolly a scam

[random lintel]

yeah thats for uwc

united world colleges

its like international ib boarding schools

[frigid flare]

ohhh makes sense

three weeks until the day decisions released last year!!!

[torn path]

im from uwc tho, i didnt know they had rolling admissions?

[random lintel]

idk maybe only certain colleges within uwc?

[regal ingot]

🙏

[gloomy ferry]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz6nfeAAg7d/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
what uchicago kids do after graduation

lukastarnold

Let’s settle the peepee poopoo debate once and for all #comedysketch #lukasarnold #peepeepoopoo

Likes

70600

Instagram

[rugged field]

oh

[weak storm]

How yall holding up with the unique essay?

[lost swallow]

i did ea 🥹

[molten adder]

fun but brutal

[gloomy ferry]

same lol

the uchicago essay was my favourite and the easiest to write

[rugged field]

easiest damn.

my uchicago was my favorite too

but no it was not easy

[gloomy ferry]

lol

we'll see if i get in ajxjkwkzk

[frigid flare]

i had a very fun writing process (writing part of it, deciding it sucked, revisiting a few months later after realizing it wasn't that bad, now reconsidering)

took me literally four tries to send that

i hate my internet

[lost swallow]

i think i had a good idea but it was hard to make it exactly as i wanted to. think it was fine regardless

but it was definitely one of the hardest for me

i remember a comment about how uchi rejects or defers a lot of ea people, is that true?

[runic dock]

did you guys stick to these year's prompts or like do old ones

[gloomy ferry]

i chose a past prompt

[runic dock]

also i read somewhere that uchi allows you to change decision rounds only till 1st dec

but the option is still there this time

[lost swallow]

this years

[lost swallow]

idk if that’s true but if it is i wouldn’t be surprised

[frigid flare]

i guess if you change it now it just won't actually change

[solid flame]

gwa

[torn path]

theres no fixed date for the decision right?

[gloomy ferry]

nah

[solid flame]

any speculation on when though?

last year it was december 21st it seems

year before was december 17th

bleh :p

[regal ingot]

😨 we can't say.. im assuming the 21st

[lost swallow]

i’m assuming 16th, saturday

[frigid flare]

i say 20

[lost swallow]

lol we all have different predictions

ig well see

[solid flame]

last year was a wednesday

the year before was a friday

LIKE???

😟

[frigid flare]

let's bet

[solid flame]

fuck its most likely less than 3 weeks though

im scared

[lost swallow]

i think year before was a saturday as well

[solid flame]

strange

uchicago is DUMB!

[lost swallow]

either way i hope it’s not a weekday or i won’t be able to function the rest of the week

[frigid flare]

i say earliest is 15 and latest is 22

[solid flame]

i agree

[lost swallow]

let’s hope man 🤞

[solid flame]

with that basically exactly

[regal ingot]

they r probably using astrology to pick the date

[frigid flare]

like the churches choosing easter dates

[lost swallow]

i hope it’s closest to dec 15 so i can suffer two heartbreaks in quick succession

[regal ingot]

yes

[rugged field]

last yr uchicago's EA was later than other unis

[regal ingot]

we should check the moon phase

and use that

[lost swallow]

[solid flame]

uchicago would definitely do this

[rugged field]

idk why they did that but im guessing its yield protection?

[solid flame]

i feel like in a few years uchicago would go REA how much we wanna bet

the amount of EA applications is absurd

[rugged field]

if our head of admissions changes then yeah

but no way in hell would nondorf do that

[solid flame]

true

[lost swallow]

i thought private schools don’t do that

[solid flame]

love nondorf <3

[rugged field]

all of em do that

well not all

a lot tho

[solid flame]

ive met him a couple times bc i live in chicago so i hope mf remembers me

:(

[rugged field]

damn alr

🙏

[solid flame]

he BETTER.

[lost swallow]

me getting an excuse to justify getting rejected from all my top choices (i’m mid)

[rugged field]

he should!

[solid flame]

i live in chicago and go to a competitive high school so EA'ing uchicago is a death sentence 💀

[rugged field]

damn

ic

[solid flame]

bc a lot of people ED

[lost swallow]

is it apart of the CPS program

[rugged field]

im the first one in my school to go to uchicago

[solid flame]

hm?

we have rolling decisions

so i know about a dozen people who did that

[lost swallow]

chicago public school

[solid flame]

yeah

we have rolling decisions for chicago public schools

but i didnt wanna be binded

[rugged field]

well maybe there cd be a few ppl from my school going there like over 10 years ago

[solid flame]

so ik a few ppl who already got in

[rugged field]

but idk

[solid flame]

and a few who got rejected

[rugged field]

over 10 years ago shit was so diff

[solid flame]

and then like a dozen ppl who just regular ED'd

[lost swallow]

well both get in dw

[rugged field]

idt uchicago was even in common app by then

[solid flame]

and then another huge chunk of people who EA'd as well

[rugged field]

nor did they care abt yield

[solid flame]

:3

[regal ingot]

😨

[rugged field]

tbh tho

[regal ingot]

i wanted to ED

so bad

[rugged field]

the way uchicago lowers their AR is ingenious

[regal ingot]

uchicago my lost love 💔

[lost swallow]

there are only 3 people doing uchi at my school and i’m the only one who did EA

[solid flame]

real

if i am deferred i am not caving into EDII 💀

[rugged field]

oh

damn

alright

leaving space for princeton?

[noble field]

how do u know the stat

[solid flame]

i refuse to do anythiing binding

yes

[rugged field]

alr2

[regal ingot]

nah if i am i'm def asking my parents again

[noble field]

does ur counselor just tell u

[solid flame]

i EA'd uchicago so I could EA two other schools

[lost swallow]

well only me and two others showed up to the meeting when the rep came 😭

[solid flame]

if uchicago was also REA i would have REA'd princeton

[rugged field]

yeah2

i gotcha

[regal ingot]

ngl REA is dumb

i hate it

[frigid flare]

we were supposed to have a rep visit but bro canceled

[rugged field]

tbf

[noble field]

oh like when they visited ur school

[lost swallow]

yeah

my boy Jack came

[frigid flare]

i think like 5 or 6 are applying from my school and i'm the only one who did ed

[lost swallow]

i stayed after and spoke w him about my specific major and how i wanted to be a lawyer, he seemed pretty interested so i hope to god that is good for me

[rugged field]

i think another strategy just for u to know (im sure u've considered this before, so im just saying this to acknowledge its existence) is to ED2 uchicago to "play safe"

[noble field]

an nyu rep came to ours i think only 3 including me came

[frigid flare]

and it's not even that big a school

[lost swallow]

mine is 800 kids

[rugged field]

even if uchicago wasnt my top choice i'd still ED2 to uchicago (my experience, not necessarily recommending it)

[frigid flare]

mine's 930 or something

everyday it feels more joever

[lost swallow]

i was thinking of switching to ED2 in case of a deferral but i heard here you can’t change your round after dec 1

[rich sapphire]

have you used meal exchanges at the store by ur dorm

[rugged field]

nope

wait

[lost swallow]

i’m so deluded

[rugged field]

midway market?

[lost swallow]

i’m coping so hard

[rich sapphire]

yes

[rugged field]

nope

ive only used maroon dollars there

[rugged field]

huh what

[lost swallow]

idk i saw it mentioned here

[rugged field]

last yr so many ppl did that

it is allowed if ur deferred

[lost swallow]

ok mashallah

[rugged field]

its not just allowed its a strategy

[lost swallow]

yeah i really like uchi

it wasn’t my top choice like a month ago but doing research def made me like it a lot more

[rugged field]

i mean sure go for it

[lost swallow]

😌

[solid flame]

thats fair i just really dont want to be binded

i want options

[rugged field]

yeah no worries about it

[solid flame]

its risky ik but its just what i wanna do

[rugged field]

dwdw

all g

gl

[solid flame]

<3

[lost swallow]

youll give yourself peace of mind it’ll be better in the long run

[solid flame]

yeah true though

agh idk

we'll see how it goes

[mossy frigate]

i think like 5-6 people EDed from my school and theyre all really smart so idk if i have a chance 💀

i lowkey hope the decision comes out late bc i feel like if i get rejected ill be too sad to work on my other schools' supps and if it comes out late ill have more time before decision

[solid flame]

at least 20 from my school ED'd and that number could be up to 40 and i wouldnt be surprised 💀

thats so real

[mossy frigate]

damn

[solid flame]

i have the opposite logic i just need the adrenaline of opening a college app

[mossy frigate]

true opening summer program decisions and sat scores last yr was so exciting

[solid flame]

IT WAS

I LIKE GOT HYPED WITH ACCEPTANCES

i got rejected from ssp but then bagged like 3 other things and i was like omg

sat scores was not fun

ap scores was a lil fun

[mossy frigate]

ooo where did u go? if u dont mind sharing

[solid flame]

i did a uchicago class, a program under hispanic scholarship fund (on dorm and stuff), and a northwestern research program

so like fuck SSP because i was kept busyyyy

it was amazing

such a productive summer

[mossy frigate]

that sounds rlly awesome, northwesterns campus is amazing

[solid flame]

i love northwestern

i love all my colleges tbh 😭

i just need to get into one

[mossy frigate]

same 🤞

[rugged field]

damn

[gloomy ferry]

this is so real

[rugged field]

ic how it is

[gloomy ferry]

uchicago is my dream

[mossy frigate]

i like all of them except the safety i was accepted to 💀

[gloomy ferry]

and i have this feeling that if i ED'd i wouldve gotten in for sure

[solid flame]

lemme not compliment northwestern in here MBBBB

[gloomy ferry]

but i EA'd cuz parents didnt lemme ED

and idk if thats gonna be my downfall

[rugged field]

thats just how the world works 😔

[solid flame]

ah

I EA'd bc i hate binding but also i just want to open more than one college app this month

[gloomy ferry]

plus one of my ex-friends EA'd as well and i think her uncommon essay was cooler but i have better everything else like stats/gpa/ecs/test scores

[rugged field]

i didnt like potential safeties so i didnt apply

[solid flame]

bc i feel good about case western

[rugged field]

in fact i didnt even like most potential targets

[solid flame]

my uncommon essay was okay

my video was a hot mess

[rugged field]

closest thing i had to a target was UVA (im oos)

[gloomy ferry]

my video was quite quirky

[mossy frigate]

same lmfao i did it like 1 second before the deadline

[solid flame]

I HAD A LITERAL PACK OF UNDERWEAR ON MY DESK WHILE DOING A ROOM TOUR AND DIDNT NOTICE

ITS OVER FOR ME

[west blade]

Hello peeps , I am wondering if U Chicago good for engineering? I am interested is bioengineering 🙂 also anybody interested in that?

[gloomy ferry]

l m f a o

[gloomy ferry]

nah uchicago is more liberal arts focused

[frigid flare]

uchicago has no engineering

[solid flame]

they have quantum but idt they have bioengineering

[west blade]

Ahhh

Thanks for informing me!!!

[mossy frigate]

LMAOOO

they have molecular engineering tho

right

[west blade]

OH NO LOL 😭😂

[west blade]

Ohhh

[gloomy ferry]

does uchicago have cs

[west blade]

Let's pray they are blind enough to not see that 🙈

[frigid flare]

yerp

more theory based i think

cause it's uchicago the only time we apply anything is when applying to uchicago

[solid flame]

WELL IT SHOWS THAT I UM

CHANG MY UNDERWEAR.

THATS A GOOD PERSON TO HAVE ON CAMPUS

[west blade]

Hygienic ✅

[mossy frigate]

esp if ur a cs major ‼️

[west blade]

HELP DTAP SATP

Isjfjor 😂🙈

[solid flame]

OH THATS SO REAL

[west blade]

Are u CS?

[solid flame]

almost!

[west blade]

Phhh

[solid flame]

astrophysics

[gloomy ferry]

yall better drop your videos and uncommons if you get in

[solid flame]

so silly little diagrams with calculus and shitty python programs

[west blade]

Next thing u need is talking to women lol

[solid flame]

i dont wanna face reveal so i'll drop my uncommons

[gloomy ferry]

oh yeah fair enough!!

[solid flame]

OH YEAH? I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND

[frigid flare]

i'm dropping my uncommon but i might be too embarrassed about video

[gloomy ferry]

forgot normal people show their faces in video profiles...

[frigid flare]

autoadmit

[west blade]

NICE ✅

[solid flame]

i accidentally got clocked as a homo OMG

[mossy frigate]

i rllly wanna see peoples uncommon essays im so curious

[solid flame]

only if i get in

honestly whatever i get into i will proudly share my essays

[frigid flare]

hey this is uchicago they ain't really about normal people

[west blade]

Yay!!

[gloomy ferry]

real

the only reason im not dropping my uncommon now is because i dont want rd people to copy the idea

[gloomy ferry]

lol real

[frigid flare]

oh yeah right i'm waiting until after rd

forgot rd exists

[west blade]

Wait you are women in STEM??!!! 🛐 And with a girlfriend?!! Winning in life for real 🗣️🗣️

[frigid flare]

hopefully won't exist for me!

[gloomy ferry]

lolllll must be nice

[frigid flare]

nice except for the stem part

[west blade]

Astrophysics is stem ain't it?

[frigid flare]

it is i just mean stem isn't nice

[west blade]

Ooo

[frigid flare]

imma be real astrophysics is probably the most based stem field

[west blade]

👍

[solid flame]

im a real astrophysicist i hate math and computer science hell i hate physics i just think space i kinda cool :3

[frigid flare]

this is so real i'm always reading about space and skipping the math parts

[regal ingot]

😨 i feel like this is the setup for a hellish astrophysics experience...

[mossy frigate]

so real i love space and hate physics

[regal ingot]

u can do it though!

[solid flame]

hrfsfjg yeah i was mostly kidding

i like math

not a LOT but enough

same with coding

but i love physics and im quite good at it

my ap physics grade is literally higher than my gym grade. (dont ask)

and yes, space is cool :3

[regal ingot]

u will probably have alots of fun

[regal ingot]

😭 same

...

its bad

[solid flame]

im still not super good at physics but im not bad and i do work hard

so i'll try my best

i will likely not attempt a double major with astrophysics 💀 and if i go to a school with just physics i'd just major in that with a double major in astro or whatveer else it has

i do intend to double major or minor in creative writing though, something ive always wanted to do

[mossy frigate]

any tips 💀 ap physics is ruining my life

[west blade]

Wdym y'all I had a great time with AP physics!!! (My AP physics teacher is an angel & I go to office hours to clear my doubts)

[solid flame]

focus on learning how to do the problems first 💀

concepts usually made sense after that

well focus on a few concepts

like understand concepts 50%, drill problems and itll work its way up to success

you will not leave ap physics understanding everything

i certainly wont, and idt i'll get a 5

[mossy frigate]

ooh ok ill def try that

[west blade]

Also if you find old AP tests practices those before ur school tests. It helps a lot lol

[solid flame]

but enough where ik what im doing and how to approach things

[west blade]

Also watch AP daily free response videos for AP EM is so helpful

[mossy frigate]

oh yeah i havent tried doing the old tests, ill try that too

[west blade]

I didn't understand shit for free responses without daily video and watching those helped me immensely lmao

Mechanics is cool

[solid flame]

oh yeah watch all the AP videos

even if u dont fully understand it its good to have a clear picture of what you need to know

i watch the ap videos, get confused as shit, but then ik what i need to learn

and then once i feel confident in the unit i just look at the titles of the ap videos and im like "hm do i mostly know what this is 💀"

[frigid flare]

concepts constantly kill me cause my teacher refuses to teach them

he only teaches us the equations but pretends he's teaching us the concepts and is surprised when we don't know them

[west blade]

My school's AP physics class curved everybody grades so its was A's and B's without the curve we were all getting C's and few D's ☠️💀😭

[west blade]

:/ aw man

[mossy frigate]

yea ours is curved too, we get the square root

[solid flame]

concepts are the thing you luckily can 100% grasp through videos at least for me

[solid flame]

we get curves for our tests and still do poorly 💀

like the curve is not generous its appropriate

[west blade]

But like the ppl who actually get A's in my class without curves are beasts 😭. 2 of them enrolled in 2nd year college physics (dual enrollment) after AP physics and won state level physics team lol

[mossy frigate]

same theres one guy who has a 100 avg but theres also kids who get 25% on tests

[solid flame]

well theyre just weird tbh

i have gotten like one uncurved A

i average curved low A's/high B's on tests

this most recent test was probably my worst one though

[west blade]

Me too let's goo

[solid flame]

oscillations and gravitations kicked my ass for no reason yet i get A's on rotations??

djglkdfjg

[west blade]

What topic 😮

[solid flame]

oscillation and gravitation

bc it was right after thanksgiving break so i felt very very unprepared for gravitation

oscillation went ok but my mistakes added up so i'll probably get a C

[west blade]

Aw man :/

[solid flame]

gravitation frq i may as well left blank 💀

[west blade]

Maybe the curve can help you :))

[solid flame]

like all the equations were in front of me and i messed up

yeah itll curveme a C

which for now is ok but i may have to retake

[west blade]

AP physics frqs are another breed fr 😭

It's so different from the practice frqs my teachers gives, like more difficult

[solid flame]

i did bad on the mcq which was prolly the worst part

[west blade]

And my mind goes blank for those

[solid flame]

whateverrr i just didnt study

i'll get a C

[west blade]

I mean if your overall is still okay/good then u don't need to worry too much 🤷‍♀️

[solid flame]

lcdjflkd yeah true!

im chillign

[west blade]

Bing chilling 😎

[regal ingot]

IK

I"M SO BAD AT THEM

[west blade]

Practicing old questions too

Its like do I even know what happening?! 🫣

[mossy frigate]

💀 i was just checking twitter to see if they dropped the ED decisions date and saw this https://twitter.com/ThisIsUChicago/status/1730615383210459576

[gloomy ferry]

I EXPECTED THIS

[vast sand]

uchicago quirky moment

[regal ingot]

LMAO I SAW THIS

[bold cairn]

In case anyone's curious, UChi released early rounds on Dec 21 for the c/o 2025

found date from an old screenshot of my acceptance letter

[torn path]

So the past release dates of uchicago for each class are
2028- Dec.
2027- Dec. 21
2026- Dec. 17
2025- Dec. 21

[gloomy ferry]

probs gonna be dec 17

[tacit scarab]

They’re not gonna release on a Sunday

Those data points aren’t enough to form that pattern even disregarding the Sunday date

[gloomy ferry]

oh i was just saying based on the pattern so

21 17 21 17 21 17 21 17

[tacit scarab]

I understand, but you don’t have enough for a pattern really

[gloomy ferry]

makes sense yeah

just gotta wait and see ig

[native nova]

Can my why essay be around 250 words?

Or is that short? There’s no word limit

[rugged field]

sure

they recommend 250-500

[molten crypt]

these 9 week quarters are not it 💀

[wind viper]

why not? (j wondering)

[torn path]

can someone please read my why uchicago essay and give me feedback on it :))

[regal ingot]

UC Hicago

[molten adder]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/800761415388102676/1073147469946429440/ezgif-5-af7dc3c5b3.gif

[untold hill]

i dodged that bullet-

[gloomy ferry]

sure!

[gloomy ferry]

mine's 700💀

[torn path]

thank you! sending you a dm (mine's 900 :'))

[untold hill]

Mine was like 1100

I got deferred EA then got in during RD iirc

[torn path]

now youre in princeton?

[untold hill]

yeah, they decided to give me no money because of some weird FAFSA thing

[rich sapphire]

https://youtu.be/CRrf3h9vhp8?si=DoEcQoLWccVZprJG

[untold hill]

so i went to the school that did 💀

[molten adder]

how much does uchicago cost without need based finaid

[gloomy ferry]

my god

[molten crypt]

it’s very fast and you learn a LOT and then you’re already taking finals lmao

[molten crypt]

snowed here in october 😍

a whole week in november averaged 18 degrees cel

[upper elm]

this shit is a rollercoaster

the math course i'm in is like

free for 4 days

and then bullshit for the next 8

💀

loop on repeat and now we're at finals week and my ass is about to get clapped

at least the third floor eckhart classroom is actually insane

the view is so hot 😭

[molten adder]

this can’t be right 😭😭

[drowsy spoke]

oh it is

[surreal palm]

wouldve ED’d to uchi if i wasnt scared by the price

[gloomy ferry]

lol REAL

[surreal palm]

if i got accepted ED w no money my parents would drop kick me

[gloomy ferry]

literally me lol

Did you ea?

[surreal palm]

yup

[upper elm]

the weather is so ass

💀

[vale sluice]

i mean you can get out if its not financially feasible

[surreal palm]

o rly i didnt see anything abt that on their like i did for other schools w ed

[vale sluice]

did you run the net price tho

cuz ik uchi has really generous aid

[untold hill]

yuppp i live in chicago so i would've had to stay for that mess 💀

it hasn't snowed up here not once yet

[mossy frigate]

my southern ass would not survive chicago winter

[frigid flare]

i be living in the midwest but not far north enough to get actual good snow so i yearn for the cold

[solid flame]

It snowed here on my birthday once💜(my birthdays in may)

[upper elm]

yeah so hh

the terror of chicago weather isnt that it hits 110f or -30f

which does happen every few years for no reason (other than climate change tbh which ig is a pretty big reason)

but rather that the weather is just wholly incorrect

random 50 degrees in december

but it might be 5 degrees the next day

or even 10 in the morning and 40 by late in the day

and then it's just like 2 degrees in mid march for no reason and it's like

🙂

[molten adder]

I JUST WANT A DATE

[upper elm]

go ask someone out then fr

[solid flame]

damn

[restive gazelle]

would anyone happen to have pictures of views outside of any uchicago library windows or just any windows by any chance

[upper elm]

like

from inside looking out?

@restive gazelle

[rugged field]

which one

oh

any library

ill send u if i find some

[restive gazelle]

yeah from in to out

[upper elm]

time to take a picture looking into ratner pool kekw

errmmm if nobody sends one by tomorrow i'll send one from eckhart 308

[solid flame]

i could bike over there if yall need 💀

(i wont do that)

[jaunty girder]

those two are from the windows at the top of the cathedral

[jaunty girder]

and here's my dorm room view

[molten adder]

are you in a chicago public school?

[solid flame]

yea

[rugged field]

bruh

which street u in

gotta bike across 63rd!

[regal ingot]

OH MY GOD

😍😍

[regal ingot]

So do I

[molten adder]

did you apply rolling?

i wish i could’ve so bad

[solid flame]

no

but i prolly shouldve

bleh

[frigid flare]

uchicago my beloved!!!!!!!

[random lintel]

💀

is uchicago rly in the hood like that

[solid flame]

a little bit

sllightly more hood than average

[upper elm]

ye

past 60th is kinda sus

ppl get mugged on the block that lab is on

💀

and that'0s only 59th

[rugged field]

chillax

j face it like a man

[upper elm]

nah im good

pepper spray carries

unless they have a gun then it's wraps ig

🙂

[rugged field]

guns r fine

dw abt it

[upper elm]

💀

my bad boss

[rugged field]

again, j face it like a man

[rugged field]

no worries! we all learn

[upper elm]

[upper elm]

ok but actually like

it's kinda sus sometimes

obv if ur in like

the quad

ur chilling

south of 60th can get a little sus

[random lintel]

true