University of Chicago (UChicago) (2023-2024)

[upper elm]

(s)

[cosmic bane]

we exist

[rugged field]

me

thx torquen=man

[cosmic bane]

i get private lessons from a college professor who is also head of the maths department

so harder college courses already

wbu?

[rugged field]

ok

[wind viper]

Does everyone still have their withdraw button

[frigid flare]

i do

[cosmic bane]

well im dutch so our education system is standardized

i do believe AO's in america look at your achievements contextually

if thats the highest your school offers, it's not your fault

make the most of what you can do

[torn path]

do the decisions come out in chicago time or in our local time

[frigid flare]

chicago time

probably 4pm chicago time

[little schooner]

I think the vast majority is in AB or BC, I don't know any high school near me that offers multivariable, let alone anything after that, and I live in SoCal.

[mossy frigate]

whats the importance of the withdrawal button

is it good or bad

i applied for data science and im in the highest my high school offers too

[wind viper]

withdrawal button may imply deferral

[mossy frigate]

ah that makes sense

[upper elm]

Yes.

[echo shuttle]

Wait does anyone not have a withdrawal button

[glass bear]

least insane lab kid

[shy torrent]

still have

[echo shuttle]

okay yea same 💀

Reddit got me freaking out 😭

[shy torrent]

is someone claiming to not have it????

[rugged field]

skill issue

absolutely a skill issue on their part

[torn path]

i think for some, it will start to change the day before the decision's release,, i mean if uchicago still hasnt fixed it

[shy torrent]

ah so this has happend historically

is what ur saying

[proud lynx]

for ed or both ed and ea

[thorn cloud]

I still have it

are you serious

[frigid flare]

everyone has it rn

[torn path]

but it usually shows when the release is very near

[frigid flare]

if some people don't and some people do right beforehand, then that might be something

uchicago's only confirmed astrology

[thorn cloud]

ah ok

my anxiety spiked for a sec

[torn path]

do some people not have it anymore????

[frigid flare]

no everyone has it

[thorn cloud]

apparently somebody on reddit was claiming as such

[frigid flare]

redditors when they have the opportunity to lie

[torn path]

does uchicago waitlist ed/ea applicants or is it usually defer reject or accept

ohh oki

[echo shuttle]

LMAO fr 😭

[wind viper]

send a ss

no

Application Withdrawal form

[shy torrent]

had me shaking 💀

you should have it

[molten adder]

can someone screenshot

what it looks like

idk what to look for

dm?

still got it

[thorn cloud]

don’t gimme heart attacks bro

[molten adder]

is this confirmed?

[thorn cloud]

idk for that actually

[molten adder]

damn

[shy torrent]

i think 2.5k ed1 12.5k ea

[glossy spoke]

This is what my dean & counselors told me

[shy torrent]

could be higher i hear the ed1 acceptance rate is 25% ish and i estimate they take 700 ish through ed1

yeah

i'm ea so the acceptance rate is probs 1.5% direct ea 💀

wbu ed 1?

[thorn cloud]

i’m ed1 I believe

oh nope I was ea

i’m praying

I’m low key regretting not picking ED1 now

[shy torrent]

ea -> ed2 is 22% tho so if my other ea goes bad i might do that

[shy torrent]

you can ed2

[mossy frigate]

the eds from my school def increased i think they abt doubled 3 to like 6

[molten adder]

i have 2 others with higher gpas

[thorn cloud]

will it lower my chances of admission

[molten adder]

acceptance rate??

[shy torrent]

yep

[molten adder]

seems pretty high

[mossy frigate]

same the others have higher gpa for me too

[shy torrent]

thats what my school counselor said

[thorn cloud]

i ain’t doing that then

[molten adder]

do they defer a lot?

[shy torrent]

yes

almost everyone ea

[glossy spoke]

I dont even care abt getting in anymore atp i just want to stop writing apps

[shy torrent]

real

[molten adder]

no shot they take 45% ed lmaooo

[thorn cloud]

bros making me lose all hope

[molten adder]

i wish they did

[shy torrent]

nah you got this

[thorn cloud]

if they took 45% ed that would be insane

[glossy spoke]

Yea 45 is too high

[torn path]

wait where did you get this

[molten adder]

def not

i bet its <15%

[glossy spoke]

Think ive heard ppl claiming anywhere from 17% to like 30

[molten adder]

prob depends on major too

[shy torrent]

i heard 15k total ed1 + ea somewhere i forget atm. ik the ed1 acceptance rate is around 25-30 and they do 700 ish through ed1 so that suggests around 2.5-3.5k ed1 applicants and the rest ea

[thorn cloud]

I don’t think uchicago releases admission for ED/EA vs RD

[mossy frigate]

yea its not on CDS either

[glossy spoke]

These are all estimates

[molten adder]

there are prob a lot more ed this year duke had like 30% increase

[shy torrent]

yeah

[quiet dawn]

no portal astrology

[thorn cloud]

I feel bad for students applying to college 15 years from now

[molten adder]

uhhhh it was relevant to convo

[thorn cloud]

all t20s will have a 1% acceptance rate

[quiet dawn]

irrelevant because it falls under a banned topic

[shy torrent]

its unsustainable i dont think the system will last till then

[glossy spoke]

Wait is there a real reason you guys dont allow portal astrology or is it like an inside joke thing

[thorn cloud]

actually no gen alpha ain’t that bright

[shy torrent]

^^ am very curious

[torn path]

yes yes so sorry i forgot

[molten adder]

negative logic but ok

[quiet dawn]

because it's a waste of time and gets anxious students even more anxious, studying portals for nonsense reasons

[quiet dawn]

it's a reminder to everyone in this thread

[little schooner]

Yeah its 15k for EA + ED

It's an insane amount

But that's because of Questbridge + UWC + CPS Rolling + UChicago immersion programs

There's a lot of rounds

[shy torrent]

crazy

[glossy spoke]

Fair

[shy torrent]

my ea ass rlly gonna need a miracle to make it

[little schooner]

ED is looking tough

[thorn cloud]

according to a reddit comment I found from 4 years ago UChicago accepts 80% of the class from EA/ED

[little schooner]

500 comments on the a2c thread

[mossy frigate]

anyone else only have 3 yrs of language

[molten adder]

AO told me it was 50% (ED1/EA)

[glossy spoke]

So we apping in the worst years possible

[little schooner]

That's insane and we're not even in the ED2 round

[thorn cloud]

and that was for the class of 2023

[torn path]

i dont think uwc students have rolling admissions

[shy torrent]

the birth rate did peak in 2006

so yes

actually

[thorn cloud]

yeah this comment was from 4 years ago so it probably changed

[little schooner]

Me, but I got a 5 on an AP Lang exam so idk if that covers it

[molten adder]

apparently they take ~25% from each

[little schooner]

Yeah they do

[thorn cloud]

the estimated RD acceptance rate for uchicago is 3.15%

[little schooner]

Ik someone who already got in

[mossy frigate]

o i mean foreign language

[torn path]

i am from uwc

[glossy spoke]

Me . Dropped to take ap stats

[thorn cloud]

according to chicago maroon

tomorrow

[little schooner]

I meant ap (foreign) language

[shy torrent]

which year?

[glass bear]

today was emory and caltech i think

[mossy frigate]

same actually! haha

[quiet dawn]

big release tomorrow. it is TERRIBLE

[glass bear]

IVY DAY

[glossy spoke]

But im korean national so i dont think theyll be worried abt like language exp diversity stuff

[thorn cloud]

2019

[quiet dawn]

princeton, harvard, cornell, penn, yale, duke, vandy, columbia

[shy torrent]

probs way lower then w the covid surge

[mossy frigate]

ah, i think ur good then i feel like an ap will make up for the years

[quiet dawn]

All tomorrow

[little schooner]

I saw someone from UWC say they didn't know they had rolling admissions, so it's probably not that well known

[rich sapphire]

overall rate last yr was 4.4

[thorn cloud]

yep

[little schooner]

It's probably way lower than that

I wouldn't be surprised if it's like 1%

[shy torrent]

i think my 1.5% ea prediction is p accurate

[shy torrent]

yeah

in the 1-2% range probs

[little schooner]

They take 80% during the EDI and EDII rounds

That's insane

[molten adder]

wild

[little schooner]

There's a reason why they don't reveal ED acc rates

[molten adder]

where did you hear this

im pretty sure its false

[thorn cloud]

the actual numbers are probably pretty close to that

[shy torrent]

the 25% each stat is fradulent i rememeber now

[glossy spoke]

My school is gonna burn down tmr (metaphorically)

[molten adder]

ik a couple ppl that got in RD

[little schooner]

80% of the class. People have given that number with stats proof

[shy torrent]

basically the way they justify that is they consider ea applications they defer to edii and accept ea applicaitons

[molten adder]

can you share source im curious

[little schooner]

Yield rate is 88%, more than any T20 I believe

[mossy frigate]

so tru im acc kinda glad uchicago comes out later cuz i can see everyone else react first

[shy torrent]

so they can say they took 25% from ea

[molten adder]

can you ED2 if you get deferred ED1?

[shy torrent]

yes

[untold hill]

same i heard that too

[glossy spoke]

Yes but i heard ur chances are close to zero

[molten adder]

ill prob do it anyways

actually in love with the school

[frigid flare]

yup because of schedule conflict, but i ended on spanish 4 senior year so it should be fine

[glass bear]

no what

if you're deferred ED1 you have to go into the RD pool

[thorn cloud]

yep

[shy torrent]

oh fr?

[mossy frigate]

why? out of curiosity

[frigid flare]

really? i haven't heard that ever

[molten adder]

the ppl the core the campus the econ etc

[thorn cloud]

yeah all deferrals move to RD for pretty much all college admissions

[thorn cloud]

huh

[mossy frigate]

nah im pretty sure they said u could switch to ed2 in the letter to applicants right

[shy torrent]

ea deferalls can do ed2

[shy torrent]

i can tell you that

[little schooner]

https://www.reddit.com/r/uchicago/s/d5NrGHoE4d

Survey from uchicago sub

And that was three cycles ago

[frigid flare]

i just looked it up i'm like 90% sure you can ed2 after deferred ed1

[little schooner]

So it's more now because yield rate has gone up. (80 v 88)

[glass bear]

oh wait no thats this year

[shy torrent]

yeah if they didn't do that they'd be losing free yield

[glass bear]

my brother graduated last year and he couldnt do that when he applied

[little schooner]

Yeah you can

[glass bear]

oopsie

old info

[torn path]

Defer: We are not able to offer you a place in the Class of 2028 at this time, but we will reconsider your application and give you a final decision during the Early Decision II or Regular Decision round. Please complete our defer response form available in your UChicago Account by January 16, 2024.

[glass bear]

soz about that lmao

[little schooner]

But they I've only seen one person in the entire a2c sub get deferred EDI

[glossy spoke]

That reddit pole has to have some bias

[molten adder]

60% sounds much more reasonable

[shy torrent]

fs

[thorn cloud]

ah ok gotcha

[glossy spoke]

Every stats knowledge left my brain when I finished finals today

[molten adder]

W

[glass bear]

oh thats fire

hell yeah

[glossy spoke]

UGGGHHHEHFJDHF I JUST

WANT TO STOP WRITING ESSAYS ABT THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER

[little schooner]

Dw we're all getting in

[glossy spoke]

YOU TOO

JDHSJDJENDNF THANKS

is it just me or is harvard and yale’s rep like not the best rn

[molten adder]

ong

i want my decision sooner just so i have motivation to work on other applications

[reef grove]

ive never noticed a withsrawal button

[random lintel]

It’s called a form iirc

[grand fern]

maybe they meant decision change? yall are right

[frigid flare]

this is a good point

[grand fern]

do the withdraw option ever disappear

[upper elm]

withdraw after getting accepted

[grand fern]

im shaking in my boots yall

i dont want to do any more applications

[worldly flax]

did people receive anything about the decision date?

[frigid flare]

december 18

[worldly flax]

how do you know?

i didnt receive any email nor did I see any updates on the portal but I did hear some people say its dec 18

[frigid flare]

posted on instagram and twitter

[worldly flax]

ohh

[frigid flare]

they don't send email or do protal

it's also on website

it's weird

[worldly flax]

bruh

[frigid flare]

https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/

they have big message here

[mossy frigate]

its weird that they send emails for the most random stuff but not the decision date lol

[molten adder]

fr lmao

was just thinking that

[frigid flare]

they just stopped sending me emails after i applied

bruh

[worldly flax]

same

[frigid flare]

did anyone else see that

[grand fern]

me too

[fossil summit]

i wanted to use the search bar to see if ppl have talked abt getting in

💀

oops

[frigid flare]

can't search in megathreads

it's one of the most annoying things about this setup

[fossil summit]

ive had two friends get in, one a month ago, and one many months ago but like how is that even possible??

im tryna figure that out

[frigid flare]

do they go to a chicago public school?

or a uwc?

[grand fern]

what prospective majors did u guys put

[frigid flare]

those have rolling admissions

also questbridge

[fossil summit]

no to either

[frigid flare]

linguistics and i'm planning to double in anthropology

[fossil summit]

it was before questbridge match

[frigid flare]

hmmmmmmmmmmm interesting that's suspicious

from what i can tell that's slightly impossible

[grand fern]

ohh nice i was thinking about doing linguistics

[grand fern]

are they athletes

[frigid flare]

ohhhh yeah that would do it

[glossy spoke]

chem

[frigid flare]

so many people in this server are into linguistics it's funny

[grand fern]

lol really

[glossy spoke]

ling is awesome

[grand fern]

oh la la

[glossy spoke]

i wanted to ling before i took chem in 10th grade and got a little too invsted

[fossil summit]

honestly dont know lol, theyre across my state

[grand fern]

i put east asian civ

[frigid flare]

10th grade chem annihilated my love for stem, can't relate

[glossy spoke]

ohhh unique major

[frigid flare]

imma be real i didn't know people actually did those majors 💀 but that's really cool

[glossy spoke]

i had fun looking thru all the major options on the UC app

[frigid flare]

we had a discussion about the crazy majors like a week ago

[glossy spoke]

|| good looking teacher might have helped 👀 ||

[frigid flare]

uchicago, the only university where you can get your phd in lesbian dance therapy!

[grand fern]

LMAO

[frigid flare]

ABSOLUTELY CANNOT RELATE

[molten adder]

i applied econ im screwed

my gpa gonna murder me

[upper elm]

they just wrote that shit in the course catalog for fun

they're literally scrambling after her application

[molten adder]

70th percentile gpa in my school 💀

[upper elm]

trying to fabricate the courses now

[glossy spoke]

grade rank is so

dumb imo

[frigid flare]

my chem teacher was like walter white with zero of the hot

[glossy spoke]

i think schools shouldnt do them

[molten adder]

i understand why they do tho

[grand fern]

lmaooo im wishing on the stars

[glossy spoke]

walter white isnt hot

delta H positive

[frigid flare]

ok walter white isn't hot but bryan cranston is

like the character is obviously a terrible person

but he could knock on my door any day 😳

[mossy frigate]

lucky ive never had a good looking teacher in my life 😭

[grand fern]

chem is always impressive because i still havent actually learned it

[glossy spoke]

usually if you stare at the periodic table long enough it just tells you the answer out of pity

[mossy frigate]

so true thats why chem is my favorite physics needs something like that

[glossy spoke]

so true

[upper elm]

"why does the reaction act like this"

stare at coulomb's law more, fool

💀

[frigid flare]

if you stare at a rope long enough it tells you its tension

[upper elm]

true

alternatively i could go test it out myself

[molten adder]

gauss >>>

[frigid flare]

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

[glossy spoke]

bruh physics man . they be coming up with crazy ass contraptions with like a spring and two blocks

[mossy frigate]

tried this on my last test, got a 60

[upper elm]

physics is degenerate bro

"i will just put a negative sign here because i think it makes sense"

YOU ARE HARMING MATHEMATICS

[grand fern]

im on my fourth year of bio and just absolutely fantastic

[frigid flare]

unfathomably based

[grand fern]

its horrible

[glossy spoke]

= "Im gonna pure math major"

[upper elm]

💀

[frigid flare]

gatekeeping math 💀

[upper elm]

the gatekeeping is just not putting - on random shit

[glossy spoke]

i literally got a 8/15 on the last frq

finals tomorrow kms

[frigid flare]

honestly though my physics teacher doesn't teach us what signs mean he just says "don't worry about it" and it freaks me out

[glossy spoke]

about to turn my PE into KE on top of a tall building

[upper elm]

🤨

[frigid flare]

WHAT THE HELL IS A NEGATIVE VOLTAGE

[mossy frigate]

mines on friday we can do this!!

[upper elm]

This is what I'm saying.

at least it's not biology

wanted to explain life? we already had a science for that; it was called "organic chemistry."

🗿

[frigid flare]

so true

[glossy spoke]

you are so hot

[frigid flare]

i ❤️ ecology but biology is my biggest opp ong

[upper elm]

💀

[grand fern]

i hate this for me but love this 😭

[frigid flare]

just like walter white fr

[upper elm]

yes i am indeed rapidly losing energy

exothermic irl

[grand fern]

bio is just so boring

[upper elm]

biology more like macrochemistry

stop calling it what it's not fr

[frigid flare]

i literally just had this thought today

[glossy spoke]

organic chemistry be like "just spin it around in your head"

[upper elm]

💀

honestly

half of the weird shit in beginning orgo is just like

[frigid flare]

i was saying "we need more macrochemistry we need bigger molecules" and then i remembered dna exists

[upper elm]

see that line there

flip it up like 120 degrees

[mossy frigate]

this is so real bc what is this

[upper elm]

now draw it again

[grand fern]

guys i was only in three classes this semester 😭

[glossy spoke]

how

[frigid flare]

brah you what

[glossy spoke]

we have a five credit min

[frigid flare]

we have six credit min

[grand fern]

idk

i do dual enrollment only

[glossy spoke]

i literally had that exact problem

[grand fern]

and chinese II was 5 credits

[upper elm]

and now you know it's time to google

[glossy spoke]

had my math final today on this one question everyone got 1/3 and i got like 38

[grand fern]

atleast you got a 3

[glossy spoke]

FAX

[regal ingot]

this is so me

Cornell 😇 😍 🥰 💕 😝 😘 😋 😙 🥵

[gloomy ferry]

4 days left!!!

(if you saw me in the gtown thread no you didn't)

[gloomy ferry]

exactly

[bold cairn]

This school is dumb

Tbh

[reef grove]

true

[rugged field]

i cant even disagree tbh

i love uchicago but.

.

[torn path]

does uchicago really receive around 15k early applicants? because that is quite insane,, the most ed applications to a uni that ive seen is 13k, which is nyu,, and it receives a 100k applications every year,, while uchicago receives like 38k

[rugged field]

they do yeah

[torn path]

oh wait of that 15k how many do you think are ed applicants?

[rugged field]

half maybe idrk

a lot of ppl also apply EA

actually

hm

actually no probs like way less than half

maybe like 3k are ED applicants

4k

[torn path]

ohh okay thats fair

[rugged field]

ye

[rugged field]

tbh

i think thats j cuz of the general perception that EA/ED are easier to get in with than RD

[torn path]

that makes sense, especially with everyone saying that almost nobody gets in through RD

[rugged field]

if we talk in terms of proportion

nyu probs doesnt get nearly as much binding applicants cuz ppl think its not ambitious enough

[torn path]

nyu's cds shows that they recieved around 14k ed applicants

[rugged field]

nyu is lowkey just like

a school ppl apply to without thinking much about it

[torn path]

thats true,, and the reason why uchicago has less applicants than other top schools of its caliber is because of its essay requirements

[rugged field]

ye

nah not j that

also cuz they dont have engineering

[torn path]

yes that as well

[rugged field]

thats also why barely any indonesians get in

[torn path]

really?

[rugged field]

yeah

like

[torn path]

because a lot of indonesian applicants want to do engineering?

[rugged field]

a large portion of indonesians with competitive uni applications are engineering kids

[torn path]

ohh i see i see

whats your major if i may ask

[rugged field]

i was thinking math + stats

but now im leaning towards CAM (computational and applied mathematics) + econ

[torn path]

ohh okay okay

[rugged field]

hbu

wat major u thikning of

[torn path]

political science or law letters and society

[rugged field]

ouch

LLS

polisci is great

[torn path]

wait why 😭

[rugged field]

lls is even better but they got an application for that

nah nothing against LLS it's a good major

its j like

hard to get in

actually idk how hard it is to get in

[torn path]

yes yess ive read about that huhu

[rugged field]

but like definitely a non-zero chance for one to get rejected from it

[torn path]

okay good thing i indicated polsci in my application

wait is it a good thing or is it as competitive

[rugged field]

oh nah that doesnt matter

[torn path]

oh okay

[rugged field]

dw about it

its j like

once ur already in uni

every first year starts undeclared anyways

im glad thats the case tho

cuz otherwise i wdnt have been able to do econ

[torn path]

okaay okay

[shy torrent]

!uchicago

[gloomy ferry]

OMG I'm lls too

[gloomy ferry]

Damn really

[rugged field]

ye

[rugged field]

.

[rugged field]

.

sm1 ik is tryina get in the lls major

anyways gl yall

[vast sand]

bruh I just got mail from uchicago

WHY ARE THEY SENDING MAIL SO LATE

maybe its a sign 😳

[shy torrent]

what was in the mail? 👀

[vast sand]

it said congratulations!!1!!1!

just kidding it was just normal promotional mail

[rugged field]

🙏🙏🙏

[shy torrent]

they're j teasing you

[little schooner]

They accept roughly 700 or 800 from ED. That's a high acceptance rate

I've always said that this is the reason why they don't publish round decision acceptance rates.

[shy torrent]

yeah this is my guess as well

[bold cairn]

Sounds about right from my exp. of being ED 3 cycles ago

[quartz kayak]

Is uchicago good I'm staying there next summer 😭

[glossy spoke]

Wait why . Spill the tea

[grand fern]

did any one do coke scholars round 2

[echo shuttle]

did anyone receive request for grades for quarter 1

[frigid flare]

i didn't

surely this means it's over

[vast sand]

my transcript included quarter one grades so idk

[echo shuttle]

I also didn’t just checking 😭

[frigid flare]

oh bruh 💀

[echo shuttle]

I’m sooo paranoid rn last year someone from my school@got one which was weird 😭

[lost swallow]

guys i did EA, how fucked am i

https://tenor.com/view/lebronzo-gif-15846499318475520821

[thorn cloud]

i’m in the same boat bro

[vast sand]

me too

but the only thing that's fucked is ED, stay strong EA-ers 💪

[solid flame]

I like my app a lot, its lookin mad deferrable rn💀

[hexed jackal]

lol same

It might be over for ED1

[bold cairn]

no tea in particular / it's just dumb

lol

[river flare]

getting hella anxious

[glass bear]

four days squad

the vibes can’t get worse right

[runic dock]

yale just came out shit is getting real

all the main

ones

will be out by 18th

[river flare]

the yalies thread just made me panic even more

[runic dock]

same

cant believe people my age are getting into yale

when did we even grow up

[river flare]

literally

[echo shuttle]

stop fr

[river flare]

my freshman dumbass was dreaming of this

[runic dock]

YEAH IKR

i used to watch

college decision reactions

all day

now it scares me shitless so i do not.

[river flare]

manifesting 🕯️

[runic dock]

always

UCHICAGO GODS SAVE US

[river flare]

see yall in chicago

[runic dock]

i really hope so

i love y'all youve kept me sane

as sane as i can be rn

[river flare]

we got this 🫂 whatever happens theres way better out there

[vast sand]

honestly lol me watching the yale thread as decisions came out made me hella nervous

[glass bear]

the goon in the Yale thread who EDed to NYU and REA to Yale

[vast sand]

i just saw that lmfao 😭

maybe that's the strategy tho

[molten adder]

is that legal?

[vast sand]

i dont think so

unless they're trolling

[little schooner]

Fr, we're the last ones to have our decision

This is gonna be a painful weekend

[grand marten]

thoughts on applying econ without any econ experience??

[echo shuttle]

i might be biased but idt it's that bad bc Uchic prioritizes a lot of having a liberal arts education one of my friends got in last year econ without econ experience

might be wrong tho idk

[grand fern]

its not illegal but its not allowed

[lapis veldt]

YEAH 💀

[rugged field]

thats fine

[lost swallow]

rejected from penn so we team uchicago now 🤞

[fading socket]

Rejected from Princeton

It’s time for UChicago ED2

https://tenor.com/view/fc-bayern-fcb-bayern-bayern-munich-bayern-munchen-gif-16175373

[noble field]

Uchicago ea on Monday

🤞

[surreal palm]

[solid flame]

they slacking fr

[rugged field]

bruh

this school rlly be the ivy rejects uni

[fading socket]

it’s still a great uni tho

originally I would’ve done ED here anyway but didn’t

[rugged field]

ok

[lost swallow]

YESSIR WE MOVE

inshallah i get deferred so i can switch to ed2

[mossy frigate]

bruh did ed application rates increase a lot for every school

i feel like every school is saying that their ed/ea applicants are historically high

[glass bear]

i thought that was to make you feel better if you got rejected

[noble field]

If that’s the case then I’m gonna be even more disappointed

[lost swallow]

man

[rugged field]

lol yea

[grand fern]

nah because theyll be rejecting everyone too 😭

[rugged field]

silly chicago

[glass bear]

tweaking at the thought of waiting four more days

[upper elm]

will be twerking at the thought of waiting four more days

[glass bear]

throw it back on the nuclear reactor plaque

[radiant vine]

real

[upper elm]

they're about to be mad when i break into the metlab just to throw it back in front of some of the leading physicists in the world

[mossy frigate]

any other uchicago ed/ea'ers scared shitless after seeing todays decisions

[lost swallow]

yeah

[thorn cloud]

mhm

[grand marten]

what im saying

[proper fulcrum]

EA does nothing right?

only abit better than RD?

[little schooner]

They accept like 5% of EA applicants

EA -> EDII is the way to go I guess but the EDII pool is crazy competitive because of the Ivy SCEA/REA defers

[bold cairn]

Yea ed2 is more comp for sure but still better than rd

[little schooner]

I thought applying EDI was strategic but I guess this pool is getting cracked too

[little schooner]

EDII gives you a x20 boost compared to RD from what I've heard

[bold cairn]

Ehh idt it's that high tbh

[little schooner]

Every college pool is cracked at this point. I even saw someone at my school with a 3.4 getting rejected from UArizona

[bold cairn]

Rd is like 2% iirc so that'd be saying ed2 is 20% which seems high

But then again I don't keep track of numbers anymore lmao

[little schooner]

EDII acc rate is around 15% and RD is probably less than 1%

I've done insane research on college stats, almost like a full-time job for me

[bold cairn]

Rd being <1% seems low tbh

Tbh I could ask a friend and he could get me stats but not my place really

Whatevs it's j low yea it's lowk wild

[little schooner]

I've heard it's like .5%

I've also done some math and I do get between .5 and 1

[bold cairn]

interesting

I may ask my friend since he'd tell me and now I'm a bit curious

But not until after break I'm enjoying my total split from anything related to class

[fading socket]

im not good talent so uchicago edii makes sense

might get lucky or something

[bold cairn]

ngl my app was awful lmao

low gpa/test scores/very few AP scores/normal ecs lmao

[little schooner]

I didn't sleep for a whole day to get my app done

It was miserable

[fading socket]

where do you go now?

[bold cairn]

I practically shit posted my essays iirc

[little schooner]

If you're from a feeder you're golden

[bold cairn]

uchicago lmao

[random lintel]

is your dorm at oblock

[bold cairn]

I'm a third year

[fading socket]

broski how did you get in then

[bold cairn]

no clue

[fading socket]

teach me your ways

[little schooner]

They love feeders

[bold cairn]

Public school kid

[little schooner]

They haven't accepted a single student from my school in a decade

[bold cairn]

First year dorm actually wasn't that far away but I'm off campus now and further away

[little schooner]

What were your stats

[bold cairn]

This won't be exact bc I don't remember exact gpa and shit but they were approximately:

3.8uw/4.4w/33 act/2x 5s on ap exams

[rich sapphire]

“low gpa”

mf

[little schooner]

I was expecting a 3.6 ☠️

[rich sapphire]

RIGHT

[bold cairn]

I wasn't top 20% of my school iirc

[fading socket]

i got a 3.64uw its joever

[little schooner]

Damn 20% has more than a 4.4 W GPA

At your school

[bold cairn]

Had an updated trend tho iirc but mainly since I just fucked around fresh yr and got kicked out of class a ton

[little schooner]

That's insane

[little schooner]

I think it depends heavily on the school you go to

[bold cairn]

Lmao tbf standards change like I got a 3.4 rn 💀💀

[rugged field]

damn

[little schooner]

3.4 is not low at UChicago, I've heard companies give you extra points just because you're from Chicago

[bold cairn]

lmao prob but I also can't get a job because I'm a shit interviewer but that's also a personal prob

🤣🤣

[little schooner]

What are you majoring in?

[rugged field]

[bold cairn]

Econ/stat

[little schooner]

It's so over

[rugged field]

oo damn

im doing econ caam

[fading socket]

tbh i think it might be a blessing i didnt do ed uchicago because i def fucked up my ea app so now i can do better for uchicago edii

[rugged field]

W

[fading socket]

probably wont get in but ill know i did my best

[bold cairn]

caam sounds ass ngl

[rugged field]

nah i like it

[little schooner]

Can you change things in your app if you get deferred?

[bold cairn]

I took proofs for 3 wks then dropped lmao

[rugged field]

caam is basically math + stats - algebra + PDEs + cs - electives

[rich sapphire]

i’m sorry for your loss

[rugged field]

wait idk if they need pdes

[bold cairn]

Yea lmao that sounds ass ngl obv no offense

[rugged field]

odes definitely

its chill

i mean

im chill wiyh it being ass

[bold cairn]

Yea I get that

[rugged field]

lol

[bold cairn]

I lowk should do more programming

Mainly python

Just so I can integrate that into Excel more 💀

[little schooner]

Yo @bold cairn did you go to a feeder?

[vast sand]

i had a dream about getting into uchicago

lets hope it comes true

[rugged field]

🙏🙏

i never dreamt of getting in

i j envisioned it

imagined it

and it for some reason came true

ong

[vast sand]

that's gonna be me fr

[rugged field]

ye

cya next year (ill say hi if i see u on campus, caitlin can vouch)

[rich sapphire]

☹️

[grand fern]

yessirr

[upper elm]

i shit my pants

ngl

duke was a slaughterhouse

12%

10% sans recruit/qb

down from 16.5% total last year

the end is near

[grand fern]

i saw the news article about it lmao

[upper elm]

it's terrifying

im so fucking scared

but also kind of weirdly calm

🤨

if i get rejected ed it's going to hurt a shit ton

[grand fern]

yeah ik what u mean

[upper elm]

but it's also another chance to find a brilliant school and fall in love w it

👍

[grand fern]

yeah exactly

[glass bear]

aka where'd you ed again

[upper elm]

brown

👍

fake uchicago enjoyer

[glass bear]

lmfao

good luck bro you got it

[grand fern]

maybe ill get into princeton 😭

[upper elm]

ty bro........

[glass bear]

(ed2 uchi awaits)

[upper elm]

(stfu u sound like my parents)

💀

i overheard my dad

[rich sapphire]

your parents > you

[upper elm]

ye was like ye i hope he gets deferred from brown and gets into uchicago ea

and i was like

[mossy frigate]

same 😭 im trying to like pre-grieve my rejection

[upper elm]

?????????

[rich sapphire]

based dad

[upper elm]

yro'ue mom

[upper elm]

gotta skip to stage 5 of grief

💀

[grand fern]

my mom is too convinced im gonna get into uchicago im scared for her

[upper elm]

it's like doing hw fr

gotta get it done early

👌

[mossy frigate]

so true

[upper elm]

idk

gl everyone

😭

uchicago is a brilliant place

[grand fern]

ive been practicing on that rejection letter website

[upper elm]

no diffs like half of the top 10 lmfao

stay mad princeton ur math is worse than uchicago's cope eternally

[mossy frigate]

same ive done it like 5 times 💀

[upper elm]

actually idk if i can say that

princeton math might be too cracked

ermmmm

[grand fern]

its for the best at least we'll be prepared

[upper elm]

i've done it once a day everyday for a month

[mossy frigate]

yea wasnt princeton rlly important in like math history

[upper elm]

[mossy frigate]

idk tho

[upper elm]

ye princeton math is like top 3 prob

lol

uchicago princeton and ?

[random lintel]

Oh yeah like Einstein and stuff

[grand fern]

the only thing about uchicago is i dont really want to take hard classes 💀

[upper elm]

from what i understand

umich is insane

bc uchicago professors that get pissed go there

so their math is just ridiculous

[mossy frigate]

tru i like philosophy but iirc their required bio classes dont sound fun

[upper elm]

bigoogoly

[mossy frigate]

lmaoo

have u heard abt the presidents scandal there a few yrs back

[upper elm]

no i haven't

[grand fern]

honestly it was between applying ed and maybe getting in or just going to my 70% acceptance rate safety because the classes are easy

[mossy frigate]

there was a lot on their subreddit a while ago the president was having an affair with an employee on his umich email address and sent her a bunch of really goofy emails

not sure if it affected the school that much but it was kind of funny

[upper elm]

i mean

at least it's with an employee and not a student

[mossy frigate]

true 💀

[grand fern]

if i get in im binging divergent

[glass bear]

mansueto library my beloved

[random lintel]

Isn’t it legal for professors to have relationships with students though

[upper elm]

bro mansueto library is so sexy

😭

[upper elm]

idk tbh

stigma tho and i buy into it 100%

maybe that's bad

[random lintel]

If they’re two consenting adults then why would there be a problem idk

[rugged field]

[upper elm]

ye

[rich sapphire]

power imbalance bad

[frigid flare]

oh absolutely i'm going crazy

[rugged field]

u can take easy classes

do data science/business economics major

[upper elm]

CRUNGE

come to uchicago for math fr...

come for the math stay for the math............

[rugged field]

ye

yeah

[upper elm]

eckhart my beloved...........................

❤️

[rugged field]

torkaman the goat

[upper elm]

torqueman

it's like superhero

💀

spin that mf fr

[rugged field]

torque aw man

[upper elm]

about to show you what angular acceleration can do to a villain's neck

[rugged field]

mhm

[upper elm]

she actually blessed the trap tho

LOL

massive eloboost for all students

[grand fern]

🙏

[rugged field]

bruh when is brown out

is it out

[distant blade]

it's tommorrow

[grand fern]

guys yk how ur gpa and sat scores are seen in context of other students at ur school

what if ur homeschooled are u just compared with all the homeschooled applicants 😭

[rugged field]

ok

[distant blade]

no, I don't see why they'd do that

[grand fern]

idk either

maybe compared by other students in the area

[mossy frigate]

i know nothing but i would guess that maybe they do this in a general sort of way- like for example if homeschooled applicants tend to have much lower sat scores as a trend they would account for that but idk

[grand fern]

ooh thats a good point ur probably right

[vast sand]

ngl my video will carry me to an acceptance i can feel it in my jellies

[upper elm]

wallahi i am being executed tomorrow

please pray for my family

[rugged field]

ok

[upper elm]

thanks bro

[torn path]

your first reader evaluates you in the context of your school right? and compares you to other applicants from your school? or

[glass bear]

iirc yeah

[random lintel]

The first reader is the regional admissions officer so yeah probably

[glass bear]

the ao for my region talked to us and mentioned how she makes all of the first round cuts

^

[random lintel]

oh damn

[upper elm]

im ngl

[torn path]

is anyone here from uwc 🙃

[random lintel]

maybe I should have gone to my schools uchicago info session 💀

[upper elm]

im just staring at my PSAT/SAT scores and feeling good

[bold cairn]

Nah

Went to a public high school in the suburbs of a small state in the Midwest

Lmao

[frigid flare]

i wish i could see my uchicago test self report cause it would make me feel so happy just staring at it

i'm so delusional ong

someone said 2500 applied

like 700 admitted maybe? at most

[grand fern]

good for u man 🙏

[upper elm]

no im just insecure 💀

[grand fern]

oh 💀

well atleast thats one box checked

[mossy frigate]

relatable tho i feel like standardized testing is the one thing im good at

[molten adder]

YES

my video mid asf

[glass bear]

how many of yall submitted a vid

[molten adder]

i think most ppl do

[glass bear]

oh dear

[mossy frigate]

i did but it was pretty last minute

[frigid flare]

samesies

mine was just me talking the day it was due

[vast sand]

mine was me just talking too

[grand fern]

i didnt

[molten adder]

i’m kinda stressed out now

after everyone getting rejected today

[fading socket]

ay ea peeps i wish yall the best

[fading socket]

hello mate i got rejected today as well

it is gonna be fine if ur rejected too

life moves on

[molten adder]

yeah ik

[fading socket]

it stings a little but all it shows is they didnt deserve you

[molten adder]

but it still unfortunate in the moment

i have good safety options

[fading socket]

oh for sure
1 minute after getting rejected i had to shake hands with my classmate who got into upenn
was happy for bro but hurt in the moment

[upper elm]

💀

[molten adder]

yeah that’s how everyone in my friend group was bc 4 ppl got decisions today and 2 accepted 1 deferred 1 rejected

[upper elm]

💀

the medium-bad ending

[molten adder]

had to play a basketball game together right after

and got crazy chirps

[fading socket]

very soul crushing because ivy rejected congratulating ivy accepted

but we move on

[molten adder]

anyways i genuinely love uchi so it’s gonna be a bummer when i get rejected im p sure i spent like a month on the application

[glass bear]

hey

positive thoughts

😠

[molten adder]

after seeing today

ik i gotta prepare for what’s realistic

my gpa is shit

relatively speaking

[grand fern]

if i do applications all in one day atleast when i get rejected i only wasted a day

[fading socket]

just make sure you have back up plans and emotionally prepare

after that just remain calm

[mossy frigate]

same 😭 im gonna be so depressed

[frigid flare]

i'm just gonna be sad about not having much to look forward to anymore

[mossy frigate]

i think my application was really good but the like 5 others applying from my school were all better i think

[frigid flare]

i'll have uiuc decision i guess

[molten adder]

yeah all i can control is myself atp

[fading socket]

yeah exactly

and be optimistic

[frigid flare]

i'll probably be mostly fine about the actual rejection but it would suck having a small void in my life

and then i'd have to write rd essays 💀

[molten adder]

if i get into babson tmr ill feel a lot better

[fading socket]

like my ea app was shit but now i can do good on my uchi ed app

[glass bear]

oh god im gonna have literally nothing to do if i get denied

not applying anywhere rd

[molten adder]

wtf why

[mossy frigate]

why not?

[molten adder]

thats quite the bet

[fading socket]

???

why

[glass bear]

guaranteed admit for my state flagship

[frigid flare]

oh yeah that'll do it

do you have other safeties lined up tho

[glass bear]

nope lmfao

3 total applications

uchi uiuc usma

[drifting marlin]

that’s a decent list though

[mossy frigate]

i bet ur uchicago application was fire tho since u could focus on it

[frigid flare]

what's usma

[drifting marlin]

if you’ve got uiuc guaranteed

[frigid flare]

oh is that southern mass?

[mossy frigate]

i kinda wish i had gone that route

[glass bear]

west point

[frigid flare]

oh 💀

oh wait yeah

military academy

ez pz

first try

[drifting marlin]

i’m not feeling the binghamton so i have like 23 apps lmao

[frigid flare]

yeah i'm probably getting that uiuc

[glass bear]

uhhhhh 💀

[frigid flare]

but i have one absolute guarantee to make me feel better

woah icon changed

epic

[glass bear]

stanford icon

[frigid flare]

woahhh we're probably gonna get our own icon i just realized

what other school releases the 18th

[mossy frigate]

none i think

that i know of

[frigid flare]

huzzah

icon all for us (and banner? 😳)

[molten adder]

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

[mossy frigate]

LMAOO

[frigid flare]

yeahhh there it is

[glass bear]

ready to open discord on monday and start sobbing at the sight of the banner

UC HICAGO BEST UC

[frigid flare]

this is so real

[molten adder]

anyone know what specific time deicions are coming out?

[drifting marlin]

UC HICAGO LETS GO

[molten adder]

based on previous years

[frigid flare]

prob 4 cst

[molten adder]

its gonna be 2:30 am for me

[frigid flare]

i think smrithi's waking up you can too

[lapis veldt]

this is the ONE it has to be

[little schooner]

around 5pm ct

Damn almost 6k comments on this thread already, it's gonna be a slaughterhouse

[vast sand]

i keep checking in on every thread as decisions drop, can't believe people will be watching here on monday

💀

[grand marten]

didnt they say late afternoon

[glossy spoke]

finals done . pls uchi i can study rly good i promise !!!!!

[lapis veldt]

YESSSS congrats

am i insane for like. the fact i'm not gonna open my chicago ED letter until after my last final on tues 💀

[glossy spoke]

oh shit good luck

!! on like both things

[molten adder]

anyone here go to uchicago without need based aid?

[rugged field]

me

[rich sapphire]

me

[molten adder]

what’s it costing you guys per semester?

if you don’t mind sharing

[rugged field]

like 30k

bout 31k

also its quarter not semester

so 3x that for yearly

[molten adder]

oh yeah

damn

[wind viper]

oh so 90

holy

[rugged field]

light work no reaction

[molten adder]

90k a yr

[rugged field]

yeah

[molten adder]

you take out loans?

[rugged field]

nope

[molten adder]

damn

[wind viper]

are you "comfortable"

financially

[rugged field]

yeah

[molten adder]

nice

my parents aren’t paying for my college but make enough that i doubt i’ll get need based

anyone know the threshold?

[rugged field]

💀

[molten adder]

i’m getting a bit worried atp

[rich sapphire]

like 85-90k per yr ish

[rugged field]

indeed

[rich sapphire]

.com

[rugged field]

ok

[rich sapphire]

haha im funny laugh

[rugged field]

i am laughing my ass off

[rich sapphire]

thx

[molten adder]

if i get in im gonna seriously have to think about how tf i’m gonna pay

[rugged field]

get it? lmao

omg im funny

[rich sapphire]

yeah i get it…haha..

[rugged field]

😭

depressed ass humor

[rich sapphire]

what is ur intended major?

[molten adder]

econ + philo

[rugged field]

ok ez