University of Chicago (UChicago) (2023-2024)

[heavy bane]

Uchicago is the only one who likes quirky like that, positive

[solid flame]

guys ok i mean this in a genuine way but if i get rejected from case western am i bad or could i have been yield protected

cuz case western has no supps

[frigid flare]

mit likes quirky a little too much

[solid flame]

so if i get rejected just by stats alone i would probably be really sad

or think i got yield protected but idk if im her like that 😭

[heavy bane]

I've never read mit prompts yet 💀

[frigid flare]

cwru doesn't feel like the kind of place to yield protect you'll probably be fine

[frigid flare]

their admit email is crazy

[glossy spoke]

Nah mit prompts were kinda boring

[heavy bane]

I know Wellesley emails are crazy, too

Weird ass subject lines

[frigid flare]

mit admit email

[glass bear]

I really enjoy the fact that mit just had a grad student write all of their emails and blog posts

[glossy spoke]

Wtf 💀

[glass bear]

Because then you get that

[glossy spoke]

Thats hilarious

[wraith hedge]

You got in?

[frigid flare]

no this is from oats

[wraith hedge]

Ohh

[heavy bane]

Which current student did they ask to write this 😭

[glossy spoke]

The most overworked tired one

[heavy bane]

Looks like it

What sad song should i listen to after opening my rejection

[wraith hedge]

You won’t be sad trust

[heavy bane]

No i will be, double trust

[wraith hedge]

You won’t be triple trust

[glossy spoke]

Rises the moon

But you wont need it

[heavy bane]

Thanks 💔

[vast sand]

this song actually goes so hard at 2 am after grinding essays all day

[glossy spoke]

So true

Cried while listening to this countless times

[heavy bane]

JIC need a victory song as well

[glossy spoke]

Tailwhip men i trust

[glossy spoke]

Does uchi send an email that tells u if you got accepted or not or just one that tells u that decisions are out

[heavy bane]

Decisions, probs

[little schooner]

pretty sure they just notify you that there's an update in your portal

[solid flame]

yum

[rich sapphire]

@woodlawneatz on instagram has a lot of good and bad food pics

[heavy bane]

1-ish hour left

[rich sapphire]

huh isnt it tmrw

[mystic hinge]

prolly one of the best admit email

https://chicagomaroon.com/40761/news/uchicago-medicine-abolishes-173-7-million-in-unpaid-medical-debt-for-85060-patients/

[glossy spoke]

Um i think it tmr

Unless ur referring to smth else

[keen yew]

what time tomo do yall think it’ll be?

i saw 4 PM CST

which is 5 EST

was the time for previous years

but

they said afternoon

which connotates an earlier time…

[mystic hinge]

they said late afternoon

[keen yew]

ok

so you think 4 cst?

[mystic hinge]

yeah i think by 7pm est they should be out

[keen yew]

kk!

[mystic hinge]

did you ed

[keen yew]

…

ea

which i know

is a long shot

wbu?

[mystic hinge]

ED

[mossy frigate]

bruh i almost had a heart attack

[keen yew]

yayyy i hope you get in!

[heavy bane]

Wait hold up must be a timezone thing

[mystic hinge]

yh im going to get one when i get the email

[keen yew]

i’m so excited!!!?

i love uchicago

but couldn’t make the financial commitment

so hoping for the best!!

[heavy bane]

Bro decisions come out for me in 1 hour wtf? Guess I'll have to wait for the email

[mystic hinge]

actually what??

[keen yew]

no i don’t think so…

what time zone are you in?

[mystic hinge]

you must be mistaken

[heavy bane]

Wait no

Am i dumb

[keen yew]

the futures

lol

[heavy bane]

Lmaoooo

Wait

[keen yew]

it releases in like 25 hours for everyone

[heavy bane]

Oh yeah thanks i almost had a heart attack

[keen yew]

don’t worry

we still have 25 hours to panic lol

did you also ed?

[heavy bane]

ea

[keen yew]

same!

[mystic hinge]

financial aspect?

[keen yew]

hoping for us 🤞🤞

[heavy bane]

Did apply for need based aid, let's see

[keen yew]

are yall domestic

[mystic hinge]

yes and im domestic

First Gen too from my school

[heavy bane]

I'm international so

[keen yew]

cool!

yea i’m also domestic

[heavy bane]

Guys best of luck, seriously

[mossy frigate]

im domestic too

[keen yew]

you too!!!!!

i’m really hoping to get in

[mystic hinge]

ig its late but these are the things they really care abt

[keen yew]

where yall from?

[mystic hinge]

pa

[keen yew]

i’m from the northeast

[mossy frigate]

im from texas

[keen yew]

more specifically mass

[mystic hinge]

ur close to me im in Pennsylvania

[silent horizon]

praying to be part of the 24.54% 🙏

[keen yew]

whoop whoop we can meet up if we both get in

road trip

to illinois

hahahah

[mystic hinge]

thatd be cool

[mossy frigate]

damn someone had a gpa below 1

[upper elm]

Gg

[steep vine]

did you all submit your scores?

[mossy frigate]

i did

for sat and aps

[keen yew]

i did for ACT

34

but like

i feel like uchicago is one of the schools

that truly is test optional yk

[mystic hinge]

ye since 2018

[mossy frigate]

yea i dont rlly get the vibe that they care a lot abt standardized test scores

[keen yew]

yea

they def care more abt essays

[steep vine]

im so anxious because i applied ea (because of my financial situation) and for aid…i’m also an international

[mossy frigate]

btw did yall see the subreddit change its banner 😭 its getting real guys

[keen yew]

i wrote some crazy shit in my uncommon

actually not really

but idk

[river flare]

you guys’ essay ideas sound so fucking cool I feel like mine is weird 💀💀

[frigid flare]

rural illinois

[keen yew]

what prompt did yall answer

[frigid flare]

portmanteau

[river flare]

unwritten rule

[keen yew]

i did game

[mossy frigate]

ooh what game did u pick

[keen yew]

ok kind of random

like not a traditional game

wait

do you know the show jury duty?

[mossy frigate]

ive heard of it

[steep vine]

misnomer

[keen yew]

i talked abt alternate reality games

[mossy frigate]

bruh that is so cool

i always thought jury duty was a really neat concept

[keen yew]

do you wanna read the intro

YES SAME

[mossy frigate]

sure!

[keen yew]

As you read this essay, you notice the man walking by your door wearing a tie with aardvarks on it. That's weird… You settle back into reading this sentence when someone else walks by wearing an I ❤️ Aardvarks T-shirt. Hmmm, you think. What a crazy coincidence! You get back to reading this when suddenly you hear a pitter-patter of feet. No! It can't be! Ah, but yes, it is! An aardvark shuffles right by your office. How can that be? What is an aardvark doing in Chicago, let alone Rosenwald Hall?!

lol

that’s good

[mystic hinge]

same and the camp[us and traditions

[keen yew]

i mean

like

it’s inflated cause lots of schools don’t rank

[mossy frigate]

oo this is rlly creative & attention grabbing

[keen yew]

AHHHHAHAHA

what region are you from

hopefully we didn’t have the same reader

okok we chilling

[grand fern]

i love this

[glass bear]

weird is so uchi though

you good fs

[hard timber]

guys what is "late afternoon" 😭

[lapis veldt]

[mossy frigate]

historically 4pm apparently

[solid flame]

i'll just check it after i eat dinner tmrw itll be out

[keen yew]

the level of chill i aspire to

i’m gonna be checking my portal all day

i’m so excited!!

[molten adder]

i’m scared asl

[noble field]

real

aint never heard someone excited to check their portal

[keen yew]

ahhaha i mean excited for the decision!

[noble field]

did u do ea or ed

[keen yew]

Ea

speak of the devil 😉

[solid flame]

speak of the devil charge yo phone

[grand fern]

same omg

[stray pelican]

is 4pm historically when it comes out??

like actually ?

CST

[frigid flare]

that's when it came out last year

it is very important to note that that is speculation however

speculation that i kinda maybe started/propagated so if it doesn't come out then blame me it would be funny

[mystic hinge]

wtf is this email bruh this had me stressin

[frigid flare]

you rd?

[little schooner]

I just received that email too

[frigid flare]

i haven't gotten an email from uchicago since i applied

[wind viper]

same here

[mystic hinge]

i eded

Idk if i should be concerned

[little schooner]

Did anyone get this email too?

[frigid flare]

i didn't

[mystic hinge]

With that title i thought my essays were so bad that they started to clown me 😭

[little schooner]

Me neither. I think they sent me one like a week after I applied but nothing else. Nothing on my mailbox either

[stray pelican]

i saw on their insta that they’re releasing decisions for ppl at cps schools

i’m from the chicagoland area so i recognized the school for the ig post

[worldly flax]

Same lmfao

They're preparing me after they reject me

[wind viper]

no. did you?

[little schooner]

Yeah

Are you EA or ED?

[wind viper]

ed

[craggy nimbus]

i didnt and i did ed

[little schooner]

hmm

[little schooner]

They sent me this email at the same time as him

It's sent automatically most likely, but idk why some of you are not getting it

[untold hill]

yeah that's around when it came out both times last year

both EA and RD

idk about EDII

[keen yew]

i got the email & i did EA

[shadow drum]

I got that too and im not applying at all

[keen yew]

yea i think it’s just if you subscribed

[river flare]

subscribed, didn’t get it

probably just an error on their end

[little schooner]

damn

[river flare]

no biggie

[little schooner]

this doesn't make sense then

[river flare]

pretty sure it’s nothing to worry ab

[untold hill]

it's not

similar stuff happened last year and there wasn't a sig. difference between people who did/didn't get those emails

everyone got deferred regardless 🙄

[worldly flax]

It's easy to be paranoid

[little schooner]

Can you check what account sent it? For me, in the "mailed-by" section it says: "slate-mx.uchicago.edu" I'm a bit skeptical about this because it doesn't seem to be a general gmail account

[frigid flare]

nah that's uchicago's email thing

[little schooner]

I just wanna confirm if there's nothing weird

[frigid flare]

it's just weird email stufff and we probably shouldn't look into it

[little schooner]

aight it's the same then

[frigid flare]

we're nearing portal astrology

[wind viper]

it's like carti

they keep things so quiet

that every single movement is huge

[gloomy ferry]

past prompt the clerical error one

law letters and society

lol if i don't get in im leaving the server okay 🤡

but sure I'll ping

bro i legit can think of nothing but this i have physics exam today😭😭

[little schooner]

What was your fictional major?

I also picked that one

[mossy frigate]

also got this

they told me to make a uchicago account by emailing the email i had a uchicago account on lmao

[shadow drum]

Dawg EA uchicago is like 2-3%

Only ed/ed2 kids have a somewhat high chance tbh

You wouldve fs gotten in with ed imo

[mystic hinge]

do yk how many students they might take per school

[shadow drum]

I didnt see the caption

0-1 except for feeders

But most feeders kids apply ed

[lost swallow]

i should have done ed2 man 😔

[shadow drum]

Is it too late to switch

When is ed2 due

[mossy frigate]

i feel like it def depends on the school cuz our local feeder has over 15 kids in every yr but we get 2-3

[glass bear]

jan2

[lost swallow]

i need to get deferred from ea

[glass bear]

you got time

[shadow drum]

U prob will

[lost swallow]

i already applied ea

[shadow drum]

Do they reject ea

[lost swallow]

hope so penn got me doubting everything but i reread my essays and they seem fine

[lost swallow]

according to someone here, only the bottom applicants

but i also read elsewhere a good amount do get rejected in ea

[shadow drum]

Defer or reject penn

[shadow drum]

Ur fine

[mossy frigate]

mit does that too so i feel like uchicago might

[lost swallow]

reject 😔

[shadow drum]

CAS?

[lost swallow]

idk gpa poopy etc etc

[lost swallow]

yeah

[shadow drum]

Bro 3.8+ isnt poopy

[lost swallow]

i’m 3.7

3.7-3.75 somewhere in between

[shadow drum]

Aight

Still not too bad

Can u get it up this semester grades

Like for rd

[lost swallow]

well last quarter i had a 4.9 Weighted

and i think i can do that this quarter as well

[lost swallow]

which i sent to uchi btw

[mossy frigate]

how did u send quarter grades?

did u get a request

[lost swallow]

nope school just said we could after the quarter ended so i did

[shadow drum]

When does ed1 come out

Is it same time as ea

Ah ok

Whats ur gpa

You wont get rejected for stats

Do u have good EC

Aight

[lost swallow]

stop the cap

[little schooner]

what were your ECs

[shadow drum]

Ping me when u get in

Young blud

[lost swallow]

you just have like a 50th percentile sat that’s it

which isn’t bad btw

[shadow drum]

Mahomes is a crybaby bitch btw

No hate tho

[mossy frigate]

im curious abt ur ecs too

[shadow drum]

[glass bear]

ok so also about the test scores

we asked an AO about that when she came to visit

because my friend had a 33 act

and she was like "its fine dont even trip"

[lost swallow]

worse lowkey

[shadow drum]

Ok we are chill then

[shadow drum]

She is lying

Never trust an AO

Least trustworthy ppl

[lost swallow]

isn’t 33 act like 1500

[shadow drum]

They always want to be politically correct and will never reveal true application evaluation details

[glass bear]

i think she encouraged him to submit it "the averages are skewed up because of test optional and the school isnt actually like that" or something

[shadow drum]

Ok well that part is true ngl

[lost swallow]

a 33 act is good though

[shadow drum]

Test opt has inflated sat and act averages

[shadow drum]

Around a 1450

[glass bear]

oh yeah fs its just tech in the bottom 25%

[shadow drum]

34 = 1500

35 = 1550

[lost swallow]

i see i see

[shadow drum]

36 = 1590

A 1600 is purely supreme

Unless u get a clean 36 36 36 36

[wind viper]

unpopular opinion: 1590 > 1600

[molten adder]

i thought 36=1570

[lost swallow]

sat is simply the better test

[mossy frigate]

same but only bc i got a 1590

[shadow drum]

1550>1600 bc it shows personality (im coping)

[lost swallow]

1560 has more personality

[shadow drum]

Depends on your score breakdown

Some ppl say 1510-1540 is a 35

1560-1590 is a 36

Its all random tho

No exact conversion

[wind viper]

1550 is like no mans land

[shadow drum]

I have both

[molten adder]

i got a 20 smthn on my only practice ACT 💀💀

[shadow drum]

So hopefully one is better

[lost swallow]

you took the act too?

[shadow drum]

Who is getting into UC hicago here

[molten adder]

and then 1570 on SAT 😭😭

[molten adder]

🙋‍♂️🙏🙏

[lost swallow]

smithri

[shadow drum]

Didnt study for it but my dad made me bc my school offered and i was waiting on my sat scores to come out

Idk why i agreeed

[glass bear]

1500 superscore sat

[shadow drum]

It was wtvr

[lost swallow]

so what was your score

[glass bear]

im finished for certain

[shadow drum]

35

[frigid flare]

me ezpz (they rejected me before even looking at my application)

[molten adder]

superscore is so silly

[lost swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/kartierbardi-gif-25764198

35 but didn’t study

[shadow drum]

Damnnn no they didnt

[shadow drum]

On my life i aint study for it a lot i only took a singular practice test the week before and that was all

Got a 36 on the practice test

35.5

But rounded

Obvi

[lost swallow]

calling cap

[frigid flare]

it's true i asked an ao and they said "please get away from my family"

[lost swallow]

also wtf did i just pinged from

i don’t see anything

[shadow drum]

Aight bro believe what u want lmao

I got a 33 math for a reason

act math harder than sat

So i aint do as good

[mossy frigate]

true

[shadow drum]

Bc i aint study

[lost swallow]

i should have taken the act as well for fun bro

[shadow drum]

I didnt submit act to any EAs

No one cares so far

[molten adder]

i emailed ao they said i’m too quirky for uchi 😢😢

[lost swallow]

jets >

anyone know the bsr of uchi?

[frigid flare]

what acronym mean

[lost swallow]

baddie to student ratio

[shadow drum]

No yall do the same shit every year. Go crazy early season have a mid falloff then go insane nuclear down the stretch win out and look like a powerhouse ( we are in this stage rn) then playoffs come around and yall choke

[shadow drum]

Its chicago bro aint no baddies there

Only o block mf

[lost swallow]

the nfl is so boring idk how you guys watch it regularly

[shadow drum]

Uchicago is 3 block’s away from o block

💀💀

[mossy frigate]

all the ppl who got in from my school were guys

[lost swallow]

if you aren’t in the stadium it’s boring as fuck

[shadow drum]

Mid

[lost swallow]

mf said bare minimum i don’t have any of that

[hollow ibex]

who’s ready for tmr

[lost swallow]

just clubs and charity work 😭

[frigid flare]

football is like trench warfare: the game

[shadow drum]

The standard cracked ECs show 0 personality

[random lintel]

Wait is it rly that close?

[mossy frigate]

same lmaooo

[lost swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/sadhotgirl-gif-22225832

[shadow drum]

In my opinion having research is good and all but community work is. Far better

Bc it shows actual humanity

[lost swallow]

i have community work 🫡

[frigid flare]

ain't no way that's bare minimum

[mossy frigate]

depends on the research tho

[shadow drum]

I think the only reason i got into gtown is my local community involvement bc my research shit was hella mid and i have no publications

[lost swallow]

ok uchi is in the south but you guys know the neighborhood it’s in is gentrified as fuck right

[lost swallow]

facts

[shadow drum]

Ive heard that yea

[lost swallow]

@shadow drum random question but when did you start seriously thinking of your application and shit

like planning ECs and stuff

[frigid flare]

i saw a quote from back in the 60s that said something along the lines of "in hyde park, black people and white people come together to keep out the poor people"

[lost swallow]

pretty sure i remember uchicago getting in trouble with the city of chicago over some gentrification shit or something

[random lintel]

what’s the dc neighborhood equivalent of the uchicago area if anyone knows

[molten adder]

elaborate

[lost swallow]

dkmetcalf ass essay 😭😭😭😭

(joke)

[mossy frigate]

wait for real

[glass bear]

you better pray you get a young reviewer dawg 😭

[lost swallow]

bro how does that show anything positive about you though

[mossy frigate]

i will be seated

[frigid flare]

auto reject for no bitches

brah what

[lost swallow]

so you wrote your essay about NOT being confident

how

[crimson oasis]

Yeah I’m sure that’s what they’re after lol

[lost swallow]

someone gotta tell me if uchi got baddies or not though

[random lintel]

Average uchicago student probably

[lost swallow]

NOT TRUE

https://tenor.com/view/wolf-my-reaction-to-that-information-angry-reaction-wolf-reaction-gif-27080186

[frigid flare]

from what i can tell seems like pretty standard baddie ratio

[mossy frigate]

u can look at the uchicago accepted student instagram from last year

[frigid flare]

people joke about uchicago guys being ugly tho

[lost swallow]

i’m not doing allat

bro 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[crimson oasis]

How attractive do you guys think you are realistically

[random lintel]

That’s biased because people only post photos of them at their hottest like edited and shit

[crimson oasis]

If you had to rate yourself

[scarlet stone]

not.

[mossy frigate]

true

[lost swallow]

i’m not interested sorry

[crimson oasis]

Lmao

[lost swallow]

ik you directed that one towards me

(joke)

[crimson oasis]

Of course of course

[lost swallow]

you got my crying bro 😭😭😭😭

[scarlet stone]

this is concerning.

[mossy frigate]

at least ur self aware 😭

[scarlet stone]

this is chaotic

I did not get this email 💀

Either way they should definitely wait until Tuesday to be sendin that shit

[mossy frigate]

fr theyre messing with us

[random lintel]

It’s probably just for people who signed up for an email list

[restive gazelle]

uchicago admissions is conscious

they know what they’re doing

[scarlet stone]

I'm on their email list :/

[lost swallow]

for what bro

[scarlet stone]

How is that even possible...? Gaps?

[lost swallow]

he looking for a girl early ig

[scarlet stone]

no how is the page itself possible

[random lintel]

Well it wouldn’t make sense to send that to admitted students because it’s like essay advice

[crystal karma]

Man its tmr

[restive gazelle]

a hundred some people are already in

[scarlet stone]

It wouldn't make sense to send it to rejected students either

because mercy

[lost swallow]

idk but they followed people from my school lmao

[scarlet stone]

💀

[lost swallow]

through likelies or something?

[restive gazelle]

through qb

[frigid flare]

cps, qb, uwc

[lost swallow]

ic ic

[frigid flare]

acronyms go hard

[scarlet stone]

That's insane

[restive gazelle]

although the ‘28 page is just a reskinned ‘27

[lost swallow]

yall remember enogate abt uchi likelies

[scarlet stone]

unhinged behavior

[restive gazelle]

Nothing about 28 on it yet

[random lintel]

Why would they even send that to deferred students it wouldn’t make sense idk

[frigid flare]

i'm still so confused as to whether that was real

[lost swallow]

what’s funny is one of them isn’t applying and the other is doing rd

[scarlet stone]

💀

[lost swallow]

she made me feel bad for not getting a likely but then i found out she lied so we move

[mossy frigate]

out of curiosity did any of yall try to meet/impress your regional ao's

[lost swallow]

absolutely

[craggy nimbus]

yeah i went to a session in person in october, met with her and then emailed her

[frigid flare]

we didn't get a visit cause bro canceled on us

[mossy frigate]

nice, i def regret not meeting mine 😭

[lost swallow]

mine came to my school and it was me and 3 other kids i asked some questions about the career advising during the meeting and i stayed after and talked to him about my prospective major and he told me about some special law programs and i said it seemed really cool and he seemed excited that i liked it

he gave me his business card

[random lintel]

No because I’m too socially awkward

[frigid flare]

i need to up my social networking skills fr

[random lintel]

I didn’t even go to the school visit because I had a test during the period lol

[frigid flare]

i could never

[mossy frigate]

real

[lost swallow]

you should have gone regardless

[random lintel]

They don’t consider demonstrated interest

[mossy frigate]

i missed mine for a club meeting

yea but if u make a good impression they could remember u

[craggy nimbus]

thats not true because ed exists and on the cds its in considered

[lost swallow]

still would have been good to rizz your regional reader

[restive gazelle]

has anyone actually received any uchi shirts since last year

[craggy nimbus]

I got one in september for submitting scores

[random lintel]

I mean yeah but aos meet thousands of students a day just talking to them probably doesn’t matter, it’s more ED for yield

[little schooner]

There were 15 people at my school, most of which were juniors, and I know fs that I was the only one interested in UChicago, because when she was asking if we knew things specific to chicago (like the quirky prompts) I was the only one that knew about them. 3 weeks later I found out through Naviance that there are 15 people applying from my school. insane

[random lintel]

The problem is that I have negative rizz :(

[lost swallow]

they sent out shirts? bro

[mossy frigate]

damn thats rlly crazy

[civic drift]

i feel like the naviance statistics are just not correct sometimes

[restive gazelle]

apparently they do?

[mossy frigate]

i wish i could see how many apply from my school

[lost swallow]

i didn’t get SHIT

[restive gazelle]

haven’t seen a single shirt yet

[little schooner]

I got couple of stickers

[random lintel]

That’s crazy how they tell you how many apply?

[mossy frigate]

i didnt know either lol

[restive gazelle]

just this big poster and funny mail

[mossy frigate]

i got stickers too

[lost swallow]

they sent me a lot of stuff in the mail though (they want me) (they don’t)

[lost swallow]

i didn’t but my regional guy gave me some

[frigid flare]

i didn't even get the poster

[glass bear]

how many apply per year, how many accepted, how many committed

[noble field]

i got a shirt

[glass bear]

its a whole thing

[frigid flare]

i have a sticker from munuc but that's it

[little schooner]

My school uses Naviance and it allows you to see where people from your school applied to

[random lintel]

Damn my schools scoir doesn’t include graduation year or currently applying or committed

[craggy nimbus]

does school rank matter?

because it might help me

[lost swallow]

post it

[little schooner]

My school has gotten only 1 person admitted in a decade

[lost swallow]

i wanna see what it looks like

[little schooner]

I have no pic perms

[glass bear]

agony

[shadow drum]

11th fall shit just came together

Didnt do shit before then

[craggy nimbus]

how have 5 got in alr?

[little schooner]

Yeah that's what it looks like

[frigid flare]

holy crap that's so many people

[glass bear]

last years class

[restive gazelle]

that much what

[lost swallow]

same bro but i didn’t do any good ecs man

[little schooner]

Is this for UChicago?

[craggy nimbus]

ohh nvm i thought that said 2024

[glass bear]

yeah lmfao

[lost swallow]

i did no research or any competitions

[mossy frigate]

geez ru from chicago?

[little schooner]

That's insane

[frigid flare]

yeah we have like 4 in the thread

[glass bear]

suburbs

[shadow drum]

I have like 2-3 ECs from 9-10th grade but not designed for college apps just happen to be good ECs with leadership (boy scouts, debate, founded investing club)

[civic drift]

alr bro pipe down

[glass bear]

peep northwestern though 😭

[frigid flare]

bro i'd be surprised if we had 67 people applying to a t100

[little schooner]

bruh

[mossy frigate]

bruh i wanna go to ur school

[restive gazelle]

Jesus how big is your school

or is everyone just

[glass bear]

1,000 per class

[lost swallow]

i also have some clubs i joined that became leadership stuff but besides that i got nothing

[little schooner]

Bro goes to TJHSST

[frigid flare]

chicago suburb schools are so big and so well funded

[noble field]

@lost swallow

[lost swallow]

mine is 200 per lmao

[little schooner]

same

[lost swallow]

not a bad shirt tbh would wear

[restive gazelle]

Mine is down to 110 per year

[craggy nimbus]

i got the same one

[glass bear]

yall are smaller than my middle school what 💀

[frigid flare]

i went to carl samburg for a quiz bowl thing once and i was blown away

[little schooner]

Where do y'all find these crazy ahh schools

[lost swallow]

i put a uchicago sticker on my fridge

[gloomy ferry]

Creative whiting

[crystal karma]

Omg i cant even comprehend the fact that it’s tmr

[frigid flare]

mine too

[noble field]

oh yeah i have a sticker too

is it the bird

[frigid flare]

oh w me too

[lost swallow]

yeah with the crossed arms lmao

[noble field]

lol

[frigid flare]

i have that on my school chromebook

[lost swallow]

if i get rejected best believe shit gets burnt

[frigid flare]

imma tear it off on tuesday

[noble field]

i have that on my hydroflask

[little schooner]

I got the bird, the one with the city and the polar, flower looking thing

[random lintel]

What size did they send you

[lost swallow]

you got a hydroflask?

[noble field]

Medium

[gloomy ferry]

I know which makes it worse that the reason im not going to my dream school is out of my hands😭😭😭

[noble field]

yeah i paid $60 last yr cuz i wanna fit in

[frigid flare]

wait is that your actual size

[noble field]

i dont even use that shit anymore

[frigid flare]

how would they know your size

[craggy nimbus]

i bet youll atleast get deffered and can opt in ed2

[noble field]

yeah thats actually my size too

[lost swallow]

i been thinking of getting one because i need a new bottle

[restive gazelle]

probably just gonna send you like 5 different sizes over the course of a year

seen some people get a ton of them

[noble field]

thats what im wondering

[frigid flare]

wait isn't it like 5am for you

or maybe 6am that would make sense

[mossy frigate]

😭

[noble field]

shit is overrated

[random lintel]

They probably just assume medium

[noble field]

i use a regular bottle now

[glass bear]

they gon stalk your insta and guess or something

[random lintel]

He looks so smug :(

[little schooner]

I've seen at least 3 people at my school with the bird

[noble field]

pretty sure they mail cool stuff only to midwest kids

[little schooner]

Did anyone else get the poster?

[frigid flare]

nah i ain't got no mail

[noble field]

yeah i threw it away

[little schooner]

They sent me the poster and that's it

[frigid flare]

i did get the sticker but i already got it at munuc

[gloomy ferry]

Lol i wish
Anyone who's read my essay knows what a red flag it was

[little schooner]

Ik midwest kids get lots of things

[frigid flare]

not me 😔

[noble field]

the poster is useless anyways

[lost swallow]

YES THIS INE

[noble field]

just shows the city

[frigid flare]

maybe i'm not midwest enough for them

[little schooner]

I used it as the background for my profile video

[frigid flare]

gotta dress up in corn

just gotta keep talking

[noble field]

damn i got the poster after i submitted it

[little schooner]

are you from the midwest

[noble field]

yeah

[little schooner]

Im from SoCal and received it a week before the deadline

[random lintel]

I don’t think I’ve gotten anything except for post cards

[little schooner]

weird

[frigid flare]

they barely send me mail

[gloomy ferry]

good thing im asexual

[little schooner]

Did you get the one with a drawing of Harper?

[mossy frigate]

wait thats genius

[frigid flare]

they've sent me like five letters and definitely haven't sent any after application

[lost swallow]

@mossy frigate this is mine

[little schooner]

same

[random lintel]

Probably? I just remember I didn’t get anything big, and also I wasn’t at the address for my junior year so idk what came then

[mossy frigate]

we even have the same color fridge lmao

[noble field]

i mean isnt that a normal fridge color

[lost swallow]

woah 😳

[mossy frigate]

idk our old one was white 😭

[gloomy ferry]

i can't do ed2 that's my biggest concern

[gloomy ferry]

dot 6 am yes i woke up to study physics

[little schooner]

its over

[lost swallow]

🤓☝️

[gloomy ferry]

and because i couldn't stop thinking about uchicago

[little schooner]

https://tenor.com/view/vince-carter-its-over-done-finished-its-finish-gif-17214651

[lost swallow]

same brother

[lost swallow]

vince 🐐

[little schooner]

dumb ass mods can't even get pic perms

[lost swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/vince-carter-its-over-done-gif-12731584

[glass bear]

https://tenor.com/view/vince-carter-its-over-done-gif-12731584

[random lintel]

They’d already be over enrolled then

[lost swallow]

5 yard penalty unnecessary dickriding

[gloomy ferry]

@little schooner what major was your uncommon about

[little schooner]

Ant-Thropology

[lost swallow]

J E T S JETS JETS JETS

LETS GO GANG GREEN

yeah but live in jersey now

[noble field]

patrick mahomes linsanity run is over

[gloomy ferry]

ay nice
what's your real major lol

[lost swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/new-york-jets-aaron-rodgers-american-flag-usa-usa-flag-gif-1664057239116217588

[noble field]

ill take russell wilson over pat mahomes any day

[little schooner]

CS-Math-Econ in that order lol. Nothing to do with Anthropology

[lost swallow]

my uchi hopes

[little schooner]

I don't think it matters

[lost swallow]

almost lost to zach wilson needed the refs to bail him out

[glass bear]

AARON RODGERS BEST QB IN THE LEAGUE

PERC RODGERS

[lost swallow]

BALL KNOWER SPOTTED

BALL KNOWER SPOTTED

[noble field]

cant be best if he doesnt even play

dont know ball

[glass bear]

he just needs a few more months to heal trust (im coping so hard)

[lost swallow]

@untold hill @noble field you ready for this three man at uchi

[noble field]

im not tryna get shot lowkey

[main pasture]

does a yone know what time decisions come out

[lost swallow]

it’s in a gentrified area bro chillax

[lost swallow]

historically 4pm

[craggy nimbus]

i toured and it seemed safe af

[noble field]

bro isnt it like 10 mins away from o block

[glass bear]

didnt someone get shot in the area like two months ago

[main pasture]

ooh ok thanks

[craggy nimbus]

safer than where i live lowkey

[glass bear]

as long as you arent dumb its fine

pay attention when you walka round

[lost swallow]

they probably didn’t stand on business like me

[glass bear]

dont go in the alleys

thats the main one really

if you drive drive realllyyyy defensively

[random lintel]

30 minute walk i checked on google maps

[shadow drum]

Its like 2-3 blocks away

[lost swallow]

“Ciwan you got too much money, your bitch too bad, you too handsome, they’ll kill you Ciwan” it’s alright bbg

[glass bear]

its no worse than any other part of chicago

[glass bear]

LMAO

[craggy nimbus]

ny is literally worse its fine

[glass bear]

columbia

[lost swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/sazzybarb-o-block-6ix9ine-gif-24269310

[shadow drum]

Allah is watching u lil bro calm down

[noble field]

🫃

[lost swallow]

fym

yall haters fr

[shadow drum]

‘Bitch too bad’

💀💀

[lost swallow]

bro weren’t you saying yesterday you had no game

don’t throw stones from glass houses

[noble field]

he got into georgetown

[lost swallow]

cap

[noble field]

dont disrespect him

[shadow drum]

Fax

My fellow ball knower

Dk

[lost swallow]

i respect that but rizz is a whole new playing field

[lost swallow]

🫃

[shadow drum]

I dont talk to mf who think arod is the best qb

[glass bear]

lets get a little poll going

[shadow drum]

💀💀

[craggy nimbus]

nah i live here and the frequency of shootings is higher than in hyde park

[glass bear]

how many yall have EVER dated anyone

[noble field]

ball knower

[craggy nimbus]

if ur aware when you walk its fine

[noble field]

not me

i have no game whatsoever

[mossy frigate]

im a lesbian

[noble field]

but trust once i reperm my hair its over

[lost swallow]

flag on the play

unnecessary dickriding

[noble field]

🫃

[lost swallow]

that’s you bro

[gloomy ferry]

yeah but how would you know enough to write about ants/anthropology/gen

my fictional major was creative whiting and my actual major is law letters and society but im a creative writer to my core so i made my essay v personal

[gloomy ferry]

does a situationship count?

[scarlet stone]

Did your ECs have anything to do with anthropology though 💀

I feel like false positioning only works if you have actual evidence to back it up 💀

[mossy frigate]

wait whats creative whiting

im so curious

[scarlet stone]

that's gotta be troll 💀

[gloomy ferry]

Due to a series of clerical errors, there is exactly one typo (an extra letter, a removed letter, or an altered letter) in the name of every department at the University of Chicago. Oops! Describe your new intended major. Why are you interested in it and what courses or areas of focus within it might you want to explore? Potential options include Commuter Science, Bromance Languages and Literatures, Pundamentals: Issues and Texts, Ant History... a full list of unmodified majors ready for your editor’s eye is available here.

i chose this prompt and wrote about creative whiting

bcuz im a creative writer

[untold hill]

I think you get it if you started RD but haven't finished your app yet

[scarlet stone]

ohhh

that prompt

[gloomy ferry]

so i wrote about colonialization

[scarlet stone]

some full ED people got it

[gloomy ferry]

in the writing industry

[mossy frigate]

ohh that makes sense

[random lintel]

ooh thats rly interesting

[mossy frigate]

thats a really interesting topic for an essay too

[scarlet stone]

That's a good topic!

[gloomy ice]

yall what time are we feeling for tmr

4pm?

[scarlet stone]

CST yeah

maybe 5

[gloomy ice]

is that 5 est

[scarlet stone]

5 borders evening though

[random lintel]

will they ever tell us the time or do we keep checking portal

[mossy frigate]

lol what if they released it at a really random time like 5:47 just to troll us

[gloomy ferry]

ok my disc is glitching

[gloomy ferry]

ty! its prolly not gonna work!!!

[lost swallow]

man thinking about uchi made me look at their instagram and the instagram of some classes and shit looks nice af man why did i do this to myself 😭😭😭

[lost swallow]

what was the new class you made up

[gloomy ferry]

the major was creative writing whiting

[random lintel]

same i keep stalking the clubs id join

[mossy frigate]

im reading negative stories on the school newspaper lol

[scarlet stone]

about...?

[scarlet stone]

"quirklords"

My essays are all serious except for my "why" essay

[gloomy ferry]

idt your extended essay should be serious

[scarlet stone]

they said it was fine for it to be

[gloomy ferry]

i mean if its intellectual and creative you're good

but if its like

overly academic idk

[scarlet stone]

Oh god no

it's about a personal experience

i made the language creative and the idea is very intellectual

[solid flame]

my quirky essay was pretty deep

[scarlet stone]

I would argue this is fine for stem applicants

but i'm not a stem applicant

[scarlet stone]

I would argue the idea has almost 100% been seen before so the way you write it is more important

[solid flame]

mine was about the combining two words into one

[mossy frigate]

this one's on the core, its not that bad but im trying to stop idolizing the school i guess https://chicagomaroon.com/39674/viewpoints/editorial/a-hollow-core/

[scarlet stone]

oh the perfect match one

[solid flame]

the idea definitely has been somewhat tampered with but i like what i wrote

yea

i talked a lot abt the immigrant struggle 🤓

its too much context im too lazy to give

but it was deep

[scarlet stone]

my CA essay was about immigrant struggle

s

[solid flame]

i shouldve triedharder on the why uchicago

i love uchicago so much that my why uchicago could have showed more

i could have been more genuine to myself

[scarlet stone]

I think i had a good idea but idk how many people also thought of it

[frigid flare]

man we're all so anxious

[scarlet stone]

Tbh idc as much as i should because my school got SLAUGHTERED early

it'd just be nice to know early so I can stop trying as hard senior year

and also don't have to pay >1000 for more apps 💀

[solid flame]

im not too anxious

im expecting a deferral

im more anxious about regular decisions

[mossy frigate]

same i think mine was the weakest part of my app i just talked about the core curriculum and being interdisciplinary 💀

[wind viper]

do they defer a lot ed

[mossy frigate]

same everyone got humbled

[solid flame]

not rly

[frigid flare]

since i'm ed i'm hoping for deferral

[scarlet stone]

barely any people get deferred ED

[frigid flare]

nope

[wind viper]

intriguing

[solid flame]

my school got some crazy snipes EA/ed but then the smart ppl everyone expected to get in actually didnt

[scarlet stone]

our school sent multiple people to every ivy last year LOL

[scarlet stone]

SAME

[solid flame]

we got a girl into harvard, yale, two columbis, two penns, a cornell and 2 browns

[scarlet stone]

EXACT same thing

[solid flame]

no stanfords, no princetons, and mind you a LOT of people ea'd harvard and yale

[mossy frigate]

jfc thats crazy

[solid flame]

it was actually spoken around that no one got itno yale this year early

[frigid flare]

last year we had an mit and i think that's it

[solid flame]

then this girl announced it who we didnt even know applied

so good on her

[scarlet stone]

my friend got into harvard and her Unofficial class rank is like ~20%

3rd gen buff

[gloomy ferry]

what did you do?

[mossy frigate]

a bunch of legacies in my grade got deferred which was pretty unexpected

[frigid flare]

this year we have two princeton so far

[solid flame]

i dont wanna say the exact patch

[gloomy ferry]

same like i know a lot more about essays and shit now but then i just kinda bsed it

[solid flame]

the fact that there was no word limit made me write smth kinda mid

[gloomy ferry]

you've already submitted so idt it matters but personal preference so

[solid flame]

i just yapped for 800 words about i dont even know

[gloomy ferry]

i went up to 1k words 😭

[gloomy ferry]

LMAO ME

[molten adder]

this waiting is killing ms

[scarlet stone]

Mine was 930 ish

[solid flame]

i dont wanna say the patch not only bc of that but also bc im too lazy to give a lot of context

[gloomy ferry]

the strength of my essay is not in the writing but rather in its red flaggy ness

[gloomy ferry]

real

i have physics exam today and i know my ass isnt gonna be thinking about physics

[frigid flare]

talk about a scarlet letter

[solid flame]

i was gonna make my why uchicago about me having fake beef with the phoenix but then i changed my mind

[scarlet stone]

you're international?

tough

[frigid flare]

amirite

[solid flame]

i shoulda stuck with it bc itd have stood out more

mine is well written but doesnt stand out

[gloomy ferry]

OMG I LOVE THAT

[gloomy ferry]

yeah but us citizen so

[scarlet stone]

domestic pool Win

[mossy frigate]

same i feel like mine wasnt funny or unique enough but oh well

[scarlet stone]

Mine was very serious but quite unique i'd say

[gloomy ferry]

bro if i get deferred im defo mentioning the scarlet letter in my loci tysm @frigid flare

[solid flame]

idt i was funny anywhere on my app now that i think about it

[gloomy ferry]

mine is memorable idk about unique tho

[solid flame]

what is a loci

[scarlet stone]

letter of continued interest

[solid flame]

oh

shit

are those like normal

[scarlet stone]

yes

[solid flame]

do ppl do that

[scarlet stone]

if you get deferred

[gloomy ferry]

if you get deffered

[scarlet stone]

please write one

[frigid flare]

you gotta write

[scarlet stone]

💀

[solid flame]

shittttt

this is like

my redemption arc

[mossy frigate]

honestly if i get deferred i might be too salty to send out locis lol

[solid flame]

for all the shit i missed out on

no i want uchicago so bad and i dont wanna defer to EDII

[gloomy ferry]

exactly ^

[scarlet stone]

I mean it's not personal (it is personal but it's not personal if yk what I mean)

[mossy frigate]

yea i will probably make myself do them

[scarlet stone]

My friends didn't want me to ED1 actually 💀 but it was my top choice by far (I hated the ivies) and given what's been happening this admit cycle

[solid flame]

isnt uchicago the type of school to pull the "switch to EDII and we'll accept you" thing if I make it seem like that in my loci

[scarlet stone]

Pretty glad i decided to 💀

[scarlet stone]

absolutely

their admission tactics are VERY shady

[gloomy ferry]

its my top choice too but im not in a position to ED :(

[solid flame]

BET

[scarlet stone]

that sucks - financials I'm assuming but I won't pry

[scarlet stone]

They're like required to SAY that

but deferral acceptance rate is so low because most people who get in from deferral ED II

[gloomy ferry]

yeah finances and like family situation so they want me to stay on west coast but will consider uchi if good financial package

[random lintel]

what percentage of people get deferred ea

vs rejected

[scarlet stone]

A lot

They don't publish anything

[gloomy ferry]

did you apply to uchi?

[scarlet stone]

but it's probably similar to MIT/Harvard

[random lintel]

yeah i applied last minute ea bc the application was free 😭

[solid flame]

in my loci im gonna specify how i will not switch to EDII LMAO

[gloomy ferry]

didnt you get in to gtown lol

stay out of my applicant pool 🔫 jkjk

[scarlet stone]

Gtown has a weird Early policy right

[random lintel]

dw i go to a georgetown feeder idk if i could have gotten in on my own accord 😭

[scarlet stone]

I remember I couldn't early there because ED1

[random lintel]

yeah its like rea but not really

[frigid flare]

yup no ed allowed

[gloomy ferry]

nahhh give yourself credit

[scarlet stone]

feeders are a real thing tbh

one of the public highschools in my county sends 12 people to MIT every year

PUBLIC.

like average matriculation

💀

[gloomy ferry]

damn

[random lintel]

yeah our scoir scattergram for georgetown is rly good

[gloomy ferry]

my school last year had a guy who got deferred from stanford and accepted into northwestern umich ga tech but like thats it

[random lintel]

So like it’s a pretty good bet if you have good stats

[scarlet stone]

R O F L

HOLY SHIT

[gloomy ferry]

oh my god

[random lintel]

but also a ton of legacies

[gloomy ferry]

i have 2 distant cousins who went to gtown does that count as legacy

[random lintel]

😭

[scarlet stone]

that looks exactly like our scattergram except with NE

Damn so you're basically autoadmit with baseline stats that's crazy

W though that must take some of the pressure off!

and also if they're admitting that many people from your hs it probably means your academics are no joke

[random lintel]

yeah its pretty insane

[scarlet stone]

so don't sell yourself short

[random lintel]

i mean our academics are good but we also have reeeeally deep historical ties with them (private school lol)

[random lintel]

yeah honestly my ecs are perfect for sfs so like i do think im qualified, i just got a boost

i dont rly like it i think its unfair but ill take what i can get

[scarlet stone]

oh i forgot private schools like existed

[scarlet stone]

I've come to find

that so many people have advantages

that it's illogical to feel bad about the ones you possess

[gloomy ferry]

even with uchicago

if you're able to ed its an immediate boost

[scarlet stone]

yes, that in itself is a privilege

income bracket privilege is easily the most pervasive one 💀

[gloomy ferry]

lol yeah i saw someone get into uchi ea with a 3.5 gpa

900k income bracket

[random lintel]

yeah exactly, and like my stats and ecs are better than my classmates who were able to afford tutoring and buying internships and stuff, i do think that some meritocratic elements persist

[gloomy ferry]

their parents were divorced and remarried so like 4 people contribution tho but still

[tacit scarab]

Lmfao if you had been nicer about it I would’ve told you how

[hazy lark]

anyone know what late afternoon historically has been

[lost swallow]

no disrespect but how are people w below a 4.0 (i’m assuming this is W) getting in

[scarlet stone]

no

[scarlet stone]

that's just how feeders work

[mossy frigate]

i guess its harder to get a 4.0 at a feeder

cuz its rigorous

[lost swallow]

oh this is a feeder school? damn i should have gone to one

[frigid flare]

4pm cst

[scarlet stone]

Harvard UW 3.5 at my school MULTIPLE years

[frigid flare]

we really need to pin this

[lost swallow]

is it a private school

[frigid flare]

or make a speculation !uchicago

[scarlet stone]

nope i go to public school!

[mossy frigate]

has to be legacy right

[gloomy ferry]

@tacit scarab

[scarlet stone]

it's very wealthy though

[mossy frigate]

😭

[scarlet stone]

yes yes ofc

[lost swallow]

ic ic

[gloomy ferry]

harvard had a speculated !harvard :(

[frigid flare]

yeah there have been plenty of guessed/unconfirmed times

that still get commands

[random lintel]

we have some like that for princeton but theyre all for basketball lol

[gloomy ferry]

we know the date

we have last year's time

[frigid flare]

we've all been using 4pm cst anyway

[scarlet stone]

our recruited athlete game is strong too

The last year has showed me how much of the college process really is just out of your control

[gloomy ferry]

wait why 4 pm cst

isnt uchi in est

[tacit scarab]

Only Harvard bc theirs was pretty much confirmed

[frigid flare]

nope

[random lintel]

my parents shoulda put me in lax at age 4

[gloomy ferry]

damn

[scarlet stone]

Some kid with like iffy stats from my school got into HYPS because his dad commited tax fraud which made him de facto low income/gave him a really good essay story

he told me that his grades had nothing to do with his circumstances he just got lucky 💀

[tacit scarab]

Even with Harvard being basically confirmed it was a horrible command bc people kept pestering me about how I knew the time and I had to keep correcting them

[random lintel]

lmao what thats wild

[gloomy ferry]

can you include the fact that its unconfirmed into the command itself?

[scarlet stone]

He was a super cool guy + a really good violinist but still

[tacit scarab]

That assumes people read

[scarlet stone]

HYPS as an asian non top decile from my school is UNHEARD of

[gloomy ferry]

oh- 💀

[lean kestrel]

uchi tmrw 🙏

[solid flame]

@lean kestrel i hope to go into astrophysics too :3

i see thats where u committed to uchi for

maybe i will join u

[lean kestrel]

LETS GOOO

It’s going to be awesome

a professor there works on the south pole telescope, i read a paper about it

[solid flame]

i did an astro class at uchicago last summer

YEA

[upper elm]

i hope eckhart opens its doors to me

:prayge:

[solid flame]

ECKHART

😭