University of Chicago (UChicago) (2023-2024)

[pale kayak]

it’s still crazy low cuz the love yield

[rugged field]

nah

[pale kayak]

nah?

[rugged field]

they might accept a fourth from eacg

but ea/rd yield is not that high

[rich sapphire]

ea/ed1 was like 5.9% this yr

ar

[pale kayak]

ik uchicago loves accepting ppl from ed

like they artificially do it to have high af yield

idk

[rugged field]

ye

[fading socket]

damn

i hope i clinch admission but the odds seem rather unlikely

[rugged field]

nah bro u chillin

gl

[pale kayak]

Reddit has ppl estimating that ed 1 is 20, ed2 is 15, ea, 6, rd 2

everyone has their own estimates cuz they they’ll never actually tell us

[fading socket]

thanks bro

[rugged field]

alr

[fading socket]

yeah

[rugged field]

for this yr?

[pale kayak]

which is the funny part cuz you know they would be called the original northeastern if ppl actually knew

[pale kayak]

nah for the school in general

don’t think anything would cause more and more applications

so id expect it to be consistent

[rugged field]

i mean its probs still gonna grow

cuz more & more ppl r having access to like college admissions info

but yeah probs not enough to change the numbers significantly, in the near future

[fading socket]

its a little bit of a weird feeling waiting

[rugged field]

it is

but we ball

[fading socket]

YEAH WE DO

FUCK IT WE BALL

https://tenor.com/view/floating-levitating-levitation-black-guy-gif-20123481

[pale kayak]

yeah one more week!

[rugged field]

nice

[pale kayak]

one more week till the likely rejection LOL

[rugged field]

nah bro calm down

most think theyre getting rejecrdd

j chillax

dont be like the crowd

[pale kayak]

true

[rugged field]

be confident

[pale kayak]

I’ll try then lol

[rugged field]

gl bro

[fading socket]

what time of day does the decision usually come out

ik the date but time

on an unrelated note i want this hoodie badly:

[glass bear]

it came out at 3:40 CST for ed1

don’t see why it would be different for the next round

[fading socket]

ah ok

might just check it on my phone during class then

[rich sapphire]

ed1+ea this yr was 5.9%

like officially

[rugged field]

nice

[pale kayak]

Do you know ed 1 and ea individually?

[rich sapphire]

nop

[gloomy ferry]

omg show?

[lean kestrel]

this was the full package

[gloomy ferry]

THAT'S AMAZING WTF

ugh my rejection is gonna hurt even harder

[lean kestrel]

NO DONT THINK LIKE THAT

[wooden mason]

thats the worst mindset oat

[spiral estuary]

Chiming in here to say that this mindset protects from heartbreak 😭

[wooden mason]

nah the mindset is that you're a lock for the school and theyre jus playing with you

like usc just wants to hold on to my application longer cuz they love it so much

[gloomy ferry]

my original mindset was that they deferred me because they wanted to read more of my wonderful writing

but uchicago rd is like 2% bro nobody's getting in

[fading socket]

YO

WHAT

CANNOT WAIT TO GET THIS PACKAGE

(im getting in 100%)

[fading socket]

ITS NOT OVER TILL ITS OVER

(we're at the WE'RE SO BACK point)

[surreal palm]

aint no way is this an acceptance package or a commitment package

[lean kestrel]

it is LOL

[surreal palm]

WHBAT

[lean kestrel]

i also got a scarf

[surreal palm]

uchicago defering me & for what

[glass bear]

its technically for your parents lmao

[lean kestrel]

OOP

that’s right

[rugged field]

yeah

but like everyone takes it from their parents lmao

[lean kestrel]

it’s not my moms size so i get to keep it 🤞

[rugged field]

nice

[surreal palm]

whats in the lil box

is it a candle

[final wave]

my only somehwat good part of the application is my 1590

and apparently uchicago doesnt care as much

[lean kestrel]

those are sticky notes :D

[surreal palm]

tell uchi to let me in

[rugged field]

i will

[wooden mason]

except you

[gloomy ferry]

wait really why💀

how do they know sizes lol

[gloomy ferry]

even I'm not that delusional😭

[wooden mason]

but i am

[surreal palm]

when u get into usc send me some merch

[wooden mason]

deal

[fading socket]

gotta rank it up then cmon

[gloomy ferry]

but you're a legacy you have a right to be delusional

[gloomy ferry]

im currently in my stanford era 🫶

[wooden mason]

anyone can be delusional if theyre dedicated enough

[gloomy ferry]

yeah but the fallback will hurt

im already predicting i go 0-6 on rd decisions

maybe a couple of waitlists

[wooden mason]

you literally went 10-3-0

[gloomy ferry]

my rd schools are stanford Columbia upenn nyu northwestern brown

much easier to go 10-3-0 when it's all safeties/targets than when it's super reaches

plus uchicago and gtown deferrals will also come out rd

so make that 0-8

[fading socket]

you got into USC EA ur not literally hopeless

i doubt you go 0-8

id tip you to get at least one

minimum

[gloomy ferry]

maybe nyu

usc admits by major right

[fading socket]

who knows

could get uchicago

[surreal palm]

I think ill get nyu and then straight rejected from the rest

[fading socket]

I NEED

https://tenor.com/view/black-nerd-black-nerd-gif-26919340

[hearty belfry]

i did not see the cup 💀

[hearty belfry]

peak scarf

[hearty belfry]

lowkey gas

[blazing hill]

9th of Feb seems a bit too early

That’s 5 days

[toxic saddle]

Common maroon W

[fading socket]

My fuckin point broski

That hoodie is very awesome

[fading socket]

They released it the 10th last year

Seems like they may stick to that timing of the second Friday in February

[brave ravine]

mid feb sounds like end of 2nd week too

[final sequoia]

damn that's nice!

Uchicago sure knows how to reinforce their students decision

[lean kestrel]

NO FR

[final wave]

ahhhhhhhh

5 days

[foggy nest]

Uchicago marketing very respectable tbh

[fading socket]

I desperately crave a UChicago acceptance the pressure from family and friends is literally suffocating

[foggy nest]

they know this admissions shit is a game, same as we do

[final wave]

ong bro

[foggy nest]

keep expectations in check

ed2 AR is gonna be not more than 15% i imagine

[final wave]

😧😧😧

[fading socket]

Just because I crave it doesn’t mean I expect it

[final sequoia]

facts… had me rethinking my commitment to NU 1000%

[final sequoia]

bro keep calm you’re gonna be fine

you seem very passionate and personable

and if your essays reflect that i think you’ll get in

trust 🤞🏾

[foggy nest]

my LOCI was so fire

wish I had recorded a video too but too late for that

[fading socket]

Thanks

And congrats on NU!

[final wave]

AO never responded…

it actually is over for me

bye guys

[plush tinsel]

guys do we know if uchicago is this friday or the next.. im going insane

[spiral estuary]

STOP JUST DONT THINK ABOUT IT

[plush tinsel]

I CANT

im losing sleep over it.. had a nightmare that ao came to my house just to give me a rejection

[spiral estuary]

Babe I promise as nice as the AOs are they don’t give enough shats to go personally to people’s houses

[spiral estuary]

💀

[fading socket]

Imagine the A/O repelling down from a helicopter to hand you a paper copy

Before flying away

https://tenor.com/view/tactical-gif-22144752

[plush tinsel]

why are you giving me new nightmare material

everyone in my neighborhood will know i got rejected help

[fading socket]

honestly real shit what does it matter

like let’s say someone you know of, like an acquaintance, got rejected from somewhere like WashU St. Louis

Does it really stick in your head?

[final sequoia]

gracias!

[plush tinsel]

not really but my neighbours are those family friends that love to gossip 😕😕

oh well

we will see in

5 days n

[final sequoia]

nah this is wild 💀

[fading socket]

Nah I get it fr

my moms friends came over today for a book club thing and all of their kids somehow went to goddamn UCLA

so now they keep poking me and my mom about where im gonna end up

[spiral estuary]

Parents need to chill out with the child achievement economy for real

Because some of us don’t bring back good stocks

But seriously though why do they always compare when they know it stresses us out 💀

Wonder if it’s a coping mechanism for them

[plush tinsel]

HOW THE JELL

[plush tinsel]

i would not be able to deal with that oml good luck

[fading socket]

THATS WHAT I SAID

HOW DID ALL OF THEM GET INTO UCLA

[fading socket]

BROSKI THEY WALKED IN AND THE FIRST THING THEY SAID IS “SO YOU GONNA GO TO UCLA TOO OR A GOOD SCHOOL?”

[plush tinsel]

is UCLA not a good school

help me that’s so scary

[spiral estuary]

I have three friends and my parents know their parents— two wonderful young women, one got into Cornell and the other got in WashU St. Louis, and the boy got into Princeton

They always ask “How are your college apps” but never “How are you feeling”

[fading socket]

no no they meant like a different good school

[plush tinsel]

oh m’y god i’m so glad that none of my family friends got into extraordinary schools..

[fading socket]

nah you take the crown of pressure cause what the hell

[plush tinsel]

idk where these high expectations come from like 😭😭 no one close to us has left our province

[spiral estuary]

My parents are clinging onto UC Hicago for me like it’s the holy grail… 😂

[fading socket]

Yo thank you but it sucks fr cause either I clinch uchicago or I pray for a miracle

[final wave]

canadian!

[plush tinsel]

yes!!

[spiral estuary]

Asian 🙂

[plush tinsel]

my parents have no expectation for usa thankfully

[plush tinsel]

yeah 😨

[final wave]

which prov

[plush tinsel]

alberta 💀

i need to leave

desperately

[spiral estuary]

Lmao

[final wave]

ualberta isnt that bad

[spiral estuary]

I’m hoping since my friend and I from a rural town they give us mercy

Ya know

For “diversity”

I know for a fact that location plays no role in college admissions tho 💀

At least if you’re in the U.S. there’s little chance for your location to be taken into consideration for admissions

[plush tinsel]

it’s not but edmonton 😕😕

[final wave]

true

how many canadians do u think get in

for ed2

[spiral estuary]

I wish Canadians were real

[plush tinsel]

me too

[plush tinsel]

i do not want to think about that!!!

someone from my city got in last year

idk ed/ea/rd

[final wave]

oh ic

someone from my school got in like 6 years ago

[fading socket]

The first ever person to get in from my school did it last year

Nothing since

They did it questbridge

I’d be the second ever

[pale kayak]

did most of yall submit the video profile?

cuz i skipped it since i wasnt sure if it would add anything to my application 💀

[rugged field]

i didnt

[fierce stone]

I did but looking back it’s not great at all

[pale kayak]

interesting

ik someone from my school that got in EA without submitting

so yea who knows if it would hurt my application

[fierce stone]

It’s just me talking about/explaining a few of my hobbies which in retrospect was a pretty bad idea

[pale kayak]

yea like brown I heard u don’t wanna regurgitate what’s already on ur application

[fierce stone]

Interesting

[hearty belfry]

yes

i love when people r like "dw if u mess up no one will laugh at u or remember it"

and "if someone else messed up would u?"

yes. yes i would

[fading socket]

https://tenor.com/view/floating-levitating-levitation-black-guy-gif-20123481

but why

[hearty belfry]

i still remember the dude that said "me llamo nadar"

in 7th grade spanish

and mr "no me gusta hacer"

[hearty belfry]

same dude that during debate camp in 4th grade started listing off different types of AI during a speech in like a bullet point list

jit trippin

[fading socket]

goddamn

wtf

you be absorbing everyones errors that they think everyone forgot

https://tenor.com/view/thierry-henry-thierry-henry-out-of-breath-tired-gif-24902032

[spiral estuary]

Welp I already did so yolo

Edit: it literally says below to upload them lmao

[versed geode]

I think the plan is to not check anything UChicago related for the next like 2 weeks and check it later

[versed geode]

Since when did they send those 😭

[versed geode]

First step is to remove myself from this thread

[glass bear]

gambling with the rest of your senior year lmfao

[spiral estuary]

We’d just be preparing ourselves for where fun goes to die 💪

[plush tinsel]

if i get into uchicago i will relearn all of physics IB for ‘fun’ 🎀 and cut my hair ‼️‼️

[fading socket]

Can you shave your head in VC?

[pulsar skiff]

no way it came that early

[hearty belfry]

yeah

soon it'll be urs too

jajajaj

[blazing hill]

Mid-year report comes out after ED2 decision, should I be worried at all?

[gloomy ferry]

nah it wont affect anyways unless there was a significant rgade difference

[fading socket]

nah

[thin sluice]

BEEN MEANING TO ASK. WHATS THAT BOX FOR TOP RIGHT

[fading socket]

Not a box it’s post-its

[thin sluice]

oh thats cute

[final wave]

my AO responded

at last

hope?

[fading socket]

https://tenor.com/view/alex-ferguson-gif-24664906

[spiral estuary]

Looking over my video supplement ideas and realized that most of them were better than the unhinged rant on modern day Chinese politics in relation to clothing and soft power in the U.S. I submitted

Hope the UC Hicago AOs enjoyed being educated on Tang Dynasty poetry in relation to the silhouettes of the hanfu at that time…

I shot the video the day before supplements were due

GUYS HELP THE VIDEO WAS SO CRINGE

PLEASE SEND ME SOMETHING TO GET MY MIND OFF OF MY VIDEO

Should’ve talked about how much I love gardening Fr tho

[slow solstice]

ur better than me i didn’t even do the video 😭

[spiral estuary]

Better to not do it than send in an fever dream

[toxic saddle]

That’s probably exactly what they want tho

It’s uchicago

Don’t stress

[fierce stone]

4 days till judgement day fellas

[final wave]

or 11

[fierce stone]

tru

[spiral estuary]

If it’s 11 I’ll be mildly annoyed

[hearty belfry]

bro i sent them a joke

[pale kayak]

Same

[hearty belfry]

💀

[pale kayak]

If it’s this Friday and I miraculously get in I’m not gonna have to try next week b4 my trimester ends

LOL

[spiral estuary]

Gonna play “Waiting on a Miracle” from Encanto nonstop until decision day

[humble echo]

W taste

[slow solstice]

how cooked am i fr because i really don’t think it would add much to my application

and my essays ate

• i thought my video for brown was so good and it didn’t do anything for me

[rugged field]

r u ED2 or RD

ED2 u might be fine

i got in without

but RD my condolences

(not saying it's a guaranteed rejection, but RD itself is hard enough that video optional rlly will hurt ur odds)

[fading socket]

my video was cringeworthy but good at the same time

probably the best part of my app besides the uncommon essay/PS

[spiral estuary]

I feel like UC Hicago people are people who walk into English class circle-time Socratic seminars actually excited to discuss the book and then hogs the conversation while the rest of the class eyes the clock and ponders their sanity

[humble echo]

real asf

[gloomy ferry]

as someone who is that and has uchicago as their #1, yes

[humble echo]

LMAO

hi smrithi

[gloomy ferry]

hi plum

do i know you

[humble echo]

nope

i just felt like saying hi

[gloomy ferry]

lol mood

wsg

[humble echo]

nothing much i need to fake my hours for my online fitness class

[gloomy ferry]

💀💀💀💀💀

gl

[humble echo]

thank

[hearty belfry]

guys

does she know??

[fading socket]

thats...

literally in the core curriculum

my first draft of my why uchicago literally talked about the socratic seminars

[glass bear]

🫵NERD

[slow solstice]

ed2 bless 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[rich sapphire]

i work on my lab report during my humanities class, the guy next to me was looking up the felony record of his frat friend, two other friends were texting, and another friend was doing a chem pset

discussion happens in between life

[plush tinsel]

i will be so annoyed if its 11

[fading socket]

https://tenor.com/view/floating-levitating-levitation-black-guy-gif-20123481

if its 11 im going to be semi frustrated

[spiral estuary]

The irony, I know

I also talked about open discourse

[final wave]

did u apply ubc? i applied early but didnt get the acceptance today 😭

its only the first round since its like rolling but like theres no way

[plush tinsel]

yes i did

some of my friends got accepted earlier

my teacher hasnt sent them my grades yet so!

[ashen hollow]

did you do ILOT?

[brave ravine]

prolly

[final wave]

im a canadian

[ashen hollow]

oh 😦

[final wave]

ik

im so confused

like ubc should be mostly based on grades

[ashen hollow]

just give it some time

shouldn't be tough for you to get in

[plush tinsel]

isnt it 50/50?? personal profile and grades?

but i agree

give it time

they say END of feb for early

theyll get back to u

you still have 3+ weeks!

[final wave]

hold up

i got this on feb 4

but i applied early

did this also happen for u

[plush tinsel]

I applied for sauder so i didnt get anyhthing specific yet

[final wave]

im hoping it was a tech issue

like they lost my application or something

[final wave]

bc most ppl got the acknowledgement email in december

[toxic saddle]

Chat went from uc to ubc

[barren acorn]

Somebody on reddit was saying that they called the admissions office and were told that they would release on the 16th??

[foggy nest]

Nahhh what

Send link

[barren acorn]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1aeq8f4/is_uchicago_ed2_probably_gonna_come_out_on_friday/kp5i3e3?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

[foggy nest]

Damn maybe I'll call myself to confirm

[toxic saddle]

Lmk what they say

10 more days 😧

[final wave]

what the fuck

[blazing hill]

16th makes more sense anyways

[brave ravine]

ye true

[spiral estuary]

I’m mildly annoyed 🙂

[barren acorn]

Did anyone call to confirm?

[final wave]

i believe the guy

on reddit

[toxic saddle]

theres a small possibility the person misspoke and meant this friday

[final wave]

the person clarified

[toxic saddle]

i mean on the phone

the office

[slow solstice]

i mean last year it was on the 10th i think

• i talked to my ao asking if i could update w something on the 7th and they said its too close to the decision release

[toxic saddle]

Huh

💀

Even the AOs don’t know 🔥

[toxic saddle]

They could’ve meant by next Friday

Not necessarily next Friday

On the call with the guy

[final wave]

let us know

[slow solstice]

wait what happened w the guy that called them

[pale kayak]

if it’s too late I’ll be submitting my second trimester grades lmao

oh no maybe not

cuz “too close to release date” lmao

[final wave]

this is like our only hope

that it comes out this week

[fading socket]

He lying fr

[toxic saddle]

Schizotypal ahh mf

[plush tinsel]

IS IT ACTUALLY COMING ON THE 16TH

guys i cant stress for another week please 😭

[slow solstice]

don’t know if it’s like two days too close or a week😭😭

[native nova]

!uchi

[fading socket]

https://tenor.com/view/erik-ten-hag-manchester-united-gif-26550853

[hardy sleet]

I didn’t do the optional@video

am i cooked

[worthy oracle]

no

[worthy oracle]

not doing it doesnt hurt u

only helps if u do it

[hardy sleet]

👌🤞

[pale kayak]

if these rumors of the 16th r true then I’m actually pissed

[fierce stone]

im a 9er thru and thru

[pale kayak]

like do they really have so many more applicants?

yea I hope for the 9th

[fierce stone]

idc what the s*xteen supporting heretics say

[pale kayak]

I hate it that every single college has more and more applications from last year

like why

is the class of 2024 bigger somehow?

[fierce stone]

an increasing number of people view college as the key to success in later life

[pale kayak]

yea idk what’s driving that

social media?

[fierce stone]

thats my theory anyway

[pale kayak]

this sixteenth bs if true further degrades my confidence in myself

cuz it only means there’s more applications than normal

[fierce stone]

idk im in the "it is what it is" mindset rn w/ university decision stuff in general rn

[pale kayak]

yea idk

everyone in my school is pretty much all set I feel like

except for ppl who got rejected from ED somehow

[slow solstice]

i think it’s 9 truly

[pale kayak]

I pray for the 9th

cuz if I miraculously get in I’m not gonna have to do my Dartmouth interview

[slow solstice]

real i just wanna know where im going nowww

[pale kayak]

yeah

[toxic saddle]

Uncertainty is killing me

[slow solstice]

like i have options but i won’t really know financial stuff until like april

[pale kayak]

mhm

if I don’t get in then ima have to wait anxiously until April

[fierce stone]

idk im oddly... disinterested in it all. wherever i go ik i'll be ok sooo

[pale kayak]

for like 15 other schools to come out

ngl I’m having a lot of jealousy with ppl in my class

that’s the one thing that’s crazy that no one talks about

the jealousy

[fierce stone]

like dont get me wrong i get disappointed w/ rejections and stuff but still

[gloomy ferry]

damn as someone who EA'd to uchicago, I've never seen y'all in this thread before. The number of lurkers who became active because ed2 is insane 💀

[foggy nest]

possibly, but overall apps are getting more concentrated around top schools and lower ranked regional schools are failing more often

[fierce stone]

i only started talking in here after i got deferred 💀

[slow solstice]

same but i wanna be like planning things out for just one college rn like dorms and finding roommates and going to like the accepted student days and stuff😭😭😭 and also like having enough of a reason to not try too hard this semester because im in ib 😭😭😭

[pale kayak]

idk where else I can talk about uchicago LOL

[slow solstice]

i only came on here during the week of ea decisions like unc umich gtech

[gloomy ferry]

mmm

[fierce stone]

i dont plan my life too much, just as much is necessary. it would be nice to go to those events and such but i can do those later so 🤷

and as for the IB fair enough

[slow solstice]

yeah it’s hella annoying like if you do ap you can choose to not send scores you don’t like but i don’t have a choiceee😭😭😭

[fierce stone]

im a weakling AP taker

[glass bear]

skipping my ap tests

[fierce stone]

i am not

[glass bear]

you should trust me

[fading socket]

true

if i fuck up college tho im gonna go be an AA pilot fr

[rugged field]

highschool IB:
finance IB:

[fading socket]

thats the back up plan

[rugged field]

well heres good news for u guys

uchicago is harder than hs (surprising ik)

ok tbf if u go to like an exceptionally difficult highschool it might be equal

only 1st year tho

[fading socket]

that is the whole point tbf

[glass bear]

1st year econ is harder than 4th year econ so like if you're a fan of econ you solid

[rugged field]

u mean classes?

or j overall

[glass bear]

overall

core

[rugged field]

hmm

if ur aiming for econ academia idts

but otherwise id agree

core is easy

ngl

except sosc

[glass bear]

oh yeah fs

guys if you get in take sosc and hum the same year

[rugged field]

lol

[fading socket]

in hindsight ED2ing as a uchicago pre med was probably not in my best interest other than free college if i get in

[rugged field]

many ppl do that actually

[glass bear]

thirty gorillion essays per week

[rugged field]

lol its j reading

some core classes r free As imo

[fading socket]

are any of you from warmer climates

[rugged field]

i am

but i love the cold

[fading socket]

i see

[rugged field]

im basically at the equator

was*

[fading socket]

cause here in LA right, i was shivering in a winter jacket

it was literally 63 degrees F

[rugged field]

lmao LA

ok

beo

bro

my condolences

chicago will not treat u well lmfao

[glass bear]

oh youre cooked

[rugged field]

yeah cooked as fuck

[fading socket]

yeah man im finished lmfao

[glass bear]

63 is lowkey shirtless weather

[rugged field]

I AGREE

bro lowkey like

[fading socket]

my entire family said "why are you trying to go to chicago ur gonna freeze and die before winter break"

[rugged field]

with the exception of like 3w ago

chicago aint cold at all

at least when wind isnt blowing

[rich sapphire]

oh god no

[glass bear]

+if you have a windbreaker layer you're actually fine in most temps

[rugged field]

wind will blow but its only like less than a minute deal with it

yeye

[fading socket]

idk how id handle it if i got in

just gotta get used to it ig

[rugged field]

yeah

also j

adapt a different mindset

[fading socket]

what do you mean

[glass bear]

think like a midwesterner

"its not that cold outside"

[rugged field]

adapt a mindset to make u like less sensitive to the cold

[fading socket]

be insanely polite?

[rugged field]

LOLOL

[glass bear]

what midwesterners are you meeting dawg

[fading socket]

i need to read up on the midwesterner stereotypes

[rich sapphire]

keg have i mentioned

[rugged field]

no

[rich sapphire]

something insanely important

ok

guess

[rugged field]

ok

[rich sapphire]

what

[rugged field]

what.

[rich sapphire]

you should get snap.

[warm hearth]

i moved from illinois as a kid to socal and now im a soft skinned loser
but i think it just takes getting used to :p

[peak goblet]

I go out in a t-shirt and shorts at 0 Celcius 😎

[rugged field]

no

[fading socket]

fellow socal individual lets go

[warm hearth]

yess :D

[rugged field]

yeah chicago has decent weather

[fading socket]

ive been to chicago before on like a technicality

what i mean by technicality is ive been to o'hare 6 times

thats literally it

never ever stepped out the airport

[warm hearth]

could have guessed ohare lol

[fading socket]

lmao

i mentioned that fact in my video actually

that i wanted to have the opportunity to step out the airport

[warm hearth]

thats cute honestly lolll

I was going to mention that I was from il in my vid but I was doing it like

after an all nighter 4 hours before the deadline

and forgot 💀

clutch application

[rugged field]

nice.

[warm hearth]

thank you

[fading socket]

it be like that fr

[thin sluice]

me coming from Saudi Arabia

it goes to like 50C (122F) here

[tropic yarrow]

Me too. However, I also think they would've notified via social media that they were gonna release decisions if it were Feb 9th

Last time, when the decisions were released on Feb 10th, they posted on Feb 8th Instagram that decisions were going to be out on that day

[toxic saddle]

Still have all day for them to post and fit that timeline

[spiral estuary]

Don’t worry guys trust the 8ball

[tropic yarrow]

That’s true tho

Only reason I’m not alr into panic mode lol

[thin sluice]

https://reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1al32lj/ivy_league_equals_voted_by_ivy_league_members/

[toxic saddle]

Cornell not selecting Dartmouth

[thin sluice]

UChicago equal to HYPSM makes so much sense

[glass bear]

Cornell putting uiuc is insane lmfao

[thin sluice]

Brown with URochester?? HELLO????

[fading socket]

Some of these votes were insane

But UChicago as level with HYPSM is cool but I’m not sure how accurate it is

[tropic yarrow]

would definitely say that UChicago's contribution can't be understated. It's notable enough that there's an entire school of economic thought, the Chicago school of Economics, that arose from the havens of UChicago. Economists like Friedman have been incredibly influential in Economic policy in the US, especially during Reagan's presidency

[thin sluice]

uchicago has one of the highest number of nobel laureates and prob alot more rigorous than other ivies, academically. i just think the culture and environment (definitely not everybodys cup of tea) and history are the potential bottlenecks

[barren acorn]

The first nuclear reactor was made there. The charge of an electron was discovered there. It's contributions to Physics in the past century is insane

[tropic yarrow]

this as well

[tropic yarrow]

what exactly do you mean with regards to the history however?

[barren acorn]

Exactly, its history only elevates it

[toxic saddle]

It’s newer

[tropic yarrow]

UChicago is older than Stanford, granted by only a year

and MIT is only about 30 years older than UChicago

[thin sluice]

compared to ivies I guess. also it was way less selective until like one or two decades ago. I think the perceived prestige is somewhat new. although i may be wrong here (I am an international)

[rugged field]

yeah this is wrong thx for acknowledging

[thin sluice]

would love to know, not very well versed with the history as I mentioned before

[undone plover]

chicago has been great for a while

[rugged field]

ivies like upenn were also less selective 2 decades ago

[thin sluice]

Stanford and MIT for example, have always had insane prestige

internationally*

[rugged field]

ok yeah internationally sure

but no one cares

ok tbf

uchicago was like prestigious mostly in academia back then

[thin sluice]

we are arguing if its HYPSM level here. there is 0 doubt of it being eqv. to an ivy

[rugged field]

hmmm

[tropic yarrow]

i think this is the key word here. It's difficult to measure these things, but 'perceived prestige' does make Chicago seem a little bit new to the prestigious table. But I think there's a lot of ignorance internationally

[rugged field]

yk lowkey

i wdnt be surprised if uchicago paid those schools to list uchicago as a peer school 💀

[thin sluice]

I am international so 💀 I was giving my two cents

[undone plover]

'percieved prestige' doesnt make sense

[rugged field]

im international too

[undone plover]

all prestige is perceived

[rugged field]

but yeah makes sense

we'll never beat hypsm

[thin sluice]

uk add these shady techniques in the mix too while we are at it

if i am not wrong

uchicago has the HIGHEST yield

[rugged field]

hmm

manipulated imo

[thin sluice]

higher than Harvard and Stanford

[thin sluice]

yes

[rugged field]

manipulated with waitlist

[tropic yarrow]

true, but there are objective metrics that can give the appearance of prestige more than others. Academic contribution, selectivity, rigour, history and more can provide a good idea

[thin sluice]

highly manipulated with ED preference

[rugged field]

i mean

thats like a common trick

[thin sluice]

yes but UChicago is INFAMOUS

[rugged field]

the more manipulative part is #attended/#admitted

[thin sluice]

RD is almost impossible

[rugged field]

and #attended includes waitlist acceptances

[thin sluice]

also ED guarentees close to a 100% yield

unless financial burden

[rugged field]

oh yeye ofc

ed isnt that hard to get into

[thin sluice]

that pumps its yield to over 85%

which is INSANE

[tropic yarrow]

don't think it needs to

[rugged field]

yeye uchicago went overboard imo

to make things believable we shd j keep it at like 80%

[thin sluice]

i personally believe

uchicago IS HYPSM level

especially econ

[tropic yarrow]

and if we take the recent report at face value, there's a good amount of evidence to suggest the 6 ivies believe so too.

[rugged field]

lmao i was surprised columbia didn't list us but thats cuz they didnt even respond

[thin sluice]

yeah pretty much

[thin sluice]

they are threatened by our core

uchicago core >>>

[rugged field]

uchicago core is free As ngl

except for sosc

tbf u can take an easy sosc

[tropic yarrow]

what i meant with this is that history can't really be too much of a factor with American universities, considering the vast majority of them, barring the colonial colleges, are newer than 150 years old

[thin sluice]

i am in a curriculum with very little reading 💀 i am gonna die in college

[rugged field]

nah

[thin sluice]

but i will be done with exams by March

[rugged field]

i didnt read back in hs too

[tropic yarrow]

History plays a bigger role with universities like Oxford and Cambridge

[thin sluice]

so I will pick up some rigourous reading

[thin sluice]

ooo

[tropic yarrow]

individual colleges there are centuries older than any American college

[rugged field]

lmao thats honestly the reason why like cambridge physics/oxford philosophy r still considered great

cambridge physics collected the legends back when it was the only dominant school

oxford philosophy too

[thin sluice]

is joint bs/ms doable btw?

[rugged field]

yes

if u have credit from hs

[thin sluice]

i will deffo do if i get in

[rugged field]

bs/ms in what tho

math is p hard

[thin sluice]

prob math/caam

[rugged field]

p damn hard lmfao

[thin sluice]

💀

[rugged field]

bs math ms caam?

[thin sluice]

fuck

[rugged field]

thats better dw

[thin sluice]

not sure about bs

[rugged field]

just not ms math

[thin sluice]

MS CAAM tho

[rugged field]

yeah u chilling

[thin sluice]

its that hard?

😭

[rugged field]

i mean

u have to like

start with honors analysis

which like p much no one gets

my roommate is in honors analysis

[thin sluice]

honors analysis in freshmen???

💀

[rugged field]

yeah

[thin sluice]

i mean i am at an equivalent of Calc BC ig

[rugged field]

ok not even close sry

[thin sluice]

yeah exactly

[rugged field]

dw most people aint close to honors analysis

[thin sluice]

fair

[rugged field]

its chill tho j do CAM/stats/fin math or smth for MS

[thin sluice]

yup thats what i am doing

[rugged field]

nice

[thin sluice]

one of those three

i like stats

[rugged field]

r u thinking of quant

[thin sluice]

i might

[rugged field]

if so probs do financial math

[thin sluice]

yeah

that i will decide if i get in 💀

[rugged field]

🙏

i used to be interested in quant

but i realised shit's dead outside america

and wont pay money

[thin sluice]

before Honors Analysis what else will i have to take beyond Calc 2 and 3 and Linear Alg?

[rugged field]

ermm

linalg is irrelevant

[thin sluice]

oooo

[rugged field]

u gotta do

[undone plover]

😭

[rugged field]

calc 1-3 + intro to proofs in analysis (or honors calc 1-3)
abstract linear algebra

also u gotta get an A in honors calc 1-3 to get in honors analysis

[thin sluice]

can i skip Calc 1-3 using placements?

[rugged field]

u cant do honors analysis if u do calc1-3

[thin sluice]

oh honors

[rugged field]

id rather do like honors calc1-3 rather than calc 3 + proofs in analysis tho

also dw about the As in honors calc

[thin sluice]

i dont follow IB A levels or AP RIP

[rugged field]

everyone gets an A

[thin sluice]

at UChicago?

[rugged field]

like some people clearly do NOT DESERVE AN A

[thin sluice]

thats insane

[rugged field]

yeah

like some dumbasses got an A

[thin sluice]

there is NO wya

😭

[rugged field]

lmao wdymm

[thin sluice]

i thought

grade deflation

[rugged field]

not for honors math sequences

[thin sluice]

also can i contact the department head for credits for Indian Curriculum 😔

[rugged field]

sure?

[thin sluice]

aah

[rugged field]

lowkey probs wont get it tho

[thin sluice]

hmm

[rugged field]

not credit

but u might get a higher placement

[thin sluice]

placement yes

that sucks why not credit

😭

all this for nothing

we even have Crystal Field Theory in chemistry bruh

[rugged field]

well life sucks anyways

but we chillin

[thin sluice]

okay ig placement works

anyway no news yet of ED2

results

idt its coming out tomorrow

[tropic yarrow]

bit unfair on them, but there's defo truth in this

[slow solstice]

IVY LEAGUE IS A SPORTS CONFERENCE 🗣️ IVY LEAGUE IS A SPORTS CONFERENCE 🗣️

[thin sluice]

kinda surprising how far it has gone

the clout is actually crazy

[spiral estuary]

Looks like we’re waiting another week my good folk 💀

No updates on Uchicago’s Insta get

[brave ravine]

ffffffs

[toxic saddle]

Is it guaranteed that it’s gonna be a Friday?

[fading socket]

no no no NO

I CANT DO IT

https://tenor.com/view/im-losing-my-grip-gif-24549187

[toxic saddle]

https://tenor.com/view/the-voices-meme-cat-gif-23917781

[rough sail]

Guys

[fading socket]

Yes?

Do you come with news

https://tenor.com/view/thierry-henry-thierry-henry-out-of-breath-tired-gif-24902032

[rough sail]

I think it’s plausible to assume that it’ll release on the 16th given the fact we have not received a notification yet for it coming on the 9th 😢

[fading socket]

That’s what I was just whining about

But to feed my delusions I’ll give them until Thursday night

[rough sail]

😭😭

[fading socket]

And if it’s not Friday my delusions will transfer over to Monday

[tawny monolith]

We send mid-year if we’re ED2 right?

[fading socket]

https://tenor.com/view/floating-levitating-levitation-black-guy-gif-20123481

I believe so

I sent mine manually just in case tho

[spiral estuary]

Guys my counselor said they’d upload mid year transcripts to common app after 2nd semester

But now I’m not so sure that’s helpful

Unless somehow they can access Common App after I submitted and see the Mid Year Transcript

Well it is what it is

Good luck everyone

[fading socket]

Good luck @spiral estuary may our delusions succeed

[humble echo]

bro says this about the windy city

[foggy nest]

Is this required?

I just got mine recently and have not sent, assuming that they don't care since too close to decisions based on what an AO said to someone else here

[slow solstice]

i am a believer in 9th 🤞🤞🤞🕊️

[toxic saddle]

9ers stay strong]

[spiral estuary]

Now you know what would be funny

They update it on the 9th

Without warning

[foggy nest]

that'd be great

someone remind me

how far prior to EA release did they release the date

[toxic saddle]

6 days

12->18

[foggy nest]

hmm ok

[toxic saddle]

https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/uncommon-blog/message-our-applicants-ea-and-ed1-3

[foggy nest]

i am a 9er but

im losing hope yk

[toxic saddle]

last year ed2 was day of

🤷‍♂️

posted on 10th releaed on 10th

seems like maybe ed2 isn't on as hard of a schedule

[spiral estuary]

Or hear me out

They update it without warning

Kinda hoping that’s what it is

Like a game of Russian Roulette

We either get heart attacks or get raptured

[plush tinsel]

hoping so!!!

i am a strong 9er

or a little email tmrw 'decisions come on friday'

[foggy nest]

guys so basically what's gonna happen

i'm gonna get admitted

and y'all are gonna get admitted too

[final wave]

nah no way

guys its highkey obvious

its 16

its sad but like

[foggy nest]

nuh uh

it's 9

[plush tinsel]

i do not want to stress for another week

i cant have anymore nightmares please

[final wave]

bro i dont either but like

lets be fr

[foggy nest]

it's 9 because I said so

duh

[toxic saddle]

hopium is a strong drug

It could be next week before Friday too lol

[plush tinsel]

isnt it always on a friday

for ed2

maybe i am wrong

[toxic saddle]

I mean if they are breaking the pattern of second week why not break the day too

Idk

[plush tinsel]

last year they sent the message to applicants the day of

🙏

please!

[peak goblet]

I'm not getting in woooooooooooooooooooo

Delusion go brrrrrrrrrrrtttttttt

[spiral estuary]

My parents say that if I do get in and I don’t cry I’m a cold unfeeling beast

Cause they gonna cry their eyes out

[spiral estuary]

HAVE FAITH

[plush tinsel]

YES

IT WILL COME THIS FRIDAY

[spiral estuary]

TRUST

[plush tinsel]

omg how do i use the 8 ball

[glass bear]

oh cool it’s out

would you look at that

[final wave]

?

[toxic saddle]

Huh

[glass bear]

check ya portal

[final wave]

actually?

[plush tinsel]

what

[plush tinsel]

yes

[final wave]

💀

bro

dont do us like that

[plush tinsel]

https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/uncommon-blog/message-our-applicants-ed2-1

[fading socket]

WHAT

[fading socket]

Don’t do me like that bro I got a weak heart fr

https://tenor.com/view/thierry-henry-thierry-henry-out-of-breath-tired-gif-24902032

[plush tinsel]

decision is not out right

[glass bear]

yeah its not

[plush tinsel]

[toxic saddle]

[spiral estuary]

There will be karma for you

[foggy nest]

trolling :(

[fading socket]

on the uncommon blog they just straight released the notification about the ed2 release day of

friday feb 10th last year

so

this means that i shall let my delusions take hold of me

https://tenor.com/view/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-ole-lose-manchester-united-manchester-city-ole-sad-gif-23699378

[final wave]

but

they

posted on social media

early

[spiral estuary]

Guys I think I am legitimately going crazy for nothing

Because I know I’ll get rejected

Yet it’s taking over my life

[foggy nest]

Nope

we have the a2c advantage

we all get in

[spiral estuary]

AMÉN

[fierce stone]

no

nonononoo

it cant be

not the 16th

man

ah yk what it is what it is'

[warm hearth]

what social media did they announce it on last yr 🫠

i need to take my uchicago stalking to the next level

[fading socket]

Imagine if they release it the 19th

Cause they fucked with EA/ED1 by doing it on the 18th, a Monday

So imagine if the overlords of the UChicago admissions department choose February 19th

I think I would just about disintegrate

[restive snow]

anyone here know whens the uchicago admitted student day?

[spiral estuary]

They’d really be living up to where fun goes to die

[spiral estuary]

My friend all of us here currently are praying for admittance we can’t help you there

[restive snow]

sryyy i wasnt trying to see if anyone who got in already would know😭

my mom wants to come US to visit whereever I get into so im trying to check all the admitted student day

[spiral estuary]

LMAO

[glass bear]

The big one is mid April

Not sure the exact time but I think you can google it

[restive snow]

I tried but I didn’t see anything

[restive snow]

Shit that’s early

[fading socket]

if i get in i WILL be there

[restive snow]

Yeah u’ll be there

[fading socket]

it would be horrible

[reef grove]

the release date for rd is later right

cause i still ahvent submitted my loci

💀

[plush tinsel]

yes its mid march

[hollow quest]

wait decisions come out on 16th?

suicide postponed!

[spiral estuary]

WHO SAID THAT

[hollow quest]

.

[tropic yarrow]

it's just a speculation

but there's truth in that statement so it's likely it may very well be feb 16th

[spiral estuary]

NO PLEASE LET ME LIVE IN MY DELUSION

[fading socket]

NUH UH

I AM A FEBRUARY 9TH TRUTHER

[tropic yarrow]

me too :((

[final wave]

😭😭😭😭

im sorry bro

[final wave]

someone should just beg their AO

to release tmr

[worthy oracle]

not it

[fading socket]

Dear (A/O’s name),

DID I GET IN??? I AM BEGGING YOU I WILL DO ANYTHING TO KNOW. JUST TELL US.

Cordially,
(A2C user)

how’s this email draft

[pulsar skiff]

multivariable calc (all of them), maybe (emphasis on maybe) differential forms, possibly differential equations, and an introductory proof writing/logic/set theory class (these are usually standard before analysis)

actually just saw angry cat pfp answered better than me lol

[pulsar skiff]

I didn't see them announce it on either the uchicago or uchicagoadmissions instagram for last year

their facebook has so many fing posts I've been scrolling for like 10 mins and I'm still only at november 2023

[warm hearth]

yikes D:

but they def could have announced it in their story

and we'd never knoww 👻

[warm hearth]

whew 😰

[pulsar skiff]

just realized you can filter for a specific month 💀

[warm hearth]

youre tagged as an hs junior o_o did you apply this year? bc if you're not even an applicant, you're doing god's work lmao

good soul

thank u haha

[warm hearth]

woo :D

[pulsar skiff]

I don't see anything about admissions from feb 9-10

[pulsar skiff]

I'm in running start (dual enrollment), so I'm able to graduate a year early

[warm hearth]

oooh I see :D

thats rlly cool!!

[warm hearth]

NOOO

[pulsar skiff]

they use a quarter system so one year of english counts for 3 years of high school english somehow lmaooo

[warm hearth]

hell yeah 💪

[pulsar skiff]

this is very true, I hope that wasn't the case, still desperately hoping for 9th

[warm hearth]

i could do without it but the anticipation is killing me :')

im ok with not giving myself a heart attack till next week

but i might die in my sleep tn w/o knowing when 💀

[pulsar skiff]

same

[thin sluice]

thanks hahah

[pulsar skiff]

also higher level/theoretical math is way way way wAAAAAY harder than high school stuff, just as a warning

[gloomy ferry]

they announced the date for ea a couple days before the decision release

so if they dont announce ed2 this week, theyll release it next week

[warm hearth]

also i heard that they mentioned in the ea+ed1 webnair that they'd gotten a +30% application increase since last year

so it wouldnt be too surprising if their decision timeline was thrown off a bit

to support the feb 16th conspiracy theory

[gloomy ferry]

yall need to withdraw your apps asap so i can get in

just saying

[thin sluice]

😭 i will spend some time delving into what they are like after college apps and exams get over

i will have time from April through August

i am most likely not doing HIGHER math, just higher statistics and computational stuff

but if i am interested in the math, who knows

[rugged field]

lmfao ofccc

wayyy harder

[rugged field]

lmao uchicago math sequence is sorta nivhe

niche

u basically go

calc 1-3 + proofs OR honors calc 1-3

Abstract Linear Algebra

Analysis/Honors analysis (u need As for honors calc)

Theory of ODEs + Complex Analysis

Theory of PDEs

we do not take DEs as light as physics kids

ok we do have a standard differential eqs class thats like the same as other unis' (ODEs + the 2 main PDEs for physics majors)

but imo standard a DEs class rlly shdnt be taught to a math major

those classes r only like niche techniques u memorize and use as a tool to solve certain equations

but thats engineering not math

[thin sluice]

complex analysis comes alongside ODEs???

[rugged field]

yeah

[thin sluice]

thats crazy

[rugged field]

its good tho

[thin sluice]

kinda pumped ngl

what kind of hard is it tho

[rugged field]

like

[thin sluice]

like idk if i am smart enough 💀

[gloomy ferry]

math is ez

[rugged field]

theoretical kinda hard

[thin sluice]

how can I get a taste

[rugged field]

also part of that is j chaos theory & dynamical systems

[thin sluice]

ifykwim

[rugged field]

hmmm

lemme c