University of Chicago (UChicago) (2024-2025)

[toxic gyro]

i will pay you to be a janitor uchicago

[kind maple]

Idk about it

[kind maple]

If worst comes to worst u can submit the ACT official from the website

[wooden nexus]

this is so shady

and weird

like major inseucrity vibes

[cyan haven]

thats the type of kids they want so it makes sense 😂

[wooden nexus]

LOL

[stark robin]

That means they’re gonna accept me no cap

[sly mulch]

Ed2?

[stark robin]

No

[cyan haven]

then you're cooked

[stark robin]

no i mean like im insecure so theyre gonna accept me right 😇

(im delusional core)

[cyan haven]

yea 100%

[stark robin]

real

[bitter badge]

when are decisions coming for ED2

[cyan haven]

feb 15

[hazy iris]

woohoo just submitted my video profile

lowk i was procrastinating on it for no reason bc i just took my brown video and cut the last few seconds off which said "at brown"

hopefully they still take it

[paper atlas]

uchicago is really sus for anything that's not ED

[sly mulch]

Are you ed?

[vapid ingot]

Fuck

[vapid ingot]

Not me 😂

[lapis karma]

Should i still submit a video now?

Or is it a bit too late

[wooden nexus]

did anyone submit their loci

[vapid ingot]

Nope

[vapid ingot]

Yes

[wooden nexus]

I have nothing to update with

😭

Except for my all As

[fervent saffron]

i had a dream i got waitlisted

[cyan haven]

Did you ed?

[vapid ingot]

Don’t even wish for that

It’s not worth it if you get waitlisted, they are better T20s

[cyan haven]

🤨

Uchicago is a t15

[vapid ingot]

Yeah and a T20 as well im just saying they are better schools in the top 20 not just by ranking than uchi

[fervent saffron]

i dont care

what us news has to say

[fervent saffron]

yes

[fervent saffron]

well this is the one i want to go to! hope that helps!

[cyan haven]

Okay your chances aren’t chopped then

[cyan haven]

T1 for us!

[fervent saffron]

my chances are low of getting into any t20; i just applied here as a reach because i liked it

[cyan haven]

What was your supp about

[fervent saffron]

it was responding to an old prompt about games and it was about the game that you lose by thinking about it

[vapid ingot]

It does help, hope you get in

[cyan haven]

Nice

[vapid ingot]

For Finaid are we supposed to upload our completed FAFSA Documents or will they automatically get it? Only saying this because on there portal they said that they are currently “unable to download completed FAFSAs. If you have completed a FAFSA and added UChicago, your checklist will not show it as received until we are able to download completed FAFSAs.”

[paper atlas]

no

[south viper]

🧹🧹off u go get out of the thread

[vapid ingot]

Sorry

[stark robin]

Oh

[nocturne verge]

lol

[finite furnace]

Does uchi consider any appeal about fa after giving out offers?

[civic holly]

Yes

[echo kettle]

7th or 14th for results

[fervent saffron]

what makes you say that

[cyan haven]

I think closer to 14th

[cyan haven]

Last year was on 16 i think

[sly mulch]

i still have to get my midyear transcript send because my school doesnt finalize grades till jan 29

has me stressing so bad

[civic holly]

bro just made stuff up 😭

[toxic gyro]

Uchicago = Northwestern >>>>> UIUC

uchicago slightly 0.00001% better than northwestern

imo

[umbral root]

1/3rd of all nobel laureates

[echo kettle]

brotha its gonna be on a friday

those the first 2 fridays of feb

[sly mulch]

No actually u chicago is the best school on the planet 🤬🤬

[stark robin]

ufreakago

[wooden nexus]

I’m so excited to announce my commitment to the University of Freakago, where I’ll major in Corn Studies! (Iykyk)

[hazy iris]

with a hands-on approach

[stark robin]

😭

[wooden nexus]

ofc! no other way to do it 😝

[fervent saffron]

i was looking at the change a letter prompt and thought of pubic policy analysis

[sly mulch]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 bro

[fervent saffron]

i didnt do that prompt but it would have been interesting

[hazy iris]

what would you have said 😭😭

im fucking dying

[fervent saffron]

IDK

shaving techniques

[sly mulch]

I feel bad for admissions officers 😭

[fervent saffron]

my ao lost the game

because i wrote about that

[sly mulch]

Are you ed2?

[fervent saffron]

yes

i doubt im getting in but i’m very proud of that essay

[sly mulch]

It’s good you wrote that over the other thing you were thinking about 😭😭

[fervent saffron]

i wouldnt have actually done that LOL

[fervent saffron]

on aura chicago clears though

which one of these would you guess is one of the best universities in the world

[civic holly]

Front of Northwestern looks like a community college

[wooden nexus]

HELP

[fervent saffron]

Evanston Community College

[wooden nexus]

University of Illinois Evanston

[wary hedge]

Hey

how do we submit Letter of Continued intrest

just email it to regional AO or what?

[sly mulch]

Yes or you could upload it to ur application portal

[clear kindle]

does the LOCI add itself on the portal? i submitted and its still the same as before

[sly mulch]

Do you mean like it’s not on the checklist

[wary hedge]

where on the portal do I upload

nvm i found it

[sly mulch]

Did you submit a mid year transcript

[wary hedge]

It’s not out yet for me

Todays the last grading day

Do I need to submit myself on portal

Or can my counselor just do it from common app mid year report

[sly mulch]

When I emailed my regional ao she said either to upload it myself or have my counselor email it to her

There’s no mid year transcript option in the portal upload list tho

[wary hedge]

Interesting okay

[sly mulch]

Maybe self reported additional transcript

Idk

There’s an option for that on the list

[sly mulch]

Mine too this timing has me stressed

[wooden nexus]

idk what to write

i have nothing to update them on

🧍‍♂️

[clear kindle]

yep

[fading charm]

hello racists, racistettes, theycists, and more

[stark robin]

huh

[wooden nexus]

Submitted my loci

I have no new achievements sadly

😔

[fading charm]

based

fuck achievements

all my homies will be unemployed 🤝

[wooden nexus]

Fr

Who needs them

We get in with personality

[sly mulch]

I went up 5 spots in my class rank but I already submitted my loci

[echo kettle]

i cant change my decision plan anymore

[wooden nexus]

yea that was due in jan 17th

[echo kettle]

bro my checklist js disappeared asw

decisions soon?

[sly mulch]

All the materials were just supposed to be due by today

Decisions come out like mid feb so probably second or third Friday of feb

[formal sonnet]

Good luck everyone

[echo kettle]

Oh

I saw sm ppl on reddit saying that they get rid of checklists a week b4 decisions

Ig not then lol

[wooden nexus]

ED2?

[echo kettle]

Yuho

[wooden nexus]

ED2

[cyan haven]

Hmm

So either next week

Or like 3 weeks

[wooden nexus]

yea

[cyan haven]

Which one lol

[wooden nexus]

ED2

Rd is

idk when

uchicago is mysterious

probly in 3 weeks

[echo kettle]

Prob a week or teo

Two

[nova ridge]

Guys I never saw the checklist

Ngl

I applied before the checklist was visible and forgot to look at it once it came out

[dapper sandal]

wtf they got rid of my checklist

and the notification abt the checklist

[remote shuttle]

o ok

[formal sonnet]

Hola

Where do I send my loci to

[wooden nexus]

Portal or ur regional officer

I think it was due yesterday tho

[formal sonnet]

Hey baddies

U Chicago Ed comes out this month

Manifesting for everyone to get in

[echo kettle]

Thank you 🙏

What we thinking

Next week?

[dapper sandal]

it's prob gonna be on the 14th but idk

[formal sonnet]

Getting heartbroken on Valentine’s Day is crazy

Double homicide

[dapper sandal]

but uchicago is my only valentine #loyal

[echo kettle]

do they look at midyear gradrs

grades

[formal sonnet]

OH THATS A GOOD ONE

if I’m some rando who applied ED 2, (no ea or ed1) did the loci I sent in really even matter

[dapper sandal]

in the same situation i’m ngl😭

[echo kettle]

Did yalls withdraw application option disappear

[sly mulch]

I mean they request them? So they should look at them I hope

[echo kettle]

Mines got sent in like 2 days ago

No way they got time to look at it

[sly mulch]

The deadline was 2 days ago

I mean they wouldn’t put a deadline if it didn’t mean anything

[sly mulch]

That’s exactly what I’m thinking but hope for the best

[echo kettle]

Its better if they dont ngl

For me

Senioritis lowk hitting

[sly mulch]

Senioritis is killing me rn but first semester I was cooking so hard I need them to see those grades

[echo kettle]

wait 1st semester not bad

but rn my grades are at an all time low

[sly mulch]

Well generally a mid year is ur first term grades

They only need ur final grades if you get in

[fervent saffron]

if i get into uchicago i’ll get baptized

this is your ONE chance god if you want to win me over

[echo kettle]

do yall know if uchicago waitlists a lot

[sly mulch]

No idea

[kind maple]

They said 45k people applied this year

[dapper sandal]

nope

[fervent saffron]

maybe they’ll actually do CDS this year

[dapper sandal]

lowkey tho would be really anti climatic to get in ed2

i fw uchicago alot but like legit all the other applications i put my heart and soul into would just be worthless 😭

[echo kettle]

i swear the font of the portal changed

[dapper sandal]

bro is schizo 😭

[wooden nexus]

lol thats why i. didnt do ed2

[echo kettle]

bro i am not trippin

[fervent saffron]

i would be too excited to feel bad abt that

[cyan haven]

bro but my school hasnt even finalized their mid yr report 💀

[wooden nexus]

damn yalls schools start late

[cyan haven]

u did rd?

[wooden nexus]

ea then deferred then RD

[cyan haven]

bruh

ur cooked

[wooden nexus]

ik

[cyan haven]

gl

[wooden nexus]

i applied to other schools so im fine

[cyan haven]

yh

it comes out next wk right

[wooden nexus]

and besides i knew i was cooked for uchi anyways since i didnt do ed

[cyan haven]

i mean deferred is p good no?

not a lot of ppl get deferred i thot

[wooden nexus]

nah most ea applicants are deferred

they want us to switch to ed2

💀

[cyan haven]

yea makes sense

how hard is ed2 compared to ed1 or ed0

[sly mulch]

Harder ofc but obviously not as much as ea or rd

[cyan haven]

ight

[sly mulch]

Are you ed2

[cyan haven]

yea

[wooden nexus]

yea u actually have a chance with ed2

good luck guys

🫡

[sly mulch]

You could email ur regional ao and tell them ur school didn’t finalize grades yet

[cyan haven]

bro i was looking at the chicago 29 page and there are straight baddies commiting to it bro. i just thought chopped nerds go there but nah

[sly mulch]

That’s what I’m hoping

[sly mulch]

Bro 😭😭😭

[wooden nexus]

lemme take a look

[cyan haven]

preach brotha

[cyan haven]

tell me im wrong

[wooden nexus]

bro ofc theyre baddies

all these intl school girls are baddies

😭

they got the money to get all those comestic treatments and plastic surgeries

[cyan haven]

no bro what

[echo kettle]

Maybe same acceptance rate as ed1 but def more competitive applicant pool

[wooden nexus]

most of the ppl look normal tho

i wouldnt say they're all baddies

if u want to see all baddies got to umiami

[cyan haven]

no obvi not all

but like some are bad

[cyan haven]

i got deferred 😢

[cyan haven]

hmm okay

[echo kettle]

Ye cuz all ivy rejects 😭

[cyan haven]

fax lowk

am i cooked

i think my essay was the bomb

but uh

[echo kettle]

Same

[cyan haven]

what sat?

[echo kettle]

I took the act

35

[cyan haven]

okay good

[sly mulch]

If I don’t get into u chicago I just commit to umich but hoping for the best

[cyan haven]

bruh

just withdraw from uchi atp

[echo kettle]

Yo u get in?

[cyan haven]

give us a chance

[echo kettle]

🎉

Congrats

[sly mulch]

Thank you

[sly mulch]

Uchicago is my dream school

[cyan haven]

oh tough

[wooden nexus]

oh wait were u the guy who got in ed but got a bad fin aid package?

[echo kettle]

Why no ED1

[sly mulch]

No

[wooden nexus]

oh that was someone else

💀

[sly mulch]

Lowkey I really should’ve idk why I didn’t

[wooden nexus]

ed2 is too much

ima take my chances playing college roulette: RD Edition!

[cyan haven]

i did silly as nyu stern with a 1% acceptance rate. my fault

[echo kettle]

What yall tryna major in

[cyan haven]

biz

biz econ for uchi ig

[echo kettle]

Tuff

[sly mulch]

Near eastern languages and civilizations

[cyan haven]

idgaf tbh as long as i get in

[sly mulch]

I didn’t apply anywhere rd

[wooden nexus]

Fr?

[cyan haven]

damn

bros him

[wooden nexus]

What happens if uchicago doesn’t work out

[sly mulch]

I was confident I would get into umich and that’s the only safety option I needed

[cyan haven]

umich

[sly mulch]

Yeah

[wooden nexus]

Oh

Nice

Ur good then

[echo kettle]

U in state for mich right

[cyan haven]

safety is crazy

[sly mulch]

Yeah

[cyan haven]

makes sense

but still

[sly mulch]

In state so it’s easier

[echo kettle]

Any of yall from cali

[cyan haven]

nah

i heard uchicago can sometimes accept ppl with low gpas

is that cap

like relatively more than other t15 schools

[sly mulch]

Maybe like a couple but it’s definitely an exception to the rule

[cyan haven]

hm

[cyan haven]

how low are u thinking

[echo kettle]

Bro i was told they do not care abt goa

Gpa

[cyan haven]

they do

[sly mulch]

I mean it’s all marketing

[echo kettle]

Cuz in their CDS its under considered

[cyan haven]

but like i feel its not crazy

[echo kettle]

Which is misleading asf

[cyan haven]

that doesnt mean nothing

[echo kettle]

Ngl

[sly mulch]

The more people that think they have a chance and apply the lower the acceptance rate

[cyan haven]

yea

[echo kettle]

well median 50% gpa at my school like a 3.8 to 3.9

[sly mulch]

That’s insane

[echo kettle]

Idt its that high for any t20

[cyan haven]

how likely is uchi w like 2 C+s

[echo kettle]

All the low gpa cracked kids be getting in

[echo kettle]

Depends on classes prob

[cyan haven]

like 1 ap in 10th and then like 6 5.0 classes junior yr and 8 5.0 classes senior yr

[sly mulch]

My school average sat is like 100 under the national average 😭

[cyan haven]

damn

[echo kettle]

Whats that

[sly mulch]

900 something

[echo kettle]

Like 900?

[cyan haven]

so like 1100 sat

oh sheesh

[sly mulch]

No

[echo kettle]

Oh god lol

[sly mulch]

National average is always 1000

[cyan haven]

yea my b

[sly mulch]

I mean it helps me cause I look really good compared to the rest of my school

[echo kettle]

Yeah

[cyan haven]

wait if my rank changed to 1

is that something i should put on my locis

[echo kettle]

Wait if u ranked 1 u chilling

As long as the rest of ur app good

[cyan haven]

nah but like my school is weird lol. anyone w a 4.0 or above is ranked 1

[echo kettle]

Oh what

[echo kettle]

Doesnt hurt

[cyan haven]

yea so we all r valedictorians

[echo kettle]

Ur gpa is prob fine then

For uchi

[sly mulch]

My class rank went up 5 spots but I submitted my loci before grades finalized because they finalize so late so hoping they see my transcript

[echo kettle]

Wait did yall do EA or smth

[cyan haven]

nah ed 2

[sly mulch]

I did ea deferred and now ed2

[echo kettle]

Bro ngl im hoping for results on the 7th

Proj not happening tjo

Tho

[cyan haven]

but is it still good if when i applied my gpa was a 3.95 Weighted and rank like 250/598 but after 2 quarters of senior yr its a 4.1 Weighted and rank 1

[echo kettle]

Sheesh def smth worth talking abt

[serene socket]

dang how did you move up 250 spots 😭

OH NVM

i just saw your message

[sly mulch]

😭😭

[echo kettle]

Wait how many valedictorians do u guys got

[cyan haven]

too many

[serene socket]

are they technically all considered valedictorians then or does only the person with the highest gpa get called that

[cyan haven]

anyone with a 4.0 or higher is considered a valedictorian 💀

but like i think theres an official list as well. but to colleges its advertised as rank 1 and valedictorian

[sly mulch]

What kind of system is this 😭😭

[cyan haven]

😂

"everyone is equal"

hey but its lowk good cuz it might confuse colleges lmao

[serene socket]

you can’t even be wrong for putting that you’re val because your school calls you that 😭

[cyan haven]

real

[serene socket]

also it’s weird that you have so many valedictorians because technically isn’t it latin for the person who gives farewell remarks at graduation

so do you all speak? 😭

[cyan haven]

😂

i think theres a google form that the person that wants to speak fills out with their speech and whoever has the best gets to go up

[serene socket]

nah thankfully i don’t go to your school 😭 i would be pressed if the speech was just lottery

[cyan haven]

lmao

[echo kettle]

Where do they usully announce the decision date

Instagram?

[cyan haven]

wait guys so is it a good idea to email my uchi officer that my transcript is gonna come a lil late? and that they should hold up

or is it fine?

i think itll be sent within the next few days

[echo kettle]

Idt it hurts to let them know

[cyan haven]

bet

how do i even find who my uchicago person is

nvm

[sly mulch]

It’s kinda like that at my school but top ten

Whoever has the best speech out of the ten

[forest zodiac]

when do ed2 decisions come out?

[wooden nexus]

prob next week

uchicago tends to release decisons really late

bc they want to protect their yeild

[forest zodiac]

bruh but like I’m already locked in to committing, just release it now like all the other ed2 schools

[wooden nexus]

bro it took them forever to release ed1/ea results in decemember

literally the last school to release them

istg this institution is so bummy

[sly mulch]

I don’t know how that would be the case for ed because yield wouldn’t be an issue

For ea and rd it makes sense

[wooden nexus]

hmm true

they want to lock in the rest of their incoming class thru ed2

RD ppl are being fed breadcrumbs 💀

[sly mulch]

I just want this decision round to be over

[echo kettle]

Most schools are next week no?

[wooden nexus]

fr

i hope u get in

get the rest u need

escape the matrix known as college admissions

[fervent saffron]

these guys and their fucking yield

we are EARLY DECISION

[wooden nexus]

88! and climbing

[fervent saffron]

less than 50 people max would withdraw their apps by doing it 2 weeks later

[sly mulch]

Thank you bro I hope you get into Harvard

[sly mulch]

Did that just come out today

[forest zodiac]

no

emory, bc, tufts are all this week

[fervent saffron]

that doesnt matter for uchicago though

[sly mulch]

I hate how late my school finalized grades im really hoping my new grades got evaluated

[fervent saffron]

they gonna do anything for that yield

[sly mulch]

I turned them in the day before the deadline

[echo kettle]

Yeah

[forest zodiac]

this has nothing to do with yield lmao

idk why everyone keeps saying that

[sly mulch]

Yeah cause it’s ed anyways

[forest zodiac]

ed2 is bound to be close to 100% yield, they’re just slow with processing apps

[sly mulch]

I don’t even mind that

Means more time spent per application maybe so

[forest zodiac]

In the long-run i probably don’t since no other decisions in feb anyway

In the short-run the wait is killing me

[echo kettle]

Wait do they review RD along w ED2

[sly mulch]

The wait always kills

[forest zodiac]

No?

[sly mulch]

I would rather just get rejected rn

[forest zodiac]

I wouldn’t lol

[sly mulch]

Rd is like a month after

[sly mulch]

I mean like if I get rejected I would rather receive it now then later

[forest zodiac]

rejection now would be way worse than acceptance in a week or 2

[sly mulch]

Oh why

[forest zodiac]

But I don’t expect anything as an econ major

[cyan haven]

mine still hasnt been turned in n

[forest zodiac]

cuz 4 years at uchi > 2 weeks of wait

there was a deadline for turning in sem 1 grades?

[sly mulch]

My major is super niche and I have like huge passion and it shows with my ec and essays but like

[sly mulch]

February 1 and my grades didn’t finalize until January 31 like be so serious

[cyan haven]

what is it

[forest zodiac]

I’ve learnt to expect nothing from this process… thought I was a lock for UNC but got rejected EA

[sly mulch]

Near eastern languages and civilizations

[wooden nexus]

im pretty sure rd is looked at last

[cyan haven]

my minor that i talked abt is p niche too

[sly mulch]

Exactly

[wooden nexus]

rip bro

[cyan haven]

yea cuz f those kids

[wooden nexus]

in state?

[wooden nexus]

im cooked

[sly mulch]

I have umich as a safety option since I got in but it’s not uchicago 💔💔

[kind maple]

So far they admitted about half the class

[wooden nexus]

fighting over the 1 spot reserved for rd kids

[kind maple]

From 20k applicants early

Since then

[wooden nexus]

and the other 49% will be from ed2

[cyan haven]

oh sick so ed2 will be like almost all of the other kids

[kind maple]

It has risen to 45k total

[kind maple]

Probably yeah

[cyan haven]

so like 25k for ed2 and rd?

[kind maple]

Yeah 25k new people

[cyan haven]

thats calm tho no?

[kind maple]

But some of the early applicants were deferred to that pool

So it’s a little more than that

[sly mulch]

Most of ea was deferred

[cyan haven]

hmm true. do we know how many

[wooden nexus]

well 36 ppl got deferred on this server

[cyan haven]

but not all went into ed2

[kind maple]

Idk specific numbers for ea vs ed

Just early round in general

[wooden nexus]

EA Deferred to RD then rejected

the misery pipeline

[forest zodiac]

my school’s historically had 1 ed1 and 1 ed2 admit so i hope its me

[sly mulch]

Ea is closer to rd than it is to ed

I don’t think anyone from my school has been to u chicago

[cyan haven]

2 ppl have already been accepted to uchicago from my school so i might be cooked

[wooden nexus]

ehhh if ur ed

u should be fine

[cyan haven]

ed222

im praying

[cyan haven]

im p sure its still not super easy tho

[wooden nexus]

BREAKING NEWS: UCHICAGO BREAKS HISTORY AS FIRST SCHOOL TO OFFER ED -1! A NEW ADMISSIONS PLAN FOR UNBORN FETUSES!

[cyan haven]

thats what i said

on this one reddit comment (i only open rddt occasionally, not an avid user)

[forest zodiac]

basically legacy admissions

[wooden nexus]

yep, only the unborn fetuses of uchicago alumni are eligble

[sly mulch]

If I get in I’m fs gonna request my application file to see what I got deferred for ea

[wooden nexus]

can we do that?

oh wait

if ur in

[sly mulch]

Yeah

[wooden nexus]

nv

[cyan haven]

do ppl with low gpas get in

heard its higher than other t20s

[wooden nexus]

if u do ED2

then probably

maybe a 3.7

[cyan haven]

hmmmm

[cyan haven]

oooo right on the dot

what abt 2 Cs

[forest zodiac]

lowkey glad i didn’t eat

ea*

[sly mulch]

I submitted my sat because it’s high in comparison to my school which is severely underperforming and they’re no harm anyways but it’s so much lower than the uchicago average I probably shouldn’t have

[cyan haven]

what is it

[sly mulch]

But my gpa is high

[sly mulch]

Embarrassing

[cyan haven]

tell np

[cyan haven]

well they do have a no harm policy

[forest zodiac]

then you shouldn’t have submitted tho

[cyan haven]

so ur fine

[sly mulch]

I know but I was thinking if they’re no harm might as well

[cyan haven]

they have a no harm policy so if it affects u negatively they wont consider it

[sly mulch]

My schools average is like 900 too

[cyan haven]

what is urs?

mines probs abt the same

[sly mulch]

Literally every one got deferred

[wooden nexus]

uchi has a no harm test policy

which is so

idk how that works

[forest zodiac]

yeah i was gonna ea but my counsellor showed me that noone gets in so i took the time to work on my app

[wooden nexus]

honestly if uchi wasnt free to apply to

[formal sonnet]

Omfg I’m literally hallucinating ed2 rn

[wooden nexus]

i wouldnt have applied at all

its impossible to get in ea or rd

[forest zodiac]

did you not ed2?

[wooden nexus]

no

i shotgunned elsewhere

i like uchi but not enough to do ed

💔

[forest zodiac]

honestly don’t get attached to uchicago as a non ed kid

[formal sonnet]

Where did u ed2v

[wooden nexus]

yea ive already done that

once i get my rejection im burning my uchicago mail in my fire pit

[forest zodiac]

JHU and Uchi are the only good ed2 schools

[wooden nexus]

nyu washu rice???

[kind maple]

Washu is pretty good

[wooden nexus]

emory?

bu?

[forest zodiac]

oh wait true nyu is good

[wooden nexus]

bc?

tufts?

[sly mulch]

If I didn’t get into umich I would be crashing out so hard rn cause uchicago is impossible

[kind maple]

Does Emory have ED2?

[forest zodiac]

emory tufts bc nah

[wooden nexus]

yea

[kind maple]

Mm

[wooden nexus]

wait what happens if u break ed

[forest zodiac]

me with uva

[wooden nexus]

i think my friend broke ed and now our school will get blacklisted

not uchi tho

[formal sonnet]

Don’t they notify ur other colleges too

[wooden nexus]

idk

[kind maple]

Probably

I wouldn’t be surprised

[wooden nexus]

he applied to 7 ea colleges

and got in

[forest zodiac]

mit?

[wooden nexus]

im pretty sure u have to withdraw...

[sly mulch]

Yeah

[forest zodiac]

uh no you don’t

[wooden nexus]

not mit

are u sure?

i thought u had to withdraw

[forest zodiac]

it’s common courtesy but you won’t be penalized

you can always claim you “forgot” to withdraw

[kind maple]

For ED I’m pretty sure u have to sign something saying u withdrew other applications

For EA it doesn’t matter

[forest zodiac]

are you an ed1 admit?

[kind maple]

Yeah

[forest zodiac]

what major?

[kind maple]

Molecular Engineering

[forest zodiac]

• is there confetti?

[sly mulch]

There

😭

[wooden nexus]

i mean ed isnt binding

like they cant force u to go

but

its just so risky, like im pretty sure the counselor is gonna be pissed

[kind maple]

If u don’t follow rules then nothing is binding

[sly mulch]

😭😭

[wooden nexus]

ig my school is blacklisted now from that school

[wooden nexus]

i like this thinking

🔥

[sly mulch]

Which school was it

[wooden nexus]

william and mary

[kind maple]

You apply ED with the confirmation that u are going if admitted

[sly mulch]

Didn’t like old ass presidents go there

[wooden nexus]

probably

it should have been an ivy along with rutgers

but they were like nah were gonna be publics

[forest zodiac]

it’s like the 3rd best uni in virginia now tho

even rutgers became better

[wooden nexus]

yea its a good school

publics are climbing up the rankings

[forest zodiac]

i expected it to be a t20

[wooden nexus]

rutgers?

maybe in a 100 years 💀

[forest zodiac]

w&m

[wooden nexus]

oh

[forest zodiac]

rutgers is t40

[wooden nexus]

thats pretty good

[forest zodiac]

won’t ever be t20

[wooden nexus]

us news formula changed

i think it favors publics now

[forest zodiac]

w&m is 54 i don’t see the hype ngl

[wooden nexus]

bc of social mobility and pell grant

[wooden nexus]

mostly virginia kids going ig

[forest zodiac]

like uva seems nicer for virginians too and has a nicer campus

[wooden nexus]

yea but uva is

competitive

even for instate

[sly mulch]

After uchicago umich is obviously the best school ever

[forest zodiac]

true 25% instate is crazy but rhen there’s vt so they have so many good publics

[wooden nexus]

oh right

i forgot about vt

💀

[forest zodiac]

nuh uh, uva #1

[wooden nexus]

yea virginia is goated

same with cali

[forest zodiac]

I’m glazing because I may have to committ

umich and ucb and ucla are still better

[wooden nexus]

pls umich accept me 🙏

[sly mulch]

Umich should honestly be #1 public school because who wants to stay in California

[wooden nexus]

thats like the only state school oos my parents will let me go to

[forest zodiac]

i think it should be

#1 cal
#2 mich
#3 LA

I swear LA is only so high cuz of quality of life

[sly mulch]

It’s been getting so competitive

[wooden nexus]

lmao ucla looks so crowded

and the admin is so ass

[wooden nexus]

fr

for good reason tho

umich is insanely good

even my multimillionarie fullpay intl legacy cousins didnt get in 💀

[sly mulch]

I lowkey applied just for fun because I’m in state and spent maybe like an hour tops on my essays and application but I got in so

[wooden nexus]

lsa?

[sly mulch]

Yes

[pallid gull]

I will be the bizcon

[cyan haven]

smee

sameee

[dapper sandal]

i mean w&m is like 30%

tho ig uva prob gets more applicants

actually that'd not really change it in that direction

[cyan haven]

as a kid that goes to virginia

W&M is considered ass here

vt is alright unless ur doing engineering or wtv

uva is good but not crazy per se

[dapper sandal]

idk w&m just feels like another rutgers that’s slightly harder to get into

but i’m not virginian 💀

idk i think w&m was more prestigious awhile back or smth

but rutgers has been gaining a lot lately in general

[cyan haven]

im p sure its just become a liberal school

so it just gets shit on for that too

[cyan haven]

same ngl

[cyan haven]

yea

[lapis karma]

wait im kinda freaking

does this mean i havent uploaded an ed agreement?

or test scores?????

am i cooked results are mid february

[fervent saffron]

did you get an email saying you were confirmed for ed2

[lapis karma]

no

[fervent saffron]

screenshot the rest of the portal

[lapis karma]

but it still says my round is ed2

[fervent saffron]

my guess is that you’re fine

[fervent saffron]

you might not want your full name

there

but i think that ed agreement is only needed in some niche circumstances idk

[lapis karma]

what about test scores

im kinda relying on them to carry me

[fervent saffron]

i think they use sat scores from common app

but if there is a self report section i would put them there anyways

you dont need to official send

[lapis karma]

ooookay hope its not too lat

late

my mom got an email about an ed2 signature she had to do

so i assumed that was that

[lapis karma]

it is

jan 31st

😨

[forest zodiac]

they are not

[buoyant thicket]

Oh, sorry! I saw they mentioned the "No Harm" policy, and I thought that meant test-blind. But anyway, I didn’t apply—I was just browsing around

[echo kettle]

Bruh the insta be posting anything but decision date 😭

[dapper sandal]

500 more arch posts

[fervent saffron]

they replied to my semi ironic dm 😭

the pleading eyes were a joke

[echo kettle]

LOL

Ask if you got in

[dapper sandal]

🥺 to a university 😭

[fervent saffron]

sending 🥺 to the multi billion dollar institution that wants to bleed my bank account dry

[dapper sandal]

so true

[remote shuttle]

the insta is student run tho

so it's ok

[strange hound]

Any idea if we can add an update related to an award received on the UChicago portal. If yes, how?

[sly mulch]

They have like an “other material” option if you click the drop down on all the upload materials

But probably would be better to email regional ao

[strange hound]

Thanks for the info!

[echo kettle]

I emailed regional ao a week ago

No response to lmk if it was added to my file

Hopefully they saw it tho

[formal sonnet]

I’m so scared yall

[sly mulch]

Me too

[dapper sandal]

i love an entire path of my life being chosen like in less than a week

:fire

🔥

[formal sonnet]

Does anyone know uchicago ed2 acceptance rate

[strange hound]

I think 10% seems a decent estimate

[honest basin]

At least 1

[cyan haven]

yea probs 10-15%

[echo kettle]

Some person on Reddit did the math and said 39%

Prob wrong tho

[dapper sandal]

at least ed2 that has to be wrong lmao

ed2 is usually where the ppl who got rejected from ivies and stuff apply so usually super strong portfolios but they also prob accepted a ton of ppl ed0 and ed1 too

[honest basin]

ed 2 release date

?

[wooden nexus]

Likely the 14th

[dapper sandal]

they released ed1’s date 7 days before

so we’re prob gonna find out tmrw if it’s the 14th

[wooden nexus]

It took uchi forever to announce their result day

💀

[lone ivy]

I remember seeing that the math on that is sus af

it literally put the amount of Ed applicants they get as way less than brown JHU etc which like just based on looking at a2c is prob not true

[finite furnace]

What if it’s actually tomorrow..

Just being delusional

Can’t they just publish the date already? We all know it’s the 14th😭

[fervent saffron]

to be fair, most people do not at all like the essays

[wheat dew]

i took ONE look at the questions and immeditently took uchicago off my applying list thank God🥹

[dapper sandal]

eh it might not be cuz of valentines

admissions might not want to ruin some ppl's valentines day 😭

[cyan haven]

I dont think it can be tomorrow. There are still a bunch of ppl’s schools finalizing mid yr reports

[dapper sandal]

they're prob gonna announce the date tmrw

or like 2 days im guessing

idt uchicago goes over mid year reports ed2 anyways

[fervent saffron]

the questions were the actual reason i decided to apply

[sly mulch]

I mean they ask for them along with a loci if you got deferred ea

[echo kettle]

good

which prompt yall write

[dapper sandal]

i did fermi one

lowkey just did it cuz everybody else was doing it 💀

[echo kettle]

i did an old one

the write a letter to an object one

[dapper sandal]

idk i think i wrote pretty unique one

it was sorta related to my major but uchicago doesn’t really have my major

it’s sorta just grouped in with a few other things idc abt

[dapper sandal]

if get in imma just declare my diff major first year 💀

[finite furnace]

Does uchi defer a lot of ppl for ed2?

[dapper sandal]

isn’t it waitlist for ed2?

[finite furnace]

Oh yeah waitlist

[sly mulch]

What major

[dapper sandal]

CEGU

i’m lowkey like kinda split in general between urban planning and mathematics as a major

[sly mulch]

What’s that

[dapper sandal]

but i’m fine and would enjoy doing either

[dapper sandal]

it’s like committee on environment, geography and urbanization

[sly mulch]

Ohh that’s cool

[dapper sandal]

it used to be just pure urban planning tho

[sly mulch]

I can’t stand math I hope I don’t have to do it at all in college

[dapper sandal]

u prob will i’m ngl

[sly mulch]

Or like very minimal math

[dapper sandal]

😭

what’s ur major?

[sly mulch]

If I can just get a 5 on bc calc exam I probably won’t have to atleast at umich

[sly mulch]

Near eastern languages and civilization and religious studies

[dapper sandal]

like if u an art major u will prob only need to do common curriculum ones

[dapper sandal]

idk umich for that major but u gotta have at least a stats class for that right 😭

[sly mulch]

Umich doesn’t have it I would probably be having philosophy as my major at umich and u need to take like reasoning and maybe stats

But I’m fine with stats I took ap stats

[dapper sandal]

idk philosophy gonna prob take a few math adjacent stuff

most schools i looked at have separate logic classes tho

[sly mulch]

I looked at the required classes and it’s nothing heavy

Like I’m fine at doing math I just hate it cause it takes too much thinking

[dapper sandal]

😭

idk most of the first 2 years of math stuff is like super useful tho i’m ngl

kinda depends on what job u do tho

[sly mulch]

I want to be a professor so not like I’m gonna need math anyways

And atleast for umich if I can get an ap credit for calc I won’t have to take much of it anyways

[dapper sandal]

idk it’s kinda funny

at least for rutgers and sorta uchicago

first year even as a math major and even in honors program they only let u normally take 1 math class per semester anyways

like at max

[sly mulch]

Math is lowkey really fun if you know what ur doing but takes so much energy to get to that point

[dapper sandal]

imma just use that time to get all my core classes outta the way

[dapper sandal]

yeah

idk also it’s lowkey a goated major

i get to delay deciding what I want to do for 4 years

[sly mulch]

Yeah and there’s hella options but I already know what I want to do

[dapper sandal]

and still probably get a high paying job in some industry 💀

[dapper sandal]

idk i sorta know what i wanna do

probably something in computer science area

[sly mulch]

I always thought I wanted to be an engineer or something until like maybe last year

[dapper sandal]

i just also lowkey have zero portfolio for cs so i didn’t apply as a cs major 💀

that shit way too competitive for me to try with what i have

[sly mulch]

Yeah I could never do something like that

Being a professor just sounds really fun to me

[dapper sandal]

also tbh most cs majors are kinda annoying where they don’t actually like cs they just want to make money

like i respect the hustle but there needs to be some love for the game

[sly mulch]

It’s so hard to get a job in cs now anyways

[dapper sandal]

idk cs isn’t horrible tbh

they just did a ton of layoffs cuz most ppl in cs management are idiots with ai

[sly mulch]

What did you select as ur major for uChicago

[dapper sandal]

cegu

lowkey just cuz i have better story

imma prob do mathematics first year

either way tho imma choose one as major and one as minor anyways

[sly mulch]

I mean you don’t even declare ur major until ur second year or something I think

[dapper sandal]

yea

[sly mulch]

I wonder how much they consider major while choosing applications

[dapper sandal]

idk all my essays were like i wanna combine mathematics and urban planning together

like for most colleges 💀

uchicago sorta mentioned that

[dapper sandal]

i think they don’t really care

unless u in cs

i just chose it for better story

[sly mulch]

I mean it might help a case if there’s a good story around it

[dapper sandal]

they call me the interdisciplinary maxxer tho

[spring mantle]

huh

wait im curious

how do these two intersect

[dapper sandal]

mainly with train signalling

but also timetabling

and also engineering of curves

[spring mantle]

i have never heard of this before

but it sounds pretty cool

[dapper sandal]

signalling is the main thing that requires alot of math cuz modern signalling systems (mainly automation of trains) require trains to make calculations of safe speeds and also need to get the trains to those speeds which requires stuff like PIDs

it's lowkey just alot of engineering stuff

but the timetabling part requires alot of statistics

[dapper sandal]

statistics mainly just important at merges

cuz when two trains like merge they have a scheduled time to do said merge

and if one is late or the other one is early then they conflict and the trains get delayed

so when they try to add more trains to the schedules it requires a ton of statistics to find out when they can actually merge it

this just trains btw

but even like highways requires ts 😭

[dapper sandal]

this is like the main reason highway expansions usually don't increase speeds just throughput cuz ppl using other routes like local roads will just take the new route instead because it's faster

[fervent saffron]

what essays did yall do

[echo kettle]

the letter one

[cyan haven]

I did the hotdog one lol

[sly mulch]

Which one was that

[fervent saffron]

i did an old one

[echo kettle]

Same

[cyan haven]

A hot dog might be a sandwich, and cereal might be a soup, but is a ______ a ______?
-Inspired by Arya Muralidharan, Class of 2021 (and dozens of others who, this year and in past years, have submitted the question “Is a hot dog a sandwich,” to which we reply, “maybe”)

[formal sonnet]

i did what you can divide by 0

i gave a math major a headache when they were proofreading it

do yall think ed 2 is higher acceptance than ed1, and ea

[fervent saffron]

in terms of applications?

yeah

[formal sonnet]

srry my bad edited it, i meant rates

[fervent saffron]

i'm hoping that they sniff out the people who only applied because they were ivy ed rejects

[formal sonnet]

i hope im the diversity admit

[sly mulch]

Ed2 is higher than ea but lower than ed1

[formal sonnet]

naur

[sly mulch]

Ed2 has all the Ivy reject type applicants

[formal sonnet]

lol fuck youre right

so its harder

[sly mulch]

Also ed0 made both other ed rounds more competitive than they were before

[formal sonnet]

trueeeeeee

ed0 was just invite only right?

like only if you did their summer program

[sly mulch]

Yeah

[formal sonnet]

do you think the summer program is like a 100% gauranteed in

[sly mulch]

No

Some people don’t get in

[formal sonnet]

that must suck after dumping all that money

[sly mulch]

That’s must suck tho

I know

😭😭😭

[formal sonnet]

probs pennies for like the rich ppl

so like theyre probs not too butt hurt by it

[pallid gull]

My counselor said they had more ed0 rejects than expected and it was basically ed1

[formal sonnet]

interesting

maybe the rush of doing the application

[sly mulch]

Basically ed1? As in terms of acceptance rate or

[formal sonnet]

not as good as if you applied on a normal deadline

[sly mulch]

That’s pretty crazy

[pallid gull]

Like they didn’t see anyone get in that probably wouldn’t have gotten ed1

So annoying how they gatekeep their ed rate

[sly mulch]

Hey but ur in so

[formal sonnet]

yeah ur fine

[sly mulch]

How many people do you think were accepted that way

[fervent saffron]

i'm white from new jersey it's so over

[honest basin]

does it say this for everyone?

[pallid gull]

I couldn’t really know but ed0 probably ate into ed1 spots and not ed2

[kind maple]

Ed0 was probably a stunt to effect their statistics

It took place before all the other early rounds, meaning that anyone who went to a program could apply and ED1 somewhere else if they don't get in

[sweet bluff]

sup

[echo kettle]

i saw some ppl on reddit got rejected

[echo kettle]

prob secure full paying ppl

idt there was a lot of ed0 ppl

[civic holly]

It says they can’t download them or smth

But yeah

[dapper sandal]

idk idt there was any alterior motives with ed0

they just prob realized it's an actually good idea from their perspective

makes their summer program more competitive and gets people that act interested in uchicago in

[forest zodiac]

Is the withdrawal form gone for anyone?

[dapper sandal]

not for me

[honest basin]

nope

app its supposed to disappear a couple days before decisions

if you got in i yk

think *

[civic holly]

I still have it

[sly mulch]

Is it for you

I’m just not gonna open the application portal till decision day

[forest zodiac]

ok nvm ppl on reddit are capping

[dapper sandal]

with what?

[cyan haven]

The withdrawl thing

[civic holly]

A story old as time

[finite furnace]

I just asked the regional counselor about ed2 decision date

And she said “we will be releasing the date very soon”

Uhh…

[sly mulch]

Probably tomorrow is the date release and then next Friday is decisions

[honest basin]

agree

[honest basin]

i did the one about answering a question in a song lyric

[echo kettle]

Ooh thats hella cool

What song

[open coral]

Calculator says maybe 🙏

I don’t remember the Ed 2

Ik ed 1 schedule p well

[honest basin]

do you have to let it linger

[echo kettle]

I love that song

The cranberries goated

[honest basin]

shut up

[echo kettle]

Damn

[honest basin]

good boy

[finite furnace]

Feb 14th

posted on their ig

[dapper sandal]

my prediction was spot on lmao

[lone ivy]

On Valentine’s Day is crazy

[wooden nexus]

Why do they always turn off the comments lmao

[formal sonnet]

UChicago gonna be my valentine 😍😍😍😍😍

[civic holly]

They don’t want me crying in the comments

[kind maple]

Uchicago when it comes to releasing decisions at the last possible moment 🔥🔥🔥

[wooden nexus]

Fr

[honest basin]

does anyone know any portal astrology for it

[sly mulch]

!astrology

[low kernel]

The stars have not aligned for you today.

Instead of doing portal astrology, why don't you astrologize your chances of going outside?

Used 104 times.

[fervent saffron]

i don’t want to hear it mr 10 billion endowment

!astrology

[low kernel]

The stars have not aligned for you today.

Instead of doing portal astrology, why don't you astrologize your chances of going outside?

Used 105 times.

[open coral]

University of Chicago ED 2 Decision Date

Friday, February 14th
@everyone

[remote shuttle]

o ok

[split abyss]

gl!

[hoary frost]

!astrology

[low kernel]

The stars have not aligned for you today.

Instead of doing portal astrology, why don't you astrologize your chances of going outside?

Used 106 times.

[hoary frost]

!astrology

[low kernel]

The stars have not aligned for you today.

Instead of doing portal astrology, why don't you astrologize your chances of going outside?

Used 107 times.

[fading charm]

finally

a single fucking based thing from uchicago admissions

crashing peoples' valentine's day with rejections

🙏

fuck all couples fr

[honest basin]

at 5 rightv

?

[sly mulch]

Ea/ed1 was 4:45 pm est

[flat kernel]

breaking the hearts of thousands of teens on valentines day is wild

[forest zodiac]

getting rejected 7 days from now 🔥

[honest basin]

anyone know when RD comes out

[wooden nexus]

Not anytime soon that’s for sure 😭

[toxic gyro]

!astrology

[low kernel]

The stars have not aligned for you today.

Instead of doing portal astrology, why don't you astrologize your chances of going outside?

Used 118 times.

[toxic gyro]

!astrology

[low kernel]

The stars have not aligned for you today.

Instead of doing portal astrology, why don't you astrologize your chances of going outside?

Used 119 times.

[toxic gyro]

astrology

astrology

astrology

!astrology

[low kernel]

The stars have not aligned for you today.

Instead of doing portal astrology, why don't you astrologize your chances of going outside?

Used 120 times.

[toxic gyro]

BRO I WANT UCHICAGO ASTROLOOGY

!astrology

[low kernel]

The stars have not aligned for you today.

Instead of doing portal astrology, why don't you astrologize your chances of going outside?

Used 121 times.

[wooden nexus]

!cooked

[low kernel]

It’s so over…

@wooden nexus is absolutely doomed.
@wooden nexus feels this server is the place to bring it up time and time again.
@wooden nexus is truly A2Cooked.

Used 733 times.

[lapis karma]

!astrology

[low kernel]

The stars have not aligned for you today.

Instead of doing portal astrology, why don't you astrologize your chances of going outside?

Used 122 times.

[fervent saffron]

!cooked

[low kernel]

It’s so over…

@fervent saffron is absolutely doomed.
@fervent saffron feels this server is the place to bring it up time and time again.
@fervent saffron is truly A2Cooked.

Used 734 times.

[lilac nacelle]

wait

how do we have a mutual friend 😭

[fervent saffron]

i havent talked to that person in so long