University of Chicago (UChicago) (2025-2026)

[broken galleon]

best of luck

🫡

[oak mantle]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1pu03zp/got_a_guaranteed_transfer_offer_from_uchicago/

idk if i really buy this explanationn

or at least it isn't the only one, since i've seen ppl with sats & gpas above median getting this

[waxen tinsel]

I won’t lie

It feels like a LOT of people got this offer this year

[broken galleon]

it does

ngl i hope we dont get looked down upon when we pu

😭

[copper python]

idk seems plausible

it's true that there are probably people with super good stats that got the offer along with thosw with borderline stats, but it's very in the character of uchicago that we know to do this kind of this

it's saddening how they game the system

[urban furnace]

small chance is still a chance

[broken galleon]

yeah

[broken galleon]

yeah great university, unfortunately doing this stuff for some reason

😭

[urban furnace]

what 😭

[covert moat]

EA admit rate is 3%

I also got deferred

[tropic finch]

they do develop bias because of that, at least that's what I heard

[pulsar elbow]

are there any current uchicago students who know people studying math/cs and can speak to course content and rigor? friend wants to talk to a student

[cinder knoll]

i got accepted ed1

I got neither

[waxen tinsel]

Damn

Chicago must be off their game

Lmao

[rough pelican]

oh what lol

i saved the balls as a gif

[cinder knoll]

The entire user interface glitched for me 😂

[candid solar]

its also kinda saddening that the ranking is based on stats of students who haven't been touched by the institution yet rather than the quality of the education

[meager arch]

Some of the issues I mentioned are also in some ways pros (to me)

I think the incredibly busy quarters allow me to do well because I personally do better when I’m busy, also I think the grade deflation is a great motivator (at least for me)

Additionally, the grad students teaching is a pro in some ways, at least they’re employed by the university (compared to adjuncts at other unis) plus some are great it just varies a bunch

I really like the uni in spite of my issues with it, and every uni has its issues. I think the
particular combo here is good for how i am as a person

[broken galleon]

mm

interesting

i see what youre saying tho

and think a lot of that would apply to me

too

[oak mantle]

lowkey i'm kinda scared that if i go to my flagship (where lots of my friends are going), i'll like the culture a lot, but transfer anyways and like not have any friends

ik that's probably not gonna happen

but...

[meager arch]

transfers at uchicago used to have a pretty bad time, but there were some big changes with it a few years ago (following a big maroon article highlighting it), and nowadays they have a really great program for transfers where they set you up for success, i’m friends with a bunch of transfer students and overall i think you’ll have friends and it’ll work out

[candid solar]

are there still social groups for those that enjoy grinding but collaboratively, or is that kinda rare? if you have a point of comparison are grad students teaching better/worse/more volatile than normal profs? have you noticed any changes with the funding cuts, it seems like class sizes will get larger with more students growing and the grad student population remaining frozen, are research opportunities or other programs (like DRPs) affected in your eyes or have you not seen any of that?

[willow birch]

many days late to this one but would heavily disagree, medicine is much harder than undergrad material. Many say that med school stuff is broader than it is deep - and they may be correct for the first 1.5 years, at least, as students rush through the preclinical material and get a quick primer to the clinical practicum for the first time before jumping into clerkships, but in reality the material is infinitely deep. Knowledge that is esoteric will remain esoteric, but yet clinicians are expected to know it anyhow. For example, it is not common knowledge for anybody but a rheumatologist that E/SE asians require HLA-B5801 genotyping prior to starting allopurinol. Yet, any internal medicine adjacent physician (or clerk!) would be expected to have at least the peripheral knowledge to realize that they would need to look up which populations require testing by guidelines prior to starting that med. "But only rheumatologists know about that" would not make for a valid defense should one of their patients are hospitalized with a SCAR. IMO any med student that remarks that med school is easier than undergrad is either just absolutely cracked at pathophysiology can just take STEP 3 raw, are very early in their studies, or perhaps most likely, just perceive med school as easier since they are now a more mature and experienced student and are better at studying

[lament yacht]

@teal void well there you have it

from someone further along

[willow birch]

I have no idea what you're talking about, all I do is mess with keyboards all day

[lament yacht]

Mmhmm, sureeee

[lament yacht]

In part that’s because UChicago is where fun goes to die

Whereas their med school is known for prioritizing student life and happiness

I think it’s also a mental thing where you don’t need to try and pursue 90s anymore

A 70 gets you to the exact same place

So even tho the 70 in med is harder to get than the 90 in undergrad, it doesn’t feel that way

As you have heard from psych soc MCAT studies I’m sure… that’s Framing

And even beyond grades, if they don’t want a competitive specialty they don’t have to do many ECs

Merry Christmas!

[molten reef]

is there a specific way to write their supplementals

[pulsar elbow]

bumping this

[obsidian flint]

could i possible apply for molecular engineering and in that quantum engineering

is ece and quantum engineering similar?

anyone shed some light on that

[meager arch]

I know a bunch of people studying math and a few studying CS

If your friend would like to dm, feel free to send my username their way

Specifically for math, uchicago has some of the most rigorous math for undergraduates, plus there’s a whole bunch of graduate math available. The honors analysis sequence is considered one of the hardest math undergrad courses in the country, and you can get very deep into math here

[meager arch]

Congrats!

[meager arch]

To the first question, yes, you can major in molecular engineering and you choose one of 3 paths, quantum, chem, or bio

To the second question, no, ece at other schools and quantum molecular engineering at uchicago are very different. I’d recommend checking out the uchicago course catalog and look at quantum molecular engineering, and compare to another school’s ECE program.

Quantum molecular engineering is closed to physics

[willow birch]

pritzker has p/f for preclin which is probably why the MS2 students had that opinion (for now, wait til they get to STEP 1/dedicated). Idk how MS3's would even find the time to go to a panel since that's the busiest/hardest year, but that also follows into my next point - the students that find the time to go to panels are a self-selecting population, especially if they're in the middle of their IM/surg clerkship cores and still able to go talk to undergrads in their off time. (disclaimer that I don't know how pritzker structures their MS3 year, but many schools will have a fairly rigid structure on which cores students do in that year) Pritzker still retains honors/high pass/pass for their clerks, so probably even doubly so that those MS3's that find time for panels would be either absolutely cracked or just don't care anymore and are just going for a pass (which imo is the appropriate attitude to have for med students)

[willow birch]

and yes, can confirm that pritzker cares a remarkable amount about med student wellbeing, probably only second to yale and stanford.

[pulsar elbow]

im gonna ping him here but also tell him to dm @red surge

[lament yacht]

You mean 2/3 of the schools where over half of kids take a research year? 😂

Evidently they prioritize wellness to the point where their kids slack off

don’t see that at Hopkins, Michigan, Mayo, etc.

[willow birch]

there will always be bad actors that take advantage of the looser systems at those schools and end up needing to take an extra year, but yale and stanford select their students reasonably well. you will find that almost all of those students take those years willingly in pursuit of research for the sake of research or for other reasons, especially at stanford. the yale system has been tightened up nowadays anyways, with outright failing no longer allowed

[lament yacht]

Then why don’t we see the same thing at literally any other institution?

Only 3 schools in the nation have a research year rate anywhere near that high

Yale, Stanford, Penn

[willow birch]

because those schools encourage and fund those years very easily

they also select students during admission that are likely to take those years

[lament yacht]

So does UChicago, so does Michigan, so does Hopkins, so does Harvard

Don’t see the same thing

[lament yacht]

Fair

[willow birch]

they also have much more flexible cirriculums that either encourage or require research time, applying into other degrees, and spinning those projects off into full years becomes much more easy when it is part of the preclin cirrculum

[lament yacht]

As do many of the schools above though

And Duke and Vanderbilt too

Emory as well

I think it really does just boil down to their selection of students

And probably being an environment where everyone takes a research year, you’re more likely to just by nature of reference

[willow birch]

basically I just don't want people to think that students at Penn, yale, or stanford are slackers or are forced to take a research year to be competitive due to a bad cirriculum/teaching/system. I've seen aways from many of the other institutions that you've mentioned and I was less than impressed

[lament yacht]

Funny that you mention that

My friend is an MD PhD at Stanford and was explicitly told to not do Aways

Due to their clinical training not being up to par with their peers, and it reducing chances of success rather than helping

[willow birch]

its less because of clinical training and more because all T5 schools match so well out of the gate that it becomes a poor risk-reward proposition to take an away

I assure you that if there is any part of the training at the "softer" schools that is deficient, it is the first two years, not the clinical training.

[lament yacht]

“and they were like yeah Stanford and a few other prestigious schools have a bad rep amongst lots of programs cuz they're not known to put out the best clinicians”

relayed from him, which was relayed by their residency advising director

“and she was like maybe its cuz you're from stanford, but like once you actually do the away, you lose your shine as a "stanford" student and they can see your actual performance whereas before they just have the nice impression of u”

[willow birch]

yes, because stanford students, like harvard, hopkins, and penn students are "collectibles" that can boost the image of the residency program

[lament yacht]

Which institutions have given you negative impressions?

[willow birch]

not mentioned by you but the worse one was georgetown by far. Others I'll just defer from mentioning for now since it was just not good, and andecdotal evidence/n=1 is always biased. but jfc idk what happened at georgetown during those years but I hope it wasn't an institutional deficit

along the same biased anecdotal lines, some of the best clinicians I've ever met were stanford trained and brown trained, which is definitely against the general zeitgeist esp with regards to brown

[lament yacht]

Any bad from my school?

[willow birch]

a lot from brown, actually. damn talented

[lament yacht]

brown GOATed as normal 😎

I assume you’ve had a good experience with pritzker students too

[willow birch]

uhh I think one resident from mayo? was good

a few excellent from pritzker, yes

did see one dud from stanford but just one among many

pretty sure they left to do something else anyways outside of medicine, which happens alot with stanford students/residents

[lament yacht]

the reason I’m so anti Stanford is that their medical school is just a second MBA program that’s medically inclined

a while back almost half of their graduates wouldn’t attend residency

It’s a lot better now

AAMC must have yelled at them or something

[willow birch]

strong disagree, maybe 15 years ago

If you said mini MSTP then maybe

Stanford has enough money to where as long as they retain certification I doubt they give two shits what aamc says

[lament yacht]

🤷‍♂️ I don’t interact with their graduates much, but I do interact with their accepted students all the time. Dozens and dozens of them

[willow birch]

graduation rates be damned

[lament yacht]

All of them have given a “I just wanna go into consulting or biotech” vibe

I guess they change their mind along the way

[lament yacht]

Except for the MSTPs for obvious reasons

Oh I just realized this is the UChicago thread

we should probably not be talking about non-UChicago stuff here my bad

long story short UChicago med is a great program 👍

[willow birch]

Apply to pritzker, kids, it's good

anon stranger on the internet here, giving my approval for pritzker.

for those going into medicine, don't take ranking so seriously. as long as you like being a clinician, that's what is most important, and it really doesn't matter where you go for either med school or residency. There is no trophy at the top of the mountain unless the peak is your goal. So choose schools that value you like pritzker seems to do.

Not that I would know anything about medicine

[lament yacht]

The only thing I would add to that is to also consider prioritizing medical schools with residency programs that really love their own students… having an almost-guaranteed home match can really do wonders

(Pritzker residencies love their own students too)

[copper python]

ik this is supposed to be the uchicago thread but since you guys seem knowledgeable about the topic (med school) i was wondering if either of you could answer these questions - if you do an md-phd are you expected to go into research afterwards, or is it also acceptable to continue with residency and become a physician? also, is it common for people to have an md-phd in something other than bio, chem, etc. - basically, is it possible to do an md-phd in something other than a hard science, like psychology?

[lament yacht]

MD-PhDs usually complete a residency! Typically most MD-PhDs will work a few days a week in clinical practice (1-2 days) and the rest in research, or vice versa

[lament yacht]

Unsure on the second one. I think it’s not common at all, but still possible in some MD PhD programs

[steep turtle]

pardon me further contributing to this not being uchicago, but do u have to be a specific type of person to be a doctor or in med

[copper python]

do you know if it's also acceptable to work full time in clinical practice and not do much research?

[lament yacht]

What do you mean by this

[lament yacht]

I mean… no one can stop you

But why get a PhD at all at that point?

MDs can still do plenty of research

[steep turtle]

like do u gotta have any specific qualities or do u just have to like what you're doing

[lament yacht]

The MD-PhD is more for people who are obsessed with research or wanna do a lot of basic science research too

[steep turtle]

if you only want to do it for the money it's not recommended right

[lament yacht]

Hard working for sure. Empathy and humility. Ability to think long term.

Willingness to sacrifice for others

[copper python]

for myself, i was considering md-phd because i like psychology enough to want an advanced degree, and perhaps be able to practice as a therapist if being a doctor somehow didn't work out. except the thing is i'm not sure that i'd be interested in doing both research and clinical practice at the same time, which is what's leading me to reconsider the idea of md-phd completely and why i'm asking about it lol

[lament yacht]

Why not go for clinical psychology?

[willow birch]

MSTPs typically go to residency. MSTPs gain the advantage that they get a high rate of funding out of residency to start their own labs. They typically do 70-30 research to clinical time that almost always slides towards 90-10 over time. If you are not trying to be a sole PI of a traditional lab, there is little utility to the dual degree beyond personal interest, as MDs are perfectly capable of doing research and can even do research fellowships.

[copper python]

because i would prefer to do doctor things over psychology things, as a job. essentially i like psychology when it comes to learning it, but i'm not nearly as interested in practicing psychology as i am in practicing medicine

i now see that because of my interests an md-phd would be a waste of my time lol. thanks guys

[lament yacht]

You’re a senior in high school and have plenty of time to figure this out. Knock out the med school pre-reqs and do a lot of shadowing and extracurriculars that expose you to the daily aspects of medicine and other fields you may be interested in

College is time to explore

[willow birch]

you may be mistaken about what a md/phd is. It is a combined degree. If you are doing the program, you will graduate the program with both unless you leave the program.

[lament yacht]

There is no shame in a few gap years figuring out what you wanna do and figuring out if medicine is right for you

But i wouldn’t do the MD PhD. Just the MD unless you adore research and wanna do it for most of your time

[willow birch]

If you just want to learn about psych, rest assured that the pathophysiology in psychiatry and neurology are the most basic sciences focused fields and you will be using stuff from psych 101 in the clinic/hospital. So MD only will suffice.

[copper python]

thank you very much to both of you

[willow birch]

actually mb genetics/peds neuro is probably more basic science focused but who does that anyways amirite hahaha

not that I would know anything about medicine, I am just some guy

very good, I approve

[pulsar elbow]

wait so like what are you lol

[willow birch]

I am a stranger on the internet

[pulsar elbow]

what do you do to have so much anecdotal medically related experience

[willow birch]

alright I'm outta here, cya @lament yacht

[obsidian flint]

How's the program

I applied ece to all my colleges, I found out about this program so I thought of inquiring

[lament yacht]

He’s a medical resident

the stage ahead of medical student

So he is more qualified than me

I am but a medical student

[lament yacht]

He’s trying to anon but I see through his lies

[willow birch]

I am but a keyboard enthusiast addicted to clicks, clacks, and thocks

[lament yacht]

Neurology does plenty of physical exam stuff don’t forget that too

(Unless I guessed your specialty wrong?)

[lament yacht]

Might be medical genetics…

[meager arch]

omg if anyone here is a genetics person in med school or residency please dm me, that’s what i’m looking at trying to go into

[willow birch]

"that’s what i’m looking at trying to go into" my advice is don't

[steep turtle]

is Chicago walkable in yalls experience, like do you need a car

[odd fiber]

id say so, but the blocks are huge

[copper python]

yes, there is a lot of sidewalk and pedestrian crossings

[red surge]

Anything but get those steps in

[steep turtle]

😭 i acc love walkable cities so the opposite

• too broke to buy a car js for college

[urban furnace]

i don't think i would be going anywhere too far to walk that i couldn't get to without public transportation

[steep turtle]

so public transport in Chicago is also good?

[urban furnace]

the L 🔥

[broken galleon]

how would you say it compares to the NYC subway

thats like my only point of comparison as someone who is in a city with pretty crappy public transportation

[urban furnace]

almost as good as nyc but they're basically the same when comparing the loop and manhattan, i think it gets the job done if you're going to downtown chicago but elsewhere might be kind of far from a station (which is where you need the bus, you do need to ride the bus to an cta train station from campus)

also above ground views in chicago and tunnel wall views in manhattan

[copper python]

there are also those bike/electric scooter stations that you can rent one from, although idk anything about the process because i've never done it before

[broken galleon]

oh like segways / limes?

ngl not really a fan of those

maybe ill come around

[steep turtle]

never been on a subway or train personally

[urban furnace]

i rarely see people riding a divvy on campus

[odd fiber]

hello everynyan how long should LOCIs be?

[odd fiber]

mine is only half a page, im worried it's too short?

[oak mantle]

does it include everything you want it to?

[odd fiber]

yes, my concern is that most of the exemplars ive seen are twice the length of mine

[covert moat]

did u get deferred EA?

[odd fiber]

yes

[covert moat]

do we have to write a loci?

you're switching to ed2 right

[odd fiber]

yes

[odd fiber]

not sure

[covert moat]

i was gonna wait until jan 10 for mine cuz my usaco promotion contest happens then

if i dont get promoted then ill prob just not send in a loci

cuz ED2 is binding anyway

[urban furnace]

committed uchicago admits, tell us if they have you play a pre-orientation role-playing game next summer called Haven

Haven was actually pretty cool but the puzzles had me feeling early imposter syndrome 💀

[meager arch]

iirc mine was like one paragraph, quite concise

[plain marten]

lol i got bored after the first 10 mins playing

idt roleplaying games are for me

[covert moat]

I thought u guys were talking about valorant for a second

Im so cooked

😭😭

[oak mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-meme-trying-not-to-laugh-laugh-homeless-gif-9458928528704746136

[dry island]

is rd cooked

like from defer ea

i dont wanna ed 2

[odd fiber]

There’s a couple people here who got in rd

[teal void]

no

[dry island]

alr

[oak mantle]

wait so are WE putting uchicago '30 in our names if we got the provisional acceptance

chat am i muted

[copper python]

no

[copper python]

i mean you're technically in so

[urban furnace]

yes you can attend the school so its time to flaunt it 💅

[gray lynx]

someone on reddit said that the early acceptance rate this year (ED0, ED1, EA) was 5% out of 21,000 applications

source being the admitted student webinar that took place recently

[copper python]

i meant to go to that and i completely forgot 😭 i hope they didn't say anything too important

[oak mantle]

they gave out the super secret special code to enter campus

you're locked out FOREVER now

[copper python]

😭

how could they do this to me

[meager arch]

if that’s true, that’s ridiculous, i wonder what the overall acceptance rate will be then

[oak mantle]

the problem is that there's no info on the # of EA apps

[rugged oracle]

hello deferral gang are we supposed to upload our loci to the portal directly or actually email the regional admissions counselor

[teal void]

Portal

[covert moat]

usaco in 10 days

🙏

i passed 9 out of 10 times on the previous ones

[covert moat]

EA is 3%

[dry island]

when should i send loci

[teal void]

as soon as you can but ensure you have all relevant updates

ie if you think you’ll get an award, wait until you get it. If no upcoming awards/activities, send starting now

[cinder knoll]

can confirm this as someone who was on the seminar

[gray lynx]

nobody knows that the ea acceptance rate is so why speculate or try to give a definitive answer lmao

[tardy bridge]

usaco gold here

as my 4th award

got rejected ed1

.......

[broken galleon]

yes

😭

idk to what extent it counts as an acceptance though

[covert moat]

Im trying to get plat

[covert moat]

Sat/act? gpa?

[covert moat]

Also essays matter a lot a lot for uchicago

[odd fiber]

uchi AOs actually print and chew on your essays instead of reading them

the tastiest ones are admitted and the rest are SPAT OUT!

[covert moat]

+the fact that you misreported your ACT score

[broken galleon]

does that mean mine was just alright

lukewarm

[odd fiber]

im sure they liked the texture

cronchnomcnomchronchnoomnom

[covert moat]

Wait do they also give guarantee transfer offers for ED2 lmao

[broken galleon]

oh wait i probably need to explain

im one of the guaranteed transfer people

so as the oracle you have to tell me what this means about my taste profile

😭

[odd fiber]

they said it needs to age for 12 months

[broken galleon]

thats my oracle 🔥

i guess im just... fine wine 😎

[tardy bridge]

eh well it wasnt a bad misreport

i sent official

and

the only issue was

i js said it was 1 atttmept not 2

[covert moat]

33 is so low for uchicago lmao

[covert moat]

But you had to input the dates and there were 2 official dates not one

[tardy bridge]

alr lol

i was also nationally recognized and stuff

so sadly

that didnt work out ig

[covert moat]

33 is still like bottom quarter

[tardy bridge]

had like 25m valuated businesses and stuff

yea yea ik, but thought national recog and stuff would carry yk?

like my ecs are outrageous

[covert moat]

Aos prob thought it was nepo

My friend w an ai business got rejected everywhere cuz they prob tried to verify

Idk

[tardy bridge]

eh, was full pay for an institution that was dire for money nepo isnt bad

[covert moat]

Also im p sure they use test scores to filter out most people

[tardy bridge]

if u get audited ur counselor will notify you

so he would know about it

i didnt get audited

and was on national news, so that should cover for cred asw

[tardy bridge]

true, but my gpa is p good and rigor is 12 aps

[covert moat]

Llike i still got deferred from cornell eng w usapho, mit recommended camp and other oly

Even w perfect act lmao

Ts just unpredictable

[tardy bridge]

hm

ig

idk

its weird man

[covert moat]

Bottom 25% at uchicago is still a 34

33 is like bottom 10%

Idk how much emphasis uchicago specifically puts on test scores

They are test optional after all

But my friend w pretty bad ecs and a 35 still at least got a deferral from uchicago ed1

[oak mantle]

There are people in the last 2 years online who report so

[oak mantle]

Listen man if your business is valued at 25 million dollars… why are you applying to college

[covert moat]

AOs dont make a lot of money

They mightve da gotten jealous and rejected u just cuz of that

Lmao

Either that or they thought you were a nepo baby

[tardy bridge]

always good to apply!

[tardy bridge]

this is what i thought

[meager arch]

what the hell, can i get more details that’s insane

[copper python]

yeah how??? that's honestly kind of crazy

[odd fiber]

If you’re starting an ai business in high school I feel like UChicago might not the the best fit anyway

[urban furnace]

Bruh another ai business? I’m so tired of those

[oak mantle]

just sell to google and buy a building son

well i guess that's easier said than done

but so it building a 25m business so

[rough charm]

girl 💀

[rugged oracle]

tyty

[gray lynx]

its not even that low lmao

get accepted before u judge other ppls application

[odd fiber]

i actually know a current uchi student who has a 33

[tardy bridge]

haha not ai business

its a startup incubator

life goes south ig..

also another 5k monthly business and other stuff

was kinda weird i got rejected but ugh

maybe i wasnt a fit

nyu it is!

[tardy bridge]

thanks haha

[copper python]

what did/do you do with the money?

[tardy bridge]

started hella other ventures basically

[copper python]

like other people said why don't you just pursue those things instead of college??

[tardy bridge]

I am lol!

but a degree is important

and i want to go into some finance related field asw

thats what many ppl do if that makes sense to yall

and i have the money to pay so, why not?

[cinder knoll]

so cool hope it works out

[tardy bridge]

thank you so much 🙂

[copper python]

makes sense

[covert moat]

How am i judging

Im just speaking facts

Did I speak in a way that was passive aggressive?

I think I was just laying it out there to give extra information on why he could’ve gotten rejected

???

Explain how I was condescending in any way

Lmao

[waxen tinsel]

Eh your tone come's off as condesending tbh

You prob didn't mean it that way

[covert moat]

Oh my bad if it came off that way

[waxen tinsel]

Also its a bit ignorant of the statistics relating to test optional policies

Pre covid a 33 definitely was the 25th percentile

[tardy bridge]

it still is

and most schools a 33 is 25th like NU

but yeah it isnt the best score i agree

i js didnt focus n it as much i took it twice so lol

which was dumb on my part but whatever

[copper python]

happy new year midwesterners

[urban furnace]

Happy new yearrrrr
🐦‍🔥 🥳 🎆 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 2️⃣ 6️⃣ 🎆 🥳 🐦‍🔥

[covert moat]

Hpny

🎉🎉🎉

[gray citrus]

Someone’s running a AI business? Slide money

[rotund sleet]

Yo

is Uchicago social life really that bland 😭

like i get its not a party school but are there still functions n stuff

[odd fiber]

i feel like ppl at uchi balance partying and studying pretty well

[rotund sleet]

oh fr?

im lwk concerned cuz im boutta do ed2 but everyone keeps trolling me with the "place where fun goes to die" phrase 😭 🤞

[odd fiber]

yeah but tbh there are so many polar opinions of social life there idk who to trust

[rotund sleet]

true

i know its not like asu with huge parties

but i hope theres still atl some functions

😭

[odd fiber]

i think thats every college tho

[rotund sleet]

idk i think uchicago's rep overexaggerated prob

well i jus submitted the app

what happens happens atp

[teal void]

yea lol

it’s not asu or bama by any means but there usually is something each week

just don’t expect stuff thrown on weekdays

& it is a small-ish school so you tend to run into the same people for better or for worse

[rotund sleet]

mmm i see

preciate ur words

[meager arch]

there’s plenty of functions, average of like 2-3 frat parties each weekend, plenty of small apartment parties (in my experience someone I know will be doing something at least once a week, and if you know more people there’ll be more), and some great big house parties (my favorite)

then there’s people who go downtown or to the pub or raves, there’s always stuff happening because it’s chicago, so if you find a group to go with you can go out any day

[meager arch]

there are some huge parties, some of the frats can have several hundred to maybe a thousand people (throughout the night), but it’s usually for like halloween or specific events

i think that compared to other schools, uchicago social life is harder to break into (like it’s harder to find stuff if you don’t know people), but not impossible

[raw walrus]

How is UChicago for RD

Is it worth applying?

[waxen tinsel]

Significantly harder than early decision but people still get in

If you’re interested in the school and the culture then you should apply

Just keep in mind that the supplemental essays take time so you might end up being a bit rushed @raw walrus

[raw walrus]

hey

That's a fair point but I think if I really committed to it for the next few days, I could write good supplementals

[waxen tinsel]

There’s only two supplementals

[raw walrus]

Yeah I've seen them

[waxen tinsel]

The extended supplemental and the why us essay

[raw walrus]

I was just trying to decide if I wanted to do that

lol

hmm

[waxen tinsel]

What are you planning on

Majoring in?

[raw walrus]

I'm finishing CMU, MIT, Stanford today

[raw walrus]

It's a combination of sustainability and economics

[waxen tinsel]

I’m finishing Stanford and CMU tomorrow

[raw walrus]

Applying primarily as an environmental studies focus

[waxen tinsel]

I’m considering dropping CMU tho

Idk

[raw walrus]

but also going to be looking into IB/PE

[waxen tinsel]

I already got into uchicago so it doesn’t really feel as worth it to apply to CMU

[raw walrus]

My ecs are split

[raw walrus]

yeah

100%

did you get in EA

[waxen tinsel]

I got the guaranteed transfer admission option

So I’m guaranteed transfer admission for the fall of 2027

Though that might change to just the fall of 2026 in a couple days cause I’m talking to their wrestling coach

[raw walrus]

oh

Are you currently at another school

[waxen tinsel]

No

[raw walrus]

Transfer?

[waxen tinsel]

It’s an admission offer they give

So I’ll spend next year at another

Four year college

[raw walrus]

ohh

[waxen tinsel]

And then the following three years at UChicago

[raw walrus]

i see i see

that's cool

[waxen tinsel]

The perk of this decision is it’s not binding

So I get the option to go to UChicago

And I’m out of my ED agreement

So if I get into Princeton, Stanford or MIT

I could choose to go there for all four years

[oak mantle]

Did you end up sending an email to you AO?

Or are you just talking to the coach

[raw walrus]

yes

that is interesting

[waxen tinsel]

I haven’t yet, the wrestling coach told me to text him and we’re planning to meet on call this Sunday

So I’ll decide what to do going forward after that call

I don’t think he’ll be able to do much, but it’s worth a shot

At the very least I’ll get some good advice

[gray lynx]

lots of ppl get waitlisted, but ive seen many people get accepted off the waitlist if they tell the admissions office that they will 100% enroll if they get admitted

[raw walrus]

ohh damm

i see

thanks thats good to know

[rotund sleet]

does ed2 still do waitlists?

[gray lynx]

yes im pretty sure

[slate jackal]

just speculation but i think it’s likely the numbers were smth like

ED0 200/1000 20%
EA 200/10000 2%
EDI 600/10000 6%

[oak mantle]

6% ED1 is just insane lowkey

i wouldn't assume the # of EA applicants == ED1 tho

in my school there were like 3 EA applicants and i was the only ed1

and uchi is very popular where I am

and our school heavily emphasizes ED1ing somewhere

obviously n=1

but still

[copper python]

what does this mean

n=1

[oak mantle]

my sample size

is 1 school

so it's likely not representative

[copper python]

ohh i see i see

tysm

[gray lynx]

ED1 probably had a higher acceptance rate than 6% and less applicants than EA

[cinder knoll]

early rounds were ~5%

[slate jackal]

maybe but i doubt significantly

like i highly doubt ED1 was higher than 10%

like 6000-14000 seems extreme

maybe 7500-12500 if anything

surprisingly low to me either way

[oak mantle]

i'd assume ed amount is between 6-8k

[meager arch]

Yes, I personally got in RD and I know plenty of people who got in RD, it’s a lower acceptance rate but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it if you like the school

[meager arch]

😞

i need to wake up in 5 hours

flight is at 6am i just need to be leaving here by 3:15am

[covert moat]

6% for ed1?

[covert moat]

Okay those numbers are just wrong lmao

EA def receives way more applicants than ED

[odd fiber]

What are your insights mr already-got-in?

[covert moat]

Okay well i dont think there’s any point in arguing about the admissions statistics

It’s 33/33/33

Accept/waitlist/reject

[meager arch]

real

[slate jackal]

yale had 7140 REA apps
penn had 7800 ED apps

obviously these numbers don’t have to be correlated but i think it’s reasonable that there aren’t more than double the number of EA apps as yale REA apps and there are roughly as many ED apps as penn

this could all be a tweak but i feel like 7500 ED / 12500 EA makes sense 🤷‍♂️

[slate jackal]

also true

that would make 1.6% EA goddamn

means RD prolly <1%

[meager arch]

I’d guess the acceptance rates are approx the following (ran some numbers using the admitted student numbers plus comparing to other schools for # of apps)

ED0 + ED1 + ED2: ~14%
EA: 2%
RD: 4%

If I estimated the number of apps correctly, this is one possible solution to the “knowns” of the total number of and acceptances of early apps (ED0,1,EA) and the other known of total acceptance rate

[gray lynx]

RD has a higher acceptance rate than EA

[oak mantle]

RD likelt has a higher acceptance rate

Because EA is a funnel for ED2

And you cant funnel people into ED2 unless you defer them

Once ED2 is over, there’s no more games to be played

You have x seats, you admit x + however many you predict will not attend

[slate jackal]

yeah but isn’t RD a funnel for waitlist

but you’re right

[oak mantle]

waitlist comes after you accept x + however

waitlist exists so that if they undershoot, they have a pool to draw from

[misty snow]

is it ok if my why uchicago essay is ~650 words

[odd fiber]

yeah

[misty snow]

thx

their word count (or ig lack of one) stresses me out

how long is the creative one supposed to be

[odd fiber]

mine was around 500 words

i guess too long and theyll just read half of it

[rough charm]

there was a suggested length on the uchicago website i think

[slate jackal]

Please note any word limits for Coalition or Common Application essays; however, there are no strict word limits on the UChicago supplemental essays. In general 500-700 words for the extended essay and 300-600 words for the “Why UChicago?” essay are good benchmarks, but these are rough guidelines and by no means requirements. The ideas in your writing matter more than the exact number of words you use!

they say this but i got in w a 900 and 700 respectively so i don’t think going over is an issue

[waxen tinsel]

What do we think the guaranteed transfer acceptance rate is

💀

Like what percent of people got that offer

[meager arch]

absolutely no idea, but I’d guess it’s low, probably only a few hundred students get it

[slate jackal]

few hundred is kinda a lot
but could be a reason for a lower acceptance rate? like if they take a slightly smaller class this year and just supplement w gto to lower rate i feel like this is smth they would do

[meager arch]

to be honest i really just don’t know

[misty snow]

okay thank you! i think i will leave as is then

helpful clarification

[covert moat]

Yes this makes a lot of sense

[fast axle]

ive heard mixed things here about financial aid

[undone shuttle]

got deffered from chicago, and they dont mention anything about LOCI's and stuff, would it be best i just email admissions team an LOCi regardless or confirm with them first and then apply?

[oblique cloak]

any point in applying rd as a high need intl 😭

[ripe fiber]

thinking about this too

also their "fun" essay isn't encouraging me, which i guess it should if i'm a good for for their school (?😭)

[iron oak]

heyy guys

i know i am messaging here late

but could anyone look at my essay?

just to give feedback about what they think

[copper python]

i can take a look

[iron oak]

okay!

check you dms

[iron oak]

very very low hope

unless ed or ed2, int'l have like 0.1% hope

[kind dome]

wait fr? id asusme it to be hard but not that low

[iron oak]

oh sorry 0.1% is too low but yk uchicago's general acceptance rate itself is low like 4-5%

and the uni is also in debt

[kind dome]

fr?

[iron oak]

so for int'l students it is like bad

[kind dome]

unless youre applying without finaid then its fine ig? (im appkyng finaid rd)

[iron oak]

yeah fr
that's why i didn't apply ed ( i was planning to apply here)

but now that i have got a fullride in a safety, i wanna ed2 and take my shots

[iron oak]

idk about that really

[kind dome]

it doesnt matter

im cooked

well lets just shoot my shot and see ig

[iron oak]

yeah that's the spirit

[iron oak]

which country are you from btw

[kind dome]

germany

wbu?

[iron oak]

Nepal

[rose compass]

If you still need someone to have a look at your essays, I can help

[meager arch]

financial aid here is pretty great (although not great for intl students), if you have any questions about it lmk

[fast axle]

could i dm u?

[meager arch]

sure

[covert moat]

Can someone review my uchicago essays

[teal void]

mf😭😭😭

[odd fiber]

I can take a look

[round mulch]

I’m starting it today 😭😭

[urban furnace]

hey first sitting your immediate chaotic thoughts full authenticity it just might work

[meager arch]

it did for me

I did mine the day it was due

not something i’d recommend, but something that can still work

[urban furnace]

Yeah lol I did mine all in one sitting

[iron oak]

@urban furnace could you look into my uchicago supplements?

[urban furnace]

sure ill sneak a peak

[iron oak]

check you dms 👀

[unique girder]

What is "preperation for engineering careers"

[iron oak]

less gooo

[wheat raven]

Hey guys, a quick question about translation

UChicago says Proof of Family Income should be translated for international students financial aid:

2024 Tax Forms (If not U.S. taxes, provide home country equivalent, translated into English and converted into U.S. Dollars)

Do I need to hire some certified translator to translate this if the original files aren't obtainable in English? Or do I translate them myself like I did for Harvard?
Searched the entire Internet, and asked ChatGPT, no consensus

tyty

Ping me when u reply, tysm I have a heck ton of servers and may not see

[meager arch]

email uchicago FA office

[covert moat]

UC Hicago

my dream uc school

🙏

[dry island]

the best uc fr

[crude tiger]

When is the video due?

[copper python]

i believe you get about a week after the deadline, but the sooner you do it the better

[crude tiger]

ty

So there's a 0% chance I face issues if I do it one day after deadline?

meaning tmrw

[copper python]

yeah i don't think you'd get in trouble

[round mulch]

wait there's a video?

what the frick man

[plain marten]

there's a video introduction that you can submit which is optional but recommended(?)

[round mulch]

i just started today 💀 im jsut trying to get the essays done

[plain marten]

the video can be submitted as supplementary material after the essays are completed

i'd worry about your essays first

[round mulch]

ok ok yeah

also quick question

like i've heard that uchicago wants you to be quirky in your essays?

is that true?

[covert moat]

Arent they due in like 5 hours

Those essays took me like 2-3 months

[plain marten]

well I'm not an admissions officer but from the other people I've talked to they've generally made their essays pretty unique

[round mulch]

im aplpying because why the fuck not

[covert moat]

Fair

[round mulch]

its not my top choice but i've got nothing else to do this week

[plain marten]

the uchicago supplements are probably some of the hardest to write

[rotund sleet]

Go big or go home type

[covert moat]

Yeah i ahrre

Agree

[plain marten]

i think i took like 4-5 days to write mine

and that was cramming them right before the ED deadline

[covert moat]

Cornell engineering essays > stanford essays > uchicago

[round mulch]

i'm applying statistics so even before the essays it might be wraps

[covert moat]

columbia>harvard

[plain marten]

i don't think uchicago admits by major

[covert moat]

They dont admit by major

[round mulch]

o shit

i just learned about this school like 1 day ago 😅

[rotund sleet]

wait fr?

me too bro

[plain marten]

idk if this would comfort you guys but i genuinely don't know that many stats majors

most people I've met are econ majors and math majors

[round mulch]

well as you said, they don't admit by major. so most stat interested applicants could declare different majors ykyk

[rotund sleet]

this could mean stats is hella comp or its niche at chicago

😭

[plain marten]

yeah maybe

[round mulch]

shold i still do the essays if i have 5 hours left

[covert moat]

I mean

[round mulch]

real question

i can afford the app fee

[covert moat]

They’re very hard

Ill tell you that

[plain marten]

how much have you done

[round mulch]

like half of one essay

[covert moat]

The uchicago essays are honestly one of the hardest essay prompts imo

[plain marten]

i mean ig you can try and finish

[round mulch]

no word count is really fucking with me

The penny is on its way out—too small to matter, too costly to keep. But not everything small should disappear. What’s one object the world is phasing out that you think we can’t afford to lose, and why?

Im choosing this other essay

[covert moat]

I made my own idiom

[plain marten]

if anything having no word count helped me because i tend to yap a lot

[rotund sleet]

really?

[round mulch]

it tends to hurt one when there are like 5 hours left

[covert moat]

Yes bro

[round mulch]

i think i might do a different application honestly, RD is impossible

[plain marten]

start writing bro

[plain marten]

well it's up to you

[rotund sleet]

idk when i did them i jus thought outside the box and wrote they didnt seem that hard 😭

[grave ice]

Flip a coin

[round mulch]

ok doing this

tails is uchicago essays heads is something else

fucking hell i got tails

[grave ice]

How do you feel about that

Did you want heads?

[round mulch]

well now that i got tails i want heads. if i got heads i would want tails

[grave ice]

Not always

[round mulch]

i mean i dont really know honestly. maybe this is a sign

ok locking in now 😛

[grave ice]

I am personally of the approach that unless there’s some significant value in a college rushing it last min when yk the quality will be bad is not worth

By value I mean it gives great aid and not many other places will for you

Stuff like that

[round mulch]

too late but i get what you

are saying

[rotund sleet]

you might need gpt for this one 🤞 😭

the essays werent hard but tedious

[unique girder]

I spent only 2 days on my essays

1 day on each

They are so good tho im so proud

[unique girder]

Also the deadline has a pretty big grace period

You could stay up till 5 am doing them even

[rotund sleet]

what are we doing when we get rejected 💔

[unique girder]

Jorking it

[waxen tinsel]

Don't worry

there are 4 options

accepted

rejected

waitlist

guarenteed transfer hell

[rotund sleet]

What is that

[waxen tinsel]

Guarenteed provisional acceptence for the fall of 2027 as a transfer applicant

[rotund sleet]

Ohhhhh

wait thats niche

[waxen tinsel]

as long as you maintain above a 3.5 gpa at another 4 year college

I am unfortunately in guarenteed transfer hell

lmao

[unique girder]

Does it force u to commit thi

To uchicago

Like are u still binded

If not thats actually very good i feel like

[rotund sleet]

Atleast you got the option

[waxen tinsel]

nope

[rotund sleet]

does it depend if you apply Ed or Ea

[waxen tinsel]

I applied ED1

I've also heard of people who were later accepted for that fall late in the year

like late july

Personally, I'm not gonna hold onto hope

but you never know

[unique girder]

Id go to like a state school and party while you can

[rotund sleet]

Are u jus gonna go to like ur state school then for a year

[rotund sleet]

Yes this is the move

[waxen tinsel]

It depends on where I get in regular decision

My current plan is Rutgers NB -> UChicago

But things would change if I got into Princeton, Stanford, MIT

And then there's a couple colleges I would have to think on a bit more

Like Cornell & Upenn

[unique girder]

If you got into cornell or penn id stay there four years

[waxen tinsel]

Maybe

I'd have to think about it though

uchicago has a very good pure mathematics program

very good is an understatement frankly

[urban furnace]

so good that no alternative universe version of me could even dare to undermine the quality of uchicago math

[waxen tinsel]

The only schools I really find comparable are Princeton and MIT

[urban furnace]

i did both my essays in one sitting it's 100% possible

[urban furnace]

where are u applying rd

[waxen tinsel]

Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Upenn, Cornell, UCB, UCLA, UCSD

[waxen tinsel]

And then EA I applied to Purdue, Rutgers NB, Georgia Tech, and RPI

[pulsar elbow]

are u instate rutgers

[waxen tinsel]

Yes

[pulsar elbow]

same

[waxen tinsel]

fire

[urban furnace]

do u like new jersey lol

[waxen tinsel]

No one likes new jersey

[odd fiber]

excuse you

[pulsar elbow]

agree

nj is boring

[waxen tinsel]

We all just tolerate it

[pulsar elbow]

yah

[waxen tinsel]

That being said

when someone disses nj

ill defend it with my life

[odd fiber]

except newark penn

[urban furnace]

imagine u go to princeton you'd become one with new jersey you will never escape

[gray lynx]

trenton makes, the world takes

i love that sign

[meager arch]

yes

[round mulch]

on it sir o7

[round mulch]

yeah these supps are hard as shit

[gray citrus]

Can I submit an hour after the deadline

Would they accept it

[copper python]

safer to just get it in

personally idrk

[pulsar elbow]

they would tbw

[gray citrus]

I need to wait for my payment and stuff

ok thx

[copper python]

also it's crazy to see everyone talking about how they did their essays so quickly meanwhile i wrote mine over two days in the summer and marinated on it until november 😭

[meager arch]

that’s probably the right way to do it 😭

i don’t work that way, but am trying to work like that

[mighty otter]

im so sad

i was acc having fun on my creative essay

but ran out of time

and had to submit it

[urban furnace]

and this is a skill i do not have 😭

[pulsar elbow]

you can take time after and submit lol

they don't care if its a lil late

[round mulch]

holy shit i did it

[mighty otter]

oh well um

too late ig

[undone shuttle]

Bro Nepali also to Uchicago. timi kata vata ho bro?

[meager arch]

good job!

[teal void]

Friendly psa guys if a current student sends you their essays to help, do not copy it word for word! AOs do keep these files on hand lol

[lament nimbus]

Guys

How do you fill out information in Uchicago's form?

[rotund sleet]

hows uchicago in terms of job prospects

im tryna work in Ai

idek google microsoft palantir airbus the government idk im tryna not be broke

does chicago got good connections

[gray lynx]

one of the best in the US

[solid iris]

Is the video intro that necessary?

for ed 2

[copper python]

you should do it

[copper python]

it helps them get to know you outside of your written stuff

[copper python]

guys they sent me a happy new year card 🥹

[meager arch]

really great, but for jobs that rely more heavily on prestige it’s beat out by some other top schools, and then for CS specifically it’s quite good, not quite as good as stanford but still up there

[rotund sleet]

Mmmm I see

CS in general is cooked though i know stanford grads who cant find a job 😭 🤞

[meager arch]

that is very true

we have some cool cs adjacent stuff here like data science too

[solid iris]

yeah I dont really pop out in video tho i was thinking of reviewing my fav movie super quick with footage of me intercut with scenes

[solid iris]

if they had a 1.0 gpa yeah 😭

[solid iris]

I mean what did you do if you dont mind

[steep turtle]

do they ask for gpa in internships? or also jobs when u graduate?

[round mulch]

thats what I wanna do!! I've heard stats and math are really good at Uchicago

[copper python]

i gave them a tour of my bookshelf

[cold rain]

a chicago ao told me that it wont hurt ur app unless you mistake the schools name for another

it could only help u

[solid iris]

ofc they do

• your projects and internships before matter but you still need a non fail gpa

[solid iris]

Yeah but its synthetically competitive because a lot of the math kids do finance adjacent stuff

[solid iris]

good to know

[solid iris]

ahhh thats good

[unique girder]

When do you submit video by

[copper python]

one week after deadline i believe

[lament nimbus]

Can I talk in my video intro abt my cat?

[round mulch]

Competitive and strong program are not synonymous

[copper python]

anything goes

[kind dome]

what video?

i apologize for my lack of preparedness in advance

[unique girder]

Times have changed and we’ve often rewound the clock

[copper python]

what

[copper python]

there's an optional video profile you can do to help them get to know you better

[unique girder]

Since the puritans got the shock and they landed on plymouth rock

[odd fiber]

ifffff todayyyyy any shock they should try to stem

[unique girder]

plymouth rock would land on them

[rotund sleet]

Yo

for those who go to Uchicago how is the violence and safety

ive heard uchi is worse then hopkins

also growing up in chicago the campus lwk close to bad areas

im not tryna get slimed for a degree ykyim

[unique girder]

Hyde Park is safe city wise

just dont walk around at night not paying attention to anything or you might cross into an actually bad neighborhood

[rotund sleet]

Yea dont cross 63rd at night

im concerned though cuz didnt a intl student get killed a few years ago

[unique girder]

very small probability

[rotund sleet]

Oh yea

bro had his laptop out

yo uchicago students though lmk how bad the crime is there and like u gotta be hella vigilant

[unique girder]

If youre a good fit for Uchicago you wont have to worry about this because then youd just stay in you dorm all day jorking it or studying

[gray lynx]

crazy how the guy on the grass watched unbothered

[rotund sleet]

if we die we will die in glory 🐦‍🔥

[odd fiber]

the guy who just sits and watches????

[gray lynx]

my thoughts exactly

[rotund sleet]

he was tryna live another day 😭 🤞

[odd fiber]

by sitting there???

[covert moat]

Dang

[sonic stirrup]

guys anyone down to share there Uchicago supplements? i have submitted mine and just wnat to see how others have done

or written

[mighty otter]

i dunno if this is what they meant by reimagine a map but

[sonic stirrup]

?

[sonic stirrup]

what do you mean?

[mighty otter]

One of the old prompts was to reimagine a map

There’s actual writing to go along with the map but i cba to paste it here

[sonic stirrup]

Damn, that is actually really creative, so you pasted this map and then wrote about ti

thats cool

[mighty otter]

Ty

Subway maps, evolutionary trees, Lewis diagrams. Each of these schematics tells the relationships and stories of their component parts. Reimagine a map, diagram, or chart. If your work is largely or exclusively visual, please include a cartographer's key of at least 300 words to help us best understand your creation.

[sonic stirrup]

That's actually cool, can you please check your dm

[unique girder]

holy shit youre awesome

I didn't want to do that with my maps because I was afraid the writing part wouldnt work

[mighty otter]

i mean like

my writing wasn’t a cartographers key

[unique girder]

Was it like the lore

[mighty otter]

but my uchicago friend saw what i wrote and he said it was fine

yea

[unique girder]

So like fully creative writing?

[mighty otter]

yeah

[unique girder]

Did you explain why you made the lore or just the lore

[mighty otter]

Wdym by the first part

oh like why i made the map

[unique girder]

I guess so

[mighty otter]

uhhhhhhhh that would’ve been smart in hindsight

[unique girder]

Did you just write an alternate history 😭

[mighty otter]

erm alternate future 🤓

[unique girder]

Did you make it a long essay or the 300 word the prompt says is minimum

[mighty otter]

I think mine was lowkenuinely like 1k

[unique girder]

😭 😭 😭 1k words of lore

[mighty otter]

i had to cut out the lore for the south for time

and the midwest got like 2 paragraphs instead of what i would’ve gave them

[unique girder]

Maybe if the lore is very deep theyll like the process behind it like thinking wise?

[mighty otter]

i didn’t get to write about my south carolinian hre ☹️

[unique girder]

I feel like with this most of the emphasis should’ve been on the why part

But no point thinking about it

[mighty otter]

Yeah

probably wouldn’t be able to afford it if i got in anyways lol

[unique girder]

Is piedmont named after an american piedmont or the italian one

[mighty otter]

there’s a region of north carolina called piedmont

it’s not exactly where this piedmont is but it was close enough and a name based off the great smokey mountains sounded stupid

piedmont is like the area east of those mountains

[unique girder]

Interesting

[copper python]

for the extended essay

[odd fiber]

bars on bars 🔥

[tardy bridge]

lmao anyone wanna see my REJECTED ESSAYS

[copper python]

me

i want to see

[round mulch]

well you could have great essays and still get rejected

whats more telling is full profile thats being sent in the application pdf

and school context

[undone shuttle]

u got in?/

[sonic stirrup]

Did u already get in?

[copper python]

yes

[sonic stirrup]

It’s actually really good

[grave ice]

They extended the deadline right

To the 12th

[fast axle]

yes

[grave ice]

If so was it for both Ed 2 and rd

[fast axle]

i got an email

[grave ice]

It was for both deadlines right

Ed 2 and rd

[fast axle]

this is all i got

[grave ice]

Oh hm

Ty

[fast axle]

if it helps i had rd selected

and i received that message

[unique girder]

https://youtu.be/QvmdEGR93mE

[neat halo]

till what date can you swap form RD to edii in the portal, and any tips on deciding if thats the right choice?

[gray citrus]

NOOOOOOO

I RUSHED THE ESSAYS FOR NO RRASON

noooooooo

[neat halo]

? wym

[gray citrus]

I submitted last minute on previous deadline

it’s joever

[iron oak]

yeah like fuckers extended the deadline after i submitted the application

[gray citrus]

it’s CRAZY work ngl

whatever

This is a dream school hopefully I hit a miracle

https://tenor.com/view/tung-tung-tung-tung-sahur-tung-tung-sahur-tung-tung-tung-sahur-brainrot-baseball-gif-13999381090646842001

[iron oak]

this is your extended essay?

it's just WOW man

[iron oak]

yeah

[gray citrus]

yeaaa.... im not getting in 🗿

great work

[sonic stirrup]

It’s too big and technical to read 😭

But I like the topic you have written

[celest lantern]

chat is uchicago good for cs?

[unique girder]

Theyre also shortish for Uchicago supps, only 2 and 3 pages respectively

[celest lantern]

nah bro pack it up

that's like

pure gold

did you get in?

[unique girder]

I just applied

Im curious which one are you talking about?

Or both?

Thank you anyway!!

[unique girder]

Thats just rude

[sonic stirrup]

you are rigth

@celest lantern sorry man

[celest lantern]

huh

wait

WAIT

[celest lantern]

why're you apologizing-

i was joking

i was complimenting acc-

those essays were like acc gold

i love the way you approached the why us one

and seeing such essays is gonna give these applicants new perspectives and ways to write their own ykwim

anywho

good essays chat

[unique girder]

Thank you!!

What Luna was apologizing for was a different comment unrelated to what you said right there

[hidden zealot]

dudes i applied ed2 why is there a ed2 form on the portal

should i fill it out

[karmic mango]

Anyone have an idea if I should send a LOCI to my regional admissions officers or the admissions office?

[meager arch]

regional admissions officer

at least that’s what i did

[covert moat]

it should be attached to the portal

i don't think it makes a big difference though

[meager arch]

Then do that then

[unique girder]

Has UChicago become need aware domestically

Is it bad if I put low-income in additional info then

[copper python]

no afaik

[neat halo]

anyone know cutoff date to swap to edii in the portal? I gotta meet with my counselor to sign the stuff

[unique girder]

Feb 16 or whatever the release date for ed2 is this year

Id do it asap bc realistically an ed2 boost isnt helping you right next to the release day

[odd fiber]

Where did u find this date?

[unique girder]

thats last years

[solid iris]

what extended essay?

Guys is choosing prompt 7 (make your own adventure) a good idea?

*was ig

[unique girder]

doesnt matter

[sonic stirrup]

what is LOCI?

[unique girder]

actually if youre making up your own prompt it should be a pretty good prompt

[sonic stirrup]

def

[sonic stirrup]

correct

[unique girder]

if youre using an old prompt it doesnt matter at all

[unique girder]

letter of continued interest

for deffered people

[sonic stirrup]

Ohhhhh

[sonic stirrup]

can u check dms

[solid iris]

Can I send you my title shit is embarrassing 😭

mine isnt really a prompt

[unique girder]

I could take a look if you'd like

[copper python]

the quirky essay

[rotund sleet]

How competitive is Uchicago

i heard its the same as like ann arbor or uva

[meager arch]

in what metric? like acceptance rate?

[slate jackal]

no you have to do it earlier

[dry island]

no

[teal void]

Yeah you should apply everyone gets in! if u don’t ur rlly stupid

[dry island]

especially in rd

like it’s much easier

[teal void]

Exactly u get it

[iron oak]

Yeah if you don't get in RD
Than you are stupid

[rotund sleet]

percentage rate

my counselor told me its like 20% but theres no way thats true

😭

[meager arch]

i’m assuming you’re talking about acceptance rate, which is about 4.5%

[dry island]

that is cap

we don’t know ed vs rd but

[dry island]

this is overall

ofc ed is gonna be pretty high relatively

[meager arch]

yes

[meager arch]

here’s my best guess on ED numbers

[dry island]

it seems very reasonable

[unique girder]

ED1 & ED2 are around 8%

RD & EA are around 2%

ED0 is 30% I think

[slate jackal]

yeah this feels right

so many ed0 people it’s crazy

[gray lynx]

it cant be that high

uchicago summer sessions arent competitive to get into, so a lot of ppl who do them dont fit the school

[meager arch]

there’s not that many ed0 people here, i don’t know the numbers but it’s not very common

[unique girder]

Yeah i think the estimate is 1000 applied 330 get in

[slate jackal]

well it’s new and they expanded the summer session this year

but like in a 2030 gc w 140 ppl 100 are ed0

[meager arch]

interesting

[gray lynx]

ig if u were a junior last year and knew uchicago was ur top choice then u did ssen

[dry island]

yea