University of Chicago (UChicago) (2025-2026)

[lusty trail]

my parents said i couldve gotten into harvard but im already loving uchicago

[gray lynx]

oh wait u havent withdrawn bc of aid?

[lusty trail]

i might....

its way more than expected

[gray lynx]

well ed2 is binding so u have to commit unless dire circumstances

[lusty trail]

yea

[gray lynx]

ur joking

it looks so good in the pictures

is uchi food that bad

[oak mantle]

comparable? UChi is one of the best schools for econ in the world. Undergrad and Grad rankings aren't the same obv, but UChi is currently #1 econ phd program, for what it's worth

[lusty trail]

can't wait for the fall 🫡

its means your having fun 💀

[copper python]

i feel like when people ask about uchicago in here, w licky is the good cop, cait is the bad cop, and noah and samuel offer neutral perspectives

[lusty trail]

So true

[plain marten]

oh yea they're not that great

idk if its me but usually the food is lukewarm at hutch

only good thing about it is the milkshakes on wednesday

i've lowkey never procrascinated this much with my schoolwork

actually nah i think i was worse in IB

[lusty trail]

senior?

[lusty trail]

I saw your old posts about sweeping the ivies from like 4 months ago, nice how things turned out so well

[urban furnace]

they are really not horrible

[urban furnace]

the milkshakes are ass

[urban furnace]

no

[plain marten]

bro they're only a dollar what do you expect

for a dollar they're fine, everything else is overpriced imo

[urban furnace]

oh they're definitely overpriced but they're still fine

[lusty trail]

i saw on yt that they told all uchicago students to carry 20 $ in case they get robbed 💀

is that true from yall personal experience

[plain marten]

haven't been robbed yet so idk, but i have def recieved this sort of advice before

[gloomy cloak]

it came out for you?? is it like an update in the portal or something or an email bc i don't see anything

[lusty trail]

Opening your view status update (same place as accpetance)

[lusty trail]

Yet??!

[gloomy cloak]

oh yeah i dont have any status update besides the acceptance

[lusty trail]

It hasn't come out yet

It usually should be status update on February x 2026. If it still says Feb 13, the accpetance day, its not out

[gloomy cloak]

alright

[lusty trail]

Did you check your accpetance letters? It could also be hidden underneath if u scroll doen

[gloomy cloak]

nah i checked

[lusty trail]

Did u submit aid documents late

[plain marten]

hahaha idk i feel like it'll happen at some point

[gloomy cloak]

no i submitted them months early

[lusty trail]

WHAT

Hmm idk then

Just have to wait

[gloomy cloak]

i hope so for the experience yk

exciting

[lusty trail]

Theres always a first for anything

[lusty trail]

Guys what was in the accpetange package thst they mail to you?

Did yall get merchandise

[copper python]

no merch but a fancy looking folder and certificate saying you're officially accepted

and some other papers and stuff with info about basic things

[lusty trail]

Rippp

I might have to buy merchandise for decisions day

[lusty trail]

When does it come out? When you confirm your enrollment or if yoy get accepted

[urban furnace]

That’s the first package

Wait for the second package

[lusty trail]

Whats in the second ?

[urban furnace]

Merch

Scarf shirt hat etc

[lusty trail]

Ayyyy

[lusty trail]

When does this usually come out?

[urban furnace]

Some weeks later

[lusty trail]

Ok

[urban furnace]

Also if you have a sibling they give a tshirt and letter to them in the summer too lol

[lusty trail]

Even if they are already In college?

Thats kinda cool

[urban furnace]

Oh idk about that

No

[lusty trail]

Nvm that was a dumb question💀 uchicago has 7k under grade

[copper python]

i have received the others too

the family merch box made me sad because my family took all of the stuff :(

[copper python]

when you confirm

maybe

idk

[urban furnace]

Why

[copper python]

idk bro

my mom was also home before me that day so she had already looked through it and decided what she wanted

there was no hope for me

[urban furnace]

All that stuff is for you tho

You earned it

[copper python]

that's what i told them

😭

[round mulch]

Dw I’ll join in RD

Kidding

😭🤞

[crystal ermine]

why uchicago better than northwestern?

[lusty trail]

U got it

[grave ice]

https://imgur.com/PET4Zgx

[lusty trail]

is it true that north side is better? like the dorms, food, and its closer to the gym

[urban furnace]

Yes both gyms are basically next to north and we have the most dorm amenities and baker dining hall is ten seconds from the dorm lobby and the food is fine but we have omelettes and pasta made to order

[meager arch]

scarf is fire

[lusty trail]

I hope I get north side dorms🤞🏻

[gray lynx]

what dorm should i pray for

i need a single

badly

[copper python]

because

[copper python]

anything but i house

me personally i'm hoping for snitchcock 🙏

[gray lynx]

oh ive heard…

pls get me a modern dorm

[copper python]

lol

[gray lynx]

can freshmen get apartments if i have my friends sign up

[copper python]

pretty sure it's like <1% chance for first years

[gray lynx]

oh help

i just need my single 🙏

[copper python]

i'm so stuck between which one i want lol

cause i'm not used to sharing a room so a single would be more comfortable

but a double comes with a guaranteed friend more or less (in the best of situations)

[lusty trail]

wait why is i house bad

[gray lynx]

lowk i would’ve wanted a double if my bsf wasn’t also going

[gray lynx]

i just heard that the residents are freaky asf

[copper python]

allegedly the amenities are bad

[lusty trail]

yea i feel like first week a roommate is a garunteed friend

[copper python]

yeah

[gray lynx]

what if ur roomie is a cs major

[copper python]

hmm

that changes things

[lusty trail]

wait we cant pick dorms right? its whatever the shcoll gives us?

[gray lynx]

i also want north campus so i can walk to trader joes

[copper python]

i'm not 100% sure but it seems like it

[gray lynx]

wait can a uchicagoan confirm that the dining halls close at like 4pm on Friday 😭

i do not wanna have to spend money to eat dinner every friday 💔💔💔

[lusty trail]

theres def pros and cons to have a rm bc if your rm likes to party and brings friend over late into the night, you're cooked

or if they do illegal stuff 👀

[copper python]

yeah exactly 😭

[copper python]

not a uchicagoan but behold what i found on their website

[gray lynx]

ok so WHO told me that fallacy

whats the supposed best dining halls again

[copper python]

seems like hutchinson closes at 3pm on friday and 4pm on saturday tho

[lusty trail]

baker and woodlawn are the msot modern looking

[gray lynx]

i love how they advertise fruit pastries cereal and coffee for every dining hall

nothing else

[lusty trail]

as long as its decent

[copper python]

i am very intrigued by the continental breakfasts

i wonder if they are any good

[lusty trail]

is that just a fancy name for a regular breakfast

or is there special menu items or something

[copper python]

ngl idk, but in other places when they say continental breakfast there's like an array of different kinds of foods

then again it's a college so i'm likely sorely mistaken

[gray lynx]

wait theres a diy waffle station at every dining hall

with strawberries and whipped cream

ts is too dangerous

[lusty trail]

Hopefully there's a pasta bar

[gray lynx]

there is in one dining hall but i forget which

[lusty trail]

How are yall liking the architecture

[gray lynx]

uchicago gothic architecture is peak

[urban furnace]

The cold stuff when they don’t have hot food

[urban furnace]

Baker has a station that cooks omelettes and pasta to order it’s great

[gray lynx]

ChanceMe: single dorm freshman year in a modern building

[urban furnace]

Cathey is also technically modern looking but they always show off the old fancy looking dining rooms in the back

[urban furnace]

Whatever my chances of getting exactly that were

Definitely possible

[lusty trail]

The vines hanging from the buildings are peak

[urban furnace]

Wait not single

I think I’ve heard if you get a single you’re unlikely to get a dorm at north idk

[lusty trail]

Does the snow ever get annoying

[urban furnace]

When it turns to grey sludge and then it’s a slip and slide

[copper python]

☹️

i am sad now

[meager arch]

far from campus and not massive like woodlawn/south

[restive oriole]

Does anyone have any tips on how to choose between stem and humanities for a major?

I would probably minor in the one I didn’t major in

But I’m having a big dilemma bc I really like science and math and also politics and history

So I’m unsure which one I should focus on for a major

[oak mantle]

Double major?

[restive oriole]

Would this be too much work lol?

[oak mantle]

My sister did a polisci/econ dm plus a data science minor, so more overlap than usual

What is the stem and what is the humanities?

[restive oriole]

Stem is physics

Humanities would be either politics or history (unsure)

[oak mantle]

hrmm

well, the big difference between majors is obv. workload/content and job prospects

what kinds of jobs are you interested in rn, even cursorily?

you might want to see if the uchi phys and polisci/history departments have info on what kind of jobs their majors get and what they specifically offer in terms of job searching and consideration

[restive oriole]

I have no clue

right now and for a while I've thought I would just go into Investment banking

and work in high finance

b/c I don't hate the idea of working in corporate and the pay is great

but idk tbh

[gray lynx]

physics would be better

[restive oriole]

I also really want to be in U.S. politics, but the pay is terrible and its really only good if ur older I feel like lol

[restive oriole]

what are u majoring in if I might ask

[restive oriole]

I want something very versatible so I think you are correct

[gray lynx]

politics jobs are more versitile w major i think

[gray lynx]

econ/bio

[restive oriole]

yeah and honestly for elected positions it really has no bearing whatsoever

[restive oriole]

might be a dumb q but at Chicago right?

[gray lynx]

yeaa

[restive oriole]

congratss

[gray lynx]

tysmm

[restive oriole]

I really love chicago b/c of how theoretical it is lol

[gray lynx]

yep same same

[restive oriole]

very few schools that are not super applied now

what got u into bio and econ]

[gray lynx]

idrk but i wanna work in healthcare but more of the finance/money/managerial/consulting side

[restive oriole]

u can fix the insurance companies lol

[gray lynx]

help yeah lmao

or like biotech

thats cool to me too

[restive oriole]

oh yeah very cool

did u apply ED

[gray lynx]

ED2

[restive oriole]

I did EA - Regular pool (AKA cooked)

[gray lynx]

lmfaoaoao

i think RD is better than EA atp

but gl to you

[restive oriole]

thanks!

[restive oriole]

more than likely lol

[lusty trail]

congrats on getting accepted!

[restive oriole]

I didnt get in 😭

at least not yet 🤞

[lusty trail]

oh 💀 you got that! ill see you in the fall

[oak mantle]

Ultimately you can get into politics and finance from uchi with either a physics or polisci major, esp. if you do well in the right clubs etc…

But physics might be a better signal in terms of math ability for financr

[round mulch]

Matt we need to lock in

[grave ice]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DSC2Tk4D-Q2

[plain marten]

from the ihouse people i talked to its mainly that it's far from the rest of campus

its nearest dining hall is like a 10 min walk away and it's probably one of the oldest dorms here

although it does have its own cafe that ihouse people get some sort of free breakfast at and it's right next to a metra station

and its basically a guaranteed single

[meager arch]

that’s really cool, there’s a few people here who are doing similar stuff (also pre-med econ people)

[teal void]

You’d know a premed econ person or two wouldn’t you 😻👨‍🔬😜🤣😹

jokes aside yale also has a md/mba program that ik uchi people have gone on to matriculate from

[gray lynx]

im not currently planning to go to med school but that sounds awesome ty

[meager arch]

what does this mean 😭

[lusty trail]

How good are the 1 dollar milkshaked

[rancid badger]

anyone who has done physics here?

i’m considering applying ed

and just want a lil more info

[meager arch]

I like them but they’re nothing crazy

[meager arch]

i was a physics major and then switched to molecular engineering - i loved it physics here it is very math and theory heavy, not nearly as applied as other schools

if you’re the sort of person who’s deciding between math and physics major, then physics here is for you. If you’d be deciding between physics and engineering at another school, physics here is probably not for you

[rancid badger]

i like particle physics

so like fermilab being near id a huge bonus for me

i also do live theory intellectually tho

[gilded snow]

How have you found MENG? With the school rep for theory, it's interesting to see an engineering major. Guess it's sort of like Bus Econ?

Sorry, don't mean that pejoratively. Meant more professionally-focused like engineering

[meager arch]

particle physics and fermilab association is literally the reason why i came here lol, it’s awesome (i did a program in high school thru fermilab, loved it)

[rancid badger]

saturday morning physics?

[meager arch]

lmaooo biz econ as a pejorative is funny, nah i getcha though

molecular engineering here is not super professionally focused - it’s more so on the phd track, plenty of industry but also academia, and then for me im doing it pre-med

[meager arch]

yessir!

did it the first year it was online due to covid

highly recommend it

also uchicago does do stuff w fermilab but much more with argonne

[rancid badger]

yessir im in it rn actually

i dont think i’ll get the certificate tho cause i had to miss some classes for school work 😭

online

[rancid badger]

argonne?

[meager arch]

argonne national lab

[rancid badger]

ohhh i see

that also looks cool

[meager arch]

just email whoever is directing it now and explain the situation

[rancid badger]

alr yeah i can

do you do much particle physics now?

or are you full bio

[gilded snow]

Nice, thx!

[lament yacht]

Back in 2019 I toured UChicago

Molecular engineering had just launched as a major

I almost ED’d to UChicago as a premed

You’re basically doing my alternate life lol

I wanted molecular engineering

[meager arch]

I never got into actual particle physics but did (and still do) some quantum physics stuff

[meager arch]

full bio course load rn but will be doing some more quantum stuff soon, plus one of my jobs is in quantum stuff

[meager arch]

lmao this is so cool

[meager arch]

its curriculum has changed so much it’s crazy, i found an archive course catalog from back then the other day

[meager arch]

where’d you go for your undergrad?

also uchicago mentioned rahhh

[lusty trail]

Im so proud 🫡 🥹

[lament yacht]

Ended up EDing Brown instead

Almost picked UChicago for med school too 😭

[meager arch]

very cool!

[gray lynx]

you dodged uchicago twice 💔

[meager arch]

omg i just witnessed some med school interviews today, they’re doing them in the building i work in

also crashed a party where they were celebrating completing step 1

free pizza yum :)

[lusty trail]

Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory💔 🥀

[lament yacht]

I waited until the very last minute to finalize my med school decision

That’s how agonizing it was

UChicago med is so good

[lusty trail]

Where did you go instead?

[lament yacht]

Mayo Clinic

[meager arch]

it is!! they have some cool af researchers too

[lusty trail]

Oh, idk anything med related but isnt that the best you can go ?

[meager arch]

also it’s like a super good hospital for med students, i know this one nurse there who was telling me about how the med students get a ton of cool opportunities cause it’s a small med school big hospital and doctor run hospital

[lament yacht]

Once you get to the upper echelon I feel like all the schools are peers

Like I don’t believe that Mayo Clinic is “better” than UChicago

It’s just different

[lament yacht]

Small med school + big hospital is always a winning combo

[meager arch]

what informed your choice between the two? also that’s really cool

[lament yacht]

Class size at Mayo is even smaller!

That + Mayo is really really strong in the field I knew I wanted

And I’m not a huge fan of massive cities

Like I immediately dismissed Northwestern med school after touring, because it’s downtown

UChicago was more isolated but still has that big city feel

Idk I toured Mayo and fell in love 🤷‍♂️

[teal void]

I do!!

Kidding!!!i just would never stay for med ❤️

[lusty trail]

How common is the applied math plus econ double major

[gray lynx]

econ building so pretty it makes me tear up 🥹

[teal void]

the starbucks inside makes me tear up

[gray lynx]

omg what theres are starbucks inside

[teal void]

yas except its not open wkends

[gray lynx]

buying starbucks otw to the consumerism lecture

[teal void]

As u should

[gray lynx]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[urban furnace]

that is a place of trauma but at least its cool looking its even prettier inside every insufferable calc lecture in a room looking like professor mcgonagall should be teaching transfiguration there

[plain marten]

might not be 100% correct but saieh probably has some of the best lecture halls and classrooms in the entire campus

i'm so privileged to have a cs lecture here lol

[urban furnace]

Beef noodle soup at hutch always slaps especially this week when I’m recovering from a cold

And using my maroon dollars so I’m not draining my bank account ordering pho to my dorm

[gray lynx]

YUM

looks so pho-king good

[urban furnace]

Felt like a pig today so I got some more food from hutch teehee yummy California roll and a mango lassi

[lusty trail]

Holyyy🤤

The food looks amazing

But I heard the dinning hall food is mid

[urban furnace]

And these other uchicago guys here trying to say that hutch food isn’t good 🥀

I’d take it any day over normal dining hall food

Although dining hall food is still decent

[plain marten]

non-meal exchange hutch meals are decent

but I am enough of a cheapskate to not spend any of my maroon dollars until next quarter lol

[lusty trail]

It cost food bucks thought right? Also how's the milkshake for a dollar

[lusty trail]

Maroon dollars is like credit money right?

[urban furnace]

Yeah I get 100 maroon dollars each quarter but they roll over

I barely used my maroon dollars in the fall so I just have a lot to use now

[gray lynx]

OOOOOO

i will be getting that fs

[plain marten]

yeah for the regular plan you get as a 1st year you get 100 maroon dollars a month

only benefit of maroon dollars (other than that they come with your meal plan) is that they're also tax free

[meager arch]

fr i had math for quantum in there i no longer like the building

[urban furnace]

per quarter

[gray lynx]

Yay i got my physical admit letter + booklet in the mail!!

still waiting for my merch…

[lusty trail]

Niceree

Did you commit already?

[gray lynx]

Yes!!

[lusty trail]

Idk if they send that out to those who got accepted or those you confirmed it

[lusty trail]

Did it come with a note from the admission officrr

[gray lynx]

I think they send the letter to all who are admitted, and the merch only to committed ppl

[gray lynx]

No sadly

Hopefully that comes later 🙏🙏

I wanna see my admissions file too

[lusty trail]

Oh ok

Yea same I really wanna know what got me accepted

[plain marten]

this might be because im intl but i never got a note

but i have heard people getting letters

handwritten ones

[urban furnace]

i never got any handwritten letter 😞

[simple mural]

Do they send internationally?

[cinder knoll]

i've gotten a few handwritten from my regional officer

[copper python]

can confirm i got a card with a handwritten note inside

[gray lynx]

wait like inside the big folder or separately

[copper python]

separately

[fringe ibex]

just big and greedy

[lusty trail]

if my ed2 decision is due march 6th, is there any downsides to submitting on march 5th? my parents are worried that there wont be enough spots if i submit late

[teal void]

Holy shit

[next shell]

Will RD be late march

I'm done being edged 😭 😭

[gray lynx]

prob march 13

[gray lynx]

no def zero downside

just do it before march 6

[lusty trail]

i believe in you

[quiet apex]

do they send merch to intls 💔

[meager arch]

some photos of uchicago over the past few days :)

[gray lynx]

🤗 🥰 😍 🫰 🔥 🤤

[sick seal]

I needa know too

And what abt financial aid

[copper python]

yes

one of my buddies in greece got his stuff recently

it'll take longer than for domestic students though

[urban furnace]

This is what the milkshakes look like

Also banh mi from hutch

[lusty trail]

Is it worth the price

[urban furnace]

Yes

[lusty trail]

Can you rank all the dining halls from best to worst food? I gotta prepare early😭

[urban furnace]

Baker (omelette/pasta station)
Bartlett (taco station and vibes)
Cathey (stir-fry station and blue panda ice cream)
Woodlawn (prison vibes like the dorm)

[lusty trail]

Which ones is the most consistent and which ones have higher peaks but lower lows

If that makes srnse

[urban furnace]

Idk I’m there to fill my stomach not critique food for Michelin

And ponder on how I’m bombing my exams

[fringe ibex]

they're all kind of the same except for bart

bart fucking sucks lmao

[lusty trail]

Ok

[teal void]

Bartlett is most consistently good

Baker can be rlly good but usually mid

[teal void]

U never even step foot in there bruh

[fringe ibex]

just because i treat myself week 9 doesnt mean i dont eat most of my meals there big dog

[teal void]

they r very consistent with chicken breasts and taco bar being good

• cottage cheese/greek yogurt

Im a bart defender

[round mulch]

cottage cheese 🤮

kidding its not bad in some things

[teal void]

☹️☹️☹️

[fringe ibex]

the chicken breasts and taco bar rice combo is lowkey elite but it still doesnt taste good

like i have to turn my brain off and slop it down

[teal void]

Add basalmic from salad station to it

Also the rice is vile ur an asian disgrace

[round mulch]

Is uchicago RD chopped cheese?

I wrote my essay about Caleb Williams if that helps

[fringe ibex]

this is genuinely sinful what would your ancestors think

[teal void]

Um my ancestors werent italian idt they know what basalmic is

[fringe ibex]

defiling rice with toppings

truly tragic

[teal void]

Not the rice mf

The chicken

[fringe ibex]

balsamic on chicken is wild

[urban furnace]

Bahamian station at Baker really hit the spot today

[next shell]

no way im getting in, zero letters atp

[oak mantle]

zero... likely letters?

[next shell]

yeah

[copper python]

aren't these supposed to be like super rare

[molten reef]

no point talking abt likely's

most wont get it and if ur not some hook thats rlly who theyre going after to improve diversity

think fgli or minority

[oak mantle]

… most people who get into a T10 don’t receive a single likely

[molten reef]

yea like 95%+

[next shell]

ah got it, ty

[lusty trail]

Does Uchicago allow you to se your admission file? I really want to see what they saw in my application

[fringe ibex]

you can request it once you're actually on campus

[restive oriole]

Releasing on the 13th??

That seems early to me lol

I thought it would be way later

[lusty trail]

I see. How does it work? Do they email you your file or yiu get 30 minutes with the physical copy?

[fringe ibex]

iirc you email them and they set up an appointment?

theres something on the website somewhere about it

[echo zealot]

It’s based on last year’s date

[grave ice]

Confirmed on Instagram now

Right on schedule

UChicago RD Decision Date

<t:1773434700:F> in your local time zone
@everyone

[mighty otter]

WHATAHHDSB

[pine temple]

bruh

[ebon valley]

cant wait to get rejected

[next shell]

first rejection next week 🥹

[lament nimbus]

Ok

[echo zealot]

Yay!!

[lusty trail]

Yall got this!!! 👍🏻 🔥

[queen knot]

same

[urban furnace]

ah yes friday the 13th once again

[vague jewel]

did u Chicago come out

[grave ice]

No

Read the ping

[pine temple]

2nd rejection this week 🙏

[copper python]

guys have faith

you are all getting in

trust 🙏

[urban furnace]

good luck this friday! if ur already in or get in this week, here's a chart of the core curriculum

[restive oriole]

Is it like impossible to get in from EA - RD

is there any hope 😭

[agile stone]

i've heard that it's 0.5%? 😭 like what

[weary axle]

Actually?

[agile stone]

well I have no idea if that's actually true or not

they don't like release the number

but that's what I've heard

[round mulch]

im cooked

[lusty trail]

its like 2-3 %

[next shell]

2 days until first rejection

[somber axle]

so like i sent me essay like two weeks after the deadline would they accept it

[weary axle]

Probably didn’t read it at all wdym submit essay? Like supplemental essay?

[somber axle]

yea they required like a super long essay and we can pick any essaqy

welp

[weary axle]

I don’t wanna sound mean or anything but why’d you submit the essay so late?

And yeah ik what ur talking abt now I totally forgot abt it

I wrote something about ikea making orthodontic mouthguards

[plain marten]

i thought you were required to hand that one in when you submitted your app

[weary axle]

Same

I guess not

[somber axle]

i did questbridge

[round mulch]

Did y’all do the video

I lowk didn’t might be fried

[echo zealot]

I didn't do the video response

[plain marten]

ah makes sense

[plain marten]

yeah i did but i know a lot of people who got in without it

[river basin]

doesnt matter

only brown cares

it could help if youre a bot in your essays but ur video would likely be ass if ur essays were bad

[lusty trail]

Doesn't matter btw, got in without

Show yourself through essays

[echo zealot]

i wrote about a song in the long essay

[round mulch]

I wrote about calluses in my long essay

[lusty trail]

what prompt?

[lusty trail]

what prompt did you pick

[vast geyser]

good luck yall with uchi tmrw

[round mulch]

Penny prompt

[restive oriole]

Are we cooked for tmrw

[cinder mountain]

chat did anyone do the ice cream and shark prompt

[cinder mountain]

nah WE are getting in tomorrow

[restive oriole]

yes this is the energy

[restive oriole]

I did this one: **Joan of Arkansas. Queen Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Babe Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Mash up a historical figure with a new time period, environment, location, or occupation, and tell us their story.

what did u say for yours

[weary axle]

I forgot which one I did

[restive oriole]

what major did u apply for

[echo zealot]

we are all getting in

[weary axle]

Entrepreneurship and Innovation or something

Why did my message get deleted?

[cinder mountain]

"Statistically speaking, ice cream doesn’t cause shark attacks, pet spending doesn’t drive the number of lawyers in California, and margarine consumption isn’t responsible for Maine’s divorce rate—at least, not according to conventional wisdom. But what if the statisticians got it wrong? Choose your favorite spurious correlation and make the case for why it might actually reveal a deeper, causative truth."

and i js kinda talked abt how it’s not direct causation but a subtle behavioral chain where ice cream makes people more relaxed and careless at the beach, increasing exposure to sharks but in a twisty way idk though might be cooekd

[restive oriole]

sounds good

dont think its cooked lol

[round mulch]

That’s good but wasn’t the prompt to come up with your own correlation?

Idk

That’s how I interpreted it

[cinder mountain]

Shoot I think you’re right

It’s fine tho trust

[fallen wren]

did anyone choose the infinite pasta question

[fringe ibex]

i did that whenever i applied

like 2 or 3 years ago

[fervent oak]

did anyone do the dust one?

[brazen haven]

Is it tmrw at 1:30
pst ?

[echo zealot]

😭

I forgot that’s set for people depending on their timezone

You can check the pinned messages

[fluid spruce]

isn’t the rd acceptance diabolically low lmfao I give up

[echo zealot]

Don’t give up yet

[echo zealot]

Also I love your pfp it’s so cute

[fluid spruce]

thank you!

I went to a summer program there and all the RAs said they got in thru ED lol

[echo zealot]

I didn’t know ED 0 was a thing until I saw it on the subreddit

😭

[fluid spruce]

I had ed0 and I didn’t do it LMFAO

[abstract valve]

why u coming to uchicago for entrepreneurship 😭

[round mulch]

I wrote my essay on the penny prompt

[weary axle]

I’m gonna switch into Econ later

It just makes most sense for my application to apply for entrepreneurship

[round mulch]

I applied statistics

[weary axle]

Like if there was someone to get accepted for entrepreneurship it would be me 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

[echo zealot]

imagine we get guaranteed transfer 💀💀

[fluid spruce]

omfg one of my opps got that cuz his dad is alum 💀 but its not guaranteed he has to take a bunch of courses and then get reevaluated

[echo zealot]

my ex got rejected

💀

[fluid spruce]

my ex is going to cc lol

someone i know got in ed2 tho but i dont think he can go cuz not enough aid

[echo zealot]

I think I saw someone say someone’s sibling took inspiration from their accepted to uchicago sibling’s essay and they received a personalized rejection letter 😭

[fluid spruce]

omg what

thats crazy

thats so mortifying

[echo zealot]

It was like “don’t copy essays” or something

😭

[fluid spruce]

id disappear off the face of the earth

[echo zealot]

CST is an annoying time zone 🥀

[fluid spruce]

pst 😛

[echo zealot]

California?

😭

[round mulch]

wait so what time

[fluid spruce]

like almost every pst person yeah

[round mulch]

is it coming out?

like 2:45?

[fluid spruce]

i heard its different depending on time zone but mine is 1:45 my time

[round mulch]

oh ok coolio

[echo zealot]

My timezone is EST so

[fluid spruce]

ok i might be lying if its 4:45 for u

[echo zealot]

I watched the college reaction videos and the California kids are always opening their decisions at school 😭😭

[fluid spruce]

im gonna be opening my uchicago decision on a school bus

cuz im commuting to a comp

😭

[echo zealot]

I end school at 2 pm

😭

[fluid spruce]

crazy

i end 2:50 every day except monday

which is 3:30

[echo zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/chiikawa-usagi-happy-joyful-eating-gif-13075187857073341083

[round mulch]

why am i even opening ts

RD is rfied

fried

[limpid hollow]

😭 i could have bought so much food with the 90 bucks i wasted on this app

[fallen wren]

anyone elses withdrawal button disappear?

[round mulch]

90 bucks is diabolical

i know uchicago is finanically in trouble but damn

[limpid hollow]

i think mine did

but i’m viewing the portal on mobile idk

[fallen wren]

fairs

they prob caught onto that signal

[round mulch]

"Thank you! With the release of RD admissions on Friday, March 13th, we want to take a moment to say thank you- you are all extraordinary! You are among the most brilliant, ambitious, and academically qualified students in the world. Thank you for your hard work, brilliance, and care. It is a privilege to have shared in your ideas and accomplishments, and to have gotten to know you better.
"

mine did too

[limpid hollow]

oh lmao gg

[round mulch]

uchicago so nice

[limpid hollow]

we all rehected

[round mulch]

wait is that how it works

[fallen wren]

or all accepted 😍

[limpid hollow]

no

[fallen wren]

it used to be an astro that no withdrawal form = straight accept/reject but i think thats hella outdated

[limpid hollow]

i never wrote a loci after ea deferral

so like

😂

[round mulch]

straight accept 😂

puh lease

[fallen wren]

ong bro i need this 🙏

[limpid hollow]

i mean ur cs right from ur name

whyd u even apply chicago

unless theyre good at cs idk

[round mulch]

i dont wanna do cs necessarily

i wanna do stats

/math

[fallen wren]

theoretical cs is so tuff

[round mulch]

i got into gt for Math + CS and udub was just CS cuz in-state

[fallen wren]

lets take math 207 twin 😂 ✌️

[limpid hollow]

i applied econ with no econ related ecs whatsoever lmao

[round mulch]

i think applied math is more interested

interesting

[fluid spruce]

icl i dont rlly know what r popular majors in uchi besides econ

[limpid hollow]

itll still hurt when i’m rejected tho 🥲

[fallen wren]

math/cs is prob big at uchi

hella strong theoretical departments

[round mulch]

yeah i really lvoe their stats program!!!

and the way its structured

[fallen wren]

i havent looked into their stats program but i may need to look into it to be employable as a pure math guy ☠️

[round mulch]

😂

qunt

it is for you

[fallen wren]

quant or straight to academia 😂

[tawny trench]

is ea deferreed to rd accept possible?

[fringe ibex]

econ and bio are the two largest undergrad departments

i believe physics is next

oh i so lied as of 2019 it goes econ, bio, math, poli sci, pub pol, physics

[fluid spruce]

just curious how many of u did the video thing

[limpid hollow]

i did mine

i shared my amateur photography and how i love telling stories and sharing intimacy through snapshots

[weary axle]

is video thing like as important as it is for brown?

I didn’t do it

[tired river]

Apparently you might already be able to view ur results?

Apparently ppl see a phoenix Friday thing in their applicant portal

Can any1 confirm?

[cinder mountain]

idt anyone can see it rn

congrats on columbia though king

[limpid hollow]

lmao gg

[cinder mountain]

it helps but there are still a strong amt of people who get in without it

[limpid hollow]

i guess chicago was out of the question anyway for me anyway

🥲

[round mulch]

yeah i dont see a phoenix

[fallen wren]

i want to see if a uchi co30 (ed1/ea/ed2) admit can corroborate ngl

[cinder mountain]

uh oh

[tired river]

Wdym?

[tired river]

Auyyy the exact post I saw

[limpid hollow]

i dont have shit on my portal

😓

[tired river]

Same here

At least Columbia came in clutch

[limpid hollow]

ugh i love columbia

i didnt get anything from them either

😜

i mean i wasnt expecting to get in chicago at all but damn it still sucks

[tired river]

Have hope gng

It may just be for some ppl

[limpid hollow]

my mom told me she had a dream last night that i got into chicago

[urban furnace]

hello guys its ok if u dont get in i just suffered through three giant final papers and a diabolical final exam that was mostly writing this week at uchicago thats one thing that you'll miss out on if u do not get into uchicago

[limpid hollow]

and it made me sad

[cinder mountain]

bro there's still a shot trust

[tired river]

FAHHHHH

[limpid hollow]

i wanna go apologize to her

[cinder mountain]

w licky did you see phoenix fridays or something similar in ur application portal when u got in

[round mulch]

oh brother im cooked

[urban furnace]

no

[round mulch]

wtv 1% is diabolical

[limpid hollow]

probably an accidental slip up for rd this year only

[cinder mountain]

ah alright

[round mulch]

my essays werent 1% good

[tired river]

Oh wel

We find out tmrw if

Ig

[fluid spruce]

cant withdraw either but nothing like that LMFAO

its alr buns school buns weather

[fallen wren]

this is quite a strange data leak for a school like uchi

[cinder mountain]

chicago weather is pretty good though i live like 30 min away from the school

but its highkey all over the place

this week it was rly sunny one day then thunderstorm the other then hailing* the next

[urban furnace]

also if you've been accepted im pretty sure you get the flying bubbles and acceptance letter once you submit your portal login

[fluid spruce]

im from socal so it would be quite a drastic change for me

[limpid hollow]

pov every person from the united states describinf their state ever

other than like socal

[urban furnace]

im from louisiana the weather comparison is like venus and mars

i think it stayed in the negatives for a week in january at chicago

[fluid spruce]

and i think 50 degrees is cold lmfao

[urban furnace]

after that 20 degree weather felt warm to me lmao

[tired river]

here's what it looks like

I think it's GGs

like deadass ngl

[fluid spruce]

yeah nothing

[fallen wren]

is this inspect elementable...?

[cinder mountain]

chat what if the person sends us the link from the date selection

[tired river]

same here

sadge

[cinder mountain]

and we all sign up

[fallen wren]

i asked them like 30min ago and got ghosted ☠️

[round mulch]

Wait you got it???

Congrats

[tired river]

?

[tired river]

nope

I got it off of the poster

of that reddit post

[limpid hollow]

seems like too much effort for a pretend

[tired river]

same tbh

[limpid hollow]

well now i’m sad

[round mulch]

We are cooked

Hoping for a WL

But most likely reject

[tired river]

like if it's a shitpost, I shit you not it's crazy

[urban furnace]

will this be a happy friday??

[fluid spruce]

thats a crazy thing to inspect element for

[limpid hollow]

i’m gonna go buy something for my mom tmr 😞

[tired river]

nope

[weary axle]

Damn

Rip

[tired river]

but it was a happy thursday

[urban furnace]

oh damn its friday the 13th again

[tired river]

hopefully

[weary axle]

It would be really weird if it was only for that user

[cinder mountain]

ay bro tmrw is a good friday

krispy kreme giving out a dozen glazed for 13 cents

[weary axle]

I assume it’s for everyone who got accepted and it’s an accident

atleast I got into CMU 🤞🏽

[tired river]

Niceeeeeee

same here but w/ columbia

[round mulch]

Wow congrats

[cinder mountain]

i searched up uchicago phoenix friday and there's absolutely nothing on it besides the reddit post 😭

[round mulch]

What malt

[weary axle]

Damn mogs

[round mulch]

Major

[tired river]

my b gng T^T

[limpid hollow]

😭 im so ungrateful tbh

[urban furnace]

hows it feel to open this decision on friday the 13th/

[tired river]

if it makes you feel better I'm in the hospital because of a cold

[weary axle]

Tepper business administration

[limpid hollow]

ive gotten into other schoops but i still feel bad abt myself

[round mulch]

Fireee

[weary axle]

nah I think I should get into Wharton I have belief

[cinder mountain]

it feels good to know i can blame the day when i get rejected

[weary axle]

So we will both be Ivy League alumni

[tired river]

u got ts

[round mulch]

Wait someone here got a likely letter

[fallen wren]

yeah nvm my attempt to inspect element it turned out crap

[tired river]

hellll yeah

[round mulch]

We can ask them to check their portal to confirm

[fluid spruce]

i think no one can withdraw at this point right

[urban furnace]

the last time march had friday the 13th was in 2020 and on that day, covid lockdowns started

[fluid spruce]

so that doesnt mean shit

[weary axle]

college admissions was such a fun process 6 months ago I thought I was planning on not going to uni😂

[weary axle]

damn

[weary axle]

It’s weird there’s no mention of phoenix Friday other then the post

[round mulch]

not a lot of people get in RD

seems normal

(statistics major btw 🥀 )

[tired river]

oh maybe it's a really elaborate shitpost ig

[round mulch]

@ oxw got a likely, if you want we can check with them but i lowk dont wanna bother over someting this stupid

[tired river]

it seems wayyyyyy to overengineered

[tired river]

likely for UChicago?

[round mulch]

yes

[weary axle]

I think it is

I’m on uchicagos calendar stuff

[tired river]

THAT would be really funny

[weary axle]

Nothing for 17th or 24tj about that

[tired river]

and fucked up

[weary axle]

There’s an admitted students day on 21st

[tired river]

but funny ig

[fluid spruce]

if this is a hoax thats some crazy work

[limpid hollow]

shitpost or not i’m not getting in 😂😂😂

[fallen wren]

yeah this is a high quality hoax if youre right

[round mulch]

lmao same onion

[weary axle]

Also think about it.. why you would have whatever event 1 day after ur acceptances?

[fallen wren]

my basic ass attempts at replicating via inspect element failed meaning this dude knows how to css it lowk

[fallen wren]

wdym?

isnt april a whole month after decisions

[round mulch]

ill just wait for tommorow

ts too painful to see

[weary axle]

oh I read March

never one

never mind

[fallen wren]

in 2024 if im seeing what youre seeing

[fluid spruce]

i think if they cant give a link then its fake

[round mulch]

yes

[fallen wren]

4:45pm est yup

[weary axle]

Sorry I’ve been up for 36 hours

I think im just being super slow

[fallen wren]

lmao

[weary axle]

😔

[fallen wren]

the ed2 person corroborating is what worries me

[weary axle]

What did they say

I mean what can u expect either way like 2% rd acceptance 😭😭😭

I remember seeing a TikTok video going in depth about how many seats r open for rd estimate and it was BRUTAL.

[fallen wren]

they saw it too and they got in ed2 basically

[fallen wren]

whatd it say lol

[weary axle]

also imo, I loved their prompts but it kinda imo forced quirkiness or unordinary responses. which would dilute stellar essays in my opinion

damn I said imo 3 times

[fallen wren]

lmao

[weary axle]

ggs

[fallen wren]

i liked the prompt i chose bc it let me go a more humanities/philosophical angle despite being a math major applicant

[fluid spruce]

they saw it before? i mean i know someone who got in from ed2 so i can ask if they have it maybe?

[fallen wren]

might be worthwhile

[fluid spruce]

i can try technically im not supposed to know 💀

[fallen wren]

☠️

[fluid spruce]

i mean theres prob also ppl who got in this server but i dont want to be bothersome

[fallen wren]

prob go with someone you know and trust lmao IF you were to ask

[round mulch]

Yea I can ping someone but yk

[fringe ibex]

guys

relax

wait until the afternoon like the rest of us did

[weary axle]

true

but

we’re bored

babson uchicago and uva come out today most stacked day until Ivy day for me

[fallen wren]

damn gl

[fluid spruce]

good luck for babson i got in ea its prob my top rn

[weary axle]

i should get in hopefully

i think my profiles the most babson esque 😭😭

i got deferred from EA though my ECs were really vague

[fluid spruce]

icl i feel like a nepo for getting in my sister is an alum 😭

and i got a pretty good scholarship too

[weary axle]

cause i run a jewelry brand but i only stated revenue didnt go into details abt order amount social media followers etc

inshallah i get in i think i wrote a decent but lengthy LOCI

[weary axle]

also congrats

[round mulch]

I’ll trade my UVA admit for a uchicago waitlist gng

[weary axle]

nice

[weary axle]

what major?

[round mulch]

CAS

[fluid spruce]

tyty

[round mulch]

Xd

[weary axle]

I wanna go to uva for mcintire

[round mulch]

McIntyre is no direct admit

[weary axle]

not sure how good regular uva is but oos is brutal too

[fluid spruce]

thats pretty impressive, i feel like i was kinda all over the place with my ecs and nothing too businessey so im surprised actually

[round mulch]

Wait you got tepper

[weary axle]

Wdym

[weary axle]

yes

[round mulch]

Tepper is better

[weary axle]

is it?

[round mulch]

Unless IB maybe

I’ve heard

[weary axle]

Yeah IB

[fluid spruce]

tepper is crazy i thought

i didnt apply tho

[round mulch]

Oh ok then UVA better

[weary axle]

idk if it’s post admit syndrome but i think im downplaying tepper or underplaying it idk im in such limbo

[round mulch]

Everything else tepper is better tho

[weary axle]

I didn’t think I’d get here the

tbh

[round mulch]

I got WL CMU

After eding

[weary axle]

damn

[limpid hollow]

no its post admit syndrome

[round mulch]

But data science :<

[limpid hollow]

like if i get in somewhere it must not be good

[weary axle]

yeah.

[limpid hollow]

thats how i feel abt gtown rn kinda 😭

[round mulch]

Also UVA doesn’t admit direct to McIntyre

50% chance you get in after a year

[weary axle]

idk how I got in and my classmate with a perfect sat got rejected

😭😭

I went test optional

[fluid spruce]

congrats everyone i know got waitlisted and they r all cracked

[round mulch]

You’re admitted to CaS

[weary axle]

well I went with ib preidcted scores but still

[limpid hollow]

do u mena deferred

[fluid spruce]

oh

yeah

deferred

[limpid hollow]

they still have like a 10-15% chance rd

[fluid spruce]

sorry lol.

[weary axle]

gtown application made me so mad I decided to not apply

💀

I was abt to take a flight and got so confused that it wasn’t on common app

[limpid hollow]

georgetown should play uchicago shenanigans

add common app + ed1 + ed2

🙄

well they are adding common app

[wise garden]

When is uchix rd coming out

[weary axle]

5pm

wait no

4:45pm

I wish I was in the us rn

all my results come out from 1-4am

[lusty trail]

Yea you should see that if your accepted

[tired river]

I feel like this is WAYY too much

[tired river]

CDT?

I thought it was 3:45 CDT

[lusty trail]

Gl guys

[fallen wren]

4:45 est

so yeah 3:45 cdt i think

[tired river]

oh yeah that makes sense

SHITTTTT 8 minutes after school ends for me

kms

eh I'm probably not getting in so what the hell

[lusty trail]

Before my results I was trying my hardest to find things I hate about the school

[tired river]

dude this is so funny ngl

[fallen wren]

past applicant?

[tired river]

like I would do that too

[fallen wren]

honestly valid strat tho

[tired river]

yeah defo fs

most of my schools are reaches so it would do me well to do ts

[lusty trail]

But i got in ed2 so I gotta have acquired taste💀

[tired river]

for which school?

UChi?

[fallen wren]

oh wait so you see the phoenix fridays thing is what you were saying earlier

[round mulch]

Wait so did you see that the day before

[lusty trail]

Yea

[tired river]

nice

[fallen wren]

uchi is tuff congrats bro

[lusty trail]

No, but it just might be a system glitch. Doesn't mean anything

[tired river]

I pray this is it

and like it's not for all ppl

[fallen wren]

this is the cope i will live with until 4:45pm est

[tired river]

cuz then MAYBE we have a chance

[weary axle]

Est idk abt cdt

[lusty trail]

Thanks. Part of me is happy but also wished I could open 15 accptanxe letters RD😢

[limpid hollow]

cdt is chicago’s time zone

soo

[tired river]

lolllll so true

but also

ur into a top 10 institution

like it gives you that sense of security

[weary axle]

wdym why

[tired river]

i feel like I'd fck myself over with anxiety if I didn't have columbia

[weary axle]

to not get hopes up?

[fallen wren]

gotta prep for rejection so it doesnt hit as hard

[round mulch]

columbia is freaking crazy

you have high standards too

[limpid hollow]

i’m still fucking myself up with anxiety 🫩

[lusty trail]

Dont look too deep. It might be a glitch and the original reddit poster got rejected but it still showed up.( my cope if I was applying)

[round mulch]

even though i have georgia tech, udub, uva, still feeling ocoked

[lusty trail]

Yes look up reddit and you'll find things to hate about every top schools and what you like in case u get A or R

[weary axle]

dude I’m extra stressed cause I updated my application like 3 times before different rd dates so some unis I did better

[lusty trail]

True. I guess its better to have security than go into RD with no safety

[weary axle]

did y also get a likely?

likelies yeah

[tired river]

yeah

nope, but likelies did

[limpid hollow]

i got gtown ea

[tired river]

thank you! I legit found out after leaving a panera so it was hilarious

[weary axle]

oh congrats

[tired river]

my dad was laughing his ass off

so I was confused before I got the news T^T

me?

[weary axle]

Yeah

[lusty trail]

Things to hate about UChicago:

Mid food
Dangerous part of Chicago
Administration issues
No engineering program
Place where "fun goes to die"
No social scene and straight CS and chemistry sweats studying in the library

[tired river]

well I struggle with self-esteem so I thought I was fcked

DAMN, where'd they go?

[weary axle]

I don’t think it helped with the fact I wrote an update to Columbia and openly stated it’s my number 1 school

even if some don’t track demonstrated interest I still emailed all unis just in case

crazy

[honest reef]

so is the reddit post fake or real

[tired river]

oh to columbia?

[weary axle]

I feel like Columbia gets the most likelies

[tired river]

brooooooo I'm praying so hard

like I like columbia

[limpid hollow]

i believe it

[lusty trail]

Idk if this is good advice but try not to have a dream school that you'll die by. If you get rejected, you'll feel like giving up but there is so much schools out there

[tired river]

and it's astro is SOOOOO goaded

so it's like my 3rd/4th choice

I think MIT, Harvard, and Princeton/Yale are better

[weary axle]

I heard also based off class body stuff

[limpid hollow]

😭 i already got into my dream school but now it’s just like eh

[tired river]

niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee thank you

[tired river]

Gtown right?

bro ur chilling then

[limpid hollow]

yeah

i think ive sat on it too long

[tired river]

what're u worrying for XD

yeah it's pretty low right?

[lusty trail]

It could go both ways. They mightve gotten rejected but the system made an error like the MIT EA situation.

[tired river]

especially after controversies

[weary axle]

what controversies

[fallen wren]

wdym mit ea

[limpid hollow]

well thats even more unlikely

[fallen wren]

the prelim enrollment form?

[limpid hollow]

since a bunch of us here dint get it

[tired river]

61% is CRAZY

[limpid hollow]

astronomically unlikely

[lusty trail]

What school? Stanford?

[honest reef]

do we know if anyone who got in this year (ea or ed) has/had that on their portal?

[tired river]

oh so many I've forgotten, I think there was the one w/ palestine

[honest reef]

someone that can actually corroborate it

[tired river]

better than columbia

bc we're talking about like

the likely letters

[tired river]

currently we don't have any info

[lusty trail]

Mit sent out accpetance letters but then retracted hours latter bc IT messed up

[tired river]

YEAH I saw that

but it was only for deferred EA applicants apparently

[fallen wren]

wait this cycle???

oh shoot

[tired river]

yepppppp

[fallen wren]

yeah i remember something about that

[weary axle]

chicago portal looks so bare bones

[lusty trail]

Its on my portal but dont think too much

[lusty trail]

U havent seen dukes 🤮

[fallen wren]

it wasnt all deferred ea applicants but from the circles im in, the generally cracked ones got it so im not sure what to make of that in retrospect

[honest reef]

and u got in when?

[lusty trail]

How was the campus

[lusty trail]

Ed2

[fallen wren]

cwru ☠️

i decided to visit when it was snowing and no one was outside ☠️

[fallen wren]

honestly thought the campus was cool tho

[lusty trail]

Yesss, modern buildings are so much better than century old building imo

[honest reef]

so it probably is true then alr

[weary axle]

dukes looks better imo

whole lotta yap tho

only school to classify me as intl weird

probably straight reject either way

[lusty trail]

tbh, assume its true that way you wont feel anything when it comes out. That was my cope was to assume rejection and be suprised by anyting else

[urban furnace]

I think you might be talking about the dorm I am typing this from 😭