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11-18-2006, 11:58 PM
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#376 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Duke
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| davincicodes- Quote: |
Originally Posted by Libby Pearson Most important: transcript. What classes have you chosen to take (the most rigorous ones?) and how well have you done in them?
Second most important: essays. We work very hard on our essay questions and are looking for creative thinkers and strong writers. | | 
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11-19-2006, 06:00 PM
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#377 | | New Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
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| Thanks
Idad: Thank you for you comments - very much appreciated.
Best,
nikoleye | |
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11-19-2006, 11:12 PM
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#378 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dartmouth '11 (originally Washington, D.C.)
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| I'm a foreign citizen living in the United States on a G-4 visa (dependent of an employee of an international organization). On the off chance that I got in, I'd need quite a bit of aid to be able to attend. I know that an extremely low percentage of international students at the University of Chicago (17%, I think) receive aid at all, and even though my family is nowhere near wealthy, we're not poor either. Should I even bother applying? Please don't say "it's always worth a try"; I'm wondering on a much more concrete level if any international white middle-class kids receive aid from Chicago ever... because as ecstatic as I'd be to get in, it really doesn't mean much if I can't afford to go.
I've posted in more detail here, if that helps.
Thanks in advance,
Elisabeth | |
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11-20-2006, 09:44 PM
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#379 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 43
| Libby-
Would Chicago look at first quarter grades if they were sent in? It would simply be a report card sent by the school, and not any kind of mid-year report, with finalized semester grades. I earned straight A's, and since I am applying early action, I would like to know whether you think I should send this in.
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11-21-2006, 01:39 PM
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#380 | | Junior Member
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| Libby,
Hope all is great. I'm wondering to what extent are the alum interviews considered in admissions? | |
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11-21-2006, 08:01 PM
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#381 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005 Location: The University of Chicago
Posts: 1,066
| I second the report card question. Also, Chicago is my first choice by far- is there any way to convey this to my admissions officer? One more thing. I stopped Spanish after Spanish 3 because I decided to take an advanced engineering course. I explained this in the extra info section on my app. Is that ok? | |
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11-21-2006, 10:03 PM
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#382 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 52
| can you guys answer these questions plz....
about the recommendation form 3c, i was wondering if my dad could write that recommendation for me....
also my answer to the first question ''why u want to go to uchicago''..is approx 500 words long...straight forward, no superflous words........is the admission committee looking for people who can write well by flaunting big words, or who can get their points across in a straight mundane language? | |
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11-22-2006, 04:22 AM
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#383 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Narnia
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| haha confirm, i'd say if it were in your character to talk with a great deal of verbosity, go ahead and flaunt those words. If as a person you much prefer direct simple straightforward language, then go with that! | |
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11-22-2006, 09:30 AM
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#384 | | Junior Member
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| what about the recommendation form 3c...can my dad write that for me? | |
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11-22-2006, 09:56 AM
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#385 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: karachi -> Hanover, NH
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| just wait for libby to answer. shes probably busy right now because of the early applications, but she should reply in a while. | |
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11-22-2006, 01:32 PM
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#386 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
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| Confirm-
I don't think anyone would forbid it, but clearly your dad is going to be biased and may exaggerate, so Admissions will probably not consider it with the same weight as the typical rec. | |
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11-22-2006, 03:07 PM
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#387 | | Member
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| Confirm: Are you sure your Dad will write a good recommendation? I mean, it is confidential and he may remember all the times you didn't listen to him, disobeyed him, he knows how messy your room is, he knows how you might procrastinate. Might be a big risk.  | |
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11-22-2006, 04:14 PM
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#388 | | Junior Member
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| dont worry yall...he's under good hands  | |
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11-25-2006, 06:44 PM
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#389 | | Member
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| Don't have your dad write a rec. | |
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11-26-2006, 09:46 AM
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#390 | | Junior Member
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| ok, i know i was thinking that too. What about my manager at a place where i work? (it's a retail store) | |
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