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05-09-2008, 04:05 PM
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#46 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Threads: 30
Posts: 2,232
| Sorry to throw cold water on dreams, but waitlists have always been a longshot. Better to focus on getting comfortable with your favorite choice for those you did get accepted to.
Remember, you have several more shots at U Chi: transfer, grad school or professional school.. | 
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05-09-2008, 04:28 PM
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#47 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: UChicago 2012
Threads: 25
Posts: 136
| The UChicago wait list is active!!!!!
I just got in!!!!!
Good luck to all!!! | |
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05-09-2008, 04:37 PM
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#48 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Threads: 1
Posts: 21
| Wow, congrats diehardcubsfan!! Did you just get the call? And could you tell us a bit more about what you did to get in? Thanks a lot and have an awesome time at UChicago!! | |
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05-09-2008, 04:49 PM
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#49 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: UChicago 2012
Threads: 25
Posts: 136
| I just received the call, about 20 minutes ago. I sent in an additional teacher recommendation, a letter informing them of my continued interest, and several new accomplishments.
Good luck! | |
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05-09-2008, 05:56 PM
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#50 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northeast Ohio
Threads: 15
Posts: 3,903
| Congrats, diehardcubsfan!
Last edited by ohio_mom : 05-09-2008 at 05:58 PM.
Reason: can't spell
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05-09-2008, 05:58 PM
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#51 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Threads: 93
Posts: 2,832
| Yes congratulations, this is particularly impressive since I believe Ted O'Neill is a White Sox fan. | |
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05-10-2008, 10:44 AM
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#52 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Threads: 0
Posts: 41
| hey cubsfan,
Did they give you anymore information, like you are one of a very few choosen off the waitlist? Do you think you fill a unique need, such as being a star tennis player or euphonium player? Was it your regional counselor who called? How long do you have to decide? Do you get financial aid? Sorry to be so nosey. I did the same things you did, but it doesn't always work out the same. Thanks for the info. | |
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05-10-2008, 11:32 AM
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#53 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Threads: 1
Posts: 121
| Please see the latest post at uncommonapplication.blogspot.com. | |
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05-11-2008, 02:49 PM
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#54 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Gender: Female
Threads: 36
Posts: 552
| Congrats, cubsfan!
and oh sht, my family never picks up the phone... and my finaid application isn't complete. craaaap. | |
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Yesterday, 11:17 AM
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#55 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Threads: 4
Posts: 69
| is there anyone else who heard from chicago??? | |
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Yesterday, 12:09 PM
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#56 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Philadelphia
Threads: 10
Posts: 2,564
| I think the meaning of the last communication was:
-- at this point, no one should expect to hear anything until the end of May
-- then, all anyone is likely to hear is either that he or she won't be admitted, or that he or she has the option to remain on the waitlist for another couple of months
-- they have taken a handful of special situation students off the waitlist (and I guess may still do that), but do not anticipate taking any significant number of applicants from the waitlist other than in response to the domino effect from Harvard's and Princeton's comparatively large number of waitlist offers
My understanding is that diehardcubsfan was an anomaly. The day after he/she got the call, the VP for Enrollment said that Chicago did not need to use its waitlist unless it lost a lot of enrollees to other schools' waitlist acceptances. Obviously, that may not have been 100% true, but just as obviously he wouldn't have said it if it were meaningfully false. Don't hold your breath waiting for good news. | |
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