vballerk

I don't think these help at all, but in case somebody does...

Decision: WAITLISTED

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 800M/730R/700W
• SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 Chem, 760 Bio M
• ACT: n/a
• APs: all 5s: World History, Comp Sci AB, BC Calc, US History, English Language/Comp, Chemistry, Stat, Music Theory
• IBs: n/a
• GPA: 4.3 (4.0A, 4.3A+, 5.0H)
• Rank: no rank but would be top-three of 350ish
  

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Sportswriting w/website of major local paper, Baseball, Volleyball, Jazz piano, bass guitar...those are the major ones anyway
• Job/Work Experience: IT staffer for a summer, website editor with paper this past winter
• Essays (subject and responses): Street...picked a friend's basement where we hang out and do work often as a metaphorical stop on my 'road through high school'...corny but the essay was good.
• Teacher Recs: I know one was great, idk about the other - had to pick a teacher different than most schools to fill the SS/English requirement so took someone kind of on a whim from this year that i didn't know that great.
• Counselor Rec: no idea, probably good
• Applied on: 12/30 iirc
• Hook (if any): nope

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Upstate NY
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Suburban public, generally considered among the better in the area
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Hope I'll do better everywhere else...have to say I thought I'd get in but it wasn't at the top of my list so I hope other people who wanted it more got it.

AdequateRemedy

Decision: ACCEPTED
Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 800M 730R 690W
• SAT IIs: 800MathII 780Chem
• ACT: 33
• APs: 5: Stat, Bio, Chem 4: Lang Currently Taking: Gov, Econ, Lit, Physics, Calc
• IBs: N/A
• GPA: 3.95UW, 4.7W
• Rank: 2?/430
• Other stats:

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Competative Horseback riding (i need to take care of my horse everyday so it takes a good chunk of my time), Key Club (president, past-secretary, have done 200+ community service hours through it), and a bunch of other less significant things
• Job/Work Experience: Target haha
• Essays (subject and responses): English isn't my strong suit but I thought they were pretty good, but not stellar
• Teacher Recs: Didnt read
• Counselor Rec: Didnt read but i'm from a large public so our sounselours dont know us much
• Applied on: uhh a 12/20ish?
• Hook (if any): Nope

Location/Person:

• State or Country: CA
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large Public
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: F

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I wasn't expecting this so I'm super excited! Although now I have to face decisions, as I'm somewhat undecided about my major though I'm thinking about Computer Science which isn't that great at Chicago, but my other favorite Carnegie I was admitted to the school of computer science so I couldn't do anything else if I changed my mind. Ahh I'm such an indecisive person.

seventytwo

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 730 CR, 760 M, 800 W
• SAT IIs: (all were taken 2x) - 780 Biology M, 790 Math 2C, 670 (ouch) Literature
• ACT: 34
• APs: All 4s and 5s, 9 total by the end of this year - World History, US History, English Language, English Literature, Statistics, Calc BC, Biology, Physics
• IBs: N/A
• GPA: 4.0+ weighted, 4.0 unweighted
• Rank: 4/177
• Other stats:

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Figure skating, cello, student gov't president, other clubs w/ leadership positions
• Job/Work Experience: Teaching figure skating
• Essays (subject and responses): Chose the one about a path/road - did the path of oxygen to incorporate my love of biology haha
• Teacher Recs: To be honest, I'm not sure. Strong, most likely, but I don't know how personal they were...
• Counselor Rec: Very very good, except he has only known me for this year, so I don't know how much weight they put on it.
• Applied on: Can't remember, close to the deadline though
• Hook (if any): Dad went to the business school, although I don't know if that factors into undergraduate admissions

Location/Person:

• State or Country: NY, USA (from a super competitive area right outside the city)
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small suburban public school, fairly strong/above average - we send a decent amount of kids to Ivy/top schools each year, despite our size
• Ethnicity: Korean
• Gender: Female

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Relieved. Very very relieved. Congratulations to everyone that got in, and for everyone still waiting - Tuesday has yet come! Good luck!

infinityiseight

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 610 M, 760 CR, 770 W: so 1370/ 2140
• SAT IIs: 740 Latin, 760 Lit, 700 US History
• ACT: none
• APs: 5 Eng. Lang., 4 US History; taking Gov, Eng. Lit. and Latin this year.
• IBs: None.
• GPA: 4.0/ 4.3
• Rank: ~ 15/ 100
• Other stats: Nat'l Merit Commended; 3 Nat'l Latin Exam Golds; bunch of school awards.
  

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: school paper EIC; volunteer at cat shelter; campaigned for Obama; study French independently; orchestra (1st chair percussion)
• Job/Work Experience: none
• Essays (subject and responses): I thought that they were good, and I was proud of them. Still am, actually
• Teacher Recs: probably good; didn't read.
• Counselor Rec: probably good; didn't read.
• Applied on: EA deadline.
• Hook (if any): Nope! Well, I'm 1/2 first gen college student, but I don't think that counts
  

Location/Person:

• State or Country: PA
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private, all-girl's, Catholic
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Gender: Female
  

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Well, I'm incredibly disappointed. But, I do trust that the adcoms made the correct decision and that I (and everyone else!) will end up in a good spot. I'm truly thrilled just to have had the opportunity to have applied to UChicago, and to even have been deferred EA! Good luck and good bye... sorry for the novel

Farro

Decision: ACCEPTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section):
  CR: 790
  Math: 740
  Writing: 720
• SAT IIs:
  Math IIC: 800
  Physics: 790
  World History: 770
• APs:
  Euro: 4
  CompSci AB: 5
  Eng Lang Comp: 4
  US: 5
• GPA:
  95.3
• Rank: Unranked

Subjective:

• Essays (subject and responses):
  I did the street essay
• Teacher Recs: No clue
• Counselor Rec: No clue
• Hook (if any): None

Location/Person:

• State or Country: NY
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Highly competitive Public High School
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

I was deferred EA.

90star09

I'm too sad to post my stats.
See: My dad taught at UChicago, I am published there, I worked all summers in a neuroscience LAB there, I had an amazing recommendation from a neuroscience professor there who I worked for, and my stats were pretty decent.
Rejected. And it hurts. I don't know what else I could have done? Congrats to all who got accepted--you'll do great things.

Poisonous

Decision: WAITLISTED

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 800CR/760M/740W
• SAT IIs: 800Bio-E/780USH/710Lit
• APs: 17, mostly 5's and 4's
• GPA: 3.8UW/6.9W
• Rank: 1 of 573

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: President of NHS, Junior Civitan, Science Club. Commander of school AFJROTC (cadet colonel). Statistics team captain and other suff with many humanitarian/leadership awards.
• Job/Work Experience: None
• Essays (subject and responses): Short Essay: Not original at all. I didn't realize how canned it sounded until after I submitted it. Essay1: I chose my own topic, had to do with religions and carl sagan. It was decent. Essay2: Didn't write it.
• Teacher Recs: One was fatastic, and I have no idea about the other.
• Counselor Rec: She loves me, but she can't write for the life of her.
• Applied on: 1/1/2009
• Hook (if any): None

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Florida
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average large public. SAT avg is about 480 for each section.
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to those that did get in! For the rest of us, we'll just have to stick it out. I saw some amazing people get rejected/waitlisted, so it feels good to be in such great company. If you applied to other very selective schools, don't worry too much. Many students that get rejected from Chicago go on to the Ivy Leagues.

Jcancollegebound

Just got home and...

Decision: ACCEPTED!!!

Stats:

• SAT I (by section): CR:700 Math: 780 Writing: 710
• SAT IIs:Bio M: 710, Chem: 710, Math 2: 680
• ACT:
• APs:AP eqivalents of all 5s
• IBs:
• GPA:4.0 UW
• Rank:top 1% decile
• Other stats:

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app:Chess (heavily involved), capoeira, volleyball, community service, interact
• Job/Work Experience:Biotechnology at a university
• Essays (subject and responses):Genetic Engineering and I can't remember the other one
• Teacher Recsne was pretty good the other was awesome!
• Counselor Reck
• Applied onecember 29 I think
• Hook (if any):URM

Location/Person:

• State or Country:Caribbean country
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):highly recognised public school
• Ethnicity:Black
• Gender:Female

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Very Happy. UChicago is so nice! Congrats to all! To those who didn't make it, don't worry. There's something else just as good in store for you. Just have to wait and see.

signitblank

Decision: ACCEPTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 780 CR, 600 M, 670 W
• SAT IIs: USH 720, Spanish 700, 690 Lit
• ACT: -
• APs: USH 4, Psych 5, Bio, Eng Lit, Spanish Lang, Studio Art, US Gov
• IBs: -
• GPA: 4.3 weighted. I got A LOT of Bs.
• Rank: 35/552
• Other stats:

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app:
• Job/Work Experience:
• Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about the death of my cat. After being deferred, I sent in the essay about art or something like that. Probably one of my best essays ever. I'm pretty sure that's the reason I got in.
• Teacher Recs:
• Counselor Rec:
• Applied on: Deferred EA.
• Hook (if any): First Generation

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Virginia
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average SAT is below national average.
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: holy ****

Balaylay

Decision: WAITLISTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 2210 (790 M, 760 CR, 660 W)
• SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 800 Physics, 760 Lit
• ACT: 36
• APs: AP Chem 5, AP Physics 5
• GPA: 93/100 UW, 103/100 W
• Rank: 2/241

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Independent study in physics that I designed and am taking this year. Every school band. Student theater. Rock band with my friends that got pretty big locally. FIRST Robotics.
• Essays (subject and responses): I did the particle accelerator essay and talked about smashing together my two loves... guitar and physics and getting super string theory :-D. And then I went on to talk about the similarities between the two such as how both music and science embody truth and beauty.
• Teacher Recs: One from my physics teacher that I'm very close to and do an independent study with. I forget which was the other one because I sent different ones to every school.
• Counselor Rec: The standard counselor rec.
• Applied on: The deadline :-D
• Hook (if any): none

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Connecticut
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Middle class suburban public school with nothing special. We send a student to a top school about once every 4-5 years.
• Ethnicity: White, Albanian Immigrant (but US Citizen)
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm kind of disappointed but not too upset. I probably won't be accepting the spot at the wait list since after getting accepted somewhere else, I probably wouldn't go to UChicago anyway so no point in accepting and lowering someone else's odds. I really do love Chicago's philosophy on education though. It stands for everything I value in education but I guess I didn't exemplify that in my application. (It might have also been because my interviewer kind of figured out that Chicago was not really my first choice LOL).

Carnacki

Decision: ACCEPTED


Stats:

• SAT I (by section): 1420/2160 (780 CR, 640M, 740W)
• SAT IIs: 800 US History, 800 Spanish
• ACT: N/A
• APs: AP Scholar w/ Honor (First in school history)
• IBs: N/A
• GPA: 3.84 UW
• Rank: 3/91
• Other stats: N/A

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: Tons. My resume was ridiculous. Heavy commitment in most.
• Job/Work Experience: A lot of volunteering.
• Essays (subject and responses): Option 3: wrote a metaphor about the importance of science and intellectual pursuits.
• Teacher Recs: One outstanding, one pretty good.
• Counselor Rec: Pretty good.
• Applied on: 12/14
• Hook (if any): URM

Location/Person:

• State or Country: California
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Charter, best in county.
• Ethnicity: Born in Mexico
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Pretty excited! There is a solid chance I will matriculate.

githaeriz

time to quit my lurker status...

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:
• SAT I (by section): 800M 740CR 760W (1540/2300)
• SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 780 Chem, 660 Lit (:| knew I could have done better; just didn’t want to deal with the hassle of retaking)
• ACT: nope
• APs: Euro (5), Bio (5), AP Calc BC (5), Gov (5), French Lang (3), Chem (5), Stats (5); pity my school doesn’t have English Lang, just Lit
• IBs: nope
• GPA: 3.95 UW, ~4.35 W (school does not weigh)
• Rank: Does not rank
• Other stats: AMC 12 102.5 / AIME qualifier

Subjective:
• ECs listed on app: bunch of math, piano, and volunteer thingies
• Job/Work Experience:
• Essays (subject and responses): main essay (street essay) was a bit depressing, but must have been quite fine; did an unusual twist on the optional one
• Teacher Recs: math teacher’s good, english teacher’s did not read, but must have been decent
• Counselor Rec: not sure, but should have been pretty good
• Applied on: 1/2, two hours before deadline...
• Hook (if any): essays?

Location/Person:
• State or Country: IA
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, competitive
• Ethnicity: azn
• Gender: M

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Feeling relieved, and a sense of freedom! For those rejected I hope you get in elsewhere.

kokakola

Can't post my stats as I'm on my phone, but I was waitlisted. more than I was hoping for, to be honest, but I can't really say I'm surprised. Congrats to all admits, and to all those rejected, my condolences. Hope all goes well for everyone!

vandit_daboss

rejected..international asking for a lot of aid..here are my stats : Chance an Indian please.!!

Polarize

Decision: REJECTED

Stats:

• SAT I (by section):2220 (720 CR, 780 M, 720 W) took once
• SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 730 Bio
• ACT: N/A
• APs: Chem 5, taking five more this year
• IBs: N/A
• GPA: 95.1 out of 100 (UW); school does not calculate W gpa
• Rank: school does not rank; maybe top 10%
• Other stats: AMC12: 93 I think...

Subjective:

• ECs listed on app: A cultural after-school program, volunteering program, swimming, tennis, a minor recreational club, reading (as a hobby...), breakdancing
• Job/Work Experience: cashier, about 1 year total
• Essays (subject and responses): Common App one was different/unique...was very risky. For Chicago's essay, I did the street essay...wasn't one of my best, but it was okay.
• Teacher Recs: Did not see, should be decent
• Counselor Rec: talked about a few of my EC's (only took a quick glance). I assume it was okay. My school's counselors writes like 100+ recs each, so she doesn't know anyone that well.
• Applied on: EA, got deferred
• Hook (if any): none; low-income, but since U Chicago is need-blind, they wouldn't know.

Location/Person:

• State or Country: NY
• School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): top public
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Male

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Took a risk, probably my weird essay turned them off as well as my complete lack of awards (that section was blank) and my insignificant + lackluster ECs. Also, I sent in a rather amateur art portfolio, though I'm not majoring in the arts. Oh wells, it's just how it is. Tried my best. Good luck to everyone and congrats to those who were accepted.