Rny2

If I plan on visiting campus by myself and staying overnight with a friend who is attending, is there anything I need to do to make it official/ recorded? Should I stop in the admissions office, or should I ask permission beforehand, etc.?

J'adoube

I know that merit scholarships are awarded by a faculty committee. Where do they get the list of students from? I assume that the AdCom makes the recommendations but, is there another mechanism?

UChicagoPSAC

If your school does not rank or give a GPA, you do not need to include one on your forms. We will know that this is the case from your Secondary School Report, which will be included in your counselor recommendation.

For international interviews, if you plan on coming to campus to visit at any point before the interview deadline, you may register as normal for on-campus interviews. If not, you may request an alumni interviewer through the online form, although you may or may not receive an interview depending on whether or not any alumni interviewers live in your area.

Remember, interviews aren't required for admission! There are plenty of students who have been admitted without them, so don't sweat it if you aren't able to schedule one.

UChicagoPSAC

@Rny2- If you want to stay the night with a friend, you're perfectly welcome to do so, and don't need to let the admissions office know that you are going to do this. You are still perfectly welcome to come by while you're here for a tour or information session, though!

UChicagoPSAC

@J'Adoube- Admissions counselors make those recommendations, and from there, the application goes to the Super Secret Faculty Committee. Counselors may not necessarily review, but will be aware of the appraisal of, supplementary material (art slides, music CD, etc) when making these recommendations.

mom22girls

My daughter is actually on campus this weekend for the open house! She is interested in physics, math and compsci. What would a first-year schedule look like for someone like her?

collage0fun

I have a q! So it's mentioned on the school website that if we want a letter or recommendation from someone outside of the academic realm we should "use the Teacher Evaluation form in the Common Application for this purpose." If I want my boss from work to write my letter, would she still have to fill this form out (obviously with some alterations with irrelevancies in the form)? Or only fill out sections which apply? Or does she simply just write a letter? How should I direct her towards this process?


Thanks!

UChicagoPSAC

mom22girls- that's great, if she's here for the open house tomorrow, she might even see me!
Most first-year schedules are relatively similar; it is encouraged that students try to get as many of their Core requirements as possible done in their first and second year. While I can't give you an exact schedule for her (her adviser will really help her out in this realm if she decides to attend), here's the first year schedule of a friend of mine who was interested in both physics and compsci as well:

Humanities- Philosophical Perspectives on the Humanities
Social Sciences- Power, Identity, and Resistance
Computer Science- Introduction to Computer Science
Mathematics- Calculus 152: Advanced Introductory Calculus, 2nd Quarter

UChicagoPSAC

collage- you should follow whatever instructions exist on the CommonApp website for supplemental recommendations, and just have your boss fill out any necessary forms with the information relevant to her knowledge of you.

collage0fun

Grace- The Common App supplementary section refers me to U of Chicago's supplements...which doesn't include any recommendation info as far as I'm seeing. Common App also wont let me invite anyone besides counselors/teachers for recommendations. So should I just ask my boss to fill out the 'teacher evaluation form' as best as possible?

Sorry for this obscure question that's probably rarely asked

CountingDown

mom22girls, if your D is considering majoring in physics, she might want to take a physics sequence so she's not behind if she decides to major. HUM and SOSC fiirst year can be pretty reading- and paper-intensive. Depends if she likes this or not. My math major spread HUM and SOSC over two years because he really likes the discussion format and wanted it to last as long as possible.

Esplin

Are our chances of getting accepted greatly reduced if we don't opt for an interview?

taypi31

On the subject of interviews, can we only request an off campus interview in our area after we submit either the common App or the UChicago supplement? I've read somewhere that after we submit either of those two items, we're prompted to create a Chicago account? I've heard that this is the only place we can schedule them?

PaperChaserPop

Grace,

If an EA app gets deferred to RD, can the student update an already submitted essay? Thanks.

Cacciato

Do you accept the most qualified SAT/GPA wise for EA? and can being deffered EA hurt you in the RD pool?

Thanks!