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11-03-2009, 12:10 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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| Anyone heavily attached to UChicago?
When I say "heavily attached" I basically mean is UChicago like a dream school?
I am definately heavily attached to UChicago. I'm really fascinated with everything about the school (from the 500+ organizations to the intellectual discussion) but I'm trying to not get to attached. Because reality is, that there's a chance of (god-forbid) getting rejected. I just rather not get too excited because I don't want to get disappointed if things don't work out.
Anyone else feel the same way?
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11-03-2009, 01:26 PM
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#2 | | New Member
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I do , Chicago is definitely my dream school , I have every single postcard and pages torn out from the guidebook all taped to the walls of my room . Heck I even have maroon and white uchicago socks
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11-03-2009, 01:38 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
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I like to keep my obsession at a healthy level. Being rejected will be heartbreaking of course, but I don't want my ego to be shattered.
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11-03-2009, 01:58 PM
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#4 | | Junior Member
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I'm "heavily attached" to all the schools I'm applying. I didn't see a point in applying to schools I didn't love. But I'm really downplaying my chances (frankly I'm a VERY borderline candidate) and trying not to fall in love too much with any college  | |
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11-03-2009, 02:55 PM
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#5 | | New Member
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I think I would probably fit into this category....I've been writing essays for the uncommon application for about three years now......still have the uncommon application from 07-08 here with me as we speak.....To say I'm attached to Uchicago might be an understatement......I pressed the send button on my uncommon app for the 07-08 cycle but was so immersed in the Miles Davis prompt that I didn't bother to send in some of the other supplements.......Technically, there's no way I would have been accepted.....funny thing is I never got a response from the admissions office......I think it's just my fear of hearing what is so likely going to be bad news.......I've never broken out of this since......and I'm having the time of my life. So don't worry, failure is a good thing so long as one gets inspiration from it.....
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11-03-2009, 02:59 PM
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#6 | | Junior Member
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You're making a mistake if you get too attached to any school...a school won't love you back.
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11-03-2009, 03:08 PM
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#7 | | New Member
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11-03-2009, 03:41 PM
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#8 | | New Member
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Ahhh, yeah, UChicago is definitely my dream school. I just really don't want to get my hopes up - I mean, of course I'm worried about acceptance, but I think I'm even more concerned with being able to pay for it.
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11-03-2009, 04:53 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
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I'm trying not to get my hopes up for any school. The fact of the matter is that it comes down to money. I love all of the schools on my list, admittedly some more than others. However, I have to follow the money. That may mean turning down my number one for my number three or four... but luckily the schools I like the least are actually the worst for financial aid (and let me tell you, Chicago is one of the best).
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11-03-2009, 05:56 PM
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#10 | | Junior Member
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Unfortunately, money is a huge deal for me as well. >.< Oh well, I'm not going to worry about that until April!
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11-03-2009, 07:13 PM
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#11 | | Junior Member
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Money is a big deal for me too but my parents would probably kill me if I turned down any college for financial reasons. My dad never went to college because he couldn't pay for it and regrets it every day. In fact, he gave a speech last night about how he doesn't care how much it costs, he wants me to go to the best college I can. But I really can't justify making them go into debt for it either.
Like zakuropanda, I'm just gonna ignore it until May 1...or April 30.
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11-03-2009, 07:52 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
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Well, there's really no point in going to the best school you can go to if you come out with back-breaking debt. You'll be in a worse position than you would have been had you never gone to college in the first place. My mom has really bad credit anyway, so she can't even take out a loan. Before CC, I had never heard of PARENTS taking out loans for kids. I guess I had heard of Parent PLUS loans, but I have never heard of any of my friends' PARENTS taking out loans. That seems really bizarre to me. But that was just my limited world view speaking.
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11-03-2009, 10:41 PM
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#13 | | Junior Member
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@Terp2014: Yeah, my dad gives variations of that speech - like "If you don't do it now, you'll regret losing the opportunity..." and so on. I just don't want to burden my parents though.
Right now, I'm just hoping that our EFC is the same cost as my in-state choice (UMich), because then it would be slightly better. Not that UMich is that cheap in-state or anything....
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11-04-2009, 02:42 PM
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#14 | | Junior Member
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Originally Posted by zakuropanda I just don't want to burden my parents though. | Same. Like I said, I'll deal with it in April...
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11-15-2009, 10:32 PM
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#15 | | New Member
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In every way possible, it's the school I want to attend.
But it's a reach and I don't think I can get in  | |
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