<p>“I worked for a while on it, then a power surge destroyed my computer… So I ended up rewriting everything from my common app activity statement to my waldo essay in about a week”</p>
<p>****, that’s horrible :(</p>
<p>“haha if anyone puts safety im going to find out where you live”</p>
<p>lawlz, +2 cool points :3</p>
<p>1) Where you’re from: Wisconsin (Living in Korea)
2) When you submitted your application: Oct 29th
3) How long/hard you WORKED on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P): Ermm about two monthsish
4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?: Yep
5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?: Arch-nemesis
6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?: Arch-nemesis
7) What you want to major in: English Lang and Lit
8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you: Definitely a reach
9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?: I’d love to attend, about a 9</p>
<p>Wait, irredescence, are you a white american studying in an international high school in Korea or Korean-American studying in Korea? Just out of curiosity because I hardly saw any white american studying in Korea yet preparing for U.S universities.</p>
<p>I’m Korean, but I have American friends here preparing for US schools</p>
<p>1) Where you’re from: The great country of India</p>
<p>2) When you submitted your application: November 3rd</p>
<p>3) How long/hard you WORKED on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P): 15 days though I started work on my essays only on 29th October</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?: Yes I wrote about the TV show “Community” and the Hindi movie Gaddar. BTW, if you havent watched community yet then youre missing out on A LOT</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?: Where is Waldo?</p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?: Wheres Waldo and Why Uchicago were both very good. The optional essay was good too but it just doesnt give me the same sense of pride and accomplishment as the other 2</p>
<p>7) What you want to major in: Economics, East Asian Studies, Computer Science, History. Maybe a new language too; I already speak English, Hindi, Urdu, and Spanish. Think Russian might be an interesting language to pick up</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you: Its the dream school of my dreams. Seriously, I would give up Harvard or MIT or even a billion dollars for UChicago.</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?: 10^(99)</p>
<p>1) Where you’re from: Canada, but living in Korea. </p>
<p>2) When you submitted your application: Oct. 22</p>
<p>3) How long/hard you WORKED on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P):Around 3 months</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?: Yes</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?:Waldo </p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?:Waldo </p>
<p>7) What you want to major in: Theatre and Performance Studies, English, Economics </p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you: Reach</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?: 20</p>
<p>So seriously, does anyone else have a love/hate relationship with the whole “holistic admissions” thing? Yes, it’s awesome because it gives you a chance to make up for some less-than-stellar objective data, but it also (for me at least) sucks because I literally have no idea whether I’ll be accepted or not. I fluctuate moods daily from “ohmygod I shouldn’t have even applied I don’t stand a chance” to the equally bad “look at how awesome all of my objective data are, I’m totally going to be accepted.” This wait is killing me, slowly and painfully.</p>
<p>^my thoughts exactly.</p>
<p>^^ well it works to my favor (possibly) since I have a SIGNIFICANTLY less than stellar GPA (a 4.0/5.0 W) but have a 2340 SAT I, 800 SAT II, some of the best ECs (imo) without actually being like top 10 in the US in anything o.0, and well written essays. Anyway…</p>
<p>1) Where you’re from: Massachusetts (USA) </p>
<p>2) When you submitted your application: Nov 6 (I think… too lazy to go on CA and check)</p>
<p>3) How long/hard you WORKED on your app: 2 months-ish</p>
<p>4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?: Yes</p>
<p>5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?: Archenemy </p>
<p>6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?: Archenemy</p>
<p>7) What you want to major in: Mathematics major, prlly “Careers in” program for Business</p>
<p>8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you: High Reach -_-</p>
<p>9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?: 10 (at least)</p>
<p>1) Where you’re from: suburbs north of Chicago
2) When you submitted your application: Oct 18
3) How long/hard you WORKED on your app (very applicable for UChicago :P): around 2 months?
4) Did you do the optional favorites essay?: yes!
5) The topic you chose for your creative essay?: make your own
6) In your opinion, which was your best essay?: optional faves or the Why Uchicago
7) What you want to major in: History
8) Whether Chicago’s a safety/likely/reach school for you: Reach
9) How badly do you want to go on a scale of 1 to 10?: 11 (:</p>
<p>Wow 2 months? Im just wondering why exactly it took you 2 months to prepare and complete the app. </p>
<p>Not trying to be condescending or anything. Just plain curiosity.</p>
<p>1) where you’re from: Northern Virginia
2) when you submitted app: Nov.9th, I believe. It was the last day for kids affected by Sandy
3) how long/hard you worked on app: I began the essays on 10 AM on the day they were due, but had them finished by 3PM, which gave me 3 hours of review to spare XD… However, I think my essays are magnificent
4) did you do the optional favs essay?: unfortunately, no
5) topic of essay: “So, where is Waldo, really?”
6) best essay: Waldo, fersure
7) what you want to major in: Economics and Biological Sciences, possibly Philosophy
8) whether chicago’s a reach/match/safety: reach for everyone, I’m pretty sure
9) how badly you want to go (1-10): eleventyseven</p>
<p>1) Where you’re from: Texas
2) When you submitted app: October 20th-ish?
3) How long/hard you worked on app: I spent the summer screwing around with the essays. I wouldn’t say I worked incredibly hard, per se. I approached the essays like I would writing a story for the fun of it.
4) Did you do the optional favorites essay? Yes! I wrote a rather heartfelt love letter to Doctor Who
5) Topic of essay: the arch-nemesis
6) Best essay: the arch-nemesis
7) What you want to major in: I’m thinking English and Econ
8) Whether Chicago’s a reach/match/safety: It’s a reach for anyone
9) How badly you want to go: 9/10</p>
<p>The interview was actually a lot of fun! We started off talking about all the usual things like campus culture and extracurriculars, but then the conversation went on a tangent about Somalian piracy and musical theatre.</p>
<p>@jackrabbit420 I didn’t work on the app everyday or anything. i would work like sporadically. i guess if we added it up it took me like 2 weeks’ worth of time?</p>
<p>anyone from nj?</p>
<p>Elloelise?? Formerly elloel??!</p>
<p>1) where you’re from: NJ, go to school in NY
2) when you submitted app: Nov.6th ish?
3) how long/hard you worked on app: not that long or hard…I knew I was going to write my own prompt so I’ve been unconsciously thinking about it. so when i started writing everything flowed pretty smoothly
4) did you do the optional favs essay?: yea 
5) topic of essay: like i said, wrote my own prompt
6) best essay: between my favorite and my own prompt, DEFINITELY NOT the why uchicago…
7) what you want to major in: Economics and public policy/political science/international relations…
8) whether chicago’s a reach/match/safety: possibly a match or a low reach
9) how badly you want to go (1-10): 8-9, i would be really happy to go, but it’s not my first choice</p>
<p>Dude, I wish I could think unconsciously.</p>
<p>Found the right form!
<p>You wrote about your favorite word too 
that makes me so happy, mine was serendipity</p>