I there anything else I can do to increase my chances?

2015hopeful
Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:13:30 +0000

I have posted many threads on the Uchicago sub-thread, so it is quite evident that I am, in simple terms, madly in love with the institution. I understand that decisions may have already been made and such, but is there anything else I can do to convey to chicago that I want to be there more than anything? I have been in contact with my admissions officer, and told him it was my number one, I had a fantastic interview in which I told him it was my number one, I conveyed in my “why chicago” essay how much I would love to be there, and how it is unlike any other institution in the world. My extended essay is in my opinion “very chicago” and my interviewer loved it and said it was “very chicago” as well. I am just afraid my “why chicago” although I included specifics and my tour, and the mission of the school that appealed to me, I am worried it may have been too straightforward and not creative enough. Everyone who has read that essay (my why chicago) has said it was very good and very well written, but I am just worried. I guess I am just overly freaking out… I think about this stuff like 24 hours a day, because I want to go there so badly. Should I write the college a letter reiterating how much I would love to go there, and why I am such a good fit (I feel that in my why essay, I wrote about what I loved about the college and what I would experience, but I didn’t really touch upon why “I” am such a good fit) (I mean I didn’t talk about my personality I just talked about my love of learning and inquiry) What should I do?