Official Decisions

silver_wavez · April 5, 2005, 7:40am

barnard and chicago. and for me this is the toughest choice ever.

vita86 · April 5, 2005, 11:56am

Decision:
Accepted (Small, I know. How do I fix this thing?!!!)

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT:1520 (V: 720 M: 800)
[] SAT IIs: 760, 740, 710, 700
[] GPA: 3.82ish
[] Rank: Top 15%
[] Other stats: AP’s 5 (Canceled: Anyone remember the 2003/2004 APUSH fiasco on collegeconfidential?), 5, 4, 3.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: My MLK essay was decent. Rest were also average (That’s just my opinion… others thought they were great?).
[] Teacher Recs: I didn’t get to see them, but I am guessing they were okay… They better have been
[] Counselor Rec: Same as above.
[] Hook (if any): Overall a solid candidate
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Seoul, South Korea
[] School Type: Private International School… Funny thing is, our school is far from being international- 99% the kids are Korean or from similar situation as me (which made it EXTREMELY competitive to apply to any of the “top 20 schools”)
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean-American)
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness: Strength: Solid test scores, came from a hard school, and interesting background. Weakness: GPA trend (4.0-> 4.0-> 3.5-> 3.42); although it was a rough transition having lived in the south all your life… then all sudden boom you are in one of the largest/energetic cities in the world.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I think I was accepted because I had potential and somehow, Chicago managed to see this through my essays, E.C.'s, etc. [/li][/ul]Other Factors: Good E.C’s… I was really involved with tutoring kids, community service, MUN, and sports- which made me look really balanced as a student.

So ecstatic and relieved about being accepted to Chicago! I am pretty damn sure that I am goign to go. Anyways, best luck to all of you.

Next Stop: Prom Date.

want_1600 · April 5, 2005, 12:43pm

Decision: Accepted!

Stats:
SAT: 1460 (670V 790M)
SAT IIs: 800,800,800,710
GPA: not available
Rank:Top 10%

Subjective:
Essays, I thought they sucked, but it turns out now that they didn’t:p
Teacher recs, no idea
No hook

Location/Person
State or Country: Hong Kong
School type: public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Major weakness: very few ECs and not very decent grades at school I guess
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I think I really managed to tell them I’m crazy about the university;P

I’m exhilarated!

bing121086 · April 5, 2005, 9:10pm

vita86, what was the APUSH fiasco?

So_Delirious · April 5, 2005, 9:19pm

you guys who think that you need a weird, deep, or quirky essay are nuts. i wrote about the word ■■■■■■■■ and *****ed for a little about political correctness. seriously, that’s all. i even concluded with a cliche and a typo. just show a little capacity for reasoning-some decency never hurts either.

silver_wavez · April 6, 2005, 5:28am

you wrote about whatttt???

you wrote about the word ■■■■■■■■… and what other word?? lol I WOULD LOVE TO READ UR ESSAY!!!

RugbyRyanXM · April 6, 2005, 1:24pm

I just joined CC talk, but I’ve been following the threads for a couple of weeks.

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT/ACT: 1470 (750M 720V) 32 ACT
[] SAT IIs:none taken
[] GPA:4.0 unweighted
[] Rank: 1 or 2 of 120
[] Other stats: Am taking 2 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Good. Did the language one, thought it was funny.
[] Teacher Recs: Excellent, I suppose (didn’t see)
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Hook (if any): I come from rural Appalachia (my town has a pop. of 35 people) and a bad school
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: TN
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian/Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness: Self-disciplined/Haven’t ever had to really work hard (bad school)
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I didn’t want to attend the local universities so I pushed myself to take independent study courses, go to good summer programs, be the first to take AP courses at my school (online, though), got the highest SAT score ever at my school (I know, it’s sad, but everyone at my school takes the ACT only), and I think Chicago liked my determination[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Basically, I think Chicago wanted someone from rural Appalachia, and I’m sure I’m the first one from my area to be accepted to UChicago ever.

j10cpc5000 · April 6, 2005, 3:16pm

You are also a lot like me (a few of you are).

bad school
self-motivated
first ever form my school

So_Delirious · April 7, 2005, 1:52am

silver_wavez: i pmd you my essay

silver_wavez · April 7, 2005, 10:59am

ohhhhhhhhhh righttt that’s why u pmed it to mee!!
thank you delirious!! didn’t realize that!!! lol… thank you!! and excuse that reply i sent you - it totally slipped my mind!!!

inuendo · April 12, 2005, 11:50am

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 760M 760V
[] SAT IIs: 800 CHEM 790 IIC 750 WRIT
[] GPA: N/A
[] Rank: N/A
[] Other stats: GCSE 8A 1A, A-Level 4A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Very Good
[] Teacher Recs: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Hook (if any): International Award in Economics
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: UAE
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness: All around academic achievement/No outstanding extra-curricula achievement
[] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Very good Teleclone essay
[/ul]Other Factors:

CesareBorgia · April 23, 2005, 10:34pm

**Decision:Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT/ACT: 1540 (V:800 M:740)
[] SAT IIs: V:800 M:790 French:740
[] GPA: 9.4/11.0 (I go to Exeter; 9.4 gives me High Honors; I had a 9.4 when I was accepted; I now have a 9.6)
[] Rank: 60-70% percentile
[] Other stats: AP Euro: 4 AP US History: 5 AP French: 4 AP Calc BC: 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I just took my common app essay and picked the “make your own question”
[] Teacher Recs: fair
[] Counselor Rec: poor/fair
[] Hook (if any): Youngest ever reciepent of Clara Barton Honor Award (the highest award the American Red Cross gives to volunteers), and I compete in Karate at the International level (1st place at 2002 World Kempo/Kung-Fu Tournament in Sparring)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: New Hampshire, US
[] School Type: Private (Phillips Exeter Academy)
[] Ethnicity: Indian-American
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness: see Hook for strength. My weakness were:

My grades were OK compared to the geniuses at Exeter. 2) Teachers and Counselor Recs were not that strong, as all faculty/staff at Exeter have seen much better than me.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: UChicago doesn’t reject too many kids from Exeter[/li][/ul]

Sarahbara · April 24, 2005, 12:36am

Hey CesareBorgia, with that fabulous screen name, I think your awards, your grades and your SAT scores didn’t hurt you either, no matter what the competition was at your school! Congrats.

FlaviusAetius · May 2, 2005, 6:17am

Decision:Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT/ACT: 780 Math 770 Verbal
[] SAT IIs: 800 IIC 780 Physics 770 Bio (M)
[] GPA: 3.83 w
[] Rank: top 10%
[] Other stats: APUSH 5 AP Euro 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I thought they were really good
[] Teacher Recs: Really good
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it
[] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: MA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Irish/Italian
[] Gender: Male
[] major strength/weakness:
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Dunno, really thought this one was my best shot[/li][/ul]Other Factors:

kdc1707 · May 3, 2005, 7:52pm

Decision:Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT/ACT: 1450(V670M780), 1460(V660M800)
[] SAT IIs: MathIIC(800), Writing(680), Physics(800)
[] GPA: 3.9UW
[] Rank: my school doesn’t do rankings
[] Other stats: AP scores: Calc AB(5), AP English Lit(4), AP Bio(3)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I chose the language one. It was a very objective and dead serious essay. I hated it; it was so boring…But I got in. yay!!
[] Teacher Recs: really good
[] Counselor Rec: same
[] Hook (if any): none at all
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Iowa, US
[] School Type: small private
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[] Gender: M
[] major strength/weakness: interesting experience as an international studnet/ nothing really stands out otherwise.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: luck[/li][/ul]Other Factors:

well. yea, that was my stats.
if there’s any more questions, e mail me <a href="mailto:kdc1707@gmail.com">kdc1707@gmail.com</a>
peace.

ElsyPelsyChinnyChinChin · May 9, 2005, 1:13pm

Decision: Accepted!
Stats:

<ul>
<li> SAT/ACT: 1460</li>
<li> SAT IIs: 790 Writing, 760 Math IIC, 750 U.S. History</li>
<li> GPA: </li>
<li> Rank: top 10%</li>
<li>Other stats:
Subjective:</li>
<li>Essays: I thought they were really good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Really good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it</li>
<li>Hook (if any): None
Location/Person:</li>
<li>State or Country: NJ</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: history and public speaking (hence pre-law)/parents that don’t know the app game</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: good interview and good scores overall…actually, AMAZING interview
Other Factors:</li>
</ul>

danielsh · May 10, 2005, 10:51pm

Decision: Deferred, Waitlisted, Accepted!

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1560 (800V/760M)
[] SAT IIs: Writing, 800; Literature, 740; Biology M, 720.
[] GPA: 2.7u/3.2w
[] Rank: Unranked
[] Other stats: 34 ACT composite.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: The best pieces of writing I’ve ever produced.
[] Teacher Recs: Incredible. One teacher told me, “I’ve never compared anyone to Jesus before, but I came damned close in this letter.” Another is locally renowned for her letters. Another said she wrote “a damned good letter,” which must be great, coming from her. The head of school wrote one too, and she loves me.
[] Counselor Rec: Fair, I guess. He doesn’t know much about me.
[] Hook (if any): Conversations with a few Chicago alums.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Connecticut, USA.
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Major strength/weakness: My essays and recommendations / grades, respectively.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I pushed really hard for this. (More below.)[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
I did pretty much everything I could to get in here. After I got the waitlist letter, I e-mailed Jenny Connell at least once a week updating her on what I’d been doing; I mailed essays and certificates and such once in a while; I had teachers send additional letters and got letters from new teachers; I asked everyone I could about finding a Chicago alum who would talk to me. (I ended up speaking with three different Chicago grads who contacted Ted O’Neill for me.) I showed the University that I wanted to be there before anywhere else, and it worked; I couldn’t have been more excited when Ms. Connell called.

wondrlst · May 10, 2005, 10:54pm

congrats danielsh =) thats pretty much what i did to get into reed… i just sort of ignored chicago’s waitlist though because i prefer reed (closer to home, yay portland’s no sales tax) but thats great that you got into your school!

danielsh · May 10, 2005, 11:01pm

Thanks! I’m excited about this; Reed wasn’t quite what I was expecting, and I think Chicago’s a better fit. Congrats on Reed!

geb5101h · May 11, 2005, 6:19pm

Decision:Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 1460 (760M, 700V)
[] SAT IIs: 800 MathII, 720 Writing, 680 US History
[] GPA: 3.8
[] Rank: Top 5%
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Very unique
[] Teacher Recs: Very Good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Maryland
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Ashkenazi
[] Gender: Male

[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I was well balanced, my interview was great, I’m passionate about the things I take seriously.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:

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