<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2190 (730R, 770M, 690W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 790 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 3.9UW, unknown W
[</em>] Rank: 6/231
[<em>] Other stats: APs: 5 Chem, US History; 4 Bio
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: In retrospect, good, but when I submitted my applications I wasn’t too confident (I used the same essay for every college I applied to).
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One probably excellent, the other good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not that great
[<em>] Hook (if any): Cambodian? First generation college student?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Connecticut
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Little leadership if any, fair amount of volunteer hours
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I really have no idea, my friend and I are pretty equal – he had legacy w/ his father and got WLed after applying EA
[</em>] Other thoughts: My father wants me to go to Berkeley OOS without financial aid and both of my parents want me to stay away from Carleton because it’s not well known, but both of them happen to like UChicago, so I don’t know what I’m going to do.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1450=790v, 660m (old) + 730 Writing (new)
SAT IIs: 740lit, 680ush
GPA: 87.41
Rank: No ranking
Subjective:
Essays: je ne sais pas
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hooks: I’m tan. Wooh wooh
Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type:Top Public (Very Competitive)
Gender: Female
Other Factors:
AP Scores: US Hist - 5, World Hist - 5</p>
<p>Why I think I was accepted/deferred: After being deferred, I really showed them my interest in attending chicago.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2260 (730 Math, 740 Verbal, 790 Writing)
SAT IIs: 750 Molecular Biology, 750 United States History, 740 Math IIC
GPA: 4.0 unweighted; 4.85 weighted
Rank: 6 of approximately 500
Other stats:
–AP US History (5), AP Calc AB (4), AP French Language (4)
–Currently taking 5 AP classes (English Literature, Environmental Science, Biology, Calc BC, and Government)
–President of 2 clubs
–Editor of school newspaper
–National Merit Commended
etc. etc.</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: I thought they were well-written, but I don’t know if they were particularly unique. My “Why Chicago?” essay was very convincing and offered several reasons why I wanted to attend Chicago over other prestigious research universities. </p>
<p>Teacher Recs: One was pretty mediocre; I think the teacher thinks I’m dumb now (bad decision!) The other I never read, but I’m assuming it was well-written and pretty good. </p>
<p>Counselor Rec: Enthusiastic, but with many spelling errors! haha
Hook (if any): Double legacy (mom and dad), Biology & journalism interests (weird!), supplemental materials, but no interview</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Virginia
School Type: Public school
Ethnicity: Off-white (haha)
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: I can say with confidence that I am more attractive than the aforementioned squirrels.
General Comments: My package did not arrive until today (Monday!), so I was getting incredibly worried. I kept on thinking that admissions didn’t think my essays were creative and intellectual enough. I’m beyond thrilled! ;-)</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 1950</li>
<li>SAT IIs: Math 1: 630, Lit: 680, History: 730
*ACT: 30</li>
<li>GPA: 3.92</li>
<li>Rank: 22/280</li>
<li>Major: Economics</li>
<li><p>Other stats:
Pretty good list of ECs
APs : Chem, English, History, Econ, Calc, Gov, and Physics.
Subjective:</p></li>
<li><p>Essays: I liked them. The only essays I wrote without letting anyone read them. They were not conventional at all, but then again neither were the questions.</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recs: One I am not sure about… but the other was written by my Calc teacher who is the most caring person in the world. It was really nice.</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: Not sure.</p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): None</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: I had two interviews (one in Chicago and one close to home) and wrote an additional letter that I sent with my Mid-year report.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Ohio
School Type: public</p>
<p>Other Factors: Simens Westinghouse semifinalist, National Press Communication awrads
General Comments: HA, applied Chicago EA and ended up Northwestern RD</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: M670 CR 680 WR 780
SAT IIs: none
GPA: 3.8
Rank:no rank
Other stats: IB diploma, top in grade, graduated from Ukrainian school
Essays: good long essay and whychicago essay (I think i convinced them that i dont belong anywhere else), and ok ‘favorite books, etc.’ essay
Teacher Recs: great, especially from english teacher (he loved me!)
Counselor Rec: Dont know, he’s nice so probly good
Hook (if any):writing, live in Ukraine, lots of volunteering
Location: Kyiv
State or Country:Ukraine
School Type: Private international, 20 students in my class
Gender: Female
Other FactorsExtracurriculars:Below CC average[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I don’t know…i wasn’t expecting it to be honest because u of c is so *special</em> and its decisions are generally unpredictable. But probably my essays…Other thoughts: I am just loving my life right now…U of C is the god of all universities…NORTHWESTERN SUCKS!</p>
<p>I would love to talk to more people that got accepted…I’m a little worried about ‘fitting in’ at uchi…im not the typical brainy bookworm biochem major type that is the archetypical u of c applicant…i just love the intellectualism of it, even though i won’t be one of the ‘geniuses’ on campus. After getting full-rides from not so elite uni’s, i decided id rather be the little fish in the big bowl…</p>
<p>i just went back and realized my ‘other stats’ section was very empty and made me look like a loser that did nothing all throughout highschool…i was also nhs vice pres, student council treasurer, newspaper and yearbook editor, interned as vice president’s assistant at big PR company, freelanced for newspapers, did a whole lot of independent humanitarian stuff, played volleyball + other sports, etc.</p>
<p>my interest was in a specific college with a specific major that would allow me to do either business or law, as i am unsure. and i had a friend who’s sister did it and she said that it is an amazing major. oh well</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
SAT I (by section):1920
SAT IIs Math 2c 640, 1c 590, US History 720</p>
<p>APs: none
IBs: Diploma student. econ,math, spanish sl. history, english,bio hl
GPA, Weighted : 3.592/4.05(higher after midyear)
Rank: top 30%
Senior Yr Courseload: most rigorous
Number of Apps from Your School: no other ones besides me
Other stats: none
Subjective:
Essays (subject and responses): my own question, which i thought was very good
Teacher Recs: both very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Interview (feel and general location): was okay, faught w my interviewer over my grade inflation ee for ib.
Hook (if any): have my own tv show, in which i interviewed people like madeline albright, michael eisner, kinky friedman, gary marshall, and the like
Location/Person: Alexander Beinstein(aim is alexbeinstein)
State or Country: Co
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
Income Bracket: high (no financial aid)
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Strengths/Weaknesses: extracirriculars, great econ package/gpa,test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: came from a unique part of the country, have my own tv show, and great recs</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i love chicago and the way it conducts admissions. It’s so nice that finally a school looked past sat scores!</p>
