Official RD 2006

neverborn · March 30, 2006, 7:13pm

Use this thread and don’t respond to the poster that ruins ****ing everything.

deviouspisces · March 30, 2006, 7:17pm

lame, waitlisted.

NickZhao · March 30, 2006, 7:39pm

I got accepppppptptttttttteeeeeeedeeedddddddddd!!!

GPA: 3.99
SAT: 2050

dylin88 · March 30, 2006, 7:59pm

Accepted

SAT: 2270
SATII: 790 Math IIC, 780 Bio, 760 Physics
GPA: 3.91 / 4.73
Top 5% graduating class

11 APs total by end of this year

prblms4loki · March 30, 2006, 8:09pm

**Decision: ACCEPTED **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2140
[] SAT IIs: MATH I 680, US HISTORY 750, LITERATURE 720, CHINESE WITH LISTENING 760
[] GPA: 4.4 WEIGHTED
[] Rank: NONE
[] Other stats: ACT 35!!!
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: i had fun with mine. not bad. i did the theme for english b.
[] Teacher Recs: should’ve been good. both my teachers loved me.
[] Counselor Rec: maybe distant, but should’ve been good.
[] Hook (if any): chicago public schools student. they like us.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: illinois
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: chinese
[] Gender:female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: peer leadership, piano since years old, chinese school for more than 7 years, volunteer at the library, volunteer at local chinese history museum, national honor society, orchestral pit
[] Why I think I was accepted: decent stats+cps student
[] Other thoughts:EXCITED, but apprehensive.

lazy_dude · March 30, 2006, 8:32pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2300 (770M, 730V, 800W)
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math iic, 750 Lit, 750 Writing, 720 Bio
[] GPA: 3.02 uw
[] Rank: approx. 50th percentile (no official rank)
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: they were tellement sweet
[] Teacher Recs: one good, one ok
[] Counselor Rec: average
[] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Virginia
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: school paper, minor piano awards
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: essays were absurd
[] Other thoughts: congrats to chicago for overlooking my abominable grades

Badkarma89 · March 30, 2006, 8:41pm

dear lazy dude,

You are my hope for next year

thanks

lazy_dude · March 30, 2006, 8:46pm

haha no problem. i don’t think any other school of chicago’s callibre is as willing to evaluate the applicant’s personality, which is part of what makes the school so cool to begin with

lilpixytiff · March 30, 2006, 9:32pm

**Decision: ACCEPTED **

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: nope
[] SAT I (by section): 2260 (760 Verbal, 760 Math, 740 Writing)
[] SAT IIs: 790 Chinese, 790 Math IIC, 790 US History, 760 Spnaihs
[] ACT: 33/36 (took it my sophomore year and never again haha)
[] APs: AP English Language (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP US History (5), AP Spanish Language (4) / IN PROGRESS: AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, AP Spanish Literature, AP Comparative Government
[] IBs: school doesn’t offer IBs
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.98 unweighted (one B)
[] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Computer Science, AP Comparative Government, AP Spanish Literature, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, Teacher Aide, Pep Squad
[] Number of Apps from Your School: I have no idea
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: cheerleading, Speech and Debate, horseback riding, varsity girls golf (freshman and sophomore year)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Essays (subject and responses): horseback riding (just recycled it from my other apps), cheerleading, and the whyChicago
[] Teacher Recs: not allowed to see recs
[] Counselor Rec: same with counselor recs
[] Interview (feel and general location): it was at CalTech and it lasted fifteen minutes–I thought it was really bad
[] Hook (if any): umm I’m a cheerleader??? haha don’t know if that has to do with anything
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: southern California
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive public and incredibly ASIAN high school
[] Ethnicity: 100% TAIWANESE
[] Income Bracket: middle-class
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks: none ethnic-wise
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: ummm dunno LOL
[] Why you think you were accepted: no clue, just really happy that I was accepted
[/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: OMG I’m just so incredibly relieved…I remember turning my mailbox key and then seeing a fat packet stuffed into my mailbox and I screamed and screamed and screamed and screamed. I’m really surprised no one on my street called the cops hahaha but yeah I was really really happy and I’m so glad so many people got in!!! It’s going to be really tough choosing between Chicago and Duke, my two top choices as of right now. But congratulations to everyone!

PrintrDad · March 30, 2006, 9:47pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2250 (770CR 720M 760W)
[] SAT IIs: 790USH 770Chem 710M2c
[] GPA: 4.0 uw
[] Rank: 1/384
[] Other stats: NMF, AP 5s USH,Chem,CalcAB
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: A bit edgey, but probably good for Chicago
[] Teacher Recs: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: WA
[] School Type: Public Exurban
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: Girls State, HiQ/Knowledge Bowl Captain, Music (Clarinet), Tutoring, NHS President
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Academics
[] Other thoughts:

Neo_Yoyo · March 30, 2006, 10:04pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats:
SAT: 2040 (610 CR, 760 Math, 670 Writing)
ACT: 32
SAT IIs: 790 Math IIc, 740 World History, 730 US History
GPA: 3.64 UW, 3.84 W
Rank: None
Essays: Above Average
Location/Person: Bay Area
State or Country: CA
School Type: Private, Catholic
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Major strengths: SAT II/ACT scores
Major weakness: SAT I, GPA, essays (were pretty good but probably not creative enough)
Intended Major: Economics (probably a huge factor)

kcastelle · March 30, 2006, 10:19pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT: 2390 (790M, 800V, 800W)

SAT IIs: 800 math 2, 780 lit, 710 bio
GPA:4.0 unweighted (took all AP/Honors classes available though)
Rank:1/300
Other stats: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar, 5 on AP Calc BC and Stats
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Essays: strong but not that unusual

Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): from a public school in the middle of nowhere?
Important ECs: academic team (president), science olympiad, robotics team, robotics class at Case Western (wrote about my research in app), varsity tennis w/ good record, 1st chair clarinet in band and student director, various volunteer stuff
</code></pre>

Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: OH

School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: strong stats but more importantly, a good writer
</code></pre>

Other Factors:

<pre><code>* General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: the 40% admit rate is misleading… congrats to everyone who got in!
</code></pre>

myketb · March 30, 2006, 10:53pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:

<ul>
<li>ACT: 30</li>
<li>GPA: 4.45 weighted</li>
<li>Rank:8/275</li>
<li>Other stats: National Achievement Finalist</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Essays: it’s all subjective</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: good, both know me pretty well</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good, counselor was a former baseball coach</li>
<li>Hook (if any): football recruit</li>
<li>Important ECs: 3 Sports (mainly football obvioulsy), NHS, all that other good stuff, you know, the usual</li>
</ul>

Location/Person:

<ul>
<li>State or Country: OH</li>
<li>School Type: city public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: jamaican mother, jewish father…the government says i’m black…so yea</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>Other Stuff: they give me one of the $9500 scholarships…very pleased…GO MAROONS</li>
</ul>

Hua_Liang · March 30, 2006, 11:23pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:

<ul>
<li>ACT: 30</li>
<li>GPA: 4.4 weighted</li>
<li>Rank: 10/332</li>
<li>Other stats: </li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Essays: Better than the ones I sent into carnegie mellon, gettysburg, adn others by far (got accepted into those)</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: I asssume good.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): startign the school paper from scratch.</li>
<li>Important ECs: NHS, newspaper, Model UN, etc.</li>
</ul>

Location/Person:

<ul>
<li>State or Country: OH</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>Other Stuff: Begin waitlisted is annoying. It makes me feel like if I had changed one little sentence in my essay then I would’ve gotten in.</li>
</ul>

ryanC · March 30, 2006, 11:26pm

FORMAT

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT: 1970
ACT: 30
SAT IIs: US Hist: 790 Lit 640 Math Level II 610
GPA: 4.4 weighted
Rank: 11/825

Subjective:
Essays: perfect. they were very funny yet moving
Teacher Recs: I woudl imagine glowing
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): leadership?

Location/Person:
State or Country: chicago
School Type: poor urban public
Ethnicity: jewish
Gender: M

Other Factors:
General Comments: I am so happy i cant believe it!

system · March 30, 2006, 11:38pm

Decision: Accepted with Full Tuition Scholarship!

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 800 CR 800 M 800 W
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 800 Chem
[] APs: 5s on 15 tests (8 “self-study,” not classes at my school)
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW, don’t know W
[] Rank: 1/343
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English, AP Spanish, fairly advanced (second semester it is 400-level) math at good local LAC, other random stuff that I created because there was nothing left at my HS
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 2?
[] Other stats: I read about advanced physics a lot on my own, but didn’t really have a way to demonstrate this (other than just saying so), so I decided to take the physics GRE to make it a bit more tangible. I did okay, although after the test I was kind of upset. My score was higher than the Ph.D average at Chicago - I’m certainly not better at physics than Chicago grad students, though (the test is a bit weird). Not sure if this made any difference…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Not much… a lot of jazz and symphonic band stuff, including school, regional, and state level awards, mock trial, young democrats, science bowl, etc… (leader of most). I guess there was research too… Siemens semi, if that counts.
[] Job/Work Experience: Didn’t list any
[] Essays (subject and responses): I did the “destroy a question with your answer,” although the actual question/answer in my essay were sort of peripheral. I enjoyed writing it, though - somehow I talked about chewable vitamin C tablets, solitations for charities in the mail, and global development. lol, don’t ask how they were related (I couldn’t really say)
[] Teacher Recs: Very, very good, I think (“best in career” type)
[] Counselor Rec: Very good
[] Interview (feel and general location): On-campus. I thought it went pretty well, but they were on a tight schedule and it was short (30 minutes).
[] Hook (if any): RSI? Maybe being AP State Scholar after junior year?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Oregon
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): decent
suburban public, average old SAT of 1100
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Income Bracket: >100k
[] Gender: Male
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths/Weaknesses: Good numbers, essays, and recs but relatively sketchy ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not sure whether anything specific made the difference - just a combination of different elements in the application.
[/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Wow, I am happy! Never mind the other schools - I think I’m probably going to Chicago now! Congrats to everyone who was accepted; those who weren’t seem to have very compelling applications, and I’m sure you’ll all get in to great places! : )

ridethecliche · March 31, 2006, 12:01am

Wow, that’s amazing. Congrats! You deserve it. And that is pretty funny that you did better on the GRE’s than the average of Chicago grad students haha.

alwaysfaithful · March 31, 2006, 12:01am

randomperson, that’s amazing! Did you apply to any ivies?

fruita · March 31, 2006, 12:03am

Decision: ACCEPTED (oOo yeah!)

Stats:

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2020 </li>
<li>SAT IIs: 720 bio-m, 690 math iic, 590 physics (i know, not the best!)</li>
<li>GPA:4.0 uw, 5.071 w</li>
<li>Rank:3/375</li>
<li>Other stats: ACT 31, 3 5s on APs (Bio, Euro, US Hist), 4 on AP Lang</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>ECs: awesome mathletes stuff, academic decathlon state medalist (2), tons of community service, scholastic bowl, nhs pres, pres of two other clubs, cross country runner (placed in conference) </li>
<li>Essays:definitely showed my strong passion for U of C, took me about three months to write the big one!</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: pretty good </li>
<li>Counselor Rec: horrible, generic </li>
<li>Hook (if any):did RIBS last summer, got rec from Chicago professor, did other summer programs, had a pretty good interview, visited many times </li>
</ul>

Location/Person:

<ul>
<li>State or Country:IL</li>
<li>School Type:diverse public, lower middle class type</li>
<li>Ethnicity:Arab</li>
<li>Gender:Female </li>
</ul>

General Comments: i am really excited! i got the university scholar thing, so that’s pretty cool. i am just so relieved that i don’t have to wonder and worry all the time. and i was finally able to post this thing after years of reading everybody else’s and wondering when my time would come. congrats to everybody who applied cuz that app was a pain in the a**, and i look forward to seeing the accepted people on campus. good luck to all cuz you guys will all go far no matter where you go! remember, you can always transfer to chicago…i’ll see yall there.

Juba310 · March 31, 2006, 12:14am

I just got rejected from yale and duke today. In at berkeley…

Send some love to Cali, chicago…

has anyone beyond the mid-west states gotten their decision?

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