Official RD 2006

cookiemonkey1004 · April 1, 2006, 2:10am

holy crap i FINALLLLY have the freaking chance to post on here. asl;dkfj

Decision: ACCEPTED!!!

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2110 (m 760, cr 690, w 660)
[] SAT IIs: french 670, math IIC 740, chem 690
[] GPA: 6.5/6.6
[] Rank: 25/528 (top 5%)
[] Other stats: 3’s on 4 APs (world/us history, english, physics B) and 4’s on 2 APs (chem and stat)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: i compared myself to a violin string upon talking about my violin teacher’s death. for my short essay i talked about my musical composition and the ideas behind it. (i composed a piece after reading julius caesar)
[] Teacher Recs: i bet they were amazing. although i asked my history teacher cuz she seemed to like me although all i did was sleep in there half the time.
[] Counselor Rec: iono. i guess good.
[] Hook (if any): i submitted my julius caesar musical composition and a violin solo as extra submissions. i think the composition definitely helped. and i had a good interview too.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: HOUSTON TX!!! OMG ESQAURED U LIVE IN HOUSTON TOO??? AND I DIDNT KONW UNTIL THIS WHOLE TIME!
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: KOREAN
[] Gender: FEMALEEEEE
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[] Extracurriculars: orch, mu alpha theta (vice prez), youth orchestra, formed tsunami aid at school, volunteering/mentoring, tutoring
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: um… WOW is all i can say. to say “I GOT IN TO MY DREAM COLLEGE” this is so amazing i thought i would never be able to say it. i think def my composition and maybe my metaphorical essay and the composition essays were what helped me
[] Other thoughts: OMG!!! CONGRATS TO ALL OF US!!! and I CANT WAIT TO MEET ESQUARED!!! ahhhhhh and im surprised/elated that he actually lives in the same city as me! haha HI ESQUAREDDDD

Esquared · April 1, 2006, 2:13am

Why, hello.

cookiemonkey1004 · April 1, 2006, 2:14am

Esquared!!!

Esquared · April 1, 2006, 2:16am

whats going on, sister?

cookiemonkey1004 · April 1, 2006, 2:17am

ahaaha we’re ruining this RD thread ! -_-
not much Esquaredddddd just elated like no other, and hoping that this acceptance letter isn’t some joke/mistake.

Esquared · April 1, 2006, 2:19am

It would be a cruel April’s Fool.

Juba310 · April 1, 2006, 2:22am

Decision: ACCEPTED!

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT: 2100
[] SAT IIs: 770 bio, 740 m2c
[] GPA: 3.96 uw; 4.5 w
[] Rank: not ranked
[] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: i really really liked them. i think these are what got me in.
[] Teacher Recs: not sure, didnt get to see
[] Counselor Rec: not sure, didnt get to see
[] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: California
[] School Type: Highly Competitive Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Weakish.
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: I have to believe it was my essays. I spent so much time on them; They were “chicago” style.
[] Other thoughts: I am so excited to get in… I really expected a rejection. SO excited.

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magnusrex · April 1, 2006, 2:49am

**Decision: Accepted + University Scholarship **

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: yeah
[] SAT I (by section): 800W, 790M, 750V
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 770 US History, 740 Physics
[] ACT: 35
[] APs: Physics B-5, Calculus AB-5, US History-5
[] IBs: not in IB
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.62 W, 4.0 W
[] Rank: 1/121
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Creative Writing, AP English Lit/Comp, AP Stats, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, Bible/Ethics, Government/Economics
[] Number of Apps from Your School: only me
[] Other stats: AIME, AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, perfect score: National Latin exam, Governor’s School, Creative Writing awards, other math awards, arbitary awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Senior Class President, Math Team captain, Scholars Bowl captain, Layout editor: literary magazine, Science Olympiad, choir, youth philanthropy program, therapy for special needs kids, missions trips to Guatemala, classical guitar, photography
[] Job/Work Experience: 20hrs/week school, 40hrs week summer as closing manager of an ice cream store (10-12)…also a math tutor 3hrs/week
[] Essays (subject and responses): I honestly don’t really remember. I wrote them really fast, but I liked them.
[] Teacher Recs: great
[] Counselor Rec: great
[] Interview (feel and general location): Over 3 hours at my interviewer’s law office, very comfortable, interesting, wonderful report
[] Hook (if any): ? don’t know
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: AL
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): 25 average ACT, 100% go to college, private/christian school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Income Bracket: really low
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks:?
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: good interview, good recs
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: don’t know, i’m happy
[/ul]
Other Factors: kinda first generation–mom went to college
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
also accepted at harvard, yale…waiting to hear from princeton. i must say that chicago had the prettiest-looking acceptance package

NYSkins1 · April 1, 2006, 11:22am

Decision: Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT:800 M 760 CR 790 W
[] SAT IIs:800 IIC, 760 IC, 780 Chem, 770 Physics
[] GPA: 91.5 W
[] Rank: N/A
[] Other stats: APs: 5s on Euro, Bio, BC Calc, Chem; 4s on Both English
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recs: Supposedly great, but I didn’t see them
[] Counselor Rec: He was also my Euro teacher, so it was probably really good
[] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Atlanta
[] School Type: Prestigious Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Lots with lots of commitment (Head Ed. of Newspaper, VP of Events in SciOly, etc.)
[] Why I think I was waitlisted: Discrepancy between grades and scores
[] Other thoughts: Honestly, I don’t think I would have gone to Chicago if I had gotten in. It would have been a tough choice. I’m already in Case with a half-tuition scholarship, and while Case isn’t on the same plane as Chicago, Chicago is freaking expensive. Congratulations to all who got in.
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JuiceboxHero · April 1, 2006, 12:47pm

Decision: Waitlisted

800 Verbal/ 740 Math

Rank: 90/450 (Yuck) 3.45 GPA

EC’s: Check my ******* account… and previous posts…

I’m getting off this waitlist…

JuiceboxHero · April 1, 2006, 12:48pm

The stars are for…

PR STATS put it together as one word and all lower case…CC is getting jealous

felipecocco · April 1, 2006, 1:31pm

“Now to convince my parents that a Chicago degree’s earning potential is greater than that of a Wharton degree.”

If it’s an econ Chicago degree, most definitely!

chidori · April 1, 2006, 4:45pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[] SAT I (by section):790 m 750 v 720 w
[] SAT IIs: 790 IIC 780 bio-m 740 lit 720 spanish
[] ACT: 35 (36 r,36 e,34 s,32 m)
[] APs: none
[] IBs: none
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.78/4.05 (higher after midyear)
[] Rank: top 10%
[] Senior Yr Courseload: most rigorous
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[] Other stats: none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays (subject and responses): response numero uno.
[] Teacher Recs: one good, one okay
[] Counselor Rec: average
[] Interview (feel and general location): was okay, my interviewer was REALLY COOL tho.
[] Hook (if any):art
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Income Bracket: high (no financial aid)
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks: art
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: test scores/ gpa
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: they’re really nice…
chicago has a totally awesome group of admissions officers
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Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i love chicago and the way it conducts admissions
the admissions folder was beautiful!

sran · April 1, 2006, 6:14pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] ACT: 35 (36 M, 36 R, 34 S, 35 E, 31/8 W/E)
[] SAT: 2370 (800 M, 800 CR, 770 W, 10 E)
[] SAT IIs: 800 Ph, 800 M2, 760 USH
[] GPA: ~4.95/5 W
[] Rank: 5/528
[] Other stats: NMF, 5’s on AP Ph C (M, E&M), USH, BC Calc, Euro H, 132.5/5 AMC-12/AIME

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: Strong, showed my diversity of interests and curiosity
[] Teacher Recs: Very strong & unique/strong (science/english)
[] Counselor Rec: Strong, but likely cookbook
[] Hook (if any): ?

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: IL
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: SE Indian
[] Gender: M

[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Mix of science/math activities, speech, service activities that I feel passionately about, cultural activities, and “arts” activities. All stuff that I love, and as a result had leadership positions in.
[] Significant accomplishments/experiences: Various national NASA research competition wins, various state/local math awards, various local/national speech awards. Spent summers exploring different subjects (logic & philosophy/philosophy @ NU, politics & economics and international relations @ Oxford, planetary science @ MIT). RSI 2005, Intel STS 2006 (Finalist).
[] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Well-chosen, written essays, rounded achievements, RSI/Intel.
[] Other thoughts: Congratulations to admits, congrats to those who were not admitted, b/c everyone in both groups is going to go to an awesome school where he/she will be happy.
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reading_is_sexy · April 1, 2006, 9:03pm

I got in, just got the big envelope. I’ll post stats later, because I’m on my way out. I don’t think my parents want me to go, though, because I received a full tuition scholarship from a west coast LAC and my mom hates Chicago (the city). I want to visit though, before ruling it out.

neapol1s · April 1, 2006, 10:29pm

that wouldn’t be sukrit (sran), would it?

savoirfaire87 · April 1, 2006, 11:25pm

Decision: Accepted!

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 740 CR 690 M 740 W
[] SAT IIs:800 W, 720 Lit, 700 Spanish, 690 French, 640 USH, 630 Bio M (I took USH and Bio my sophomore year…)
[] ACT: 31
[] APs: 4 on English Lit (the only available AP)
[] IBs: not available
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.3125 w, 4.0 uw
[] Rank: 1/160ish
[] Senior Yr Courseload: the hardest available…two honors maths…
[] Number of Apps from Your School: only me!
[] Other stats: All State chorus member (2nd in the state sophomore year & 1st in the state junior year), Governor’s School graduate
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: everything typical…bands, student council, key club, choruses, international club, debate, BBBS, academic competitions, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: very little…babysitting and the like
[] Essays (subject and responses): I like them…and I guess they did too! I wrote very passionately about why I want to go there…I told them about my love for romantic poetry, opera, and Dostoevsky…and I chose “Theme for English B” and simply wrote about my life, how my parents have raised me, etc… 
[] Teacher Recs: one very good, personal, and accurate…other was good, but rather typical
[] Counselor Rec: I didn’t see it…but I’m sure it was positive
[] Interview (feel and general location): I didn’t get to have one
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): hahaha pretty bad…average SATs of 978 on old scale…
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Income Bracket: low
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks: Possibly that I’ve grown up next door to a monastery (I described it all in my essays) and I live in the middle of nowhere…?
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: essays/SATs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: my essays vaguely resembled love letters…[/li][/ul]
**Other:**They gave me a $9500 a year scholarship! Woo hoo! I wonder how many they give…
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY!!

zogoto · April 2, 2006, 3:00pm

lol yes that would be sukrit.

savoirfaire87 · April 2, 2006, 3:16pm

oops!

I forgot to add that I sent in a VHS tape of my solos from my high school’s production of the Elton John musical Aida.

twilight4 · April 2, 2006, 4:59pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] Fee Waiver Used?: applying is free for all chicago public school students
[] SAT I (by section): 2190 (760 M, 740 V, 690 W)
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 770 Lit, 720 Bio E
[] ACT: 34
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.74 W, 3.9 UW
[] Rank: n/a
[] Number of Apps from Your School: probably quite a few
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: yearbook (editor), key club, nhs (committee chair), softball
[] Job/Work Experience: summer jobs
[] Essays (subject and responses): chose the one that let you make up your own question
[] Teacher Recs: pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: decent
[] Interview (feel and general location): didn’t interview
[] Hook (if any): hmm… nothing extremely special
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: illinois
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive public
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Income Bracket: not that high
[] Gender: female
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: essay, ECs / test scores?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: no idea… probably my essay and commitment to ECs[/li][/ul]
**Other Factors: **i’ve attended seminars at uchicago before and wrote a little about that… no clue if that matters or not
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: **i didn’t think i wanted to go to uchicago, but now i’m getting pretty excited. looking forward to meeting everyone! i’m also very happy with my fin aid package.

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