<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: (highest) CR:780 M:800 W:790 composite 2370
[</em>] SAT IIs: MII 780, chem 780, u.s. history 730
[<em>] GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank: 4 of 80
[<em>] Other stats: APs three 4’s and three 5’s
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: brunch essay. 1st line: “My lungs fought for air as I sprinted across the immaculate lawn of Gatsby’s mansion.”
[<em>] Teacher Recs: bio and existentialism (english. she also coached my academic team)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably pretty good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): major band-dork
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: georgia
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: shorter essays were riddled w/ grammar mistakes (and like… just missing/extra words. i can’t believe it was cogent) General Comments: can’t believe it. email heading was “notification from u of chicago” and that sounded really deferall-like. it was a definitely surprise to read “congratulations” in the first line. totally burst into tears</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1960
ACT: 33 (but didn’t send in time)
GPA: 4.877
Rank: school doesn’t rank
Other stats: College course, 2 APs (AP Chem - 4 & AP Psych - 5) and taking two more at the end of this year.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: tea party, Jack Kerouac style.
Teacher Recs: Pretty good. The teachers knew me well.
Hook (if any): Go to a residential, magnet high school-- North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.</p>
<p>Location/Person
State or Country: North Carolina
School Type: Public, magnet, residential
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: Founded a juggling club, Intro to Programming T.A., student teacher of a fiction writing seminar, occasionally teach belly dancing, played flute for 7 or so years in local orchestras, many more extracurrics.</p>
<p>General Comments: Now I have to wait until April 1st?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2290
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 US History, 740 Lit, 720 Bio, 700 Math IIC
[<em>] GPA: 4.8 (weighted out of 5.0)
[</em>] Rank: school does not rank
[<em>] Other stats: AP US History - 5; AP Eng. Lang. - 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: wrote my own prompt using a James Joyce quote talking about the English language and traced my development as a writer
[<em>] Teacher Recs: obviously i didn’t read them, but i’m sure they were good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good i think, since she’s written a lot of recs for me for other stuff.
[<em>] Hook (if any): umm…an asian applying as an English major?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors: the interview went really well…the guy who interviewed me was ANCIENT and was around for the manhattan project (and he was a physics major…they asked him to work on the project but he…decided to go to seminary school instead)** General Comments: I got my acceptance letter to Swarthmore ED last Wed. and I told myself I wouldn’t be upset about Chicago until today if I got an acceptance e-mail …well that happened, and now I’m pretty sad about not getting to go to UChicago </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2050
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math I 740 Math II 730 US History 700 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 uw 4.1 w
[</em>] Rank: 76/393
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Fairly good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great one from Psychology teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Dont Know
[<em>] Hook (if any): future Maroon Swimmer
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Kansas
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Placed nationally in Latin, State finalist in swimming General Comments: Chicago is amazing. I am so glad I will get to go there next year!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: (highest) CR:690 M:710 W:610 composite: 2010
SAT IIs: Did not take
ACT: 28 first time, 31 second time
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 3 of 478
Other stats: All IB classes, took AP Bio last year</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: meh…I liked them
Teacher Recs: really flattering
Counselor Rec: not sure
Hook (if any): I do a lot of service work</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Colorado
School Type: public, poor, yet surprisingly well-ranked
Ethnicity: Whitest Puerto Rican you’ll ever meet
Gender: female</p>
<p>Other Factors: Not that you really care, but I liked reading quotes from peoples’ essays.</p>
<p>Shorter one:</p>
<p>As my mind threatens to overflow with the plethora of uncertainties that comes with choosing my favorite, I regress. From a box in the corner of my closet I pull out the tattered copy of Where the Wild Things Are.
Long one: Brunch question</p>
<p>“Well I don’t think there is any truer way to honor the memory of Steve Irwin than with the attack of a ferocious beast.”</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:2250 (CR 790 MATH 770 WR 690)
SAT IIs:PHYSICS 800 MATHS LV2 800
GPA:N.A
Rank:N.A</p>
<p>Subjective
[ *] Essays:I really put a lot of efforts in my essays and I love them. very good comments from friends and CCers.
[ *] Teacher Recs:I didn’t read them but the one from my economics teacher is excellent. the other one may not be so outstanding but should be good.
[ *] Counselor Rec:great
[ *] Hook (if any):good academic record (asian region champion for PWC international economics competition, math olympiad gold, AIME score >140 etc) good transcript and perhaps my international experience?
Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:I am from Dalian China but I’ve studied in Singapore for 4 years on a government scholarship.
[ *] School Type: Public. my school is one legendary junior college in singapore that has sent highest number of students to top US universities internationally.
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian Chinese
[ *] Gender:female
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]I really love Chicago and I look forward to pursue Economics and political science in this school! you guys are great and i can’t wait to meet you all on campus ^^</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 790 M 800 CR (and 800 W)
SAT IIs: 780 French, 780 Chem, 730 Bio E, 710 USH
GPA: 3.9 something UW if you count +/-, 4.0 UW without, 4.43 W
Rank: top 5%, somewhere around top 5 of 300
Other stats: AP: Bio 5, Chem 5, Comp Sci AB 5, USH 5, French 4. National French Contest top 5 three years in a row.
Subjective:
Essays:
I wrote my own question about time and wrote about Daylight Savings Time and the moment that the clock goes from 1:59 to 1:00.
Why Chicago was maybe the best, very personal.
A quote (the final sentence): "Plus, the phoenix is just about the coolest mascot I have ever heard of, though that’s coming from a [insert my town name here] “miller.” "
For the favorites one, I wrote about movie soundtracks and included Casablanca and Rudolph in the same paragraph.
Teacher Recs: Chem and English ones I don’t really know. French was great. I also had one from a summer prof who is an alumna.
Hook (if any): None really.
Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female</p>
<p>Comments: There are no words to describe how excited I am. 4 people from my school got in, one a good friend, but I think they’re applying to other places. My dad gave me a Hanukkah gift tonight even though we planned our main celebration for tomorrow- a pocket map of the city, a small guidebook, and a book of Chicago Tribune crosswords. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230 (740 CR, 740 M, 750 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 US Hist, 760 World Hist
[<em>] GPA: 3.8uw
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: 5s in US Hist, Biology, and Calc AB. 4 in European Hist.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good but could have been better
[<em>] Teacher Recs: English one was ok. Math one was good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it, but she likes me
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: I want to congratulate all those who made it, and give condolences to those who did not.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:Took ACT-29
SAT IIs: Didn’t Take
GPA: 4.0 W
Rank: 45 of 458
Other stats: AP US History - 4; AP Bio - 3
Subjective:
Essays: really liked my one about why I wanted to go to Chicago. Enjoyed writing the longer one, chose the he’lade prompt, thought the 2nd essay was pretty meodicre
Teacher Recs: English one was amazing, Science so-so
Counselor Rec:pretty generic
Hook (if any): none really
Location/Person:
State or Country: Illinois
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
[ b]Other Factors: didn’t have an interview, and was a little worried about it…my essay’s must have been the deciding factor to at least keep me in the decision pool
General Comments: excited about deferral, def. thought I would be rejected flat out…now it’s time to really kick it into high gear</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 760CR/700M/800W –> 1460/2260
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780US/760Lit/710Chem/620Japanese
[<em>] GPA: 3.84UW/4.16W
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: AP US: 5 / Chem: 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: They were kinda normal I guess… I have a feeling I didn’t go out of my way enough to make them wacky. I tried to explain that I like feeling well-rounded after taking all sorts of courses even if I don’t do well in them, and I really stressed my love of languages and linguistics. Honestly, though, I worked on those essays for months.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: My school wouldn’t let me send a math rec because I had too many, so I sent a note from my school explaining why and 3 humanities recs. They were probably pretty good, but maybe it made me appear too lopsided.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He tried to write a good one even though he doesn’t know me.
[<em>] Interview: It went REALLY well. Seriously, this guy liked exactly what I liked and we talked for almost 2 hours.
[</em>] Hook (if any): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public, competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: I had a temporary paralysis of the face that screwed with my junior year. General Comments: I think it must have been that I’m way too lopsided and they want to wait for my next semester grades. Anyway, I got into Georgetown so I guess I’m happy with that. Good luck everyone else! :)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2160
GPA: 3.9000
Rank: 40/338
Other stats: taking all the APs offered at my school in addition to 4 college courses throughout this year.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: tea part- Favorite line, “…and Salvador Dali is painting on my arm.”
Teacher Recs: didn’t read them
Counselor Recs: didn’t read it
Hook (if any): not really</p>
<p>Location/Person
State or Country: Iowa
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: Not much</p>
<p>General Comments: Excited…just upset that UChi doesn’t do engineering… @_@</p>
GPA: 3.6 cumulative ; 3.83 junior year ; 4.200 first quarter senior year
Rank: top 10%
Other stats: 4 on AP art history.
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Very good. Long one was mad hatter’s party, other two were just very passionate about the university.
Teacher Recs: Two extremely strong English, one strong Math
Counselor: very, very good. (Several pages long)
Hook (if any): If any, it’s that I have a HUGE commitment to the Educational Theatre Association. I maintain their website, solicit money, travel on their behalf, etc. I suppose this is a “hook”.
Location/Person: Huh? Austin is my rep.
State or Country: Michigan
School Type: Independent
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male, but they might have figured out from essays and activities that I’m gay. This might matter, who knows.
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<p>Other Factors:
* Had an interview, went well.
* Talked at length about why I love Chicago.
* Upward trend in grades.
* My EC’s are very, very strong.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in. For those who didn’t: I feel your pain. My best friend was rejected, and I was right by her side when she opened the envelope (after knowing that I had been accepted, since I went home for the mail during lunch). It will ALL work out.</p>
<p>SATS - 740R, 680M, 790W, 12/12E
SAT IIs - 650 Math IIC, 680 Literature
APs - Latin (4), English (taking this year), Calc AB (taking this year)
GPA - I think I have about a 93% average or so. My school doesn’t rank or give GPAs </p>
<p>** Subjective: **</p>
<p>Essays: Pretty good I think. I made up my own essay topic.
Favorite sentence: “When I began that book I knew nothing about the history of Azerbaijan, but when I finished it, I felt that I had gotten so close into the fascinating history of the place that I had dipped my fingers into the Caspian Sea and felt the harshness of the breath of the Caucasus Mountains on my face”
Recs: Didn’t read them but I think they were good. I sent 2 supplementary recs.
Counselor Rec: I think it was pretty good though I didn’t read it.
Interview: Went very well. I really enjoyed spending time at UC - I actually missed being there when I went back to NY the day after my interview.
Hook: My ECs are solid. </p>
<p>** Location/Person: **</p>
<p>State or Country: New York
School Type: Private, Competitive
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female </p>
<p>** Other Factors: ** I think that my essays were strong, I came up with the question for my long essay and I had a lot of fun writing my response to my prompt. I also really enjoyed the 2nd short answer. I sent some supplementary materials too - a CD, some other things.
** General Comments: ** I’m too happy for words.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Best combination was a 2350. 800 Verbal, 750 Math, 800 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Math II, 730 Literature, 720 Biology
[<em>] GPA: 3.71 UW, 4.51 W
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: Er, I have ten fingers?
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I put a lot of effort into them, especially the “Why Chicago” one. They all wound up being ridiculously long…800 for Why Chicago, 400 for favorite musician, and about 1,500 words for the Cartesian Coordinate System prompt
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Four total. Three of them should’ve been pretty damn good, the other was probably positive but a little on the generic side.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Extremely generic. The content was great, but it lacked any personal input. Then again, my counselor’s brand new to our school and has about 500 kids to take care of, so I don’t really blame him.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Magnet student…and 1337 chix0r.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland.
[<em>] School Type: Extremely urban, extremely huge (around 3,000 kids), extremely diverse, extremely competitive.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul] Other Factors: I met my admissions officer Jon Quinn when he stopped by our school for an information meeting and got a decent sense of his type of humor, which I tried to incorporate in my essay. I think meeting him really helped my application in like, a weird subconscious way or something. General Comments: I’m so grateful. About 10 other Magnets applied Early Action and I think all of them had 4.0 GPAs. Thank goodness Chicago doesn’t judge its applicants on numbers alone. I’ve been following this thread very carefully and am really looking forward to meeting a bunch of you…you all seem like really funny and intelligent people! Yay Maroons!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:550, 600
[ *] GPA: 3.2
[ *] Rank:43/470
[ *] Other stats: ACT: 26
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: I think it was okay
[ *] Teacher Recs: Pretty Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Decent
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] I’m a regional officer for FBLA and am part of Western Region covering 7 states; also senior class treasurer. Just many leadership positions.
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] It’s not rejection.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 700 Math, 800 CR, 750 writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 660 Math II, 770 Bio-E, 700 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.04 (w)
[</em>] Rank: 8/396
[li] Other stats: nine APs by graduation, four 5s on AP exams (bio, psych, english, and euro), scholastic bowl captain!, horseback riding instructor, certified emergency medical tech</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty nice, if I do say so myself
I wrote my main essay about the first (and only, so far) time I saw a person die. It was really…bloody.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I didn’t read them, but I KNOW they were amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same
[</em>] Hook (if any): umm…none.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public…ghetto.
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
No interview…glad that didn’t make a difference.</p>
<p>General Comments:
I really hope I can go. Still waiting to hear from financial aid… </p>
<p>I found out AT SCHOOL that I got in. My mom opened the letter and called my cell. I just left AP Stat to go tell my best friends in another class :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 790 math, 680 reading, 670 writing (2140)
[</em>] SAT IIs:780 math II, 770 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.55 uw, 4.1 w
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats:ap calculus bc - 5
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:short answers were pretty good, long one was just weird
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one very good, one decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec:no clue
[<em>] Hook (if any):none
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:NJ
[<em>] School Type:very competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity:asian (indian)
[li] Gender:M[/li][/ul]Other Factors:no interview, I thiink i have pretty good ECs, tough courseload multivariable calculus+6AP’s General Comments:Not losing hope yet</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2150 new 1450 old
[ *] SAT IIs: chemistry 590, math II 620, french 500
[ *] GPA: 3.7 unweighted
[ *] Rank:n/a
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: amazing in my opinion. they better be, i spent a month writing them
[ *] Teacher Recs:good i assume,from teachers who have known me all through hs
[ *] Counselor Rec:new counselor-doesn’t really know anybody
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: IL
[ *] School Type: Catholic all girls
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]my life is over</p>
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