<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I honestly didn’t think it was that great.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Really good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor knows me very well, so I’m sure she did a good one.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Since I’ve been in elementary school I’ve helped repair computers on campus.
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Small, Our entire PreK-12 is on one campus and we only have around 250 students in the entire school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender:Male</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2320
[</em>]SAT IIs: Didn’t submit them.
[<em>]GPA:3.78
[</em>]Rank: Top 10% I think
[<em>]Other stats: AP Gov:5 AP Lit:4 IB ChemSL:6 IBMathSL:7
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I thought they were pretty good. I did the ‘create your own topic’ one and responded to a quote by Albert Einstein about the mysterious nature of art and science. My favorite art ones were about a poem by Andre Breton and how much I love the Ying Yang Twins
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Good I think, I’m not sure
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Excellent, she let me see it
[<em>]Hook (if any): I have Pink hair?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: MD
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[li]Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I had a great interview, and I submitted a supplemental rec and some creative writing samples General Comments: I’m still not sure I’m going to attend…I need to see where else I get in</p>
<p>Austin B. Bean sold me out. Deferred.<br>
ACT:31
GPA:3.787
5 AP classes (school offers 6)
Rank: 32/317
Essays: Why Chicago was generic I think, interests was about books and jazz, mad-hatter essay was good I thought (I guess I was wrong. =P)
Geography probably killed me, for some reason a school that usually pumps out 2 or 3 applicants to top tier universities sent 4 applications to the University of Chicago. Only school I want to go to -sighs-.</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
SAT:
SAT IIs:550, 600
GPA: 3.2
Rank:43/470
Other stats: ACT: 26
[ /list]Subjective:[ul]
Essays: I think it was okay
Teacher Recs: Pretty Good
Counselor Rec: Decent
Hook (if any):
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ list]
State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
Gender: Female
[/list]Other Factors: I’m a regional officer for FBLA and am part of Western Region covering 7 states; also senior class treasurer. I volunteered a lot in addition to holding leadership positions since freshmen year. General Comments: It’s not rejection.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2300 one sitting 800M 750V 750W
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 M2c 780Chem 740Physics
[<em>] GPA:4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank:2/600
[<em>] Other stats:Yale Book Award, a crapload of math awards, NMSF, yadda yadda
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, considering I just recycled one of my old ones. It didn’t even fit any of the prompts, so I selected choice 5. The short essays were pretty original.
[<em>]Essay line: While my father was an automobile mechanic, he would flip open the
hood of the family car every weekend and demonstrate how to change oil filters and clean the battery. While my
mother was a factory worker at a watch company, she would smuggle home cogs and needles and teach me how to
assemble a timepiece. My parents did not mind what I was learning as long I was learning.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:no idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec:no idea
[</em>] Hook (if any):pretty good interview
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:FL
[</em>] School Type:large, suburb, rich, public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: Yay. Now i’ve gotta wait for the FA package to arrive, and for other schools to respond.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2090, 760 verbal, 710 writing, 620 math
[</em>] SAT IIs: Didn’t take
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 3.823 UW
[<em>] Rank: 27/316
[</em>] Other stats: Submitted 5’s on AP US and European History tests
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Why Chicago was good, interests was pretty poor, main essay must have been great, I think it’s what got me in.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Wisconsin, United States
[</em>] School Type: Public, Midsize, not that competitive.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: Totally suprised I got in. I feel so underqualified compared to some of the posts on here, and I didn’t send in any supplemental stuff besides my AP scores. Completely Jacked though. I’m going to send in my deposit tomorrow.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2020
[</em>] SAT IIs:710, 690, 650
[<em>] GPA:4.0 (no weighting)
[</em>] Rank:no ranking</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Worked hard (one was about Northwestern)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see
[</em>] Hook (if any): I’m not a fisherman
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: Student Government involvement General Comments: Exciting</p>
<p>Essay Sentence (He’lade):
A girl emerged from the shadows with puckered lips, eagerly planting a kiss on my bewildered mug</p>
Other stats: Submitted 5’s on AP US History, European History, and English Literature tests; 4s on AP English Language and AP Latin Literature
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Why Chicago was great, interests was so-so, main essay was amazing - did my own prompt
Teacher Recs: the best
Counselor Rec: good, i guess?
Hook (if any): None
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Pennsylvania, United States
School Type: Public, Midsize, not that competitive.
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1530 (800M, 730 CR)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 USH, 780 Lit, 760 Math IIC
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 uw, 4.2 w
[<em>] Rank: 1/235
[</em>] Other stats: AP: two 5s (one self-study) and 2 4s
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, not great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing, only one was sufficiently detailed
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Prolly “best applicant the school has ever seen”
[</em>] Hook (if any): Farm kid, interesting life? Essay on the Crash Test Dummies?<br>
[/ul]Location/Person: Sterling[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Crappy
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:Visited campus 3 times, had on-campus interview, will have taken all AP courses offered by graduation, plus 2 self-study, extra rec from Quiz Bowl coach: “almost single-handedly defeated the best team in the state”
**General Comments: WOOT! **</p>
<p>Essay (He-lade): “In a perfect place, I definitely wouldn’t be dressed up as Harriet Miers.”</p>
<p>“Living in the solitude of a family farm 12 miles from the nearest place worthy of the title “town” is all that it’s cracked up to be and more, even if it does take twenty minutes and $5 in gas to drive to school. Sometimes when I go visit the bustling city and all of its culture, I wonder what those city folk would think of baling straw on a hot, sticky July day or rolling around in fecal slop as they sort hogs at five in the morning.”</p>
<p>[ *] SAT: didnt submit
ACT: highest sent was 28
SAT IIs: didnt submit
GPA: 4.0 ish UW, 4.3 weighted
Rank: top 5 or 10%
Other stats:</p>
<p>Essays: i guess they were good…i think my acceptance was based on them since my test scores and extra currics weren’t too unusual or impressive
Teacher Recs: fine im assuming
Counselor Rec: ditto
Hook (if any): grandma and great uncle graduated from uc, lived away from home during h.s. in order to attend a h.s. far away</p>
<p>State or Country: California/ Napa
School Type: Private Jewish
Ethnicity: caucasion
Gender: female
Other Factors:
General Comments:
I was really really expecting to get differed or rejected. Now I’m not even sure if I’m going to go to u of c or not. I need to visit it again and see what financial aid i can recieve, because other wise I’ll definatly go to a University of California school. But congrats to those who got in, and to those who didn’t, you’ll be happy at many other schools out there. it’s not worth stressing over.</p>
<p>[ *] SAT: 2140 (800 math; 630 reading; 710 writing)
SAT IIs: 750 math I; 730 math II
GPA: 3.9 UW; 4.26 W
Rank: 16/404
Other stats:</p>
<p>Essays: good why chicago essay with real reasons since i spent the summer there; pretty okay cartesian main essay
Teacher Recs: amazing
Counselor Rec: don’t know
Hook (if any): born and raised in moscow, russia and currently speak russian while living in New Orleans</p>
<p>State or Country: Louisiana
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: caucasian/russian
Gender: female
Other Factors: good passionate long on-campus interview</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 780, M 800, W 690
[</em>] SAT IIs: World History 790, Math IIC 790, Physics 800
[<em>] GPA: something like 3.87 UW?
[</em>] Rank: N/A but probably 1 or 2 out of 51 lol
[<em>] Other stats: ACT 33
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I was mainly worried bout these because they were really bland, although not necessarily bad. i guess they worked in the end. i wrote a helade essay on my room which supposedly represented my father-son relationship. lol random yes.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: shouldve been good. my physics teacher rec couldve been a little generic.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: shouldve been good. he was also my ap euro teacher.
[<em>] Hook (if any): im a korean living in Bangladesh. I have a rec from the Vatican ambassador here (its a Korean archbishop)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Bangladesh
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: I’m just really, really happy right now. Hahaha… now i must go study for the midterms…</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Best Scores: Math: 760, Critical Reading: 630, Writing: 650
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIc: 800, Physics: 790, Chemistry: 750
[<em>] GPA: 4.09ish weighted I think about 3.85 or so unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 6th in a class of abour 490 or so
[<em>] Other stats: ACT: 26
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I think they were ok, lately( like today before the email) I was starting to think they were too boring, but I guess not, as far as spelling and grammar that was mostly perfect since I worked a lot with my AP Lit teacher to fix any mistakes.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: My AP Physics teacher, and AP Lit teacher both wrote amazing letters, so did a college professor at a local university where I have been taking math classes I assume hers was very good as well, although I never got to see it.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: It was ok.
[<em>] Hook (if any): From Alaska, have been taking college math classes since my sophmore year, I’ve taken two senior level math classes at the local university and done well in both.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Alaska
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I guess just the amount of math that I have taken since I think that is my major hook if I have one at all. General Comments: I am so happy to have been accepted, part of me can’t believe I got in and another seems to think that there is no way I wouldn’t have gotten in. It seems really surreal right now and it hasn’t really hit me yet that I’m going to be going to the University of Chicago next year.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2170 (750 CR, 720 M, 700W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Chem, 730 Math IC, 700 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.6ish W
[</em>] Rank: unranked (but highest W/UW GPA)
[<em>] Other stats: AP Scholar with Distinction; will have taken 13 AP’s; MD Distinguished Scholar, National merit Commended, etc…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought mt essay was kinda random, but I guess they liked it
line: "‘I love pumpkin juice’ giggles Harry Potter…What a freak…:</p>
<p>[<em>] Teacher Recs: really good; one was a UofC alum who double majored in Chem and Math
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Hook (if any): I’ve lived all over the world
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MD (9-11), Germany (12)
[<em>] School Type: private (9-11), int’l (12)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments:
I’m SOOO EXCITED THAT I’M GOINGT TO COLLEGE!!!</p>
<p>SAT: 2070 (600M, 780CR, 690W)
SAT IIs: NA
GPA: 4.5
Rank: 15/316
Other stats: Nothing comes to mind?</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: Mad Hatter Tea Party - Good, I think. Grammatically impeccable. But I was afraid that it was not quirky enough, though it did show my interests and writing style well. The short ones weren’t that great - although apparently they weren’t too bad either.
Teacher Recs: Should have been pretty good. I’m very close to both teachers.
Counselor Rec: Same
Hook (if any): ?
Phrase from essay: “The Left Bank was a world unto its own, a tiny microcosmic community filled with would-be geniuses, each brimming with his own supposed artistic promise and armed with ideals that undertook to save both modern art and society together. The old guard had had their Montmartre; indeed, one could still find, on a given evening, the bourgeois relics of the literary world dining on their fine meals at their fine restaurants, families in tow and perfectly respectable. But this was Montparnasse.”</p>
<p>Location/Person: </p>
<p>State or Country: California
School Type: Homeschool
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: My interview went really well. It turns out that the alumnus is a really good friend of a friend of mine. He told her that it was one of the top five interviews that he had ever done for U of C. So, I guess that’s pretty good. Otherwise - ?
General Comments: I am shocked, but so excited!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 28
[</em>] SAT: Never took it- low 1100 on the PSAT
[<em>] SAT IIs: Never took them
[</em>] GPA: Weighted- 3.96 UW: bout 3.8?
[<em>] Rank: 6/100ish
[</em>] Other stats: APUSH: 4 soon to take Bio and Calc EEPS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Helade- I enjoyed this one. It was a bit long, but I guess that didn’t matter! The two short ones were long also- I even made an essay out of the two questions they wanted a few words for. I know there were plenty of grammar mistakes which I am not proud of.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 3 STUNNING recs- I think this is what helped me most.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor hates me- not sure if it was good or not.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I’m a photographer- I sent in a few of my photos as well.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Christian
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: I came home from exams and found the letter in my email in-box. I’m flabbergasted. I never thought in my wildest dreams I would be Chicago material. <em>hugs admissions</em> </p>
<p>QUOTE: “My favorite creation happens to be the Purple Rhino”</p>
<p>Oh- and my interview bombed. I still got in! AMAZING.</p>
SAT IIs: 770 Math Level 2, 740 Japanese, 740 Physics
GPA: Scholastic 3.96, Weighted 4.5
Rank: School Doesn’t Rank
APs: Calculus BC - 5, Calculus AB Subscore - 5, Physics C Mechanics - 5, Physics C Electricity and Magnetism - 4, Statistics - 5
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I wrote on the math one. I compared myself to the logarithmic integral, especially relative to the prime number theorem.
Teacher Recs: One apiece from Calculus 3 professor, Brit/World Lit teacher, and Japanese teacher. They were really amazing.
Counselor Rec: Great.
Hook (if any): I’m first generation.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: IN
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Yeah, they were probably amazed by my course load. I’m taking 6 courses in math this year including Multivariable Calculus, Discrete Math, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Number Theory, and Probability Theory. I’ve already earned As in the former 3.</p>
<p>Plus, as for extracurriculars, I’m president of a few clubs, I’ve done significant community service, and I won Japanese Midwest Student of the Year 2006.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280 (m-800, cr-750, w-730)
[</em>] SAT IIs:Lit 700, US Hist 730
[<em>] GPA:12.3 (12 pt scale)
[</em>] Rank:30something/750
[<em>] Other stats: 5-World Hist, 4-English Lit, 5-Psych, 4-US Hist, 4-HumanGeo
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:really liked my long essay… written as a play…muffins were thrown at people and tea was poured into people’s laps…chamomile tea of course… and no worries about the plonking muffin…it was just B. Castiglione…he’s a whiny *****
[<em>] Teacher Recs:Pretty good, but nothing incredible
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Probably good since she wanted me to get NM with it too
[<em>] Hook (if any):umm…political internship with David Pillow campaign…and maybe starting World Affairs Council which is now in 15-20 schools
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country:Texas
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity:caucasian
[li] Gender:F</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:Someone pinch me!</p>
<p>ACT: 31 (35 in English-- my major)
GPA: 3.85 UW
very carefully thought out essays and great recs
NMSF</p>
<p>Just FYI.
I’ve decided U Chicago is not for me. I was accepted by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor which I like as much (if not more) than Chi.</p>
</p>