Official University of Chicago EA Class of 2017 Results Thread (Results Only)

CaptainKrunch · December 15, 2012, 1:57pm

I probably don’t have enough street cred around here, but I’ve always wanted to make one of these. To EA’ers of the class of 2017, please consider posting even if you were rejected or deferred. It is extremely helpful for future applicants. Remember, we were in their shoes once, using these threads as useful indicators of where we stood. Decisions come out in the late afternoon (probably 4-5 pm) on Tuesday, December 18th.

This is a thread for ONLY results. Please no posts until Tuesday. Discussion for EA class of 2017 can be found here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1420463-official-uchicago-ea-class-2017-results-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1420463-official-uchicago-ea-class-2017-results-thread.html</a>

Copy/paste the format below, fill it out with only the information put on your application, and remember to remove the spaces in the brackets. Please be honest. Good luck!

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Weighted GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses):
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list]
[ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list]
[ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main:
[ *] EC Short Answer:
[ *] Extended essay(which topic):
[ *] Optional Essay:
[ *] Why Chicago:
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list]
[ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list]
[ b]Reflection[ list]
[ ] Strengths:
[ ] Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

sa0209 · December 18, 2012, 3:39pm

Bump: moving this to the top so everyone understands that this is the Results Thread.

Others are discussion threads.

UChicagoGrad · December 18, 2012, 3:56pm

I completely understand the idea behind this thread, but I strongly doubt that people are going to take the time right now to post their entire applications. (You’re going to get some terse keyboard mashing, if you ask me, which y’all deserve!)

But for real, best of luck to all of you. It is extraordinarily, unfairly difficult to apply to college right now, and almost everyone here is probably perfectly qualified to succeed at UChicago, or any other top tier school. For those who get accepted, congratulations. For those who are rejected, my two cents are to take a deep, deep breath, and remember there are still hundreds of other awesome colleges to apply to RD. And for those who get deferred, percentages be damned, if you continue to show strong interest in UChicago, and work hard throughout the rest of the year, you still have a real shot at getting in, I promise.

tawarren95 · December 18, 2012, 4:29pm

Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070
ACT: 29
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 54/584
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APUSH, 4 Whist, 4 English III
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: All APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Good amount of leadership, many clubs, Science UIL
Job/Work Experience: Two jobs simulatenously last year
Volunteer/Community service: Plenty.
Summer Activities: JAX SSP 2012
Essays: Pretty good. I’ll post mine on the Post Your Essays thread.
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
Counselor Rec: A little more than generic.
[] Additional Rec:
Interview: Went really well.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Neuroscience/Pre-med
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <120000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, good summer program, was flown in to visit with about 20 other African Americans
Reflection[list][li] Strengths: Summer program, essays, hooks[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My summer program[] Weaknesses: Academics[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Flown in, URM, great extracurriculars[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far accepted to Trinity University and Tulane. Starting RD apps. [/li]
Goodluck to everyone deferred and congrats to those accepted! To those rejected- UChicago doesn’t deserve you. Trust me.

AtomicBoyWonder · December 18, 2012, 4:34pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul][] SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2340 (800/760/780/8)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2340 (800/760/780/8)
[] ACT (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II (subject, score): Math II 800, Chemistry 800, US History - 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Weighted GPA: n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/456
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), World History (5), Calculus AB (5), Chemistry(5), English Lang. (5), US History (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B (C not offered), AP English Lit, AP US Govt., Symphonic Band, Science Seminar, Honors Linear Algebra & Multivariable Calculus
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0!
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 3 National Science Olympiad medals (2 firsts, 1 third) , USNCO Top 150 honors, 1st in State Knowledge Bowl Team
[] Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/ul] NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction, State Science Fair 2nd in Physics & Astro, 1st Chair Mallet Percussion in School band, LOTS of SciOly awards, AIME qualifier

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Science Olympiad: 9-12, VP + Team Captain, LOTS of events and medals included comprehensive list in additional info section; Knowledge Bowl: 9-12, Team Captain, 1st Place State 3A team, quiz bowl-esque competition; Chem Olympiad: 11, brought it to my school, USNCO qualifier, Top 150 Honors; Research: 9-12, solar cells freshman year, supernovae sophomore, radiation damage junior/senior summer; Xylophone: 9-12, 8 years experience, school band, African marimba + balafon ensembles, built a beautiful bass marimba for SciOly ;; Math Club, Mock Trial, National Honors Society
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community Service: Elementary Science Olympiad coach/coordinator 40 hrs, NHS things 10 hrs
[] Summer Experience: 2012 - Full time internship at Reed College Nuclear Research Reactor; 2011 Indy Study math and science things; 2010-11 Telescope camping w/ 12.5 Cave Astrola; 2010 Pre-calc self-study; 2009-2012 Relaxing; 2009-2011 Visiting family in Iowa [/ul]

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):[ul]
[] Essays: (I liked most of my essays pretty well, but not sure how admissions felt!)[list]
[li] Common App Main: 8/10, Research Internship [/li][] Extracurricular: 8/10, Science Olympiad
[] Why Chicago: 8/10 Could have talked less about me, more about the school, but whatever
[] Optional: 6/10 Listed off things in paragraph form essentially. Commentary could have been a lot better wrote this one the night of.
[] Extended: 10/10 Waldo Would only have changed one minor detail
[] Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math, didnt see but guessing 9-10, my Calc BC and Linear Algebra teacher she really likes and is impressed by me, but didnt see it so cant say anything for certain
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP US History, didnt see again guessing 7-9, very fun guy, hear he writes good recs, I was always great in-class but wasnt as good at getting homework in but overall our relationship is pretty good, so I think the rec was fine
[] Counselor Rec: Caught a glimpse of it, looked 9-10, school VP and administrator of the STEM magnet program, likes me a lot, and heard her recs are fantastic
[] Additional Info/Rec: Nuke project abstract, comprehensive list of scioly awards, pretty standard letter from Research mentor
[] Interview: 9 Very nice, talked about a good variety of things, couldnt have gone better.
[] Art Supplement:[/list] Decided not to submit my nice collection of altered Pokemon sprites

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Whatever day it was due
[] U.S. State/Territory or Country: WA
[] School Type: Public, with a smaller magnet program within it
[] Ethnicity: White! (Specifically ½ Norwegian, ¼ Romanian Vlad Dracula descendant, 1/8 Irish, 1/8 German)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket Range: 130k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):[/ul] Im the namesake of a character in an award-winning YA sports novel but not particularly relevant.[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, Extracurricular, Awards, Course Rigor, Interview, Internship
[] Weaknesses: Lack of MAJOR awards, white male, optional essay
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Spent more time on essays. Remembered to send in my financial aid information (it just arrived there a couple days ago). Started on some more national-scale extracurricular things (USAMO etc.) earlier in high school

Other Factors:

General Comments & Advice:

hotpongtato · December 18, 2012, 4:51pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):CR740 M800 W800
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):2340
[ *] SAT II:Math 800, Chem 800, USH 770
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):95.16/100
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc AB+BC, Chem, USH, Latin Virgil, Stats all 5s
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Econ, AP Physics, AP Gov, Multi Calc
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school:4

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): A lot… like Math contests and stuff…
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Business intern
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main:8
[ *] EC Short Answer:9
[ *] Extended essay(which topic): Heisenberg 8
[ *] Optional Essay: 7
[ *] Why Chicago: 11!!!
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: Latin teacher… Great one
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: Math teacher… fine
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great. She knows me well and likes me
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: nope
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): DC
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Private
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ ] Income Bracket: High
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] [ b]Reflection[ list] pure love for Chicago
[ *] Strengths: Essays
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: HOLY CRAPPPPP I AM SOOO DELIRIOUS RIGHT NOW!!! I LOVE CHICAGOOOOO!!!
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

UChicagoHopefull · December 18, 2012, 4:53pm

Deferred Like a Boss
[ ] SAT I (breakdown):2330
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):2360
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II:750, 730
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 (With a very rigorous course load)
[ *] Weighted GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses):School only offers AP US, took it and got a 5
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school:Just me
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] [ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Chess Club (president)
Mock Trial, Newspaper (editor), Varsity Tennis (Captain)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ list] 200+ hours of community service= 7
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main:7.5
[ *] EC Short Answer:9
[ *] Extended essay(which topic):Arch Nemesis-9.5
[ *] Optional Essay:8
[ *] Why Chicago:I thought it was amazing at the time but in retrospect it might not have been that good
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1:Amazing
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2:Amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec:Dont know
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:Went really well
[ *] Art Supplement:
[ *] Date Submitted App:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:Private
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:Not your business
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None
[ *] Strengths:SAT, Essays
[ *] Weaknesses:GPA, somewhat lackluster ECs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:No idea, maybe because of my GPA.
[ *] What would you have done differently?:Nothing
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:Pretty fing **ed right now

razuleaox · December 18, 2012, 4:54pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): 31 math, 34 reading, 36 english, 29 science
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 33
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.907
[] Weighted GPA: n/a
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: toughest available basically
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0! don’t think we’ve ever had an applicant
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] [ b]Subjective:[ list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Weak other than sports and all district / all conference awards, talked a lot about weightlifting
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 year job at movie theater
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ list] not a great list, 100 hours prob
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[ul]
[li] Common App Main: kinda crappy, kinda cheesy i guess[/li] [] EC Short Answer: Did about weightlifting
[] Extended essay(which topic): Two things simultaneously. Had a great concept, poor delivery probably. was pleased with it, though
[] Optional Essay: Kinda nice
[] Why Chicago: Was a little crafty, 8/10
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Had to be great
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: great
[] Counselor Rec: Prob good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: On campus, I thought it went well
[] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other**[ list]
[] Date Submitted App: Before november 1st?
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Small Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Not necessary?
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] Reflection[ul] First generation perhaps, didn’t play on it
[] Strengths: Decent scores, thought I showcased I would “fit” well, did well considering my school and rural area
[] Weaknesses: EXTRACIRRICULARS
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: lack of ec, too many excellent applicants
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list][ b]Other Factors:** Done something that was recognized as an extracirricular in high school rather than independent things
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I STILL LOVE UCHICAGO

PrimeC · December 18, 2012, 4:58pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 740 M 690 W 730 (one sitting)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2160
[] SAT II: Not my best work, didn’t really do much for them; Lit 650, M1 700, haven’t heard about my Latin or M2 scores yet
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Econ 5, Lang 5, Psych 5, Gov 3
[] Senior Year Course Load: Genetics, AP Lit, Calc, AP Stat, Honors Sociology, AP Human Geography, Advanced Latin Lit, Non-Western Cultures
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar with Honor, National Latin Exam Gold Medalist (3 years)[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Imagine Youth Advisory Council, Grief Youth Facilitator, Teacher’s assistant at Chinese school, Economics Club, Junior Classical League, Asian Culture Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Customer Management/Cashier at a Chinese restaurant
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[list]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[] Common App Main: 7/10- Prolonging my father’s legacy after his death by doing things he used to do, and making the most of it (Teacher’s assistant, Grief facilitator)
[]Extended Essay- archnemesis-> did it on my least favourite, inavoidable foods-> 8/10
[] Optional Essay: 8/10- Talked about all of the books I have read and how they have all affected me, but the most significant one, is not one of literary merit, but the one that my little brother (2.5 yo) always made me read when he was very young. I was the only one he wanted to hear it from and this really strengthened my values for family, and realization that the things you do impact others too, how we are sometimes oblivious to the recognition and importance of your actions.
[] Why Chicago: 7/10 Need to be around people I can hold conversations with intellectually, do things besides watch mindless television, play useless games, make life more meaningful… something along the lines of that, I don’t really remember…
[] Other:[/ul][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: I’m hoping it was good…[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Same for this one
[] Counselor Rec: She seemed really proud of her rec so I’m assuming it’s really good.
[] Interview: Fabulous, we really hit it off. I thoroughly enjoyed talking to him. It was both an intellectual conversation and one about me. It was great.
[] Date Submitted App: November 1
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 250k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really sure, I thought I would be rejected off the bat. The app wasn’t up to par for me.[/list] Reflection[ list]
[] Strengths: Emotional appeal
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA, essays
[] What would you have done differently?: stronger essays, more well-thought out[/list][/list]Other Factors: Explain reason for my lack of high GPA (hospitalized for a large portion of freshman year and suffered emotionally from it sophomore and junior)
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: So proud of everyone who got in! It takes a lot! If you didn’t get in, I’m sure many other prestigious schools will want you. You will be happy wherever you go, and you can always see your dream school for Grad!

Snoopy82 · December 18, 2012, 5:08pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800/790/690
[] SAT II: Sub 700 on Math II and Chem, 740 on US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t calculate
[] Weighted GPA: 4.71
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 4 Euro, 5 APUSH, 4 Chem
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP Gov’t, Honors Comparative Gov’t, Religion IV
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4, one was recruited
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist[/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Forensics for 4 years, President; Drama club for 4 years, lead and regional acting awards; Newspaper, NHS Vice President, Liturgical singing
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at my Church, grandmother’s nursing home, library[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[li] Common App Main: Thomas More and historical character that inspires you; 8[/li][] EC Short Answer: School theater and how it helps you lead, 8
[] Extended essay(which topic): Waldo, 9
[] Optional Essay: Favorite musicals, 8
[] Why Chicago: Private class with Dr. Lipson, grandfather/grandmother connection, 10
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: APUSH teacher and theater moderator, probably fantastic
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Chem teacher, probably really good
[] Counselor Rec: Probably the best, he has been forensics coach for three years and we know each other really well.
[] Additional Rec: Scholars Program director, above average
[] Interview: Went alright, probably not a deciding factor either way.

Other[list]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/13/12
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private Catholic school
[] Ethnicity: WASP
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: I am the 1%, sorry
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Grandfather attended, grandmother worked for the university, but they probably didn’t matter [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, recs
[] Weaknesses: Generic white male
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Essays and recommendations. Everyone loved my Waldo essay.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congratulations to everyone who got in, and good luck to all deferred people :)

ahammond · December 18, 2012, 5:11pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 single-sitting
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2400
[] SAT II: 800 (Math II), 800 (Physics)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Senior Year Course Load: Freshman course-load at WPI
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, wins at regional and state science fairs
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Leadership in Robotics, Speech, Student Government, GSA, and volunteering at an underprivileged urban middle school
[] Job/Work Experience: Full time programmer over the summer, part time programmer during the year
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[] Common App Main: Excellent
[] EC Short Answer: Excellent
[] Extended essay (which topic): Very Intellectual
[] Why Chicago: Wanting to study at the seat of freshwater economics [/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Excellent
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Interview: Gentleman and I really clicked
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] School Type: Small Sci/Math Magnet
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LGBT (?)[/list]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Numbers, Recommendations
[] Weaknesses: no idea
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly, no clue. Yield protection perhaps?[/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Accepted to MIT and Caltech, so I’m fine with waiting a few months for a decision.

mMm400 · December 18, 2012, 5:12pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1520: 800 CR, 720 M (only took once)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 800 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89 (strong upward trend; from ~3.6 freshman year to above 4 junior year)
[] Weighted GPA: 4.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 97%
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 5s on all four exams: US Gov. Pol., US History, Lang. Comp., BC Calc (5 subscore)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (Stats, Environmental, Comp. Gov. Pol., Euro), Hn. research-based debate, PE
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 1?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): best 12th grade chess player in NJ; other than that, just school awards, participant in things, etc. [/ul] [/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):[/li]-Main thing is chess. Captain since freshman year of successful team, good player
-Intern for state assemblywoman
-Graduated last spring from 4-year Hebrew high school
-Dance studio’s annual productions since middle school (lol)
-Ultimate frisbee freshman/sophomore year
-Summer before Junior year, IR course at American

[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]-Teacher’s assistant (ozer) and Torah tutor at synagogue’s Hebrew school (this year and last)
-Internship (listed above)

[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/li]-Spent 3 weeks last summer volunteering in Louisville w/American Jewish Society for Service (haha, rich Jewish kid)
[/ul]

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ list]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[ul]
[li] Common App Main: How I spent middle school writing Wikipedia articles; not incredibly written, but the topic is probably what got me in (9)[/li][] EC Short Answer: Chess: why do I torture myself? (8)
[] Extended essay (which topic): Arch-nemesis. I talked about my own privilege–economic, racial (majority black school, but top classes are white). I guess I came across as self-aware or something. (8)
[] Optional Essay: Used it to talk about how I like local politics (8)
[] Why Chicago: Freakonomics (9)
[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Glowing, but nothing too specific (7)[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t read, but he said “if it comes down to me, you’re in,” and I really trust him.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, but probably less generic than most. I gave her a brag sheet, and someone knowledgeable about all I do for the chess team wrote her a note.
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Neither here nor there (though a beggar did approach us at the end)[/li][ *] Art Supplement: lol no[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Few days before deadline
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: Large public (about 2000 kids); #47 in state
[] Ethnicity: [Bible</a> Raps - I’m Not White, I’m Jewish - YouTube](<a href=“Bible Raps - I'm Not White, I'm Jewish - YouTube”>Bible Raps - I'm Not White, I'm Jewish - YouTube)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: No financial aid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Rich Jewish kid from NJ?[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Chess, last summer, CR, maybe rec
[] Weaknesses: “well-rounded” (again, boring rich Jewish kid)
[li] Why you think you were accepted: [Darts</a> & drunk people - YouTube](<a href=“Darts & drunk people - YouTube”>Darts & drunk people - YouTube)[/li][li] What would you have done differently?: Done better freshman year, fluffed schedule more[/li][/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: So happy! Don’t really have to do more apps! To those deferred/rejected, I know this won’t make you feel better, but it really isn’t your fault. Admissions at a place like Chicago is a crapshoot. This might keep you out of places, but it also means you’ll get into great places. Come next fall, you’ll forget all about this ridiculous process.

kcj2196 · December 18, 2012, 5:20pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 690 M, 730 W)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 690 M, 730 W)
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (32 E, 35 M, 36 R, 35 S, 9 W)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 36 (36 E, 35 M, 36 R, 35 S)
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.318
[] Weighted GPA: ?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13 / 449 (I transferred schools and so there were no honors credits my freshman year)
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP U.S. History (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Biology (5), AP English Literature & Composition (4), AP Macroeconomics (4), AP Microeconomics (4), AP Calculus AB (?), AP Statistics (?), AP English Language & Composition (?), AP U.S. Government & Politics (?)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S. Government, Health, Theatre III/IV, AP English Language & Composition, Honors German IV, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB (the math track at my school ends with Calc. AB)
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: One (also deferred)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): American Buckeye Boys’ State Delegate (2012), Magna Cum Laude Silver (National Latin Exam), Best Speaker (2011 - 2012) [six time award at Junior Statesmen of America conventions][/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Track & Field/Cross Country (letter winner), Junior Statesmen of America (Communications Director for Ohio River Valley), Ohio Model United Nations, School Leadership Team, In The Know (captain/letter winner), Theatre/Drama, German Club, Jazz Band (guitarist), Chemistry Club, Church Leadership Team/Confirmation Retreat Team, Student-Superintendent Advisory Committee (head of committee/co-founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: Actor/Model/Voice Talent @ CAM Talent Agency, Courtesy Clerk @ Kroger, Babysitting, Tutoring, Law Care, worked at Local Pool, worked election committee this November (yay Libertarians!)
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Rotary Youth Exchange/Club/District, National Honors Society work (w/ church, local food pantry, neighborhood, etc.), worked as a farmhand on a Jesuit farm[/li][/ul]

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: I wrote about how I got to see the miracle of birth while shadowing an anesthesiologist in Germany. I drafted in for two months, edited it about 500 times, had 30 people help me edit it continuously… It was draining. (10)[/li][] EC Short Answer: I wrote about my JSA experience and how I got to know a ton of great people from all over the country and how I bumped into one of those people by accident while visiting California with my exchange student. (9)
[] Extended essay (which topic): [Where’s Waldo?] I wrote about how Waldo is an allegory for finding oneself, and how when I transferred and changed my name and what that represented for me finding myself. I tied it into social media and evolution and Kevin Bacon… It was all over the place. I finished with talking about how I found myself in the Land of Waldos–at the University of Chicago. (8)
[] Optional Essay: I talked about how I found a rare copy of the original USA Trilogy in a little bookstore when I visited Pittsburgh and how I annoyed my mom staying at that bookstore for like an hour. Then I mentioned my enjoyment of Ogden Nash and of Inception and The Blazing World… (8)
[] Why Chicago: Talked about how when I visited UChicago I sat down in one of the lunchrooms (they had just started school) and pretended to be a student. When I finally revealed my ruse, they said that I would fit in well. I brought it back around to their motto and mentioned a couple cool clubs that they have. OH AND ALSO THE CORE. HOW MUCH I LOVE THE CORE. (9)
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: Done by my AP Lit. teacher and cross country coach, didn’t read… He said it was one of the best he’s ever written though. (7)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: My chemistry teacher and NHS advisor. No clue how good it was. (5)
[] Counselor Rec: Amazing. I’ve developed a good relationship with my counselor since I transferred. We’re pretty good friends now. (10)
[] Additional Rec: They told me not to send one so I didn’t!
[] Interview: … Sort of; I got to talk one on one during the Columbus Day thing to my regional advisor.
[] Art Supplement: N/A
[/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 10/21/2012
[] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (freshman year was private Catholic though)
[] Ethnicity: White (didn’t report though)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $120,000 (however due to family debt, it’s more like $50,000)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Catholic! No not really.
[/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT! AP perhaps… ECs, experience, etc.
[] Weaknesses: I’ve heard ethnicity could count against me, but I’m not so sure. It’s probably the hook factor honestly.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Lack of strong hook, a couple meh essays…
[] What would you have done differently?: Spent more time on the supplement essays; started preparing more as a sophomore/junior.
[/ul]

Other Factors:[ul]
[li] General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I’m really sad… It really sucks to have to wait more, but having seen the number of deferrals and lack of solid rejections, I think there’s like a 0.0000000000001% deferrals will actually make it… To all those who got in: congrats! I’m so happy for you! Please post about how the scavenger hunt goes next year![/li][/ul]

bloodsplatter · December 18, 2012, 5:21pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): R800 M760 W660
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): same as above
[] ACT (breakdown):
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: Bio 770, Math II 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parentheses):
[] IB (place score in parentheses): raw predicted score 41/42 (7 for HL econ, bio, psych, SL chinese, math and 6 for english A lit)
[] Senior Year Course Load: full IB diploma
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school:
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] [ b]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Head girl
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main:[/li][] EC Short Answer:
[] Extended essay(which topic): waldo
[] Optional Essay: favorite time of day
[] Why Chicago:
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[] Counselor Rec:
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: very good
[] Art Supplement:[/list] Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App:
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[] School Type: International
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): rare heritage (inner mongolian) [/ul] Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores
[] Weaknesses: essays (imo)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

beccaboolovsyou · December 18, 2012, 5:24pm

Decision: Accepted!

Objective:

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2250 (800/730/720/12)
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2260 (800/740/720/12)
ACT (breakdown): 34
ACT superscore (breakdown): 35
SAT II (subject, score): Math II 780, Chemistry 730, US History - 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.417
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st quintile
AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), Microecon (5), Calculus BC (4), Chemistry(4), English Lang. (5), US History (5), Macroecon (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B (C not offered), AP English Lit, AP US Govt., AP Psych, AP Stats, AP Spanish.
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 6
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None lol
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar w/ distinction, Honor roll, academic letter
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): NHS (11-12), FPS (9-12), Spanish club (9-12) (officer), BBYO (9-12) (founded chapter, president), Creative writing club (11-12)
Job/Work Experience: Temple Aide 9-12
Volunteer/Community Service: NHS- 35 hrs, Hospital - 170 hrs. DVC - 20 hrs, Camp Counselor - 80 hrs.
Summer Experience: Went to Israel, shadowed doctor over past summer.
</code></pre>

Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):

<pre><code>Essays: (I liked most of my essays pretty well, but not sure how admissions felt!)
Common App Main: 9/10 talked about truth in media.
Extracurricular: 10/10 leadership in BBYO
Why Chicago: 10/10 easily listed specific things my dad, an alum, told me.
Optional: 0 - too lazy lol.
Extended: 10/10 choose own question: B/c there is no confirmed, known cause, why do you suppose the great Chicago fire happened? (said it was a Scav mishap)
Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Chem, LOVED me, writes great letters, but probs generic.
Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Physics, very enthusiastic and good, has known me for 2 years cause he was my H. Physics teacher.
Counselor Rec: Caught a glimpse of it, long, perfect, called me top 1%… etc.
Additional Info/Rec: None
Interview: Never had one.
Art Supplement:
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>Date Submitted App: Whatever day it was due
U.S. State/Territory or Country: OH
School Type: Public, top in state.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: 200k
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Legacy (dad went there class of '88)
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>Strengths: grades, LEGACY
Weaknesses: Ethnicity, test scores nothing special, EC’s nothing special.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted cause my dad went there lol.
What would you have done differently?: I screwed up a historical date in my essay…
</code></pre>

Other Factors:
Not much

General Comments & Advice: Be you in the essays, not what you expect a high caliber college like Chicago to want to hear.

karatekid666 · December 18, 2012, 5:25pm

Pick one:

[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 32 (34,33,33,29)
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown):33 (34,35,35,29)
[ *] SAT II: M2: 760 Lit: 730
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t calculate
[ *] Weighted GPA: 3.675 (deceptively low… will explain in comments)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): world history, stats, comp sci, english lang, calc ab, chemistry, biology, calc bc, macro econ, micro econ, literature, physics c - mechanics, physics c - e&m, psychology
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP: calc bc, macro, micro, lit, psych, physics mechanics, physics e&m; Honors: world 1; Regular: anatomy and physiology
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school: not sure, but prob no more than 5
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Semi, AP Scholar w/ Honors, NHS (???)
[/list] [ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Olympiad (team leader)- medalist at regional and state level; Math Varsity League; various other clubs, two w/leadership position
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: worked for NGO in Ethiopia, peer tutor, volunteer at hospital
[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main: 7/10- pretty mundane topic
[ *] EC Short Answer: 8/10 (does this one even matter?)
[ *] Extended essay(which topic): 9/10- where’s waldo
[ *] Optional Essay: didn’t complete
[ *] Why Chicago: 8/10
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: didn’t read, but assuming great
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: same as above
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn’t read, but probably generic
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: did not have one
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App: last day possible
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Northern Virginia
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: public, competitive (top 100 as ranked by usnews)
[ *] Ethnicity: black
[ *] Gender: male
[ ] Income Bracket: high
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, but apparently, NO
[/list] [ b]Reflection[ list]
[ *] Strengths: uhh, i guess scores… maybe essays
[ *] Weaknesses: grades
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: grades weren’t great
[ ] What would you have done differently?: studied more??
[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
so about my gpa… when i switched schools (used to be at a public magnet STEM school) my grades transferred to this weird system that we have here, with no regard to the different grading scale. As a result, my gpa appears to be significantly lower than it really is…

it’s not the end, though. I hope that a strong mid-year report in really tough classes, additional recs, and a display of interest will tip me into the accepted pool.

Congrats to those accepted, and good luck to those those either deferred or rejected…
**

mommaof5 · December 18, 2012, 5:35pm

Decision: Accepted
My son’s stats:
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (690 R, 750 M, 640 W) – Didn’t submit
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): only took once
[] ACT (breakdown): 34 (32 E, 34 M, 35 R, 34 S)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): only took once
[] SAT II: NA
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Weighted GPA: 4.34
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/242
[] AP (place score in parentheses): World Hist (4), Eng Lang (4), Gov. (4), Chemistry (5), Eng Lit (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 4, STC, Physics, TOTK, AP Bio, AP Calc, AP US History
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: none
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] [ b]Subjective:[ul] NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Football, Varsity Basketball, Varsity Track, NHS, tour guide/anti-bullying program (leader/founder), YAC (president), Youth Group (leader)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul] tons of hours with Youth Group, NHS and YAC. YAC hours are definitely high quality
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Someone who influenced him. Wrote about college professor who taught a special accelerated program he took at a local university.[/li][] EC Short Answer: about a new program he founded at his school and the difference it has made to incoming freshmen
[] Extended essay(which topic): wrote his own prompt – I thought it was risky
[] Optional Essay: he didn’t do
[] Why Chicago: showed the love
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: very good
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: good
[] Counselor Rec: no idea, but she said it was very strong
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: it was a phone interview, he said he did great
[] Art Supplement:[/list] Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Oct. 27
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: $90,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] [ b]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

texvic · December 18, 2012, 5:51pm

ADMITTED!!! I’m so happy right now asfaliej;falksdf;aisjf!!

I’m too restless to sit down and fill out these stats but I might come back…a;weijfal;sdkjfa;iejaf;lksdjf

mhaque · December 18, 2012, 5:52pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR, 750 M, 730 W
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2260
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 34 M, 36 R, 35 S, 34 E
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown): 35
[ *] SAT II: 720 on Literature (didn’t submit)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.67
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3% weighted
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 WH, 5 Macro, 4 Micro, 5 Lang
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses): None yet!
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 7 IB courses, 1 Honors course!
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 4
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] French Honor Society, National Honor Society
[ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Speech and Debate (extemp captain, 7th in state for event), Amnesty International (co-pres), Model UN, Company-level classsical Indian dancer, Varsity tennis, Swimming, Volunteer at my museum and library (at least 250 hours), Classical Indian singer.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tutor, Cafeteria worker
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list]
Over 200 hours at the museum
25 hours each at my library and a nonprofit for teachers.
Over 150 hours for Amnesty International
Lead a program that has NHS members be ‘buddies’ with handicapped kids, about 20 hours.
[ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list] I was very very proud of it, probably a 9.
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main: The influence Sherlock Holmes has on me to be passionate and driven.
[ *] EC Short Answer: Speech and debate tournaments and how they’ve taught me hard work pays off.
[ *] Extended essay(which topic): Where’s Waldo, really?
[ *] Optional Essay: Just listed stuff in bullet points, haha…
[ *] Why Chicago: That it would open my mind by challenging me to think in different ways.
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: Really good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: Very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but I’m assuming good!
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ ] Interview: Went really well! We bonded over how similar his daughter, who is also at Chicago, and I are
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list] None
[ *] Date Submitted App: October 23
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public, average sized
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ] Income Bracket: Too well-off to get any financial aid, apparently…
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] [ b]Reflection[ list] My parents got their degrees out of country, so first generation!
[ ] Strengths: Definitely essays!
[ ] Weaknesses: Probably that my course load wasn’t as difficult as other applicants
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Again, essays and interview!
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors: Apparently, nothing
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congratulations to everyone who got in! To those who didn’t, please realize that there are soooo many options, and that this is NOT the end of the world! It’s just the beginning ;)

fxrn5553 · December 18, 2012, 5:53pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR, 770 M, 760 W
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2250
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 Eng, 35 Math, 34 Read, 30 Sci, 8 Writing
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): 34 Composite
[] SAT II: 760 US History, 730 Chemistry, 730 Biology M, 720 MathII, 730 MathI
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not compute
[] Weighted GPA: 4.21
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not compute
[] AP: 5 on Calc AB and APUSH
[] IB: N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP English Literature, and a bunch of Honors classes.
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2 or 3
[li] Major Awards: National Merit Scholarship Semi-finalist with UChicago as first choice, National AP Scholar, and National Honor Society in Senior year. Also a few school-level awards.[/li]
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Co-started and currently direct/produce a Youtube cinematics channel that became pretty popular, which led to monetizing the channel and starting a profitable “studio” company. Varsity Tennis Captain. School chapter President and former VP of CAPAY, an Asian culture “appreciation” club. Math team. Mock Trial.
[] Job/Work Experience: Youtube channel and company. Chinese school teacher’s assistant (first was volunteer work, then was paid). Coached tennis.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Teacher’s assistant at Chinese school. Clarinet teacher for elementary school kids. Volunteer work for Organization of Chinese-Americans. New Year’s celebration volunteer in Boston.[/li]
[/ul]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Wrote about surgery I had to undergo as a small child to remove a cancerous tumor. This led to a discussion about ignorance vs. knowledge and how to best use one’s knowledge. It wasn’t really deep or anything but I thought it was pretty well written - 8.5[/li][] EC Short Answer: About the Youtube channel/company - 9.5
[] Extended essay(which topic): Wrote about a time when I remained silent (did no one else write this?). Talked about sharing a moment of deep connection with my grandfather while in a noisy train in China. It was well written and I really enjoyed writing it - 9
[] Optional Essay: Wasn’t an essay, but a list with several categories such as music, films, publications, books, etc. Had a short description with each category - 7
[] Why Chicago: Wrote about The Core, and the film-friendly atmosphere of the University and Chicago itself (I made sure it was obvious I am very interested in film/media studies) - 8
[] Other:[/ul][] Teacher Recommendation #1: APUSH teacher. I saw it and it was decent.
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Film/English teacher. Wasn’t able to read it, but I’m sure it was rather good.
[] Counselor Rec: Read it. It was awesome.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A
[] Art Supplement: N/A

[/list] Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Really late, partly due to Hurricane Sandy. Last thing I submitted was on Nov. 12.
[] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Very small and competitive public school.
[] Ethnicity: Asian, Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,000-ish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, especially the Youtube shizz. Essays might have helped a bit.
[] Weaknesses: Definitely my GPA. Relatively low.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well-rounded and showed a lot of interest in film.
[] What would you have done differently?: Didn’t get that B- in that one AP class.

[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
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