<p>yeah guys, i’m getting the same thing. i don’t think chicago would only post the accepted letters up though. keep trying!!!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! it’s like my dream school!!!</p>
<p>^when did you find out sophia?</p>
<p>this is really ****ing me off</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 770 M, 750 W (1570/1600, 2320/2400)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Lit, 760 Bio-E
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.000/4.000, 4.615
[</em>] Rank: 1/725
[<em>] APs: World History (5), U.S. History (5), English Language (5), Calculus BC (4) (AB subscore [5])
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Japanese IV, Academic Decathlon, Digital Photo I-II, AP Government, AP English IV, AP Physics, AP Economics
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Just me, I think.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Scholarship semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honor, 2 national Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) awards, 2 national awards for chess, several state and local awards for FBLA and Academic Decathlon</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Academic Decathlon (president + local and state awards), FBLA (treasurer + local, state, and national awards), NHS (volunteer work), chess club (national awards), filmmaking hobby
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer job at movie theatre after freshman year
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Smart teachers–well-written and highly complimentary.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Nice and complimentary, but nothing incredible.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): None
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: AZ, USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public; does well for state, but that’s not saying very much.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Southeast Asian (Filipino)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: Strong academics and test scores and unique, well-written essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: Mediocre ECs, no sports :[ and little volunteer work :[[
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Strong academics + well-written essays, I think. 
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Totally relieved and honored that I got accepted. No in-state for me!! Congrats to everybody else who made it, good luck to those who have yet to receive a decision, and consolations to those who got rejected or deferred (if Chicago isn’t for you after all, I’m sure that whichever college you do attend will turn out to be the best fit!)!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 780 M, 800 W. Single-sitting.
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, Math II, and Lit.
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.75 UW (blame sucky freshman year) / 4.396 W
[</em>] Rank: 29/420-ish.
[<em>] ACT: -
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): Seven 5’s (Bio, Chem, World, US Hist. Calc BC, Lang, CS AB), one 4 (French). Taking Physics C (Mech), both Econs, both Govs, and Lit this year.
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: -
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics C, AP Econ, AP Gov
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: At least one other and maybe two–I don’t think he applied early, though.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NMSF, AP stuff, the usual.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math team (3 years), creative writing club (2 years), couple other meaningless clubs, scientific summer internship, piano. No leadership, no awards.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): disastrous piano recital and what it taught me (Common App), affecting this weird girl act during middle school (Chicago). I did all right, I think? I didn’t even answer the optional.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: No idea, but they both love me?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Ha, she’s got no idea who I am.
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Didn’t do.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none, really? There was the research but I didn’t win anything.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person: [list]
[<em>] State or Country: G
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Suburban magnet. Public. SAT average somewhere in the 1900s.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle-class. (Just under six figures.)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I has the anti-hook!
[<em>] Strengths: my…test scores?
[</em>] Weaknesses: like everything else, lol
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no freaking clue.</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m pretty shocked, really. I think I’m proof that you don’t have to have it all–your ECs might be lacking, your GPA might be a little low, but that doesn’t spell OMG CERTAIN DOOM. Know hope? </p>
<p>Also this is making it really hard to concentrate on physics.</p>
<p>at least everyone got an e-mail.
damn it. i havent even received an e-mail</p>
<p>but did u receive an e-mail</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): superscore 710 CR, 750 M, 760 WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 Math II, 640 USH
[<em>] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.88 UW (unofficially), 4.02 weighted
[</em>] Rank: N/A, but top ten percent
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): World History (3), English Literature (2, 3 second time), US History (5), Microecon (3, technically self-study), Psychology (5), Statistics
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: Econ SL (5), Physics HL, English HL, French SL, Hist. of Americas HL, TOK, Mathematics SL
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Stats, IB Physics HL, IB English HL, IB French SL, IB History of Americas HL, IB TOK, IB Maths SL, Phys ed
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Early? Me only
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, a few other things</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: several sports, math league, the usual
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: a few jobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Why Chicago was FANTASTIC
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty darn good. Didn’t read though
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generic, though it did say “in my 25 years I have seen few people as academically dedicated as Honors Centaur”
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): N/A
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Many anti-hooks</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:
[<em>] Strengths: ESSAYS and SAT scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: 72 on physics regents…, transcript littered with A-
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My Why Chicago essay, in my humble opinion, was brilliant. :)</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Woohoo! This is where I’ll go if I don’t get into Penn or Cornell. Congrats and good luck all!</p>
<p>@remnant36: no, i havent gotten an email either</p>
<p>@ haavain</p>
<p>Maybe your SAT’s? those are some pretty impressive scores…</p>
<p>don’t worry, i didn’t get an email. i checked my account and saw the acceptance letter.</p>
<p>still haven’t heard… i received my email from them, but there isn’t a link to my decision on my chicago account.</p>
<p>@srrinath</p>
<p>I got an email at 4:30 pm central time (which is like 27 minutes ago for me)…</p>
<p>The email says:</p>
<p>Dear Sophia,</p>
<p>Thank you for applying to the University of Chicago.</p>
<p>Your admissions decision is now available. You may view your decision by logging into your Chicago Account. If you do not have a Chicago Account or cannot log in, please email <a href=“mailto:collegeadmissions@uchicago.edu”>collegeadmissions@uchicago.edu</a>.</p>
<p>Best,
The Office of College Admissions</p>
<p>The letter:
December 15, 2009</p>
<p>Dear Sophia:</p>
<p>Congratulations! It is my great pleasure to inform you that you have been admitted to the University of Chicago, Class of 2014. With your exceptional academic record, strong voice, and impressive accomplishments, you have distinguished yourself in the Universitys largest and most competitive Early Action pool to date.</p>
<p>For over a century, the Colleges academic tradition has thrived because of students like you who crave ideas that captivate, ideas that provoke and transform. We imagine you in our laboratories and on our performance stages, in our libraries and on our athletic fields, immersed in your passions and learning about the challenges that make knowledge worthwhile. As part of our residential house system, you will cultivate friendships that endure; in our classrooms, you will create and inhabit a vibrant intellectual space with your peers and professors.</p>
<p>In the coming months, I invite you to explore all that UChicago has to offer. Join us in April for one of our Admitted Student Open Houses, at which youll experience firsthand our rich community of scholars, friends, and neighbors. Your Chicago Account homepage now provides details about how to arrange your visit and confirm your enrollment at UChicago. We look forward to receiving your reply as soon as you are ready but no later than May 1, 2010.</p>
<p>We invite you to be part of a school with a glorious history and an exciting present. We look to you to help us grow, to grow with us, and to be part of a tradition that elevates us all.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
James G. Nondorf
Dean of College Admissions and Financial Aid</p>
<p>@2014me</p>
<p>they don’t give a link…you have to go to the site and login…
<a href=“https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/[/url]”>https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/</a></p>
<p>@cs12345: I can’t log on either! And I didnt get an email yet…</p>
<p>yes i logged into my chicago account, but once i’m there, i see nothing different then before. did you have to click on anything to receive your letter?</p>
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<p>i got an e-mail but i cant log in
damn it</p>
<p>Hey I just logged on but…NO DECISION??</p>