OFFICIAL University of Chicago EA Decisions - Class of 2014

EdwardJ · December 16, 2009, 7:16pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

<pre><code>* SAT I (by section):760CR, 800M, 760 W C 2320

SAT IIs: 770 Math IIC, 770 US History, 730 Lit
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.75 W, 4.00 UW
Rank: top 2%
ACT: 34
APs (including this year’s): Cal-BC 5, Phy 5, Chem 5, JP 5, US Hist 5, Macroecon 5, Stat 5, French 5, World History 5, Spanish 5, (this year) US Gov, Bio, Micro Econ , Comp, Gov, Env. Sci(self-study)
IBs (including this year’s: No IB
Senior Yr Courseload: see above
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Great, interviewed on campus
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Born in UK, grew up in Japan, moved to the US, speak fluent English, Spanish, French and Japanese
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Location/Person:

<pre><code>* State or Country: PA

School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Medium Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
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Philosopher-King · December 16, 2009, 8:05pm

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

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): 770 CR, 730 Math, 800 Writing
[ *] SAT IIs: None
[ *] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 94.24 (school doesn’t weight)
[ *] Rank: 33/~400
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year’s): Euro 5, English Language 5
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Year Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: Not sure - at least 4 EA
[ *] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] EC’s listed on app: Newspaper (Editorial editor), social studies club, philosophy group, glee club, summer seminar on Plato
[ *] Volunteer/Community Service: Almost none
[ *] Awards listed on app: Summa Cum Laude for Latin, NHS
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Very little - some maintenance staff at school
[ *] Common App Essay: thought it was pretty good. About how I prefer “contemplative” activities (reading, etc.) to typical “entertainment”
[ *] EC Short Answer: Newspaper
[ *] Why Chicago Essay: Fundamentals major, intellectual atmosphere…
[ *] Optional Favorite Things Essay: Books, music, map collection
[ *] Extended Supplemental Essay: Newspaper editorial
[ *] Teacher Recs (if you saw them):
[ *] Counselor Rec (if you saw them):
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): On campus - went well
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Contact with professors, many shows of interest?

[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: New York
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[ *] Strengths: Writing, teacher recs (probably), shows of interest
[ *] Weaknesses: Average/rank; science, to a lesser degree, math
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ *] Where else are you applying? Brandeis, Rochester, couple other schools (both safeties - Chicago was my reach)

hollow · December 16, 2009, 8:32pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section):730 CR, 750 M, 800 W
[] SAT IIs: 780 Chemistry, 770 U.S. History
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: UW 3.7, W 4.1
[] Rank: Unranked (thankfully!)
[] APs (including this year’s): 5 (3 Junior Year, 2 Senior Year)
[] IBs (including this year’s:
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Tough but not toughest, no AP Physics or AP Calculus BC
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 4+

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Various writing-realted, english research activities
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Essays (subject and responses): Killer I bet.
[] Teacher Recs: Good, I think. Didn’t see.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): With admissions officer, was very intellectual.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): TASP finalist, lol? I don’t think that actually counts, but I’m just another ORM from an Over-represented state[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Intended Major: English
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[] Strengths: Writing, Extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: GPA, not the very hardest courseload
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Essays, I would reckon, combined with EC’s

[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I really, really love Chicago, but I’ll be going to Dartmouth for the next few years. I know this spot will go to someone who loves Chicago and will thrive there. College Confidential has been a major help in my own admissions process and I have always wanted to make one of these stats posts to help future UChicago applicants evaluate themselves. Good luck Regular Decisioners! To those deferred, you’ll find somewhere amazing soon, trust me!

uninformed · December 16, 2009, 9:24pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): CR 650, M 800 W 800
[] SAT IIs: Math II 800, Bio-m 740, US hist 720
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.88/4, 4.3/4 approx
[] Rank: don’t do it
[] ACT: 36 35 34 33 10=35 composite
[] APs (including this year’s): 5’s: calc bc, euro, macro, micro, bio, psychology, us hist, chinese
this year: comparative gov, american gov, stats, physics b
[] IBs (including this year’s:
[] Senior Yr Courseload: manageable, second semester is a joke
[] Number of Apps from Your School: a few
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): nat merit, nat ap scholar

[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: 4 years v swim, 11 years piano, some volunteering, summer trip to china
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Essays (subject and responses):
personal essay: swimming
why chicago: generic
favorites: talked about wang leehom and taylor swift…no joke
extended: writing was good but i didn’t like the prompts, subject kinda sucked and repeated personal essay
[] Teacher Recs: don’t release but probably solid
[] Counselor Rec: probably solid
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): super chill, young guy who graduated last year, talked about things like my current gym class and some random math class, not too intellectual
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Mn
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large public, competitive
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[] Strengths: well rounded…aka none
[] Weaknesses: extended essay, submitted bare minimum of materials
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: best advice I can give is to not kill yourself in high school doing things you hate just so you can get in college, its not worth it and little things barely help imo. my example was community service, not that I hate volunteering or anything but the specific activities I did sucked, so i barely did any of it and I turned out (and hopefully will turn out) fine.

GoingForAReach · December 16, 2009, 9:29pm

i’m assuming uchicago doesn’t reject anyone who applied EA right?

cordova1992 · December 16, 2009, 9:37pm

Are there any hispanics that applied? Or am i the only one???

motion12345 · December 16, 2009, 9:38pm

They reject people. 2 of the kids from my school got rejected. I guess they’ve gotten to hate my school that much over the years.

abcdefg1234 · December 16, 2009, 11:42pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

[ *] SAT I (by section): 750 Math, 670 Critical Reading
[ *] SAT IIs: 730 Math II, 720 U.S. History
[ *] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: School Doesn’t weight. 3.7 Junior Year
[ *] Rank: top 10%
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year’s): 5- AP US History (school only offers 6 APs and most of them in senior year)
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Most rigorous
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AMC award, honor roll, national french exam, some others

Subjective:[ul]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Varsity soccer/Outside Soccer, Peer Tutoring (important!), took a Creative Writing (shows diversity!) course at Columbia University, some other stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Probably the deciding factor considering my previous stats pale in comparison to everyone else who got accepted…

Extended essay - about my morning routine (I thought it was quite good)
Why Chicago - talked about how I was the only one in my class who thought derivatives were interesting (not particularly innovative, but well written)
Optional essay - talked about rap, David Sedaris, and a painting (quite good I thought as well)

[ *] Teacher Recs: Haven’t read them but i’m sure they are amazing (they would have to be for me to get in)

I also sent 3: French, Art + U.S. History, and Mathematics

[ *] Counselor Rec: Same as above
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Coffee shop - I thought it was excellent
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nothing really impressive like some of the previous accepted students. I felt I provided a nice range of subject matter in my essays/recs/classes etc.

[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[ *] State or Country: New York
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Independent, extremely prestigious
[ *] Ethnicity: Indian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 100k-200k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents went to a 4th tier college (immigrants)? Not sure if this is a hook.
[ *] Strengths: Writing/Recs/etc.
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA/SAT Scores (Although 1420 is well within the range I believe, just pales compared to these 1500+ people)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Essays and I included some particularly impressive poems in the additional information section of the Common Application.

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

I am incredibly happy! Definitely going to matriculate! I was certain that I was going to get deferred or denied so I had set my hopes on other schools!

sliver236 · December 17, 2009, 12:55am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 710 (CR) 740 (M) 670 (W)
[] SAT IIs: 630 Bio 760 US History
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.22
[] Rank: 10/195
[] ACT: 31
[] APs (including this year’s): 5 Euro, 5 APHUG, 5 APUSH, 5 ENglish, 4 Bio
[] IBs (including this year’s: none
[] Senior Yr Courseload: hardest possible
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): a bunch

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: a lot dont feel like listing them
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Essays (subject and responses): 1. My friends effect on me, 2. Chicago’s diversity, and for the optional i just asked them to let me in
[] Teacher Recs: one excellent the other should be really good
[] Counselor Rec: Great
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Eh
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Model UN experience, international affairs[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: VA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
[] Ethnicity: W
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 70,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no idea[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

kwaldner · December 17, 2009, 3:02am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): M-800, CR-660, W- 670
[] SAT IIs: Math II - 800, Phy - 800, Chem - 780
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: GCE A Levels - Straight As
[] Rank: School does not rank
[] ACT: N/A
[] APs (including this year’s): N/A
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Heaviest Courseload
[] Number of Apps from Your School: not too sure, maybe around ten?
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National/International Awards, generally academic, research, and table tennis awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: science research, table tennis, community service, music
[] Job/Work Experience: 4 research internships
[] Essays (subject and responses): Thought my essays were good 1. intellectual experience 2. Uniquely Chicago 3. Wrote about two books
[] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see, so can’t comment about it.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see as well
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Went pretty well. It was not really formal, interviewer was friendly and welcoming, and we talked about everything about chicago over a cup of hot vanilla
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Singapore
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Independent, top in the country
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: Male
[li] Income Bracket: Middle-income[/li]
[] Strengths: Passionate about research and how i could contribute to the college through community service and music.
[] Weaknesses: hmm sat scores?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: The committee probably sensed my passion and felt i was a good fit for the school. [/li]
[/ul]Other Factors: N/A
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congratulations to the rest of the Chicago acceptees! To those deferred or rejected, don’t fret, because there are so many other schools out there that are really good! :)

8ccheng · December 17, 2009, 7:05pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 770 M 760 R 770 W 2300Total
[] SAT IIs: Chinese 790 Chem 790 Math2c 800 Bio 760
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 4.0, 4.7
[] Rank: 1 of 509
[] ACT: nope
[] APs (including this year’s): Bio Chem Chinese Stats PhysC Lit EnviroSci CalcBC
[] IBs (including this year’s):
[] Senior Year Courseload: AP Phys B AP Lit AP Calc BC AP Stats Gov/econ Journalism2
[] Number of Apps from Your School: ~15
[] Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.): none

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: School site council chair, berkeley math circle, association of women mathematicians, astronomy club event coordinator, tech and robotics pr, lead violinist bay area youth music society, varsity badminton
[] Awards listed on app: top 1% of class, nmsf, chem and bio oly, rec by uc as high achieving student
[] Job/Work Experience: multipi online software co, fremont church school
[] Common App Essay: how im a silicon valley girl, very diverse, etc
[] Why Chicago Essay: i like chem, im very good at chem, and chicago is a good school across the board
[] Optional Favorite Things Essay: everything. lol. i love that essay, it shows the extent of my creativity (coff insanity)
[] Extended Supplemental Essay: a thought experiment about chem and social theory
[] Teacher Recs (if you saw them): no idea, pretty sure they were good
[] Counselor Rec (if you saw them): no idea, im guessing it was pretty good also
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): zimny at a starbucks, i loved the interview esp cuz we really clicked
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): not really[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: CA
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public. mission san jose high, ranked 36 by usnews
[] Ethnicity: CHINESE
[] Gender: F
[] Applied for Financial Aid: Y
[] Strengths: GPA, SAT
[] Weaknesses: not that many awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: fate. lol. and i think i got a good interviewer rec
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: dunno yet
[] Where else are you applying? H P JHU WUSTL columbia Caltech UCs

[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
congrats to my potential future classmates, good luck to those deferred, and no worries to those who werent so lucky. im not sure about my chances at my other schools, but i really like a lot of them and some of them seem like really good fits, including chicago. will be tough choosing in april…

feetforwalking · December 17, 2009, 10:20pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 740 CR, 680 M, 800 W
[] SAT IIs: 750 Lit, 700 US History, 590 Spanish w/ Listening
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.7 UW, 3.98 W
[] Rank: 32/400-some
[] ACT: n/a
[] APs (including this year’s): 11
[] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP US Govt, AP English 12, AP Stats, APES, AP Spanish, AP Studio Art, Intl Relations/H Foreign Policy
[] Number of Apps from Your School: me and one other (my best friend; she was also accepted)
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Natl Merit Commended, Natl Hispanic Scholar, Honor Roll, various district art awards, Honor Roll, Magnet student (my school is a magnet school for the arts), but all in all nothing incredibly awesome.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: MUN, National Art Honor Society (founded), Project Uganda (helped to found), National Honor Society, Art Club, Magnet Council, and a lot of other tiny things that I had listed on my resume in the additional information section.
[] Job/Work Experience: Busch Gardens Europe theme park, as a games hostess.
[] Essays (subject and responses): Why UChig - talked about their Near Middle Eastern Culture program, as well as their core (and also slipped in a little bit about needing to be in Chicago so I could witness what Carl Sanburg had seen every day). Optional interests essay - discussed my love of folk rock, in particular Sufjan Stevens. Pose your own question essay - talked about how I fell in love with Eurasian culture after having experienced a wave of migration of Turkish students during the summer in Williamsburg.
[] Teacher Recs: one from my 11th grade calculus teacher, one from my intl relations teacher/MUN sponsor. Both very enthusiastic.
[] Counselor Rec: SO enthusiastic.
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): n/a
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): First-generation student, I guess, is the only hook I can think of.[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Virginia (Tidewater area, non-NoVA)
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, magnet, 75% of seniors attend any sort of post-sec education, and about 20% of students drop out.
[] Ethnicity: Latina
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 80-90K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation, and that’s pretty much it.
[] Strengths: Essays, recs, and the ECs were okay.
[] Weaknesses: GPA.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think my essays and ECs really showed how I am a much different candidate than the university usually attracts, but still able to fulfill every expectation, and they were probably willing to take a risk, having been drawn by how eccentric my essays described me, despite my lower-than-average grades and mid-range test scores. 
[] Where else are you applying: University of Richmond, William and Mary, Georgetown, Kenyon, Bard, St. John’s University, Carleton. 
[li] Weaknesses: GPA.[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Go Phoenixes!

cppmartin · December 19, 2009, 12:46am

i believe its Pheonices…

cppmartin · December 19, 2009, 12:55am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

[ *] SAT I (by section): 670 Math, 730 Critical Reading, 710 Writing
[ *] SAT IIs: 770 US History, 760 Spanish, 640 Literature, 640 Math II, 610 Latin
[ *] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: School Doesn’t not weight. 4.63
[ *] Rank: does not
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] APs (including this year’s): 4 - AP US History, 5 AP EngLang, 3 AP Macro, 2 AP Micro
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: 10 classes (1 Honors, 2 AP, 2 college)
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: 2?
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): HS scholarship, Dept awards in Theology, Classics, and English, national hispanic merit scholar

Subjective:
[ *] ECs listed on app: JV/Varsity soccer, asst director Choir, founder and director Glee Club, Metro Atl. Youth Wind Ensemble, GISA All-Select Clarinet, Chorus, District Honor Band, (independent) Horsemanship, various service activities
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): the values of nothing
Extended essay - the personalism of MLK and applicant’s Catholicism
Why Chicago - invaluable education
[ *] Teacher Recs:dunno
[ *] Counselor Rec: ?
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): no interview
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):Music Student

Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Georgia
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small, Catholic, prep school, Blue Ribbon school of excellence, Catholic Honor Roll (top 50 catholic HS)
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Cuba)
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 75-100K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st generation American on mother’s side
[ *] Strengths: music + academics
[ *] Weaknesses: SATs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Essays

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
GO PHEONICES!

lamuse6766 · December 19, 2009, 11:15am

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 720, 720, 650
[] SAT IIs: Math I 700 Chem 650
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: Unweighted-4.0 Weighted-4.7
[] Rank: Unweighted-1/300 Weighted 4/300
[] ACT: 31 (30 33 30 30)
[] APs (including this year’s): Gov-3 Calc AB-5 Chem-3 WHAP-4 English Comp-3 Calc BC Physics C:Mechanics English Lit and French
[] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[] Senior Yr Courseload: 4 AP, Madrigals, Lab Assistant, Anatomy
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 4?
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Eagle Scout, NHS, FNHS, Maryland Distinguished Scholar: HM

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Tennis, School Shows, Boy Scouts, Music Department Ensembles, Vocal Lessons
[] Job/Work Experience: Farm Hand for a summer
[] Essays (subject and responses): Common App-Talked about my celiac disease
Why Chicago-Discussed my two visits and how I loved it there
Extra Essay-Talked about my love for music
“How were you caught?”-examined my love for Korean pencils
[] Teacher Recs: good?
[] Counselor Rec: just dandy??
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): did not have one…
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I guess being an eagle scout??[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: MD
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: $300,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m me! haha. don’t have any I suppose
[] Strengths: work ethic, grades, extra curricular activities, essays (in my opinion)
[] Weaknesses: tests scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I know it’s not because of stellar test scores…so I’m thinking it’s my strange essay about Korean pencils, being an Eagle scout, and my extra curricular activities[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I really wanted it and am so surprised I got it. Looking at other people’s statistics I am very very surprised and grateful that I was accepted. I am deeply sorry if you are displeased with your response, but it will turn out for the best. I promise. :)

Geil_1 · December 19, 2009, 6:01pm

I’m Hispanic, cordova1992.

_1_Person · December 19, 2009, 9:53pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): math: 740, reading: 770, writing: 670 (1510,2180)
[] SAT IIs: math II: 800, US History: 800, Biology (M): 790
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: unweighted unknown, weighted 4.00 with massive upward trend (B- average freshman year, A average junior)
[] Rank: top tenth percentile
[] ACT: n/a
[] APs (including this year’s): Biology, 5; Human Geography, 5; Calculus BC, 5; Chemistry, 5; US History, 5; Language and Composition, 5; Microeconomics, 4; Macroeconomics, 4 (AP Gov, AP Classical Mechanics, AP E&M, AP Lit and Comp)
[] IBs (including this year’s: n/a
[] Senior Yr Courseload: Chinese 3-I, AP Literature and Composition, AP Government and Politics, AP Classical Mechanics, AP Electricity and Magnetism, Multivariable Calculus (1st semester), Differential Geometry (2nd semester), Discrete Mathematics (2nd semester), Linear Algebra (online)
[] Number of Apps from Your School: around 4ish (2 accepted, 2 deferred, maybe others)
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, Princeton Arts and Humanities Symposium, AFSA essay contest honorable mention, took Differential Equations at a local college over the summer (A)

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Quizbowl (Captain), Engineering Team (Captain), Math League (Captain), various sports for different seasons, Interdistrict steel pan ensemble. I also attend a math and science magnet school where I; Physics Team (founder), Math Team (Mandelbrot, HMMT, etc), and Yearbook.
[] Job/Work Experience: Volunteer EMT
[] Essays (subject and responses): A very unique one about falling from a tree when I was little and my development of interest for being an EMT, a pretty “fly” essay about why Chicago which showed good knowledge of the culture and programs, and an option one about my favorite book “Road to Reality” which was pretty nerdy
[] Teacher Recs: didn’t see, very good I assume from reputation
[] Counselor Rec: knows me very well
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): very good! He said something to the effect of “your very qualified” and that I would be a good fit there.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Connecticut
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): high achieving suburban public school + inner city science/math magnet school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[] Strengths: “well rounded”, strong math background (my intended major), upwards trend
[] Weaknesses: lack of any sort of competitive type achievement, academic failures during freshman year
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: probably fitting in with the stereotypical “cool intellectual” that they are looking for, really interested in Math/Physics but still strong interests in other fields[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Pretty Awesome, although not quite my top choice (MIT, Cornell and Princeton are slightly above in my personal rankings) I would be extremely satisfied with UChicago.

Accepted Boston College, Deferred MIT

beatitudo · December 20, 2009, 12:44am

Cordova, my son & I are Hispanic, too.

yoshorty01 · December 20, 2009, 9:45pm

Stats:
No SATS
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.72 UW
Rank: 94/1200
ACT:31
APs (including this year’s): AP Euro, World, US History, Art History, Human Geography, Calculus BC, English Lit, English Lang, Statistics, MacroEco, Government, Environmental Sci
Senior Year Courseload: World Area Studies Honors, Euro AP, English Lit, World History, Stat, Environmental Science, Debate
Number of Apps from Your School: 4

Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Scouts, UIL Contests, Debate, Model UN, Religious youth groups, Tennis, Class President
Awards listed on app: Eagle Scout, AP Honor with Distinction, a few other local awards
Job/Work Experience: 20 hours per week for the last year
Common App Essay: Calvin and Hobbes got me caught in the idea of pragmatic idealism at a boy scout camp… a little whacky
Why Chicago Essay: A commitment to learning inspires change
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Decent. She said she had a “favorable impression”.
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None

Location/Person:
State or Country: TX
School: Pretty competitive public school
Ethnicity: Caucasion
Gender: Male
Applied for Financial Aid:Yes
Strengths: Leadership, Essays, Course Load
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Pretty strong ec’s and course load
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred from Georgetown. Accepted into Boston College, Michigan
Where else are you applying? Notre Dame, Northwestern

jpdreamer · December 21, 2009, 4:30pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 790 M 730 CR 770 W
[] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 Chem, 720 Physics
[] GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.70 UW, 4.20 W
[] Rank: My school doesn’t rank, but I would assume top 5%
[] ACT:
[] APs (including this year’s): Chem 5, Enviro 4, Calc AB 5, Micro 5, Macro 4, English Lang. 3, Physics C: Mech 4 E&M 4; This year: Calc BC, Stat, Psych, Eng. Lit., USGAP
[] IBs including this year’s:
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Stat, French IV, AP Psych, AP Eng. Lit., Gym, AP USGAP, Fundamentals of Public Speaking
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 1 EA round, but more of my friends are applying now that I got in =]
[] Other stats (Awards, etc.):

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Decent/Average, no real leadership
[] Job/Work Experience: Working at Kumon as an instructor
[] Essays (subject and responses): Common App was about significant experience and I talked about obtaining my first job, Chicago essay was about games (#4): Mine was pretty risky but it worked out in the end
[] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them but at least one of them should have been fantastic (he knew me since freshman year), the other should be pretty good too
[] Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me so it should have been pretty good
[] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): My interviewer and I really connected! He was the same ethnicity as me
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NJ
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, sends about 10-25 to elite schools out of 680 a year
[] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 150k-200k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None at all
[] Strengths: Passion in my essays and as an overall applicant
[] Weaknesses: GPA, ECs sort of, ethnicity
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I think they saw I really wanted to attend this school, and through my essays they accepted me![/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
UChicago is tied for #2 with NYU Stern for me. Columbia is my number #1. Hopefully I can get into those two schools as well RD b/c I was rejected from Penn Wharton ED.

Congrats to the people that got accepted! To those that were deferred/rejected, there are so many great colleges out there that you will like that will want you, so continue to enjoy our life. And remember, to all that didn’t get in that a college shouldn’t change what you are as a person, and that’s what’s most important about each and every one of us.

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