UChicago 2011 Results

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>I’ll post mine:</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Asian Male from competitive suburban school of Twin Cities (Minnesota):
SAT: 800 Math; 710 Verbal; 680 Writing (2190)
SATII: 800 MathII; 800 Physics; 800 Chemistry
AP Testing (* denotes self-study):
Freshmen Year:
5 Stats
5 CompSci
5 Calc AB*</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
5 Calc BC*
4 Biology
4 European History</p>

<p>Junior Year:
5 Chemistry
5 Physics B*
5 Physics C Mech*
5 Physics C E+M*
5 Music Theory*
5 Comparative Government
4 US Government
4 Macroecon*
4 Microecon*
4 US History</p>

<p>Senior Year: (planned)
English Literature
English Composition*
Chinese*
Environmental Science*
Human Geography*</p>

<p>At some point in Junior year, self-studied Multi variable integral calculus.
Senior Courseload; College classes are at University of Minnesota:</p>

<p>AP Literature
Senior Required Sociology class
MATH 5615 Honors Introduction to Analysis I (A-)
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MATH 5616 Honors Introduction to Analysis II
MATH 5251 Differential Geometry
ECON 3102 Intermediate Microeconomics
MATH 5378 Error correcting codes</p>

<p>GPA: 10.0/12.0 unweighted; 11.5/12.0 weighted
School does not rank.</p>

<p>Activities:
Math Team:
(team) 1st place (9th, 10th) 3rd place (11th)
(individual) 2nd place (11th)
Invited to Minnesota Gold ARML Team
AMC12: 124.5/132.5/133.5/136.5 (2004/2005/2006/2007)
AIME: 7
Attended USA/Canada Mathcamp 2006
Piano: random state-wide awards
Violin
US National Chemistry Olympiad: 4th in state - Failed to move on to nationals due to citizenship requirement
Debate; semifinalist at random local tournaments
Quiz Blow
National Merit Semifinalist
Minimal Volunteering/Leadership/Work Experience</p>

<p>Essays: very good
Counselor Recommendation: bad
Math Teacher Recommendation: bad
English Teacher Recommendation: bad</p>

<p>Skills: Works regularly with C/C++, Python, LaTeX, and UNIX environments.</p>

2

<p>rejected
-international student in need of financial aid
good SAT’s and all the rest</p>

3

<p>rejected. </p>

<p>I’ll post stats later.</p>

<p>I feel like I’ve been punched in the stomach. I just thought that U of Chicago would actually be the one college that could look past not-so-great test scores and see that I’m still a student who has made something of themselves. Oh well…University of California here I come!</p>

<p>At least I won’t have to buy thermal underwear, eh?</p>

4

<p>accepted. f yeah!</p>

5

<p>I got in too. I am so glad. Last school I was waiting on. This college season is the most nerve-wracking ever.</p>

6

<p>i was rejected, and i’m pretty sure it was because i had to apply as an international student, because otherwise i was pretty competitive. i got into dartmouth, though, which is good, even though i’m probably much closer to the stereotypical chicago student than the stereotypical dartmouth student.</p>

7

<p>Let’s try to keep all the results in the same thread (i.e. not in this one).</p>

8

<p>yeah, but i’m not doing the stats thing right now, because i’m honestly not in the mood to think about any of that tonight.</p>

9

<p>Sorry you didn’t get into Princeton. I’m sure things will turn out well for you in the end.</p>

10

<p>thanks, weasel… i think so, too, but i’m a mess tonight and sort of unapologetic about it. it’s funny – i wrote my entire common app essay about how i’d learned to cope with uncertainty, but now the certainty is what’s really killing me.</p>

11

<p>Accepted! Thank God… the Ivies didn’t take pity and I’m looking forward to going to UChicago ('cept that Columbia waitlisted me… those evil people).</p>

12

<p>I’m so relieved about UChi!</p>

13

<p>I was accepted, and I vote that everyone here uses the “Official University of Chicago Resluts Thread” instead. Not really. But I’ll follow up with stats later, when I’m not exhausted.</p>

<p>And cameliasinsis, I’m so sorry you didn’t get in, but I’m sure you’ll have a great time at Dartmouth anyway. I would have loved to go to school with you.</p>