UChicago 2017-2018 Admission's Statistic Hints

takacatboy
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 01:22:42 +0000

@JBStillFlying I wouldn’t go so far to say that UChicago bullied me, but the guidance counselor certainly strongly suggested I switch over to ED2—I kind of gave it no thought though. I just assumed she would say that to everyone. Though you are right that I applied ED somewhere else. Though, I’m not quite sure I “bullied” them. Although, my mid-year update I sent to the counselor might have been a little excessive in that I probably talked to much about how I’ve been expanding on my own theory which I call “Atheist Delusion Theory” —feel free to PM me if you want to know about it—I guess that could be considered as bullying. LOL.

@LoveTheBard I do like the idea of switching to the UK system and applying to a few schools and ranking them. Though, only picking one of the lettered schools might be difficult for some. Choosing between applying to Oxford or Cambridge last year was incredibly difficult for me; I think I ended up doing “eenie meenie minie moe” (is that how you spell those?). The schools have so many similarities in certain regards that applying to one over the other might seem difficult. This system would certainly help with schools determining if they are an applicant’s top choice or not. I agree that the ED system is pretty immoral, and I feel bad saying that I can apply ED because my parents can afford to pay for my education. I also find it ridiculous that high school seniors feel pressured into applying ED because they think it’s the only way to get in. One of my friends last year really wanted to do SCEA to Princeton, but his mother kept telling him to do ED to Penn because there was no way he could get into Princeton SCEA and there was no way he could get into Penn RD (He ended up getting into Princeton SCEA and Penn RD, so he proved her wrong), but that’s just abhorrent.