I could’ve sworn it was 3 p.m. CST. I was checking every hour man.
Yep 
@hope1938
I’ve been looking around and it seems decisions could be posted anywhere from 3 - 5 pm CST. I wish they’d be a little more precise, as I don’t want to be constantly checking for 2 hours ;p It’ll be past midnight where I’m from, though I doubt I’ll be able to get any sleep. Only 3 days left, you guys!
For reference, EA decisions came out around 11 am pst
They came out at 3 p.m. CST, which is 1 p.m. PST
@tutututututuru oh you’re right my bad
Wait… I wasn’t in school when decisions came out for EA, but I will be on Wednesday. I hope they push it back an hour or something!
Hello again, friends!
I’m happy to see a lot of you guys from the EA thread. Well, it’s more bittersweet than anything. How are all of you feeling?
My D actually wishes she didn’t apply EA. Watching her go through this twice while finishing a 4000 extended essay, 1500 theory of knowledge essay, six 2000 word internal assessment essays and six IB mocks exams has been crazy. Oh yeah and practicing her violin to play at Carnegie Hall. Good Lord in heaven help us all!
She is very glad she applied to UChicago but the stress of two separate decisions has been hard.
Does UChicago send a package in the mail if you get accepted?
@KShah16 Yes they do, though it will come a bit later (at least that is what happened to me with EA). They send you the acceptance letter along with a t-shirt, pen, sticky notes, baseball cap, bumper sticker, and a Life of the Mind guide (there might be more but I don’t remember off the top of my head).
Were emails about the decision date and time sent out yet?
@pnguon I don’t know if emails were sent but in their twitter account it says March 16 late afternoon. 2 days!
@APersonsHistory @pnguon According to the UChicago Admissions page on Facebook:
“Students will receive an email when decisions are released and will be able to view their decisions in their UChicago Accounts.”
@HappyFace2018 I’m surprised your daughter’s school hasn’t spaced the EE, TOK essay, and IA deadlines out to reduce stress. Is the IB coordinator trying to make students drop out?
@NotVerySmart The private school she attends is all IB. All of the students are required to complete the full IB (3 HL classes, 3 SL classes, EE, TOK and CAS). The issue is having to take final exams before winter break, IB mock exams in February and then take the IB final exams in May (2 weeks before graduation). I guess I’m just old and easily overwhelmed LOL!
@HappyFace2018 That sounds a lot like my school - the main difference is that we don’t have exams before the winter break. I gather this practice is largely based on the US HS schedule, but for IB students there just isn’t much of a point to a round of final exams every term/semester - especially with mocks coming up a month later. It saves us a lot of blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
@NotVerySmart The public high schools in our area don’t take IB mocks and the IB final exams are optional for public HS students. It’s mandatory for our students. The only benefit is that we have a 94% success rate for the IB diploma. Those who don’t pass get the IB Certificate and graduate with the academic honors diploma from our state.
Question…is your FAFSA missing from your portal?
@HappyFace2018 Mine is still there