UChicago Class of 2020 Applicant Thread

Did any of you guys get an email requesting W2 forms and tax returns?

@tutututututuru YES IT LOOKS AMAZING. I CAN’T WAIT AND IF YOU PAUSE THE VID THERE ARE LITTLE HINTS OF WHICH CHARS WILL BE BACK wink wink if you know what i’m saying :wink:

does anyone know if chicago sends you an email of congratulations or something if you are accepted? I want to wait to check the decision until I get home, and I don’t want to accidentally find out by checking my email and seeing something (or lack thereof) !

@whglbanana I don’t think so… I think they avoid sending different emails to people because that makes it easier for them to make a mistake and accidentally send people acceptances who were rejected or vice versa (it’s happened in the past). I expect a generic email that says “University of Chicago decisions are available” or “Update to Your University of Chicago Admissions Portal” or something like that.

@Coco345 On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d say Donald Trump.

@whglbanana @16elir For what it’s worth, I was accepted EA and didn’t get any sort of e-mail. Most EA applicants just spent the mid-afternoon refreshing the portal every two minutes until decisions were posted.

Just found a damn typo in my app. T.T Had an extra word. NOOOOO

lmao

Good luck everyone!! =D>

@Coco345 I thought you had to include a ‘why uchicago’ essay in the common app before you’d be allowed to send it?

@lyannastark DUDE MINE TOO. I WROTE ABOUT MACUMBER AND STUFF. How everything will end lol

Ok so now I’m worried guys, I just checked my portal and for some reason my ‘why uchicago’ essay isn’t there even though I uploaded it. I also submitted it through the common app though, do you think this will be a problem?

cant load the application status page… anyone experiencing the same trouble? O.o

@pnguon I can load it… O.o

i can do it too now! thank you @janevyl :slight_smile:

Good luck to you!!

@DonkeyKong466 no, did you get one?

Good morning UofC hopefuls!

D-day…

While the wait is on?

  1. If accepted, will you attend; (YES/NO - no conditional statements i.e. is it your 1st choice?);
  2. How do you compare UofC to your other top choices?;
  3. Why better / worse?

Thank you and good luck to each and every one of you!

@yalebound2020

  1. Yes, unless i get into HYP, or Stanford LOL but statistically, getting into UChicago is already hard enough, let alone any of those other schools.
  2. Just like my other top choices, UChicago is hella (double emphasis on hella) hard to get into. PROBABLY should aim lower for top choices, but meh haha.
  3. As of now, I’m trying to find as many ways to dislike UChicago so that a rejection wouldn’t be that bad. I’ll get back to you with this one if i’m accepted though :wink:
  1. UC is currently my first choice, though if I get accepted I'll wait to see what happens at Ivy day.
  2. I really love UC, though my other top choices (Yale and Princeton) are also fantastic schools.
  3. I think that UC is better for me than my other top choices because of the schoo's nerdiness, the passion for learning, and the ability for friendly discussion.

I really don’t like this waiting ahhhhhh