UChicago Class of 2020 Applicant Thread

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
2684

if you select ‘wish to remain on the waitlist’, is it binding?

2685

There are a fair number that get off the waitlist. Don’t despair, guys.

2686

@jk1998 Not very many I would imagine because most people accepted to Chicago matriculate. Unless they applied to some other schools like Princeton, Harvard, etc and were admitted. However, you must be pretty interested in going to Chicago if you took the time to do their supplement so…

2687

Waitlisted. But it seems 80% of us are waitlisted.

2688

waitlisted! it’s a little disappointing because i thought one of my uchicago essays was one of the strongest ones i had written, but i didn’t expect to get in anyway! congrats to all those accepted!!!

2689

Omg I got waitlisted! Way better than I was expecting! Congrats to everyone- the applicant pool was so tough this year and everyone would have gotten in if I was on the committee <3

2690

they want people to just go away:-). Most of the folks who have other options, should sincerely drop out of this “bragging rights” race (my 2 cents opinion).

2691

Waitlisted

2692

So, can someone explain to me how the wait list works? If commitments at other schools are due May 1… and if someone gets accepted on a waitlist, how do they do that? Idk i’m just confused

2693

waitlisted and fafsa didn’t show up, ah well.

2694

waitlisted!

2695

waitlisted :confused:

2696

waitlisted and fafsa didn’t show up, ah well.

2697

Waitlisted.

2698

Rejected, congrats to those accepted

2699

DS waitlisted as well. He won’t attend anyway.

2700

Rejected

2701

For those waitlisted, how many of you are planning on staying on it?

2702

@soph1112 The waitlist is a college’s way of making sure that at the end of the day, they can fill their class for that year. The last thing they want is for less than the target number of students to matriculate, which is why they offer a lot of students the waitlist option. A long shot, but it means that the college doesn’t need to scramble to fill the class in May (maybe Ivies stole their admits) The waitlist is really about the college ensuring that they can get the most money as possible and fill the class.

2703

Is staying on the waitlist binding?