does waitlisted = rejection pretty much ?
got in as a university scholar and my stats suck!! i’m shaking
@wifigirl your essays must have been really good then 
I sent in an actual application but I didn’t have time to submit a writing supplement so I never did that…
but I got waitlisted so that’s incredibly weird???
@rahuilmars231 Sorry kiddo but everyone who applies to a school like UChicago has accomplished many impressive things. I’ve also contributed lots of work to my school’s Gender/Sexuality alliance and everyone on this forum has something to boast about.
yikes ivy day is gonna be tough - also wait listed 
niche says ~4000 people got waitlisted, ~2000 accepted the spot, and 100 people got off the waitlist…
Does the portal only say status update if you got accepted too?
but since the waitlist is not ranked, does that mean they review ALL of the waitlist files before making the decision ?
@JungleJim4232 Yes, they treat it as an entirely new pool of applicants
One of the new biggest factors in acceptances is yield rate. Whether it is gpa, geography, ethnicity etc, a lot of schools want to make sure who they accept takes them. Lot of top applicants on other schools I noticed get waitlisted for this reason
when will we know if our waitlist --> accepted ?
@azwu331 haha yes! good luck to you as well! ~:>
@DonkeyKong466 I don’t think UC is worried about losing students to othe schools
It means if the university accepted 10 violinists that could play in a symphony orchestra, and 9 of them go elsewhere, they’ll take someone off the waitlist who can play the violin. If they accepted 100 international students or 96 kids passionate about languages in the RD round and 70 of them don’t enroll, they’ll look for more diversity there. If their two admits from Montana both decline the offer of admission, maybe they look for another MT student.
The above, for those who are wondering, is why so many applicants are waitlisted. The university can’t just identify the top 100 or 200 applicants who haven’t been admitted: an applicant’s ranking on the waitlist depends partly on what type of student a college needs after May 1. So they need a long waitlist, to give them their choice of enough students with different strengths to meet any institutional needs. If you have 50 fewer URM students than a certain target, it’s hard to find at least 30-40 on a waitlist with 100 names. Much easier when the list is 1000 or more.
Waitlisted…Sigh
i got in!
@someguynamedalex Congrats
@someguynamedalex does your portal have anything other than the status update link?
Does anyone know what the RD acceptance rate was last year?
@Bean98 I applaud your work with persecuted populations. Yet, you have to understand that I directly worked with the government to enforce financial inclusion for thousands of impoverished LGBT people, constructed LGBT shelters and have been a direct representative of the LGBT community in the Parliament. and I thought studying at a place like Uchicago would help me advance my activism at a more substantial level.
Forgive my ranting and impetuous comments.
However, Seeing that Uchicago didn’t consider saving thousands of lives “worthy enough” and reducing my life’s work to a waitlist- which is almost akin to a rejection really irked me.
And I understand that there are many more highly qualified applicants than me who probably deserve that seat much more than me.
I wish the accepted candidates all the best! You really are lucky and you have the chance to truly make a difference. Don’t throw it away.