@Stephiey - No Aid? If not, the education is well worth it. Student loans all the way… 
@yalebound2020 I’ve been going through some tough stuff lately and this virtual rejection dealt a significant blow to me. I’ve had a little time to process it and I have decided not to accept a spot on the waitlist. A potential acceptance should go to someone who deserves it more than me and I’m sure there are plenty.
But just out of curiosity, did you get into yale?
@Stephiey go to the accepted students site and it’s on the right panel. Also, talk to you admissions counselor about the cost if it’s not affordable. They may be able to help?
After my admissions decision came out today I got another email saying I was a UChicago Provost’s Scholar, but I couldn’t find anything about it online. Does anyone know what that is?
This might sound like a stupid question but if you accept your spot on the waiting list, does that mean that if you get in, the decision is binding?
Waitlisted!! can anyone give me a share link to stats of waitlist too?
@yalebound2020 - Well, I did get some aid, but it’s still pretty pricey… but yeah, you’re right. UChicago is an amazing school. 
@Coldsummer123 - Thank you! Yeah, I’ll definitely talk to my school counselors to see if they have any suggestions.
@Coldsummer123 -I don’t see where the financial aid award is!! When I open Admitted Students website it’s just a generic thing
@Stephiey I didn’t mean school counselor. Although, that’s a pretty good idea too. I mean your regional college admissions counselor from uchicago
@crockmom The financial award should be in your updates to your uchicago account. Those instructions were to find the facebook group.
Accepted here.
Honestly, yeah its competitive, maybe even more than at some ivies. The only advice I have to give for those that didn’t make it is that this isn’t the only college out there. I got rejected by MIT a few days, and immediately I got the urge to think “oh MIT, screw you”, but honestly, in the grande scheme of things, it shouldn’t be that way. There’s going to be a place that takes you, and chances are you will have good memories wherever you go.
If anyone is curious, I have a 2300 SAT, 800 on subject tests. Wrote on the essay “Orange is the new Black”. Funny because I’m pretty sure they expected a political aspect to it, but I wrote a really nerdy essay on technology 
Son was waitlisted. I think he’s pretty philosophical about it and looking to the news yet to come. Congrats to some of you! To the rest, you rock anyway!
So does being waitlisted mean we are qualified to go to Chicago just the pool was to big for the limited spots?
I have no idea how but I got accepted. My stats weren’t anything spectacular, especially considering I applied from Asia. Feeling truly blessed. Congratulations to all the others that were accepted! To those waitlisted and denied, hang in there. At this point, college admissions has just become a roll of the dice. But everything does happen for a reason, and there are still decisions to come. So good luck and please stay positive
S-wait listed
@Coldsummer123- oh right. We still don’t seem to have the update to a financial aid award. Anyone else in the same boat?
TO EVERYONE WHO WAS WAITLISTED OR REJECTED:
I go to UChicago’s high school, have taken classes at UChicago, and have many friends there.
I know it’s probably really upsetting to get waitlisted/rejected, but this might make you feel better.
You’re saving yourself a lot of suffering, I promise — UChicago is a school where no matter how smart and abnormally intelligent you are, it’s going to be extremely difficult, more than you ever imagined. You will be more stressed than you thought was humanly possible.
Obviously, intellectual challenge is a wonderful thing, and struggling can be a valuable part of learning. But UChicago pushes that to an extent in which it robs you of the opportunity to grow emotionally and socially the way you would at a more balanced university. Even my friends who love UChicago are depressed and stressed out most of the time.
Last week, I was studying in one of the dining halls and overheard a group of students sitting near me. They were talking about what they had wished someone had told them before they committed to UChicago. They all agreed that no one had sufficiently warned them about how much they would suffer. I overhear these kinds of conversations all the time; unfortunately, that’s not an exaggeration.
Don’t get me wrong, I think UChicago is undeniably exceptional in many ways. But there are so many other amazing schools out there where you can find an intellectually stimulating environment /and/ have a better quality of life than you would at UChicago. Everything is going to be okay. <3
@elc2435 that makes me feel so warm and snuggly… thanks fam
:(( <-- face of a waitlisted…
so should i just accept the fact that im basically rejected because i got waitlisted. because i essentially poured my heart out into my essadys
@fsdklfjsdflkds The truth is that it is difficult to get accepted from the waitlist. However, it’s not impossible.
Make sure your college counselor is very, very aware of how much you want to go to UChicago. He/she can advocate for you, which can make a huge difference.
Sometimes, UChicago will call college counselors to ask about specific applicants and their level of interest in the school. I don’t know how often this happens for the waitlist, but they definitely do it during the EA/RD rounds so it wouldn’t hurt to have your college counselor tell them that it is absolutely your first choice.