@Coldsummer123 ohhhhhhh sorry! Totally misread that. Thanks!
What is a PROVOST SCHOLAR?
@goingnutsmom Yeah, I’m a Provost Sxholar, too, apparently. The only thing I know is that we’re expected to do research and we’ll get a $37,500 scholarship. I might email my regional admissions officer to ask for more info… If you find anything out, please post!! I will, too.
WAITLISTED… I feel like so many people are waitlisted!! What are the chances of getting accepted later? and are there any extra materials I’d have to send in later?
Waitlisted. Honestly, it’s fine. Congrats to those who got in, hugs to those who didn’t or are waitlisted. We are all incredible and will thrive wherever we end up.
Waitlisted…Really wanted to get accepted, but oh well. Anyway, congratulations to those who got accepted, and a wish to all waitlisted/ rejected people out there to not lose hope!
Waitlisted, however, congrats to all who were accepted. In the grand scheme of things, this was probably for the best. For those waitlisted or rejected, don’t let it get you down, perhaps the school just wasn’t for you and I’m sure you can find one that you love in the coming weeks. Best of luck to everyone!!!
waitlisted…
@MurphyBrown Thank you! Will definitely do that.
I just checked and the preliminary financial aid letter is gone from my son’s portal back from EA. I guess they are loading in the final financial aid letters soon.
Does anybody have any information about the Stamps Scholarship (ie: how many are selected, how large is the pool, is it need and merit based, etc)? Thanks
@goingnutsmom I heard back about the scholarship, FYI. Apparently, it guarantees that we will have options for paid research positions on campus and in the national labs. Only 10 were offered to students with an interest in pursuing sciences academically to the PhD level. I’m assuming it’s pretty competitive, therefore.
For those of my wondering what the wait list stats are https://colleges.niche.com/university-of-chicago/statistics/according to 4,790/30,304 so roughly 15%. It seems like more this year although this could just be a poorly representative sample size.
Deferred EA then waitlisted
Congrats toofless!!! Do you mind me asking if the Provost is $37,500 each year or the amount is spread out for the 4 yrs? No, my D was not Provost, but I wish she had been! I actually saw that someone else posted on this thread that they too were Provost Scholar. I think it may be new and for science type students. Thanks for sharing! I’m trying to gather info as I have a friend with really bright kids who will be facing college apps soon.
Has anyone confirmed that they still want to be in the waitlist?
Does anyone know when financial aid /merit awards come out? Thanks!
How to improve chances of waitlists getting accepted?
I go to an extremely well-respected boarding school, and we’ve been a feeder for UChi for a while now (10% of last year’s graduating class matriculated there, just to give you a general idea. Acceptance rate from my school has been a steady 50%). Needless to say, our college office and UChi communicate a lot, and apparently UChi admits below the ideal number (i.e. if the yield is 60% and the class size is 600, instead of sending out 1000 offers UChi only sends out 800) to lower the acceptance rate, and then utilize the large waitlist pool to make up for however much room that’s left. So hang in there and don’t give up hope. Send your love letters to your regional representatives asap.
Schools like UChicago that are pretty small have to be pretty careful about not admitting too many and their yield from EA was exceptionally high exceptionally early according to another HS counselor hence the low RD acceptance rate. In the past they have never taken more than 100 off the wait list and that was a few years ago. Schools like MIT typically take 30 for comparisons sake so even if UChicago does slightly under offer it’s still pretty darn close to the mark. There definitely is hope for the wait listed but I think you also need to make plans that you can be really happy about in the fall if the wait list doesn’t come through. This year has been so crazy at all the top schools I think all the wait lists will be very unpredictable.