There’s an extension to Jan. 8
Did anyone else who applied RD get marked as an EA applicant on the UChicago applicant portal?
@addmatz me! I was so confused by the greetings “Attention Early Action Applicants! Thank you once again for choosing to apply to UChicago. As of today, December 10, 2015, the application checklist has been removed from your UChicago Account.”
What should we do???
@janevyl I sent an email to UChicago technical support and if they don’t reply by tomorrow I’ll call admissions. I was originally planning to apply EA and I started but didn’t send my common app, so I suspect that admissions wrote me down as an early applicant back in October.
@addmatz Same. I also originally put UChicago as EA on CommonApp. I’m going to email my regional admission officer about this then.
Hey folks, was I supposed to open a UChicago account the same time I had my Common Application account active? Does it even matter?
Maybe this is beating the dead horse a bit, but here is the actual message from UChicago regarding the severe weather extension:
So yeah, don’t worry about when you’re submitting your application. Keep in mind that UChicago wants to read your application, and that it wouldn’t do them any good to trash your application just because of a misunderstanding of the due date. Hopefully this helps!
@azwu331 thanks for the info!
Should you submit FAFSA before getting accepted or wait till you get accepted (seems like FAFSA submit deadline is before decision date)?
It seems FAFSA can only list 10 colleges. How do you submit for more than 10?
Don’t worry about typos @Dramaticv lol. My rec writer spelled my name wrong haha. While it wasnt my fault, but it kinda seemed like my rec writer could care less even though he said I was his best student.
Where do we send additional letters of rec?
I submitted my app on the 31st and still haven’t received my temporary pin for my uchicago account :o is that normal? i need it by the 9th to register for interviews!!!
@JungleJim4232 Call them directly to get your pin if you do not get the pin soon. Mention how you really want to do an interview too.
@savvyitup There was space for additional letters on your Common App.
@shivaya Submit the FAFSA ASAP. Do not wait until you get accepted. Submit the FAFSA within the next three weeks.
You can add more colleges after submitting the first ten and getting them processed
Thank you. I did submit and they screwed it up because there was some jam with the SSA. So, I had to do it all over again and now its done. Have to wait till the confirmation comes back.
Hey guys! I am Gabe and a recent EA admit to UChicago. For what it’s worth, I had one typo in my Why UChicago essay and promptly emailed my regional counselor about it. She was super cool and told me she left a note on file and it all turned out great.
I wish you all the best of luck! Let me know if you have any questions as I am more than happy to help.
Just submitted my application T_T. All 3 of my essays are pretty long. I felt proud about my why Chicago one, but the extended and optional are so-so. Anyone wants to swap essays and give me feedback? I didn’t have many people look over my essay, so I’m worried if they’re not up to UChicago’s standards.
@nangkhieu. If you want, we can swap essays. Please send me a PM if you’re interested.
Just got my interview date. Anyone have any tips? What kind of questions do they ask