@HappyFace2018 I did not apply early, but on mine it says March 16th so your daughter will get decisions then, good luck!
@McKilla99 Thank you for posting what I was thinking!
@jetynz I truly hope so because we are drained. Next up…does she turn down a $100,000 scholarship at another school if she gets into UChicago
HappyFace: son turned down a $100k scholarship 3 years ago for UChicago. I don’t regret it and S does not regret it. As for my wife, well…
@kaukauna Oh thank you for telling me that! I’m all for turning it down! As for my husband, well…
This will be my fourth RD round observed as a member of CC. Every year I feel the same for those who don’t get in. I want to sit each of you down, look you in the eye and say with complete sincerity that you’re great! Just to be in the race for UChicago means you have impressive qualities, and that you will have many opportunities to show the world how great you are. And you WILL make wonderful contributions to the world. I’m so amazed by you all.
UIUC offered me a $20,000 yearly merit scholarship and admission into their 1% acceptance honors business program, and now I’m confused about what I did wrong in my UChicago application… Before UIUC accepted me, UChicago was my #1 school, but I was deferred in December, even with my 35 ACT super score, 3/640 class rank, class presidency and NHS vice presidency, and owning an online service that makes hundreds of dollars per month.
UChicago remains my #1 school, but I’m unsure how much hope I should have for an acceptance this round, and thus I’ve made UIUC a close #2 in my mind. I got my hopes up for EA, thinking I had a great chance, but I know there are tons of other great applicants. I wish everyone luck with the RD round; no matter where we go, I’m sure we’ll live the life of the mind! 
@jarrett211 i know i know i just think that curiosity will get the better of me tbh
I feel like the waiting is going to be so much more intense now that I know decisions come out on Wednesday. I’m probably going to be refreshing the website all day-- even though it says late afternoon and that you’ll get an email once the decision is posted.
Did anyone else’s financial aid form get the FAFSA tab on it a few days ago, and now it has disappeared? To be clear, the entire financial aid checklist is still there, only FAFSA is missing entirely from the checklist. Not that it hasn’t been processed, it no longer shows there is a FAFSA slot on there.
@epoque I have the same problem. 
Well it looks like our 18th birthdays are going to be quite interesting.
@nightbird407 Lol I don’t turn 17 until May hehe. @epoque You already know this :’)
@Sterben mine showed up a few days ago and is still there… Did you have a green check mark next to it a few days ago? Did you submit a tax transcript or used the irs link tool?
wow is everyone here 16-17 years old? I turned 19 a couple days ago and I feel old as fu*k.
@epoque @nightbird407 Hey I turn 18 on March 16th too!!
For some reason my D’s FAFSA went from “awaiting” with a red X to nothing. I called financial aid just now. They advised that they are pulling the forms from
FAFSA and uploading them to the student portals. Should be all uploaded by tomorrow. A friend of mine said they do this so close to decision day because they already know who will qualify for aid based on the financial documents already submitted.
@HappyFace2018 So would having my FAFSA showing up in my portal as received, a good sign?
@rahuilmars231 I’m 16. :^))
@snackpack02 It’s a sign that they’ve processed your FAFSA. I would think most UChicago applicants are too busy to spend hours on questions with no more predictive power than a deck of Tarot cards, but just in case here’s a list of things you can do instead:
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/53-fun-things-you-can-this-weekend.html
@jetynz @nightbird407 hey hey birthday twins are you gonna open it on the day or wait until the day after? 