<p>What was the yield rate?</p>
<p>Question: How much of an influence does legacy have on admissions?</p>
<p>Hi Grace,</p>
<p>I’m a transfer applicant to UChicago this year and got waitlisted last week. Do you know about when the admission office have a general idea whether they will be able to accept any waitlisted students? Also, has UChicago historically accepted transfer students from the waiting list? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Hello UChicago,</p>
<p>I enrolled for UChicago’s class of 2018 RD, and was wondering what the admissions committee does in the case of a medium-sized drop in grades from first semester to second semester senior year (though not to the point where I would get rescinded, so no Ds or Fs), i.e. from mostly As and high Bs to a few As, a few Bs, and even a few Cs. Would there be things like a warning letter, requirement for a written explanation, academic probation, the transcript being forwarded to the dean of admissions, or anything else, or would the admissions committee let it pass?</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my question.</p>
<p>Sorry for my absence for a bit! I was out of the office participating in several (very interesting!) higher education conferences. </p>
<p>@ivybound24 recruitment as an athlete does provide us additional information in our admissions process in that the coach may let us know of your potential contribution to a team, but our academic admissions standards remain the same between athletes and non-athletes in the admissions process. We do have a knowledge of legacy status (parent, stepparent, grandparent, or stepgrandparent) in our admissions process, but again, legacy students are held to the same standard as other applicants-- it is just additional information we can consider as part of our admissions process. </p>
<p>@graaacej, @dredwulf7, and @tarheel714 we have closed our waiting list for first-year applicants and notified all waitlisted students of their status.</p>
<p>@thevagabondson, we do not consider the writing portion of the SAT, preferring instead to lean on the writing you provide to us as part of your supplement as an example of your writing skill. Writing as a skill is very important to us in our admissions process, it just isn’t considered through your SAT/ACT scored section. </p>
<p>@bradybest we are still finalizing our yield rate (we lose a few students to other schools’ waitlists in May and June, and prefer to have knowledge of that before publicizing an official yield rate) and will publicize it when we have a finalized number. </p>
<p>@pekhota see above for information on legacy admissions.</p>
<p>@injustice transfer waitlisted students should hear from us by the end of June, if not sooner-- we will communicate with you individually regarding your waitlist status.</p>
<p>@TrentCochran we do hope to see that students are maintaining the same level of participation and grades in courses after admission that we saw when reading your application. While we reserve rescinding admission for only very serious academic circumstances (multiple Ds and Fs, etc), we do look at the final grades of all matriculating students, and if we see a marked decline in your grades we may contact you to discuss why this has happened and ask you to communicate with our Dean to establish a plan for avoiding this circumstance in the future. </p>
<p>I apologize in advance if these questions have already been answered</p>
<p>How important are interviews? can a bad alumni/on campus substantially hurt an applicant?</p>
<p>Does UChicago consider a student’s demonstrated interest? </p>
<p>If one applies only to UChicago early is there any way you would know this and, if so, could this help an applicant?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>How many words are allowed on the UChicago supplement essays?</p>
<p>Also, does it look bad on an applicant if he/she doesn’t visit the school if they live far away from campus? I’ve heard rumors that not visiting often results in rejection. </p>
<p>@jsteinberg13, interviews are not a required portion of our admissions process, and as such we do consider them if given but they are not a prerequisite of admission. Most interviews are overwhelmingly positive; a poor interview could negatively impact a student’s application, but it would have to go very poorly for this to be the case (ex: you exclusively describe how passionately you want to attend a school that is not UChicago, are rude to your interviewer, etc). </p>
<p>@banditx we are working to assure that students may feel free to express themselves fully in whatever length they wish to on their supplemental essays. We suggest, however, keeping your “why Chicago” and “favorite things” essays to around 300 words, and the longer extended essay question to about 500-1,000 words. These are not strict requirements, but just gentle guidelines such that your essays do not extend in to a way-too-long territory. </p>
<p>@banditx and @jsteinberg13 Demonstrated interest is not a factor in our admissions process. We hope that students will use our materials and the ability to visit campus as a time to learn more about whether or not UChicago is a good fit intellectually and socially. </p>
<p>Hi, Grace, reposting this because it slipped through the cracks while you were away. My class of 2015 daughter is becoming more and more interested in UChicago and might apply EA. It’s not clear if we can squeeze in a visit before the EA deadline (on the east coast in boarding school). On the website it says that alumni interviews can be scheduled beginning 1/17/15–does that mean than she would be unable to interview with an alum before applying EA? Thanks! </p>
<p>Hi @sudsie, sorry for letting your question slip through the cracks! We do plan to open alumni interviews earlier for EA applicants and will communicate with students about interview options once they begin the application process. </p>
<p>Hi. I’m from Mexico, and I’m looking forward to applying to MAPSS program, and I just have a question. I’ve recently taken the GRE and scored 161 in both Q and V. I was so disappointed of my quant because I’m pretty sure I could have scored at least a 164. Besides that, I’m not sure if these scores are going to be enough to be considered for the whole application process (I know the GRE is just a very small part of it). Should I consider retaking the test?</p>
<p>@drodrige I’m sorry but I am only able to answer questions about the undergraduate application process. I’d suggest being in touch with someone in our graduate admissions office with these questions, gradadmissions.uchicago.edu. </p>
<p>@UChicago Oh ok, didn’t know that. Thanks anyway.</p>
<p>@UChicago First, thank you for answering all these questions!</p>
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<li><p>I will be applying this year for Fall 2015 and I have got a total of 3 B+s during my high school career.
2 of them were at the end of sophomore year due to some personal ordeals as my grandmother who raised me passed away and I had to travel back and forth to Korea. And the last B+ at the end of my junior year was in Spanish and like any other junior, I was just really stressed out and caught up with everything. I understand this happens and I can’t necessarily make excuses or cop out but I was wondering how UChicago views B’s in the application process? I am very involved in and passionate about my own set of extracurriculars but will it really hurt my chances in the end? (And all the classes I received Bs in are completely unrelated to what I wish to pursue)</p></li>
<li><p>I am an international student studying in a private school in Florida. Do I have to take the TOEFL regardless of my fluent English abilities/average UChicago SAT Scores? </p></li>
<li><p>In the international pool, what is the international acceptance rate as compared to the regular acceptance rate?</p></li>
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<p>Sorry I have so many questions, but UChicago is my ultimate dream school! (Despite my Username I made in 9th grade) Thank you so much for your time and patience!</p>
<p>@iwantprinceton 1. A few Bs are fine, don’t sweat it. Going more in to this is much too close to “chancing” in my mind, but we look at the whole of your transcript, and understand that for many students in many areas it is not realistic to have a perfect GPA for a variety of reasons. </p>
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<li><p>We do not require the TOEFL if you have studied in an English-speaking country for two years or more. </p></li>
<li><p>We do not separate out our international vs. domestic student acceptance rate; with the exception of international students seeking aid (which we readily admit is a more selective process than our general admissions process as we are need-aware for international applicants) admission is similarly competitive between our groups of international and domestic applicants. </p></li>
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<p>Hi Grace!
I am an international student, planning to apply this autumn for class 2019 with some questions :). Here them all:
- I am graduating from my high-school about 3 years ago, and still not in in college, but on well-paid job. Does it hurt my chances, because I am little bit old? I will be 22 years old this year.</p>
<p>2) I have approximately 5 years work-experience in different companies and places. How do Uchicago check them? I mean, my employers will write recommendations and create own accounts in common application with full personal information. Is it enough information ?</p>
<p>3) It will be fine if 3 my employers will write and put their recommendations in Uchicago application ( sorry for tautology)? </p>
<p>Thanks a lot in advance!!!</p>
<p>1 - Is there a different selection process for international students requiring financial aid and those who don’t? So iffI apply as a student asking for aid and don’t get an offer, maybe I would be eligible if I didn’t ask for it? Does that happen?
2 - All I have as Extracurrilar activies is this:
- 1 year of Indoor Soccer (2000)
- 4 years of Basketball (2003-2007)/Stopped because I didn’t reach a nice height =(
- 2 years of Capoeira and Muay Thai
- 3 years of philanthropic work at the church
I’m 19 (04/06/1995), by the way. I got a 1st place in Science Interclasses Competition and some gold medals from Interclasses Sports Competitions (2005-2007)
Is it something impressive for brazilian international student standards? At this moment I am at Cram School, top 5% of 400 students, getting 85-90% of total test scores.</p>
<p>@ar4ybaldik, it is totally fine to apply having been out of high school for several years. Your employers may submit recommendations; we do encourage you to try to have at least one recommendation from someone who has known you in an academic setting if possible. Your employers may submit recommendations through the Common App or Universal App (we are accepting either option this year). There will be a section of our application for additional information where you may explain the circumstances of your work after high school to give us a bit more context for your choice. </p>
<p>@djangom, our standards for international students with and without aid are similar, we just have to be more selective in our international students seeking aid pool as we do not have unlimited funds for needy international students. We are happy to and do fund international students up to 100% of the cost of attendance. I’d suggest being in touch with our admissions officer for South America, Simon Nascimento (who is Brazilian and a graduate of the College himself!) with further questions at <a href=“mailto:simonn@uchicago.edu”>simonn@uchicago.edu</a></p>