<p>When do we have to send out financial aid forms in by? I applied for EA, and I thought that those forms were due in the spring… I feel like an idiot for not sending them yet, will I be looked down upon for this?</p>
<p>^ I see they were due the 21st. Am I put in the RD pool now? I really hope not. Would I get an email if you were missing anything?</p>
<p>Does the way one lists activities in the commonapp manner? If you listed them chronologically, instead of in order of importance, is that bad?</p>
<p>@Ch1746, with the exception of international students (who must apply for aid at the time they apply for admission to be considered for aid), students may apply for aid at any time in our admissions process. We review aid applications separately from applications for admission, and the deadline is “soft”-- we will still review your application for admission along your EA timeline, although will not be able to provide you an aid decision at the time of your admission decision if you are admitted. Go ahead and send in the aid forms as soon as you are able; if you are an international student, email <a href=“mailto:internationaladmissions@uchicago.edu”>internationaladmissions@uchicago.edu</a> ASAP to get this process started. </p>
<p>@somebody2015, no, the order on the list does not matter. </p>
<p>@UChicago When will the decisions be released </p>
<p>@UChicago, for the optional supplemental essay, is there any preferred way for it to be written? A list, short story, etc.? Apologies if you’ve answered this already!</p>
<p>Dear Grace,
I’m an early applicant to UChicago. When I looked back at my essays, I saw two small mistakes (The apostrophe in “it’s” was missing). Will this affect my application or the way it is viewed in any way? Should I inform the counsellor and/or attach the updated version through the Uchicago account?
Thanks,
Penlett</p>
<p>@penlett66, don’t worry about this. While we may catch it, it’s highly unlikely that a missing apostrophe would the be the thing to disqualify an otherwise perfectly qualified student for admission. </p>
<p>@jaredstone4, no preference! While a more narrative format usually gives you more space to explain why you’ve included what you choose to discuss than a list, we have no strict preference. </p>
<p>Dear Grace: for anxious families and students–can you at least let us know when you’ll let us know? We all know it’s ‘middle of next week’ but we need to plan our hannukah celebrations, Christmas shopping and it’s putting a bit of damper on the ho ho ho season. And I won’t even touch on the stress eating of Christmas candy, cookies and carbohydrates…thank you!</p>
<p>@zzzmmm how do you know its the middle of next week?</p>
<p>the admissions office said sometime next week when I called earlier and some high school counselors have heard informally from UChicago admissions that it may be the 17th. hoping for verification!</p>
<p>Yep, it’s the 17th, we plan to release in the late afternoon. We will send you an email when your decision is ready to view in your account. </p>
<p>Grace, thank you. </p>
<p>THANK YOU GRACE</p>
<p>my question was answered lol all i had to do was look back a page or two</p>
<p>Hi, Grace! I’m sorry to bother you, but I was just curious: how does UChicago treat multiple applicants from the same school? I attend a (public) high school with a number of serious students, many of whom (including me) applied EA. I know firsthand that a number of these students have standardized test scores, grades, writing abilities, and so on, that make them competitive applicants, so I was wondering how UChi treats these cases. Is there a hard cap of, say, two or three students per school, does UChicago not enforce a cap but try to not accept too many students from the same school, or does UChicago evaluate school-blind, so to speak? Now, this question is more or less entirely born of my anxiety over the upcoming decision, and you’d prefer not to answer considering that the decisions are released in three days, meaning both that you’re very busy and the source of my anxiety will have disappeared, feel free to not respond. Thank you and sorry for the trouble!</p>
<p>In addition: I’m terribly sorry for my misunderstanding of the system, but I have only now submitted my parents’ 2013 tax information and filled out the worksheet. As best I understand, I will still be able to receive institutional aid, but there will be some delay in the extension of the offer - is this correct? Again, I’m very sorry.</p>
<p>We do not have quotas or caps on the number of students we can or will accept from any school.</p>
<p>For your financial aid question-- as long as you are a domestic student (US citizen or permanent resident), we are completely need-blind and meet 100% of need-- you may apply for aid at any time. If you are admitted and have not yet submitted financial aid information, you will not receive your aid offer at the time of your offer of admission, but submitting materials late or off-schedule does not affect our ability to give you a financial aid package in any way. </p>
<p>Thank you, Grace!</p>