<p>So I’m kind of worried now about the FAFSA thing going around- that some people have a FAFSA “tab” on their UChicago Admissions account. Does this mean anything at all?</p>
<p>Hey, I just have a quick question:</p>
<p>If someone who got in somewhere else ED, withdraws their application from Chicago, will Chicago then give their place to someone else (provided the person withdrawing their app was accepted).</p>
<p>I hope that question made sense!</p>
<p>Thanks! :D</p>
<p>^It probably will happen for RD since withdrawals will not be in time for EA.</p>
<p>@texaspg thanks, I just hope people are responsible enough to notify the admissions office soon!</p>
<p>Similar to @pennforme1’s question: is a student who has been accepted ED required to pull his/her app out of Chicago EA? My counselor is urging a student to keep in her application even though she has been accepted to her binding, early school. Counselor’s reason? To boost our school stats!</p>
<p>Sorry for this countless stream of questions, but here is another: </p>
<p>Are our accounts supposed to have a tab or some indication if we completed an interview? My interview was in October, and my account doesn’t say anything about interviews at all.</p>
<p>pennforme and gratisfaction, we do expect students and school staff to honor the ED commitment applicants sign through the Common Application which states that “If you are accepted under an Early Decision plan, you must promptly withdraw the applications submitted to other colleges and universities and make no additional applications to any other university in any country”, with an exception for students without financial aid decisions.</p>
<p>uchicagobound, I do not believe that your account will reflect a completed interview, but rest assured that we receive interview reports for all students that have completed one.</p>
<p>hey chicago…do you know approximately when the decisions are going to come out tomorrow? thanks</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I would like to know if UChicago is need-blind toward Canadian permanent residents. The site states that it is need-blind for Canadian citizens and U.S. permanent residents and citizens.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>what’s the point of asking this if the site clearly states that it’s need-blind for canadian citizens…</p>
<p>@ jamesbond1 the point is that a Canadian citizen isn’t the same as a Canadian permanent resident</p>
<p>^oops my bad</p>
<p>If you’re an EA applicant who gets accepted, but hasn’t turned in all of their financial aid documents, would you get offered a merit based scholarship at the time of your acceptance or when you get your financial aid offer?</p>
<p>joshroz, we are need-blind for US Citizens, US permanent residents, and residents of Canada. We would evaluate Canadian permanent residents on a need-sensitive basis. Canadian permanent residents are still eligible for aid, but they would be considered for aid alongside the rest of the students in our international aid applicant pool.</p>
<p>nebraskagal, some students will receive merit scholarship notifications at the time of admission, while some will hear of a merit scholarship offer at a later time-- this is as a result of our merit committee and would not come as a result of a student’s aid application timing.</p>
<p>I’m a little confused about the financial aid checklist. For some reason I didnt do it when I applied so does that exclude me from any potential financial aid? Or does filling them out only give me projections of financial aid… and later documents will tell me how much I’ll actually be getting?</p>
<p>Is uchicago need blind to canadian citizens who are residents (not permanent residents) of the us?</p>
<p>I was accepted, but did not receive much in terms of finaid. I am planning to appeal, but when is the recommended time to do this? ASAP or in the spring after the final FA packages are made? Thanks.</p>
<p>3 questions!
- typically what percentage of applicants are deferred?
- what percentage of those deferred are accepted?
- are deferred applicant files marked as such or are they just thrown into the RD mix?</p>
<p>Thank You</p>
<p>^biguk997, Grace is probably very busy so I’ll take a stab at this one.
- No exact number but it’s safe to say that around half of the applicants are deferred, if not more. It’s easier for them to defer an intriguing but not-quite-there applicant than to flat-out reject them, so know that there are many things they liked about your application!
- Sorry, but this tends to be even lower than the normal acceptance rate- last year it was somewhere around 5% I believe.
- They’ll know that you were deferred, and even more so if you continue to keep in contact with your regional admissions officer, send them an update or two, express continued interest in UChicago, etc. Good luck!</p>