<p>Post your info below if you’re officially going to attend UChicago (as in you’ve sent in your reply card). I’m starting this thread just because I’m curious about people who will go there:</p>
<p>SAMPLE:</p>
<p>LOCATION: Newport Beach, CA
ETHNICITY/GENDER: White male
HOUSING PREFERENCE: Shoreland
PROSPECTIVE MAJOR: Undecided
ACADEMIC STRENGTHS: physics, biology
HOBBIES: Skateboarding, crew, soccer, computers, hanging out, etc.</p>
<p>I might ask for a deferral of entrance, though I have a week to mull it over…</p>
<p>Location: Montreal, Quebec
Ethnicity/Gender: White male
Housing Preference: Shoreland
Prospective major: Economics
Academic Strengths: Philosophy, Math
Hobbies: Play guitar, baseball, movies, poker…</p>
<p>Location: Los Angeles, CA
ethnicity/gender: Female Ukrainian
Housing Pref- B-J Courts
Major: Comparative Literature
Academic Strengths: English, social sciences, humanities
Hobbies: Reading, writing, swimming, the macarena</p>
<p>small town in New Jersey
Male
Major:Economics
world affairs, movies, martial arts and lifting weights, poker, investment…</p>
<p>LOCATION: New York City
ETHNICITY/GENDER: Caucasian female
HOUSING PREFERENCE: Snell
PROSPECTIVE MAJOR: Art History, Fundamentals
ACADEMIC STRENGTHS: Visual arts, Art History, English, History, Political Science
HOBBIES: drawing and painting, reading, editing my school newspaper, listening to music of all kinds, wandering aimlessly around Manhattan…</p>
<p>Location: just outside minneapolis
Eth./Gender: Very scandinavian caucasian male
Housing Preference: Max P
Prospective Major: Physics
Academic Strengths: I am not exactly weak in any area but science is the strongest.
Hobbies: Music (listen and preform), eating, Theater (watch and tech), Jewelry making, skiing, windsurfing, computers</p>
<p>LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA
ETHNICITY/GENDER: White male (Russian)
HOUSING PREFERENCE: Pierce
PROSPECTIVE MAJOR: Physics
ACADEMIC STRENGTHS: physics, math, comp sci
HOBBIES: Skateboarding, computers, hanging out, basketball, swimming</p>
<p>my first post ever</p>
<p>LOCATION: Cincinnati OH
ETHNICITY/GENDER: White male (very scandinavian… wasn’t planning on adding this, but since I saw ottothecow…)
HOUSING PREFERENCE: BJ Courts
PROSPECTIVE MAJOR: History
ACADEMIC STRENGTHS: German, Latin, History
HOBBIES: Football, lacrosse, music, reading, the outdoors</p>
<p>LOCATION: Chardon Ohio
ETHNICITY/GENDER: White male
HOUSING PREFERENCE: Snell
PROSPECTIVE MAJOR: Undecided
ACADEMIC STRENGTHS: physics, math, chemistry, history, english
HOBBIES: Reading, listening to bands (live concerts), drama, singing, computers, scouting, historical re-enactment (SCA if any of you know it)</p>
<p>Location: Pennsylvania
Ethnicity/Gender: Irish-Italian-Polish-American/Male
Housing Preference: Shoreland, Snell-Hitchcock, Burton-Judson
Prospective Major: Classical Studies (Prospective Minor: Romance Languages and Literatures)
Academic Strengths: Latin, Spanish, history, English
Hobbies: Classical philology, progressive rock, reading, computing, running, derision, weekends</p>
<p>LOCATION: NJ
ETHNICITY/GENDER: Asian Female
HOUSING PREFERENCE: Undecided…help needed… =)
PROSPECTIVE MAJOR: English, Econ, or IR
ACADEMIC STRENGTHS: Physics, Econ, Latin
HOBBIES: Visual Art, Skiing, playing video games, tkd, thinking, reading, hanging out</p>
<p>LOCATION: Metropolitan DC
ETHNICITY/GENDER: White female
HOUSING PREFERENCE: Max P. or Burton Judson
PROSPECTIVE MAJOR: Public policy studies or political science
ACADEMIC STRENGTH:Humanities
HOBBIES: Playing tennis, reading, writing, MUN-ing, watching movies</p>
<p>cfish</p>
<p>Congratulations on being accepted at Chicago. Just wondering how you made out with the tennis coach.</p>
<p>Patsfan</p>
<p>Thank you :-)</p>
<p>It took him several weeks to return my emails after I sent the video. He told me he had viewed the footage and…“Since we did not speak in the fall there is little I can do at this point. I’ll hope for the best and look to hear from you.”</p>
<p>LOCATION: Katy TX
ETHNICITY/GENDER: Asian Female
HOUSING PREFERENCE: Max P
PROSPECTIVE MAJOR: Biological Sciences
ACADEMIC STRENGTHS: Biology, humanities, foreign language
HOBBIES: NBA, hip hop, poetry, ruminating, eating :-D</p>