Your thoughts on UChicago

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>I think this poll will bring some life to the University of Chicago board.</p>

<p>Basically, write about your thoughts at the various stages of the application/admission process.</p>

<p>First Email from UChicago:</p>

<p>Second Email:</p>

<p>Visit (If you went on one):</p>

<p>When you saw the essays:</p>

<p>When you decided to apply:</p>

<p>When you wrote your essay:</p>

<p>When you finished your application:</p>

<p>If you were accepted EA…</p>

<p>What was your first reaction?:</p>

<p>Who did you tell first?:</p>

<p>When you saw financial aid:</p>

<p>When you got the acceptance package in the mail:</p>

<p>When you got the holiday card:</p>

<p>If you were accepted RD (current students and former applicants)…</p>

<p>What was your first reaction?:</p>

<p>Who did you tell first?:</p>

<p>When you saw financial aid:</p>

<p>When you got the acceptance package in the mail:</p>

<p>If you go/went there…</p>

<p>Upon arrival:</p>

<p>After your first quarter:</p>

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<p>I graduated early and applied to Chicago as my 2nd choice (I think I’ll fit in there more than my first choice, Brown). This school was the reason I decided to graduate early, intellectualism, etc.</p>

<p>First Email from UChicago: EA e-mail: “this is humorous.”</p>

<p>Second Email: Admission Result is in: “I hope I get in.”</p>

<p>Visit (If you went on one): “This school is really cool, but this admissions officer sucks. The tour guide is pretty awesome.”</p>

<p>When you saw the essays: “Find x. I wanna write that one”</p>

<p>When you decided to apply: “I’m going to graduate early if I get in here.”</p>

<p>When you wrote your essay: ** “I’m going to Halloween Horror Nights tomorrow, I’ll pull an all-nighter to finish this essay. Eh, it’s pretty good. <em>Submit</em>” **</p>

<p>When you finished your application:“I hope this works”</p>

<p>If you were accepted EA…</p>

<p>What was your first reaction?: “CONGRATULATIONS!!! (I stopped reading) I hope this isn’t some Uchicago joke. OMG it isn’t!!!”</p>

<p>Who did you tell first?: “Friend, then Mom”</p>

<p>When you saw financial aid: "*, I’ll have to call them about this"</p>

<p>When you got the acceptance package in the mail: **“Where the ***** is my scarf?” **</p>

<p>When you got the holiday card: “It’s hand-written? Awesome!”</p>

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<p>First Email from UChicago:** “Wow. This seems like an interesting school!”**</p>

<p>Second Email: "I should apply here.</p>

<p>When you saw the essays: “These are very interesting. I want to find x.” (In the end, I did not do that essay.)</p>

<p>When you decided to apply:** See above.**</p>

<p>When you wrote your essay: “This is actually enjoyable.”</p>

<p>When you finished your application:“I feel really good about this. I really hope I get in”</p>

<p>If you were accepted EA…</p>

<p>What was your first reaction?: “I GOT IN! THIS IS THE BEST FEELING EVER!”</p>

<p>Who did you tell first?: Parents, Grandpa, Uncle</p>

<p>When you saw financial aid: “Not great but better than I expected.”</p>

<p>When you got the acceptance package in the mail: “This is so exciting!”</p>

<p>When you got the holiday card:That is very nice of them. This is going on my wall."</p>

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<p>First Email from UChicago: Ohh… email promotion… didnt expect Chicago to do this kinda stuff</p>

<p>Second Email: Seriously, why are they sending promotional emails all the time… I know they want to spread knowledge about the University and stuff… but I feel they’re hiding their true identity through the emails… oh well.</p>

<p>Visit (If you went on one): Seemed a little pretentious for some odd reason, even though I know its not</p>

<p>When you saw the essays: OMG Find x. The world’s best prompt or what!?!?!</p>

<p>When you decided to apply: Its an amazing university. Its very good for my subjects. I have family here. I think i’ll like the student body. It’s EA. What’s there to lose ?</p>

<p>When you wrote your essay: First draft was a disaster. Second one was really enjoyable…finding x :slight_smile: one of my favorite essays i’ve written.</p>

<p>When you finished your application: Its 6:00 am in the morning… and its due in two hours. What the hell is wrong with me??? [Note: I live outside US]</p>

<p>If you were accepted EA…</p>

<p>What was your first reaction?: ***? ■■■■ NO WAY. NO WAY!!! I couldn’t believe it for a while. Later, I realized: ■■■■ I GOT INTO UCHICAGO!!!</p>

<p>Who did you tell first?: My sister was there with me when I checked. Then parents.</p>

<p>When you saw financial aid: N/A.</p>

<p>When you got the acceptance package in the mail: How cool!.. Still, They could have atleast given a souvenir! :(</p>

<p>When you got the holiday card: Huh?? I didn’t get any holiday card…</p>

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<p>First Email from UChicago: “Pretty cool school”</p>

<p>Second Email: “Why are they talking to me about Dinosaurs??”</p>

<p>Visit (If you went on one): Nah</p>

<p>When you saw the essays: “Definitely the dissolve one. Oh wait, maybe find x… So many options…”</p>

<p>When you decided to apply: “Awesome Econ and Poli Sci programs, can’t go wrong either way.”</p>

<p>When you wrote your essay: “This is cornier than the state of Iowa, but it works for me!”</p>

<p>When you finished your application: “Free at last!!”</p>

<p>If you were accepted EA…</p>

<p>What was your first reaction?: Jumped a little too high, hit my head on the ceiling :P</p>

<p>Who did you tell first?: “Dad! Guess what?? College is going to cost a bit more than I thought…”</p>

<p>When you saw financial aid: “Yeah, I could see that coming…”</p>

<p>When you got the acceptance package in the mail: “They must have spent a lot of money on this fancy folder…”</p>

<p>When you got the holiday card: “How nice, it’s personalized!”</p>

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<p>First Email from UChicago: interesting</p>

<p>Second Email: impressive, but are you really trying to recruit me or did you send this to everyone</p>

<p>Visit (If you went on one): nice buildings but not sure if I’ll fit in here</p>

<p>When you saw the essays: Oh, you think this is funny, do you? I have applications for nine different schools and YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY, DO YOU? </p>

<p>When you decided to apply: Why the hell not.</p>

<p>When you wrote your essay: Eh…</p>

<p>When you finished your application: Eh…</p>

<p>If you were accepted EA… N/A</p>

<p>If you were accepted RD (current students and former applicants)… </p>

<p>What was your first reaction?: relief</p>

<p>Who did you tell first?: parents</p>

<p>When you saw financial aid: N/A</p>

<p>When you got the acceptance package in the mail: Eh…</p>

<p>If you go/went there…</p>

<p>Upon arrival: glee</p>

<p>After your first quarter: It’s like my home now.</p>

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<p>First Email from UChicago:
Why would they be interested in me?
Second Email:
I’m applying!
Visit (If you went on one):
I have relatives who attend/teach there (but I’m not a legacy)
When you saw the essays:
AWESOME - I loved writing those essays
When you decided to apply:
Over the summer - I chose to apply ED to Duke EA to Chicago
When you wrote your essay:
Hard to start writing - but once you hit a certain chord it just comes easily - I wrote my supp essay on the discrepancies between NSYNC and Backstreet Boys fans and the marketing techniques employed by both management teams - definitely quirky
When you finished your application:
Relieved
If you were accepted EA…
December 17th -I had a concert from four to nine pm so I came home exhausted and depressed b/c I was deferred ED from duke a few days earlier
What was your first reaction?:
HOLY $hit - I was ecstatic
Who did you tell first?:
Brother who was standing behind me, then all my friends via phone and my mom found out when she overheard everything and I called my dad at work
When you saw financial aid:
Begin the Ramen diet
When you got the acceptance package in the mail:
Great - loved the certificate
When you got the holiday card:
I met the admissions officer before at a meeting at my school and he actually remembered who I was and wrote really nice things on the card!</p>

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<p>First Email from UChicago: Don’t remember the first e-mail, I do remember being fascinated by the postcard with all the coffee shops on campus!</p>

<p>Second Email: Already applying by that point, but still cemented my decision to do so.</p>

<p>Visit (If you went on one): I was surprised to see that a school could be so beautiful in the rain and the cold (and this extended beyond just the visual aspect of the campus). Made it more of my #1 choice.</p>

<p>When you saw the essays: I didn’t like last year’s essays as much, but when I read the previous year’s ones a year and a half ago I really wanted to write about the “What landscape would you walk on a tightrope over? (no net)” one</p>

<p>When you decided to apply: Probably after I found out about the essays, quirkiness and self-deprecating humor.</p>

<p>When you wrote your essay: Agonized over it for days - around late October?</p>

<p>When you finished your application: Afternoon of 11/1.</p>

<p>If you were accepted EA…</p>

<p>What was your first reaction?: Happiest of all college decisions!</p>

<p>Who did you tell first?: I didn’t tell anyone, I think my parents knew because I was screaming “YES! YES!”</p>

<p>When you saw financial aid: Started thinking maybe I could actually go!</p>

<p>When you got the acceptance package in the mail: I wished I could just go already!</p>

<p>When you got the holiday card: Touched that they hand-wrote them!</p>

<p>If you go/went there…</p>

<p>Upon arrival: Nervous and excited, but mostly excited.</p>

<p>After your first quarter: Sometimes frustrated, but cannot imagine being anywhere else. Definitely home now.</p>