UChicago Questions? Ask an admissions counselor!
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Hello everyone,
Welcome! If you're reading this, I'll assume you're interested in learning more about UChicago-- an excellent choice, if I do say so myself. I'm Grace*, a Senior Admissions Counselor and a member of the Outreach team in the admissions office here, and a college alumna. Over this year, I'll be on hand to answer any questions you might have about UChicago and the opportunities we offer.
Although CC can be a good way to have general questions answered, your best source of information in the application cycle is and still will be your regional admissions counselor and our website, collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu. You can find out who your regional counselor is by looking at the "Contact Us" portion of our website, which should be updated with our new territories soon; if you're from my neighborhood (Virginia and Maryland minus DC and immediate suburbs, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota) I'd love to hear from you, but would appreciate if you'd contact me at the address listed on that page. Further, I'll be checking this account frequently but not constantly, so if you have an urgent question please go ahead and defer to your regional counselor or our general office contact line listed on that page.
If you'd like to get in direct contact with a current student, feel free to do so in a separate post, or by e-mailing [email protected].
Although I hope this goes without saying, I am not able to "chance" you or to offer you any information about your likelihood of admission or your application status. I'm also not able to offer information about specific financial aid decisions or individual admissions decisions. Again, if you have specific questions about your application, please reach out to your regional counselor.
I am, however, happy to be here, and happy to let you know anything you'd like to know about UChicago. So... ask away!
Best,
Grace Chapin
*Some of you may remember me from my days as a student posting here-- yes, I am "that Grace". I'm full-time counseling staff now, so although you may be tempted, please do go ahead and defer your student life questions to our current students; as I am now officially an old person, I'm sure they'll be able to answer them much more accurately than I could
2883 repliesWelcome! If you're reading this, I'll assume you're interested in learning more about UChicago-- an excellent choice, if I do say so myself. I'm Grace*, a Senior Admissions Counselor and a member of the Outreach team in the admissions office here, and a college alumna. Over this year, I'll be on hand to answer any questions you might have about UChicago and the opportunities we offer.
Although CC can be a good way to have general questions answered, your best source of information in the application cycle is and still will be your regional admissions counselor and our website, collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu. You can find out who your regional counselor is by looking at the "Contact Us" portion of our website, which should be updated with our new territories soon; if you're from my neighborhood (Virginia and Maryland minus DC and immediate suburbs, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota) I'd love to hear from you, but would appreciate if you'd contact me at the address listed on that page. Further, I'll be checking this account frequently but not constantly, so if you have an urgent question please go ahead and defer to your regional counselor or our general office contact line listed on that page.
If you'd like to get in direct contact with a current student, feel free to do so in a separate post, or by e-mailing [email protected].
Although I hope this goes without saying, I am not able to "chance" you or to offer you any information about your likelihood of admission or your application status. I'm also not able to offer information about specific financial aid decisions or individual admissions decisions. Again, if you have specific questions about your application, please reach out to your regional counselor.
I am, however, happy to be here, and happy to let you know anything you'd like to know about UChicago. So... ask away!
Best,
Grace Chapin
*Some of you may remember me from my days as a student posting here-- yes, I am "that Grace". I'm full-time counseling staff now, so although you may be tempted, please do go ahead and defer your student life questions to our current students; as I am now officially an old person, I'm sure they'll be able to answer them much more accurately than I could
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Thanks
We do not keep separate statistics on our merit scholarship recipients; about 10% of the incoming class receives some form of merit award.
I'll avoid giving any more information to keep it from getting too individual
Also, does the university look over an applicant's entire academic courses or only place the initial interest on the academic GPA?
Thank you very much!
@college1123: no, if you are applying here EA and to other schools EA we will not know; we participate in unrestricted early action, so you are apply to as many schools as you would like to EA. HOWEVER, if you are applying restrictive Early Action (where you are asked to only apply to one school) or Early Decision to another school, please respect the restrictions placed on those types of applications and do not apply here Early Action.
@flufflypandas101: we will be happy to receive an explanation of why your grades may have slipped should you choose to include one. We evaluate transcripts in the context of the student and their school, and do not have GPA cutoffs for students-- we realize many different schools operate under different systems (4.0, weighted, unweighted, out of 100, smiley faces or frowny faces...) so the transcript itself is what is really important to us, not the number on top of it.
@ca2012: AP exam results are not required for admission so, no, it should not be a problem.