UChicago Questions? Ask an admissions counselor!
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...
View ArticleNorth Singles
Hi, I'm leaning towards getting a single at North. I heard that the house culture isn't really that well-knit, and I'm rather quiet and introverted. I'm concerned that I will cloister myself if I...
View ArticleI feel like I shouldn't have gotten into University of Chicago
I only have a 3.5 GPA and 1330 on the new SAT. I almost didn't even apply to University of Chicago even though i really wanted to go because my guidance counselor told me it was an extremely high...
View ArticleUChicago 2021 Waitlist Chances
Please share your acceptance story or if you know about any actions UChicago is taken for the students on the waitlist. Thank you!!
View Article**** UChicago CLASS OF 2022 DISCUSSIOn******
Looks like the other forums have started discussing 2022 already, so I am creating one for UChicago as well. Hope everybody has a great 2017 application season. Wish all of you the very best in your...
View ArticleCan I get into UChicago with weak extracurriculars?
My Stats - ~4.65W, 4.0UW - 34 ACT (35E 36R 34M 32S), currently waiting on new score reports - 1500/1520 PSAT, currently waiting on SAT score reports - SAT II: Will take them in the summer, Math II and...
View ArticleNational Merit Scholarships
Does UChicago offer any scholarships to National Merit Finalists? The deadline for selecting a first choice school is earlier than the admissions notifications will come out, so wondering if it would...
View ArticleUChicago - new dorms south side
So I'm hearing rumors of new construction on the Southside, any news there? @Chrchill happy now? %-(
View ArticleRussian Ranking Agency ranks UChicago #3 in the world.
The RUR ranking agency exists since 2013 and publishes international rankings system of universities Round University Ranking (RUR). Raw data for the RUR Rankings system is provided by an international...
View ArticleIs it a good idea to email uchicago about this? slightly panicking and need...
Hi! If you've seen my other posts, you know that, in general, I'm awful at math, and having the world's hardest calculus teacher means I currently hold a C in AP Calc AB. I was offered admission EA at...
View ArticleTechnology Questions
- I was wondering if a lot of students have printers in their rooms . 13 cents per page seems very expensive to me. For $125, I could buy a laser printer with a high yield toner (2600 pages). That many...
View ArticleDoes U of Chicago send everyone lots of unsolicited mail or just me?
My stats aren't stellar (3.85UW, 790CR/680M) but for some reason I've been receiving absurd amounts of mail from UChicago. I'm talking two or three times a week. I've gotten more than 50 pieces of mail...
View ArticleUChicago's ED decision and how it might impact the school's Forbes Ranking in...
Forbes places a 25% weight on Student Debt and another 25% on student satisfaction. My guess is ED1 and ED2 will attract wealthier full pay students, so this might affect the student indebtedness of...
View ArticleRice Vs UChicago
I've been accepted into both schools. I've already visited Rice and will visit UChicago soon. I applied to rice for engineering, and to UChicago as a math major, but I'm hardly committed to either of...
View ArticleUChicago 2021 Applicant Thread
Hey everyone! Hope we can all discuss applications, essays, ec's, etc here. Also please mention if you're applying EA, ED I, ED II, or RD :))))) Good luck everyone!
View ArticleUniversity of Chicago Waitlisted
Applied EA, was deferred, then waitlisted in RD. Just want to see if that is common this year (among ED/EA, or RD). Still remaining hopeful, but not insensitive to the slim odds of being taken off the...
View ArticleAP Overlapping Credits at UChicago?
Taking AP tests in the coming 2 weeks, and was wondering whether UChicago had any overlapping credits in which they only count one test's scores even if you get a 5 on two tests of similar subjects....
View ArticleUChicago 2021 Waitlist Chances
Please share your acceptance story or if you know about any actions UChicago is taken for the students on the waitlist. Thank you!!
View ArticleIs it easy to make friends at UChicago as a transfer?
Apologies if this is in the wrong place. I am currently a freshman at a large state school and I am unhappy mostly because I don't like it socially and haven't found many people I connect with. I...
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