Liberal arts renaissance
While I know this isn't exactly a UChicago thread I found this a very interesting letter from CU President Bruce Benson, I'm sure @marlowe1 would appreciate it. March 2019 Dear I recently asked for a...
View ArticlePost Your essay
Let's post our essays to help next years students get an idea of what they should write. Here's my Chicago essay exactly as I submitted it (typos included). Apperently it didn't work :( Essay Option 2:...
View ArticleWhen will UChicago give me my FA package?
I applied RD in early January, and got provisional acceptance in late January (a likely letter i guess?) and submitted all my FA materials upon receiving acceptance. However, I still haven't gotten my...
View ArticleUChicago and test optional
Just an observation, but Nondorf seems to have been quite prescient in taking UChicago test optional before this whole SAT scandal hits a year later. The universities named in the scandal are going to...
View ArticleFirst generation financial aid(scholarship)
Have anyone gotten them yet? To my understanding, it is 5000 per year?
View ArticleIs UChicago course difficulty more hype than reality?
I've got some friends at UChicago who tell me that they work quite hard to succeed in class (many are disciplined and average about 15 - 20 hours studying a week), but most of them have 3.6 - 3.7 GPA....
View ArticleWaitlisted at UChicago
Hello, I was recently waitlisted at the University of Chicago for the class of 2023, and I heard that a ton of people are waitlisted each year, so does that mean that I have no chance of getting in? I...
View ArticleUChicago Favors Wealthy Students in Internship Searches?
https://projects.chicagomaroon.com/article/2019/career-advancement-leak/ Interesting article, in lieu of all the news surrounding corruption and heavy preference for wealth in the elite higher ed...
View ArticleBoyer Explores Possible Switch to Semester System
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2019/3/18/university-convenes-calendar-committee-discuss-pos/ Thoughts?
View Article2019/2020 tuition and fees
Has anyone not receiving FA received a tuition and fees notice? Will this come in the mail or be posted to the portal or what? Is this when scholarships will come out as well?
View ArticleNew Yorker Profile
There is a New Yorker Profile this week about Lauren Berlant, professor of English; it also mentions Sianne Ngai, another professor of English who just moved from Stanford. Chicago always had a good...
View ArticleDo high school extracurriculars matter when you transfer to an elite university?
It's always been a sort of dream of mine to attend a prestigious university, specifically UChicago (great program in what I want to be in the future). Even though I got rejected, I still want to...
View ArticleUChicago RD 2023 Results Thread
University of Chicago's regular decision results for class of 2023 have came on March 15th; please share your results using the template below: [ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted...
View ArticleWas UChicago the first Univeristy to confer a Juris Doctor (JD) degree?
This article from a Harvard Law website seem to imply that. Nothing important, just curious... https://asklib.law.harvard.edu/faq/115308 In 1903, the University of Chicago Law School, which was one of...
View ArticleWaitlist Letter of continued interest
Hey CC, So I realize the first step after being waitlisted is to reply to the waitlist-reply form. But after that I was wondering about something. Is there any "penalization" for not sending a letter...
View ArticleAdmissions Portal for transfers?
Has anyone got an admissions portal for transfer applicants? I have no way to track which documents have arrived.
View ArticleAdmitted Student going to Spring Open House
Hey all, I was wondering if the Spring Open House (April 5th) is a good program for an admitted student to go to. I'm not available any of the other days (not even apr 6 lol) and can't make the...
View ArticleMetcalf Internships
I've heard a lot about the Metcalf Internship program at UChicago. I'm an incoming freshman and want to learn more. I've read through the website. Here are some of my questions: * How many internship...
View ArticleDreaming (literally) of college
I confess to having dreams from time to time that feature slightly misarranged adventures either on the U of C campus or its environs. The one last night involved the Hyde Park Bank on 53rd and...
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