University of Chicago?

[Czilla9000]

Right now I am in the process of applying to college. Thus far UChicago is my first choice. Does anyone have any suggestions about admissions?

 

[zephyrmaster]

Haha, I'm going there right now.

My best suggestion for this particular school is just the nail the essays. They give you off-beat choices for a reason, so do your best to write a specific essay that reflects you as a person.

Obviously, good recommendations, "stats", etc... will help you a lot . Good luck!

If you got any questions about the school or campus, you can ask me too.

 

[DanG]

UChicago was one of my top choices when I was applying to college. Based on its reputation (its students can tell you better) it is a place where you'll work a lot. It has a trimester system like CalTech (where my younger brother is a senior right now) which ends up focusing a semester's work into a shorter period of time.

Also, when I applied, they had me go to an interview with two alumni (married) in my area. I actually did quite poorly on that interview having relaxed a little being in a private home.

And as with any other college application, the key is really to get across who you are as zephyrmaster wrote. You want the admissions board to have a good idea of who you are so they feel like they already know you. Otherwise you're just a pile of numbers and extracurriculars. I got into my first choice, Williams, on early decision though my college counselor told me it was a "reach" school by following this advice. A friend of mine who had worse grades than I did and went to a public school got into his "reach" school, Middlebury as well by doing this. With the decreasing importance of the standardized tests which were originally supposed to put applicants from all schools on the same objective scale, character rating is about the best measure schools have aside from GPAs and high school reputation.

 

[ojnihs]

As far as I remember when I was applying for colleges, UChicago definitely takes a very, very good look at your essays, and seems to rely on them the most when it comes to making their admission details, just as zephyrmaster said. Recommendations are also key for UChicago. The admissions official I talked to when I visited basically gave me the run down on the fact that although grades and test scores matter, it's the essays and recommendations they really look at to see who you really are.

 

[zephyrmaster]

Just to help convince you:

http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citatio...king-econ.html

10th in the WORLD... with some unrevealed calculations.

 

[crazyfrenchman27]

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Originally Posted by zephyrmaster Just to help convince you: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citatio...king-econ.html 10th in the WORLD... with some unrevealed calculations.

LOL, I think I would go to UCSF over all of the schools ranked above it.

For what I do, you can't beat UCSF, in my book.

-Matt