Chicago C/O 2019 Applicants (2015-2016) Forum

James.K.Polk · Post by **James.K.Polk** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:17 pm

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gobears!! · Post by **gobears!!** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:19 pm

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urbanist11 · Post by **urbanist11** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:21 pm

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Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:25 pm

urbanist11 wrote:
James.K.Polk wrote:
Dcc617 wrote:Scheduled for Monday. How long after interviews do decisions normally come out?
Same as others - Submitted day 1, scheduled for a week from today.
Past years I think first acceptances were Dec/Jan

Do you think this year will be special and they'll offer admission at the end of the interview and we'll all be super excited and give three cheers for Chicago and live happily ever after?

Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:28 pm

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James.K.Polk · Post by **James.K.Polk** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:29 pm

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urbanist11 · Post by **urbanist11** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:30 pm

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doublehoohopeful · Post by **doublehoohopeful** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:32 pm

James.K.Polk wrote:I dug through last year's, so you don't have to:

"73 recorded interviews in that sheet out of 167 applicants. 32 accepted with interviews (43.8%). 11 wait-listed (15.1%), 28 decision pending (38.4%), 0 denied. That decision pending number is surely inflated by people who didn't edit to reflect admission. I'd think the actual acceptance percentage is somewhere closer to two-thirds, if we put half of the pending applications in acceptance and half on the wait-list, we'll get 46 (63%) admitted.

Now, going a step further, I sorted by interview request date. 31 applicants received interview invites prior to January 1st. Of those, 5 were wait-listed (16%), 4 are decision pending (13%), and 22 were accepted (71%). Of the five November invites, four were accepted and one is still listed as pending (but was probably accepted).

Hope that helps to shed some light on the situation. I was surprised that there were only five November invites in the spreadsheet last year -- seems like we already have more than that this year. No October invites are listed on last year's sheet."
Let the hype begin.

Choo choo.

Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:54 pm

urbanist11 wrote:
Dcc617 wrote:
urbanist11 wrote: Past years I think first acceptances were Dec/Jan
Do you think this year will be special and they'll offer admission at the end of the interview and we'll all be super excited and give three cheers for Chicago and live happily ever after?
Unlikely haha but you can still hope

Oh....

landshoes · Post by **landshoes** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:41 pm

I know a lot of people who were admitted who had dopey answers. You should be somewhat prepared in terms of what you want to say, but mostly you should treat it like an audition for how you'll be in job interviews/in class. Meaning, be professional, be pleasant, be polite. That's key. The substance of your answers is less important than your ability to seem normal.

03282016 · Post by **03282016** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:05 pm

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KMart · Post by **KMart** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:16 am

Wahrheit wrote:BUT I don't know of anyone who got in without an interview.

It's not possible

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FWIW Dean Gardner today said our employment numbers for 2/3Ls were up "a couple of percentage points".

03282016 · Post by **03282016** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:17 am

James.K.Polk · Post by **James.K.Polk** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:59 am

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barley · Post by **barley** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:27 pm

I like that Chicago's application complete email has puppies on it.

03282016 · Post by **03282016** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 4:43 pm

KMart · Post by **KMart** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:01 pm

Wahrheit wrote:
barley wrote:I like that Chicago's application complete email has puppies on it.
I played with puppies during orientation AMA

That was a glorious day for everyone involved. We should go back sometime.

03282016 · Post by **03282016** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:42 pm

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Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:13 pm

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gobears!! · Post by **gobears!!** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:16 pm

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benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:15 pm

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03282016 · Post by **03282016** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:23 pm

gobears!! · Post by **gobears!!** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:32 pm

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