Chicago c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013) Forum

[Audeamus]

given looming deadlines, anyone else think this will be the week for movement?

[jvincent11]

When is the deposit deadline? They could be waiting for that to pass to get a better sense of yield before they send out decisions for those waiting.

[fallingup]

Not till 4/30

[account1]

Any movement fellow UR2 4/18s?

[JXander]

Any movement fellow UR2 4/18s?

Nope.

[lawsch16]

Any movement fellow UR2 4/18s?

Nope.

[gbelle]

Any movement fellow UR2 4/18s?

Nothing here..

[ht2988]

When does Chicago begin pulling from the waitlist?

[2014]

When does Chicago begin pulling from the waitlist?

I had similar numbers to you and got in last June. I don't think there was a ton of movement before that, but keep an eye on the deposit deadlines. They have to let some people in very shortly after April 30 if they are under deposited.

[Lavitz]

When does Chicago begin pulling from the waitlist?

Last year, they sent out an e-mail to certain waitlisted applicants on April 16th asking if they were still interested, and started accepting some of those people on April 20th. The deposit deadline last year was April 15th, so it looks like they get to work immediately afterwards.

[Crowing]

Last year Chicago took a ton of people off the WL. This year at ASW they mentioned that this ASW was the highest turnout ever (230+ admits I think) and their target class seems to be very slightly smaller than previous years (185). All that probably doesn't mean anything, but I'm just putting it out there.

[Lavitz]

Yeah, just from reading the posts on TLS, I feel like Chicago is a very popular option this cycle.

[cwid1391]

Yeah, just from reading the posts on TLS, I feel like Chicago is a very popular option this cycle.

I'm actually pretty nervous about the class being significantly larger than usual - that's one of the big advantages of UChi for me. Several people I talked to at ASW made it seem like they really had too many admits right now. I don't think it bodes well for people hoping to get in off the WL or for scholarship negotiations. Just my .02.

[orbotop]

i asked about class sizes this year and in the next few, specifically whether chicago anticipated any departure from the norm. admissions folk uniformly said no. i dont think you have reason to be nervous about a significantly larger class. enlarging the class only means making it harder to keep medians.

now whether too many early offers of admission bodes poorly for WL or scholarship negotiations...possibly, if that's true.

[cwid1391]

i asked about class sizes this year and in the next few, specifically whether chicago anticipated any departure from the norm. admissions folk uniformly said no. i dont think you have reason to be nervous about a significantly larger class. enlarging the class only means making it harder to keep medians.

now whether too many early offers of admission bodes poorly for WL or scholarship negotiations...possibly, if that's true.

I still think, while they may have targeted 185, they may have done so poorly. The ASW was the largest in history (by a significant margin, I think he said). So regardless of what they tried to target, it may wind up being dramatically different.

We won't know for sure until after the deposit deadline, but I still think it's not great news for WLers and for at/below medians hoping to negotiate a scholarship.

[mambar]

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[Rahviveh]

Last year Chicago took a ton of people off the WL. This year at ASW they mentioned that this ASW was the highest turnout ever (230+ admits I think) and their target class seems to be very slightly smaller than previous years (185). All that probably doesn't mean anything, but I'm just putting it out there.

Ducktales. No way there were 230 people there. Maybe they counted the parents and SO's.

[Rahviveh]

i asked about class sizes this year and in the next few, specifically whether chicago anticipated any departure from the norm. admissions folk uniformly said no. i dont think you have reason to be nervous about a significantly larger class. enlarging the class only means making it harder to keep medians.

now whether too many early offers of admission bodes poorly for WL or scholarship negotiations...possibly, if that's true.

I still think, while they may have targeted 185, they may have done so poorly. The ASW was the largest in history (by a significant margin, I think he said). So regardless of what they tried to target, it may wind up being dramatically different.

We won't know for sure until after the deposit deadline, but I still think it's not great news for WLers and for at/below medians hoping to negotiate a scholarship.

Think about how many people you talked to that had HYS as an option. Just about all of those are probably not joining us. That's historically what has happened.

[scoutmaster]

anyone else looking to live in south loop during 1L year

[StarJammer]

i asked about class sizes this year and in the next few, specifically whether chicago anticipated any departure from the norm. admissions folk uniformly said no. i dont think you have reason to be nervous about a significantly larger class. enlarging the class only means making it harder to keep medians.

now whether too many early offers of admission bodes poorly for WL or scholarship negotiations...possibly, if that's true.

I still think, while they may have targeted 185, they may have done so poorly. The ASW was the largest in history (by a significant margin, I think he said). So regardless of what they tried to target, it may wind up being dramatically different.

We won't know for sure until after the deposit deadline, but I still think it's not great news for WLers and for at/below medians hoping to negotiate a scholarship.

Just my anecdotal .02: a lot of people at ASW seemed to be way more interested in Columbia or in hearing from some other school. I did meet a lot of people committed to Chicago, but there were plenty of, frankly, obnoxious ones around too.

I feel like way too many people asked me what other schools I was considering so that they could tell me that they're considering Harvard but thought it would be worth it to swing by Chicago's ASW.

[Crowing]

I must've hung out with a totally different crowd than you guys. Almost everybody I met was deciding Chi vs CLS/NYU and other than maybe like 2 people they were all leaning or already committed to Chicago. I only talked extensively with one person who was in at H and he was prepared to turn it down for Chi.

Although I also tried not to talk about LS with anybody I met lol and never brought it up so that might have had something to do with it too.

[Rahviveh]

i asked about class sizes this year and in the next few, specifically whether chicago anticipated any departure from the norm. admissions folk uniformly said no. i dont think you have reason to be nervous about a significantly larger class. enlarging the class only means making it harder to keep medians.

now whether too many early offers of admission bodes poorly for WL or scholarship negotiations...possibly, if that's true.

I still think, while they may have targeted 185, they may have done so poorly. The ASW was the largest in history (by a significant margin, I think he said). So regardless of what they tried to target, it may wind up being dramatically different.

We won't know for sure until after the deposit deadline, but I still think it's not great news for WLers and for at/below medians hoping to negotiate a scholarship.

Just my anecdotal .02: a lot of people at ASW seemed to be way more interested in Columbia or in hearing from some other school. I did meet a lot of people committed to Chicago, but there were plenty of, frankly, obnoxious ones around too.

I feel like way too many people asked me what other schools I was considering so that they could tell me that they're considering Harvard but thought it would be worth it to swing by Chicago's ASW.

LOL.

I have more to add but I will keep it to myself

[mambar]

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[StarJammer]

CP: Don't be greedy! Share it!

Crowing: That sounds like a much more enjoyable approach to ASW

+1 to both statements.

Share CP!

[yaymarissa]

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