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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actual UChicago parent here. What they want is in their slogan: "The life of the mind." They want intellectuals. The essay reader will read your essay, and it will matter a ton. They don't want narcissists, braggy stuff, or listing off service projects. They want intellectual curiosity on any topic. This is what most people miss--they don't want a bunch of kids who scored 5s on E&M Physics and BC Calc. If UChicago students were profiled on the Big 5, they'd have super-high O (Openness.) Regarding early decision, yes, helps a ton. APs don't really matter; all kids take entrance exams in June before Freshman year. SAT is truly a bar to clear (1500 for white non-athlete.)[/quote]

Another UChicago parent here - I agree.  My kid got in RD.  Great student.  But if I had to guess, the differentiator was her essay.  She did an outstanding job and thoroughly enjoyed writing it.  If your kid likes the “uncommon essay” prompts, they would be a good fit.  If they hate the prompts, I do think you should steer your kid somewhere else.  [/quote]

Second the above. My kid liked to write the Chicago essays a lot; the out of the blue essay went longer than a thousand words, touching on Greek methodology, baseball, another sport, human nature, latest research in economics, communism, radical changes, conservatism, …. My kid hated writing the Yale essays. [/quote]

Another +1 UChicago parent agreeing that it would have been the essays, if I had to guess. By far the most well written and most interesting of all the essays he has written was off the UChicago prompt. They Why UChicago essay was fun to read for me as well. Although it could also be partly a function of the fact that UChicago was his #1 choice. Even his personal statement on the Common App - I wasn't so much a fan of it but I thought if there's any school that would appreciate it, it would be UChicago. [/quote]

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