This form is a sample letter in Word format covering the subject matter of the title of the form.
This form is a sample letter in Word format covering the subject matter of the title of the form.
If you have already submitted the Common or Coalition Application, you will receive a UChicago Account email with a login PIN. (Be sure to check your junk mail folder if you don't see the email in your inbox.) Your UChicago Account allows you to: Check the status of your application.
Final Admissions Verdict If you don't pass their SAT/ACT and GPA requirements, they'll likely reject you without much consideration. To have the best shot of getting in, you should aim for the 75th percentile, with a 1560 SAT or a 35 ACT. You should also have a 4.32 GPA or higher.
Absolutely no decisions will be provided in an email or by telephone; applicants must log in to the application site to view the decision. The department to which you applied may contact you regarding the admission decision or to request additional application materials during January and February.
Once admitted, your official Notice of Admission letter will post on your application status page. We will notify you via email to login to your application to access the letter.
But which colleges are on the list? Experts report that Yale, Harvard, U Penn, Princeton, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Stanford, Duke, Dartmouth, and the University of Chicago do. Likely letters are just one way prestigious schools maintain their highest yield rates.
In support of each application, a minimum of three letters of recommendation are required; up to five are accepted. These letters must be submitted electronically through the online application. Letters of recommendation as attachments to an email or by fax are not accepted.
University of Chicago has an acceptance rate of 5%. Half the applicants admitted to University of Chicago who submitted test scores have an SAT score between 1510 and 1570 or an ACT score of 34 and 35.
Regular Decision Application DeadlineJanuary 6 Decision Date Late March Reply Date May 1
You may apply online or use paper applications. For centralized programs (Selective Enrollment, Military, Magnet, CTE, and IB), use the apply.cps website to apply online. If you use paper applications, you will submit each separately to CPS or directly to individual schools for non-centralized programs.
All students are placed into tiers. The first 30% of the available seats are filled by the top scoring students based on rank score; the remaining seats are equally distributed among the four socio-economic tiers and filled by the top-scoring students in each tier.