| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1051 | Anne Van der Veer | The U of C should be proud that its deep committment to intellectual excellence sets the school apart, and that it has honored that committment with asking for a demonstration of similar rigor from applicants. To bow to pressure and adopt the Common Application is downright shameful. |
| 1052 | Johanna Magin | |
| 1053 | Theano Stavrinos | |
| 1054 | Kacey Mordecai | |
| 1055 | Gabriela Russek | The uncommon application has helped the university to draw the kind of creative, intellectually curious, unusual students that make this school the unique place that it is. We may not get as many applicants with it as we'd get with the common app, but we get the kind of applicants that set this school apart as a place full of enthusiasm for intellectual inquiry. |
| 1056 | Sangzi Chen | I wasn't planning on applying to Uchicago, but when I got the Uncommon Application in the mail, I couldn't resist. The Uncommon Application defines the damned school. |
| 1057 | James Stand | The Uncommon Application is one of the cornerstones of our university's unique, individual culture. A loss of such a beloved resource would only allow more of our character to be chilsed away. |
| 1058 | Aycan Semizer | |
| 1059 | Anonymous | I fully agree. The Chicago experience is unique and should remain that way. When I first stepped on the campus 10 years ago, I knew Chicago was the school for me. I chose not to go to an Ivy precisely because I wanted an Uncommon experience. Chicago!!! Retain your intergrity and fighting spirit. Dare to be different! |
| 1060 | Isaac Wasileski | The arguments for incorporating the Common App are specious at best. Somehow, in the administration's mind, the true roadblock to the economically disadvantaged enjoying a U(C) education is the fact that there's an extra form to fill out - not the ~$50k price tag. Do you really expect us to believe that? This is a cynical ploy to inflate our ranking by increasing the applicant pool - a move that will only serve to bring more people to the U(C) who really wish they were going elsewhere. For shame. |
| 1061 | Anonymous | |
| 1062 | Andrew Seeder | |
| 1063 | Gretchen Neidhardt | |
| 1064 | Leon Kitain | |
| 1065 | Michelle Grise | |
| 1066 | Aaron | As a student who almost attended UC and is attending a college dealing with its own issues of identity and national ranking, I strongly urge UC to remain true to its convictions and educational philosophy. The minute that each school homogenizes itself is the minute that UC, Macalester, and anywhere else loses its individual identity. Please keep the Uncommon App; its one of the reasons I was drew to Chicago, and had financial aid been a little better I might have actually enrolled. |
| 1067 | Gabriel Levin | Dear God, are you serious? The UnCommon is the only redeeming part of the entire college application process! We're turning into Brown, for chrissake!!! |
| 1068 | Lila McDowell | |
| 1069 | Brian Bettenhausen | |
| 1070 | Anonymous | In all honesty, the reason I applied to UChicago was the application. If you want to switch over to the common application that's your business. Just be aware that in so doing you're abandoning one of the hallmarks of a Chicago education. |
| 1071 | Anonymous | |
| 1072 | Pranav Kiran Parekh | |
| 1073 | Joseph Slade | The Uncommon Application was what originally attracted me to Chicago in the first place; the common application is just that: common. Chicago should be proud to be considered, by itself and by outsiders, as Uncommon for its commitment to real, liberal arts education, and the life of the mind. |
| 1074 | Amy Stewart | AB '00. The main reason I applied to the University of Chicago was that it is distinctly uncommon. I bleieve the application is an integral component of that character. While everyone today understands that college funding and name recognition revolves around rankings, and the more people who apply, the higher the rankings will be, Chicago is Chicago because of the people who apply. By making the application common and ordinary, Chicago will definitely lose that which makes it so wonderful and that which keeps its alumni devoted to it: it's distinctly UnCommon nature. Please retain the uncommon application and keep Chicago Chicago. |
| 1075 | Travis Carter (BA '01) | The UnCommon Application was one of the things that first drew me to the U of C. I agree that Chicago needs more diversity (and yes, more applications will help), but don't do it at the expense of the traditions that make Chicago what it is. |
| 1076 | Fleming Ford | |
| 1077 | Ian Post | |
| 1078 | Jennifer Westerfeld | A.B. '00, A.M. '02. The UnCommon Application was so intriguing that it led me to apply to a school I would not otherwise have considered. I certainly applaud and support the University's desire for a more diverse student body, but there must be a way to accomplish that without sacrificing what is, for many students, their first experience of the unique enviroment the U of C represents. |
| 1079 | Marilyn Miles | |
| 1080 | N. Scott Warman | |
| 1081 | Brian Sullivan | |
| 1082 | Jennifer De Man-Browder | It has been nearly ten years since I graduated from the University of Chicago (AB ’97), and to this day I am asked what led me to this school. I proudly answer that the U of C’s “uncommon application” was a deciding factor, and I always follow with a description of the unusual essay question I answered. I am disappointed to learn that the school is considering abandoning one of its finest selling points. |
| 1083 | Michelle Harrington | |
| 1084 | amanda frisosky | While at University of Chicago I observed that the students who excelled and contributed the most to the intellectual life of the college were those who appreciated the uniqueness of the school and were devoted to the rigors of a liberal arts education. While using the common application may attract a greater number of students, maintaining the school's individual character will ensure that the best and most dedicated students apply. |
| 1085 | Vanessa Cordonnier | |
| 1086 | Christopher Noto | SB '01 and proud to be different! |
| 1087 | rebecca cornia | I cherish my experience at U of C because the students were individuals and the professors recognized our unique qualities and personalities in their teaching. The College should continue to seek out and admit students who are attracted to the unusual and who are willing to dig a little deeper, search a little harder in their educations. |
| 1088 | Peter Fein | |
| 1089 | Joshua Ruszkiewicz | Stop destroying the unique intellectual atmosphere at this school. |
| 1090 | Evelina Shpolyansky | KEEP THE UNCOMMON!!! |
| 1091 | Anne Ciechanowski | |
| 1092 | Scott Denham '84 | Please keep Uncommon. Please remain distinctive. Please make applying to Chicago a conscious and considered choice, and not merely a convenience. |
| 1093 | Katie Jenness | |
| 1094 | Kathryn Bologna | |
| 1095 | Julia Cook | |
| 1096 | Theodore Pollari | Realize that as much as you're trying to recruit new students, you are alienating alumni who loved the UNcommon University that the UofC was. Remember, we're the ones donating money. Please consider the fact that tradition matters; UNcommonality matters to US and to the UofC. |
| 1097 | Ariella Omholt | |
| 1098 | Kenneth Seekins | |
| 1099 | Anonymous | |
| 1100 | James Waters | I would not have taken the Chicago application serious if it were not for the Uncommon Application. It was that mark of distinction that let me know that Chicago was the right school for me. I filled out the common application and sent it to Harvard, but just for fun. That was nice, but not as much fun as it was two months later rejecting Harvard and the common application, for Chicago. James Waters, A.B. 2005 |