| # | Name | Comments |
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| 101 | Megan Toups | |
| 102 | Margaret Terry | This change would signal the triumph of the recent trend in college admissions, that is towards superficially low admit rates and affected interest in a dozen "top" universities on the part of american teens. The University of Chicago's uncommon application is not titled as such by hazard. If one word can addequately describe the entire student body, it is uncommon. If we cannot, as an academic institution, withstand a passing fad in American culture, then our future rankings in US News and World Report will be as inflated as they are false. |
| 103 | Daru Page-Tilahun | |
| 104 | Beth Jackson | I am now an alumni and I still feel that the Uncommon application was the single most joy during my application process. Anyone can jot out their greatest life achievements, their role models, and their moments of impact. The Uncommon application challenges students to strive beyond the ordinary and to distill those traits that make them a unique person. Likewise, I believe the Uncommon application is one of the first visible traits that makes University of Chicago stand out as a unique university. |
| 105 | Anonymous | |
| 106 | Rodrigo Garcia-Uribe | |
| 107 | Weisheng Liu | |
| 108 | Lauren Frausto | |
| 109 | Karen Brubaker | |
| 110 | Peter D'Angelo | |
| 111 | Joel M. Lanceta | |
| 112 | Rebecca Rothschild | College Apps are already obnoxious enough. Don't destroy one of the only elements in the process that's actually engaging. |
| 113 | Smriti Mishra | The Un-un-un-un-common application is one of the reasons I came to this school, and I've spoken to a number of people who also felt that way. Every "top ranking" school offers reknown professors, an intelligent student body, research opportunities, and so forth, but I take pride that the UofC IS the best environment for a true education. The Core is wonderful, but most importantly the incoming student body has a spirit like no other. The people who write the best essays for our uncommon application have a vigorous intellectual drive and inspriing creativity. Truly, the uncommon app isn't just the reason that I came to the school; it's the reason I applied.
I'm a graduating 4th year and you can count on receiving less donations from me if you remove the uncommon application. |
| 114 | Joelle Shabat | |
| 115 | Monica Iyer, AB 06 | |
| 116 | Koren Phillips | |
| 117 | Eliza Wilson | |
| 118 | Madeleine McLeester | |
| 119 | Matt Ciejka | |
| 120 | Elisabeth Jones | Chicago is great because it is unique. With every step they take towards making themselves less unique (and they seem to be taking more and more), they take an equal step towards demeaning that greatness, and thereby losing my support as an alumna. |
| 121 | J. Lauren Dueck | The Uncommon App was definitive, and part of what convinced me to apply here. Believe it or not, I actually enjoyed filling it out. It seems that this is another step in the process of homogenizing U of C, and i don't appreciate it one bit. The students who are here came here because it's NOT like the rest of the Ivies, and to try and make it into one is something of a betrayal. The uniqueness of our institution should not be viewed as "bad for business". |
| 122 | Rosa Yoon | |
| 123 | Mariah Ford | |
| 124 | Anna MacCourt | Our University should be proud of its intellectual elitism. |
| 125 | Madalyn Zimbric | |
| 126 | Caitlin Waddle | Please do not change the common application. It is a matter of pride for students at the University to have sought out this school and made an extra effort to apply here. Getting rid of the uncommon application in its current form would be giving in to pressures to be more like everyone else, and that is something there is no reason to do. |
| 127 | jarrod Wolf | |
| 128 | Anonymous | This is only one of the changes over the past few years aimed at making the U of C more like the other universities out there...as an alum I can definitely say that any inclination I have to support the university is vanishing by the day...
The point is not even that it's a tradition; the point is that the University is pursuing a policy of uniformity that runs counter to everything that made the U of C great as an undergrad institution. And for what? Rankings? PR? |
| 129 | Kathie Ang | |
| 130 | Mary Johnson | |
| 131 | Lydia Fabian | The uncommon application is why I was accepted here. I filled out the common application for other schools and didn't get accepted to any of them--not because they were better schools, but because our university's application probed me and made me write thoughtful essays that better expressed who I am. |
| 132 | Amanda Wall | The uncommon application is one of the reasons why I chose this school over any other. It is a true snapshot of life at the University of Chicago, a place where conformity and following the others is not an option. Changing the Uncommon App changes our school . . . don't make this mistake! |
| 133 | Adelle McElveen | |
| 134 | Genevieve | |
| 135 | Weiyi | I can't believe that the University is even CONSIDERING this!! The uncommon application has become a representation of so much of who and what we are... :( |
| 136 | Gang Huang | The Uncommon app is the single piece of document that drew my attension the most when I was applying for colleges. By changing this, the university is lose a great tool in attracting great many intelectuals. For this reason, I am against the idea of changing the application. |
| 137 | Beruria Steinmetz-Silber | I understand that accepting the Common App will bolster admissions. First of all, this change will not affect anyone who is passionate about UChicago--those ppl would be applying anyway. Second, the Uncommon Application is what made me--and many other students--fall in love with U of C. I was not planning on applying here, and when I saw the application I absolutely fell in love with the school, and honestly, it's perfect for me.
The only students that will be more likely to apply because of the move towards accepting the Common Application are the students who probably would not be happy here. So much of what U of C does and stands for shines through in the Uncommon Application, with all of its quirks and creativity. Please do not make the move towards accepting the Common Application. |
| 138 | Andrea Natalie Goldstein | |
| 139 | Austin Bean | |
| 140 | Ryan Reich | This was the only application I wrote that was interesting. It set the university apart, and although the additional application made extra work, it was the only one whose essay actually said something about me. |
| 141 | Alyssa Rosen | The uncommon application is the reason I attended this school. It was so creative, so interesting, that for a person like myself (lacking in the time and resources to travel to every prestigious university across the country), I could get a real idea of what this school is all about. I realized immediately that it was a self-selective process, and a beautiful opportunity to express the unique individual that I am. I would see the end of the uncommon application as a degradation of this school, and I hope the administration makes the wise decision to retain one of the most essential attributes that makes the University of Chicago the challenging, offbeat, and originial place that I love. |
| 142 | Anonymous | |
| 143 | Robert Anthony Planthold | |
| 144 | Lisa Brownstone | |
| 145 | Alexandra Kolod | As an alumna, I think it would be a mistake to get rid of the uncommon app. The U of C is self selective and that is one of the goods things about it. |
| 146 | Anonymous | It's our Trademark! |
| 147 | Anne Scherer | |
| 148 | Margaret Viola | |
| 149 | Anonymous | |
| 150 | Jon Quinn | |