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Signatures | Total: 1,340

 

# NameComments
201 Veronica Mayer
202 Hannah Fish
203 Anonymous
204 Amy SteelmanThe uncommon application sets the tone for a student's entire experience at the UofC. To get rid of it would be terrible!
205 Marina
206 Anonymous
207 Meredith Edwards
208 Liliana Zaragoza
209 Emilie Shumway
210 Ram KrishnanI vehemently oppose the idea of getting rid of the Uncommon application. This more than any other metric in the application process has given Chicago the ability to maintain its unique and truly Chicago composition of undergraduates.
211 stacy Hackner
212 Nicole NaghiThe uncommon application makes applying to college at least a bit bearable, so please do not get rid of it! It's the last vestige of independent thought out there and Chicago is supposed to be the guardian of independent thought!
213 Benjamin Halbig
214 Courtney Johnson
215 Marina Danilevsky
216 Tyler Alfermann
217 Susan Cheng
218 AnonymousThe uncommon application helped me understand what the U of C was about before I applied. It was my first real glimpse into the U of C, before I began my freshman year. I hope it will continue to be used because it embodies what the U of C is all about.
219 Kate RamosThe Uncommon Application looks for that special quality that U of C students have. I, like most others, have completed the Common Application, and although it can make things easier for the student, it doesn't really ask enough of a student's creativity or unusual interests.
220 Rachel LandauThis school being uncommon made me want to come here. Don't throw that away!
221 Benjamin M. Esparza
222 Andrew Wille
223 Maximilian Smith
224 Philip MunroeThe Uncommon Application was by far the one that was the most fun for me when I was applying to colleges. Altering it or taking it away would make the U of C's application process just as mundane as the rest.
225 Kevin Koll
226 Anonymous
227 Kathleen DuffyI loved doing the uncommon app. It is what makes our school so original and unique. Please don't take away one of our greatest traditions.
228 Leo WongThe Uncommon Application is the SOUL of this school!
229 Zoë Thompson
230 Anne SauerI hope that everyone understands that the uncommon essays will still be a part of the application. I'm signing this petition because I don't believe that the ways the switch could possibly make a difference are positive considering the ways in which we view our school.
231 Anonymous
232 luis BrennanThe wonderful thing about this school is the very fact that it doesn't attract everyone. Only a certain type of person would love the uncommon app and only a certain type of person would love uchicago. It's this very thing that makes this such a wonderful place. The community if fosters is not only more important than any rankings it's also the cause of our so prized, "best overall academic experience" thing. If you get rid of the things that make it more selectively attractive to apply your getting rid of the things that makes this school great and unique.
233 Marissa
234 Alison FeibelThe uncommon application is part of what defines our school. We pride ourselves on our unique education and the uncommon application is the first part of this education.
235 Andrew Lewis
236 Adam Palmer
237 Sam Casper
238 Richard RuizPlease do not get rid of an application that has been such a cherished tool of the school that brings in UC people. All of us here at the U of C have unique qualities and traits but we all have a common quirkiness, and it is this quirkiness that makes us the U of C. If you rid the admission process of the uncommon ap. you remove the one way every Chicago student has proven themself a member of this family.
239 Elizabeth NelsonThe uncommon app. is one of the things that endeared me to this school. I didn't to go the ivy route, but still wanted a good education. I think that's the beauty of this school. We embrace the quirkiness of our students from the very beginning. Even if we keep the essays and go to common app, we will be moving towards being just that: common.
240 William Curran VolkWhat could be more inexplicable and wasteful than deliberate, premeditated mediocrity?
241 Seth Thomas Pace
242 Anonymous
243 Mark Stankevitz
244 Lauren FramThe uncommon application is part of what attracted me to this school and one of the reasons I love it so.
245 Sara Friedman
246 Kathryn Sangillo
247 Brittany LuberdaIt's the reason I applied- I felt it was the only application that actually valued individual thought and not just a homogenized systematic set of criteria.
248 Stephen Kolb
249 AnonymousIf those incoming students can't challenge themselves to file the Uncommon Application, how likely are they going to challenge themselves and succeed in this uncommon university?
250 Elliot Tappe

 

Signatures | Total: 1,340