Join us in welcoming our newly admitted students

As many of you have noticed by now, today we both posted our decisions on the application website and mailed them to all Regular Notification applicants. I expect this blog will start to get a bit more crowded. Congratulations to all of you!

Some of you might be wondering about merit scholarships, which we also mailed today. We notify scholarship winners ONLY through the mail. We notify only those applicants and admitted students who have won scholarships. There is no appeal process or waiting list for merit scholarships.

Over the next six weeks or so you will all be called upon to make a really big decision. And though we feel very strongly that all the students we admitted are excellent matches for The University of Chicago, I want to encourage to think carefully and make the decision that is best for you.

Admitted students have several opportunities to visit campus during the month of April. We're running three major programs - one dorm preview day and two overnight programs. Details can be found on thickenvelope, where you can also register for the aforementioned programs.

But in the meanwhile, use the comments to let us know what kinds of questions you might have and the things you want to know to help make your decision. Several admissions staff members and a couple of students will be here to answer your questions.

Again, congratulations to all.