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This blog is now defunct; further entries will be made on the new blog:

https://blogs.uchicago.edu/collegeadmissions/

ThickEnvelope closes on July 1

Hi everyone, for the last time. Sniff. ThickEnvelope, including the bulletin boards, will close on July 1. We're expecting you to have moved over to the Class of 2012 website, including their bulletin boards. Also the discussion on Facebook has been pretty lively.

If you're still awaiting your student ID number or email address and you are a US citizen or permanent resident, you can claim your email address (also known as a CNetID) here.

If you are an international student and you don't have your student ID number, it's because you haven't turned in your I-20 forms to Isabel Gomez, and you need to do it immediately! When she receives your completed forms to get your student visa, she will email you your student ID number so you can claim your email address. Even Canadian students need to do some things, so pay attention to the letter you received in the admit packet and any emails she sends you.

Check back on July 1 at 3 p.m. to see our awesome new website. ThickEnvelope and the Uncommon Application are no more, but we're integrating them into the college admissions website with a new design. Lolcats will ensue.

Also, July 1 is the deadline to defer your enrollment for a year or two. If you still want to do that, just write an email to the dean of admissions, Ted O'Neill, and he'll approve your request. The only way he wouldn't approve it is if you're enrolling full-time in a degree-seeking program at another four-year university.

I'll see you all at orientation.

Housing change deadline is June 1

This is just a reminder that this Sunday, June 1, 2008 is the deadline for changing any preferences on your housing application in ThickEnvelope. This includes roommate preferences, room type preferences (single, double, triple), residence hall preferences, rankings, etc. After June 1, 2008 it will not be possible to make any changes to your housing application. Also we'd like to remind you that roommate preferences are considered to be more important than any other preference – room type or residence hall.

Class of 2012 website is ready!

https://classof2012.uchicago.edu/

Thus begins the long, slow process of extricating you from the grasp of the admissions office and putting you in the capable hands of the College Programming Office. The Class of 2012 website has bulletin boards (ours will eventually go down), all the summer mailings (so no calling me if you didn't get something... it's right there), the forms you need to complete before arriving, and other fun interactive stuff.

Students who were admitted from the waiting list

First, congratulations on your admission! Second, you do not have access to ThickEnvelope! Because you are a member of a such a small and elite group, you will have to fill out your enrollment and housing forms on paper.

Claiming your email address

Students can now claim their email addresses here. You just need to have a social security number.

If you're an international student, I can email you your student ID so that you, too, can claim your email address. Just email me at question@phoenix.uchicago.edu.

Also... make your own academic sentence. Now you don't even need to go here!

Two Scav Hunt videos

With a bonus incentive--videos that get the most views will be televised on Channel 55 in Chicago.

Blues Brothers-style public dancing at Chicago's Daley Center

Does anyone feel like they just saw a Feist video?

Riding a Unicyle on a Monowheel

That one is cool for a few seconds, and then there's just a lot of screaming. Our students are so supportive!