How to Get Into the University of Chicago
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About this livestream
UChicago is a series of quadrangles in Chicago Illinois styled in a unique blend of English Gothic and modern architecture. This school is home to 92 Nobel Prize winners and traditions such as the fun Summer Breeze Festival and the lively Latke-Hamantash Debate.
Today, Elias Miller will be covering the ins and outs of how to get into the University of Chicago, with admission-related information spanning acceptance rates, academic preparation, extracurricular optimization, and of course, the notorious essays.
Don't miss this opportunity to have all your burning questions about applying to UChicago answered!
Undergrad College: Harvard University '17
Major: Music
Graduate College: University of Michigan, M.M.
Work Experience: Now in my fourth year at CollegeVine, I have helped dozens of students gain acceptance to their top-choice schools and have also advised and mentored thousands more through my livestreams. Apart from my work at CV, I am also a professional conductor and a multi-instrumentalist. I currently serve as the music director of the Apollo Ensemble of Boston, and I have led symphonic concerts and operatic productions throughout the United States.
My Admissions Story: Initially interested in pursuing a career as a performing cellist, I applied almost exclusively to music schools with dual and double degree options and ultimately enrolled in the Tufts University/New England Conservatory Dual Degree Program. Unhappy with the combined program and worried I'd never feel like I was fully a student at either school, I logged back into CommonApp.org in October of my freshman year. I can't say I went about the transfer process in the smartest way (I only applied to two schools!), but Harvard miraculously accepted me (or 'excepted me' as I wrote in a celebratory Facebook post that day - no one ever let me live that one down), and the rest was history.
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