You’ve submitted your application! This is an exciting time for you—and for us. You’ve taken the next step in your academic and career journey, and you’re ahead of the curve by submitting so early. Reading and learning more about you is one of our favorite parts of the application process.  

After you submitted your application you probably took a deep breath—or maybe let out a breath you’d been holding in—and you may think all there is left to do is wait for decisions to be released in mid-May. But wait! There are a few things we think you should consider between now and decision release:

• Connect with a current student. Complete this form and we’ll connect you to a current student.  
• Visit our beautiful campus, which is officially recognized as a botanic garden, as the flowers bloom and students make their way out to the quad. During our campus visits, you will have the opportunity to sit in on a class with Assistant Professor Fiona Burlig, who studies energy and environment economics in the developing world.
• Attend  Fiona Burlig's faculty spotlight on May 3 at 4 p.m. Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)  to lean about her research on rural electrification in India and using machine learning methods to quantify the effectiveness of energy efficiency upgrades.
• Prepare for your graduate studies with a Harris Credential Program—a part-time, virtual program you can take before you begin your graduate coursework. It is an opportunity to strengthen your academic readiness and begin building your UChicago networks!
• Check out some of our faculty reading recommendations in this blog post. 
• Get to know our student community—check out our website for new student profiles each week. (Spoiler alert: Harris students are pretty amazing). 
• Follow a university podcast: 
  • Not Another Politics Podcast: Understand the political science beyond the headlines with Harris School of Public Policy Professors William Howell, Anthony Fowler, and Wioletta Dziuda. 
  • The Pie: Join the Becker Friedman Institute (BFI) for an extra slice of The Pie, our expanded podcast series drawn from presentations and conversations with UChicago scholars on cutting-edge research and key events of the day. 
  • UChicago Big Brains: Stories from the people behind the pioneering research and pivotal breakthroughs at the University of Chicago. 
• Read the latest news at Harris and UChicago.

As always, if you have questions, we’re here to help! Email us at harrisadmissions@uchicago.edu.