another chance thread

<p>Hi,</p>

<p>Please chance me. I know that essays are the most important component, but I still want to know if I have a chance.</p>

<p>SAT: cr: 650, math: 760
SAT subject: bio: 710, math 2: 760, ush: 710
ACT: 29
UW GPA: 3.41 W: 5.5</p>

<p>class schedule:</p>

<p>9th:</p>

<p>French 1 honors - B
English 1 honors - B
Algebra 2 honors - A
Inquiry Skills honors - A
AP world history - B
Chemistry Honors - A
10th:
French 2 Honors - B
English 2 Honors - B
IB Trigonometry - B
Research 4 Honors - B
Spanish I honors - A
AP Statistics - A
AP Chemistry - B
AP US History -B
11th:
IB Economics: B
IB Math Studies - A
IB History/Americas - B
IB Spanish IV - B
IB Research 5 Honors - B
IB Biology - A
IB English Honors - B
JROTC: A</p>

<p>12th: ib history, ib english 4, ap physics b, ap french lang, ib psychology, TOK, research 6 honors, ib spanish v.</p>

<p>online: chinese 1, ap us gov, ap calc, ap art his (half), ap comp sci (half)</p>

<p>Scores: ap wh: 4, apush: 5, ap chem: 4, ap stats: 4, ap us gov: 4, ap calc ab: 4, ib bio sl: 5, ib math studies sl: 7.</p>

<p>ECs:
Swimming - two years (soph, junior, will-be senior)
Mu Alpha Theta - pres. Tutored students in alg/geo every week since ninth grade - over 120 hrs.
NHS - pres. Tutored students in different subjects since 10th - over 40 hrs.
Made a charity for Afghan children - raised over 500 dollars.
SFK - volunteered in a childrens organization and helped young children in disadvantaged areas - 60 hrs.</p>

<p>Over 11th-12th grade summer, participated in a summer research math/science program. We had individual research sponsored by professors, and we had classes in modern physics, c++ and advanced math modeling. I also conducted research in protein structure and stability with grad students.</p>

<p>Work experience: sorts bullets since 2008, - 100 hrs. fry cook since 2004 at parents' restaurant - over 1000 hrs.</p>

<p>Why I want to go to Chicago: I want to do something in the social sciences because that is the way of helping people in poverty. Chicago will allow me to do that, through learning about economic development and infrastructure. Everyone's life is really crappy, I just want to make it a little less crappier.</p>

<p>I like your goals. Your GPA is really low…Is their a reason for all those B’s? School is really competitive or what? Right some decent essays and maybe retake the SAT or ACT.</p>

<p>Thanks! I know… my gpa stinks. It’s probably the worst part of my application… its not that the school is competitive, its just that I’m not the best at getting small assignments done… I just like to learn random things that interest me, and I am a bad procrastinator… and I just am not the best when it comes to assignments. Do you really think I should retake the SAT?</p>

<p>bump…</p>