Any chance at U Chicago?

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Currently I am a junior. I would totally love to go to U Chicago and plan on applying early action. Here are the other schools I plan on applying to.
U Chicago
UC Berkeley
Princeton
Columbia
Cornell
U Mich
UT Austin
FSU
Class Ranking: 1 out of 541<br>
Cumulative GPA: 3.75
Academic Core GPA: 4.1389
Weighted Cumul. GPA: 5.1806</p>

<p>Awards:
Honor Roll (Freshman-Present)
Top Ten in Class (Sophomore-Present)
AP Scholar (Sophomore)
American Mensa (Junior-Present)
Outstanding Achievement Awards
English Honors II (Sophomore)
Pre-calculus (Sophomore)
AP Human Geography (Freshman)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
Score of 5 AP Statistics exam (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP European History (Sophomore)
Score of 4 AP Human Geography (Freshman)
Score of 3 AP World History (Sophomore)</p>

<p>ACT: 31
English: 29; Mathematics: 32; Reading: 33; Science: 30; Essay: 8</p>

<p>PSAT: 209
Math: 76; Verbal: 70; Writing: 63</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:
National Honor Society (Sophomore-Present)
Academic Games:
Captain (Junior – Present)
Brain Brawl Team- Inter-School Academic competition (Junior-Present)
National History Bowl Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
National History Bee Competitor (Sophomore-Present)
Debate Team (Sophomore-Present)
Volunteer Judge for Debate (Junior-Present)
Spanish Honor Society (Junior-Present)</p>

<p>Work/Volunteer Experience:
82 Volunteer Hours
Volunteered to clean the city – MENSA Outdoor (Feb 2013)
Volunteers with Youth Ministry – Church by the Glades (2008-Present)
Worship Ministry/Band – Church by the Glades (2008 – Present)
Bassist at Youth Camp – Church by the Glades (2012-Present)
Student Leader – Church by the Glades (2012-present)
Helped various time to feed the homeless – Church by the Glades (2010-present)
Volunteers as a member of the Creative Team – Church by the Glades (2013)</p>

<p>Special Skills and Interests:
Music – Bass Guitar, Guitar, Baritone
Computer Programming (Java)</p>

<p>I will be president of Debate next year, will probably qualify for nationals (CFL) before the season is over. </p>

<p>My classes this year are:
AP English Language
AP Calculus AB
AP US History
Dual Enrollment World Religions (at a state college)
AP Biology
Honors Spanish IV
Honors Debate II</p>

<p>Over the summer:
Dual Enrollment Discrete Mathematics
Dual Enrollment Introduction to Anthropology
Dual Enrollment Introduction to Ethics</p>

<p>And next year:
AP Economics (Micro and Macro)
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics B
AP Chemistry
AP English Literature
AP US Government
Honors Debate III</p>

<p>With good recommendations and a good essay, what are my chances?</p>

2

<p>You won me over with 1 out of 541 class rank and I also bet you will with those schools too. You have a really good chance. =] Goodluck!!</p>

3

<p>Your ACT raises a huge red flag for me.</p>

4

<p>Agree that your test scores look low given that your unweighted GPA is 3.75. My D got into U of C EA with pretty much the same GPA this year and similar ECs, but she had a 2380 superscored SAT to go with it, and a couple of 800 subject tests. I think your list is top heavy if you don’t get your test scores up.</p>

5

<p>U Chicago - Reach
UC Berkeley - Low Reach
Princeton - Reach
Columbia - Reach
Cornell - Reach
U Mich - I don’t know enough about this school to give an accurate chance
UT Austin - I don’t know enough about this school to give an accurate chance
FSU - Safety</p>

<p>You list is very top heavy, seriously recommend applying to more matches and to have a decent chance at some of these schools you should aim for 33+, or at least 31/32+.</p>

6

<p>U Chicago: low reach/reach
UC Berkeley: low reach
Princeton: high reach
Columbia: high reach
Cornell: reach
U Mich: low reach/high match
UT Austin: idk, sorry
FSU: safety</p>

<p>Your class rank is great, but your test scores are pretty low, which makes me wonder how competitive your school is. What % of grads go to top schools? Your other stuff looks pretty good though, and essays will really help you out at UChicago – that’s what would make it a low reach rather than a high reach. They definitely sometimes ignore low test scores for an otherwise impressive app.</p>