Can someone please chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>Ok, so here is a very condensed form of my resume</p>

<p>SAT: 2290
ACT: 35
GPA: 4.0/4.0 u
4.4/4.5 (w-Note, at our school, a cumulative GPA of 4.5 is impossible since mandatory courses such as P.E. and Health are unweighted)
Class Rank: 1/786</p>

<p>Race: Asian</p>

<p>AP Classes: (don't have scores for any except USH yet)
US History (5)
Statistics
Chemistry
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
American Government
Physics
Calculus BC
English
Biology
Spanish</p>

<p>Recommendation Letters are from Two Stellar Teachers</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
In a nutshell, at least 300+ hours and counting (Student Teacher for illiterate foreigners, hospital volunteer, food drives, blood drives, relay for life, United Way collection campaigns, salvation army, family bingo nights, summer day camps, children's activities such as field trips, swimming, sports, nursing homes, school functions, Harvest for Hunger etc..)</p>

<p>Sports (I lack here):
Summer Baseball (~12 years)</p>

<p>E.C.
President of Model United Nations (3 years)
Treasurer of National Honor Society (2 years)
Student Government Secretary (3 years)
Harvest for Hunger Co-chair for the School (1 year)
Captain of Future Leaders (2 years)
Captain of Academic Challenge Team (2 years)
Academic Decathalon (Gold Medalist at State Competition)
Science Olympiad Captain
Math Club
Web Design Team</p>

<p>Awards:
Top Delegate at Model UN Conference (1 year)
National Gold and Bronze Medalist in National Science Olympiad Competition
Gold and Bronze Medalist at State and Regional Science Oly
Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Ambassador
Top Academic Student in the Following Classes:
AP US History
AP Chemistry
AP Economics
Mathematics
Honors Biology
Physical Education (lol, not sure why)
Harvest for Hunger Outstanding School Organizer (raised almost 24,000 lbs)
National Merit Commended Student
Math League Winner for the School
World Leadership Conference Nominee</p>

<p>Job Experience:
-Pain Internship at The Cleveland Clinic: I researched a new antibody related to organ transplantation failure. (40 hrs a week during the Summer)</p>

<p>I just would like to know what you guys think my chances are for University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, Washington in Saint Louis, and Cornell. Thanks to all!!!!</p>

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<p>I Lold at the family bingo part. I would say 80 percent chance admission but at selective schools like uchicago, its hard to say</p>

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<p>Pain Internship at The Cleveland Clinic: I researched a new antibody related to organ transplantation failure. (40 hrs a week during the Summer)</p>

<p>HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH LOL LOL LOL
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Sorry I had to do that, I am cracking up</p>

<p>Anyway’s make sure you work on your essays. It’s more important than your grades for admission to U of C.</p>

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<p>Ehhh also for this</p>

<p>Top Academic Student in the Following Classes:
AP US History
AP Chemistry
AP Economics
Mathematics
Honors Biology
Physical Education (lol, not sure why)</p>

<p>I don’t think that admissions really much care about that (IMO, and don’t take it as any kind of offense, you are a great student). But they usually overlook things like “best student in (fill in the class name)” because it is more depended on what class you are stuck with, not really showing your intellgence. This kinda goes to school literary magazines at schools, I always say that it is way easier to publish things into school literary magazines. It also makes you look like you are just trying to pad your resume. Never the less the other awards are great.</p>

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<p>Yeah I know, I was just throwing in what I recalled quickly, but my volunteer work also includes some more intricate work such as volunteering in a cancer rehabillitation center, building houses in ravaged Dominican Republic Cities, volunteering at Indian homeless shelters, teaching English to foreign, deprived children etc.</p>

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<p>^cdz512 I was just throwing in the top academic student kind of to show that with the 4.4 GPA i didn’t merely slide by with A- or even 96% in classes (for our GPA doesn’t distinguish between A’s) I was just utilizing it to show that I received 98%-100% in those rigorous classes, but I of course understand your point completely. Thanks for the feedback</p>

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<p>" Yeah I know, I was just throwing in what I recalled quickly, but my volunteer work also includes some more intricate work such as volunteering in a cancer rehabillitation center, building houses in ravaged Dominican Republic Cities, volunteering at Indian homeless shelters, teaching English to foreign, deprived children etc. "</p>

<p>Now that’s worth writing about. I have you say, the antibody does sound interesting.</p>

<p>“I was just throwing in the top academic student kind of to show that with the 4.4 GPA i didn’t merely slide by with A- or even 96% in classes (for our GPA doesn’t distinguish between A’s) I was just utilizing it to show that I received 98%-100% in those rigorous classes, but I of course understand your point completely. Thanks for the feedback”</p>

<p>Don’t worry about your GPA, admissions don’t care about GPA, they care about the individual grade in each class and the difficulty of the class. Different schools calculate GPA differently and some don’t even have GPAs so they don’t really care about GPAs.</p>

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<p>good chances but what separates you from the other asian kid in the thread above?</p>

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<p>^^Shempi great point, but I feel that is exactly where the essays come into play. With millions of kids applying to college, numerous students look very similar to even the most minute detail, and I think that is why essays are utilized for selection. I know I am the typical “Asian” so to say and many others share similar qualifications. It is through my unique essays and novel (at least I hope) themes that I hope to garner attention. However, I do very much appreciate your criticism. All I can say is keep it coming!</p>