<p>27 act score
3.455 gpa
only taken hard/ap classes
lots of ec:class president,student council,lots of leadership, national honor society,tennis,track etc..
500+voleenteer hrs...
in upward bound
have really good essays & reccs
I try hard in school I'm just a grade ahead and I take only hard and ap classes.
do I even have a chance, should I even bother to apply?
thanks for any input guys!!! :)</p>
<p>AP test scores?</p>
<p>uhh I got a 2 
I’m not good with standardized tests</p>
<p>on which AP tests? all of them? And if UChicago is your dream school, definitely apply. The worst thing that will happen is that you get rejected. Write some fantastic essays :D</p>
<p>yea and ok! thanks :)</p>
<p>We are in a similar boat, 28 and 3.521. Haha I did take one of the hardest schedules though. :p</p>
<p>It is hard to say. I do know a person who got in with a 3.4 GPA, but that was when the University had a 27% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Haha well good luck to everybody! I took the hardest classes at my school to who knows I like other colleges too I’m just applying here for the heck of it, I loved the campus and the tour made me fall in love but there are other colleges.</p>
<p>Write disgustingly good essays and you’ll have a shot. I met someone here that got a 480 on the math section of the SATs (I don’t know how she did on the rest). </p>
<p>Basically, if you don’t apply, you won’t get in. Us chancing you doesn’t help, it just gives you false expectations – our predictions are useless and most likely inaccurate. You know yourself better. Just trust the admissions officer to make the right choice; if you belong here, then you’ll get in.</p>
<p>thanks cookcfc! I think that makes the most sense haha! :)</p>
<p>UChicago is a very academic institution, so I highly doubt that good ECs could make up for low grades and scores. Also, UChicago is getting more and more popular each year, which means a continuously decreasing acceptance rate. </p>
<p>Didn’t mean to discourage you, but it would be worse to lie.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s definitely a reach (it is for most everyone), but I would just advise that you pour your heart into your essays and show some true passion. I know a couple of people who have gotten in with similar stats, but they were pretty rare cases, I’m sure. In any case, I wish you the best of luck!</p>
<p>You should apply as you never know what will happen, but unfortunately I do not think you will get in. I know a person who got in with a similar GPA in tough classes, but their grandfather was a professor and they were a perfect match for the school in terms of personality. Also, they had a 34 or 35 ACT score.</p>
<p>Just apply! If you apply you’ll have a very small chance, but if you don’t you have 0 chance =). My test score is worse than yours and I applied EA. Crossing my fingers for magic to appear :D</p>
<p>thanks everybody! & good luck to you trucKN! Good Luck to everybody actually haha!! :)</p>