<p>I want to go to law school after undergraduate school, and I'm trying to put myself in the best position to do that. I think going to the University of Chicago would be a good start! However, money is a bit of an issue. Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Subject tests:
Math II: 750
World History: 760
US History: 790
Chemistry: 800</p>
<p>GPA:
4.0 UW</p>
<p>AP Classes:
Four so far: World History, US History, English Language, Chemistry (all 5's on the exams)
Taking 6 AP's senior year</p>
<p>Mediocre extracurricular activities....some pretty neat research internships for the past 2 summers, coaching soccer for the past 4 summers, varsity soccer for 4 years in high school, and volunteering at hospital for the past two summers</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in economics, if that information helps.</p>
<p>Thanks, and any additional info helps a lot!</p>
<p>Well academically I have no complaints. By the numbers, you have a good shot.</p>
<p>However, your EC’s aren’t “mediocre” as you said, but they are a bit lacking compared to many other applicants. If the research internships are significant, I could be wrong though.</p>
<p>Based on what you’ve said, that’s all I can help you with. And going along with the sentiments of some other members in this forum, remember that chance threads don’t dictate what is actually true or not. It’s all speculation that causes more worry than comfort.</p>
<p>Probably about half the applicant field has the stats to get in. Of these applicants (and considering that the admissions rate next year will be ~10%), those in the top 20% of essays, recs, and ECs will get in. And nobody here can tell you anything about those, so the moral of the story is: don’t listen to anybody who tries to chance you, and write really good essays.</p>
<p>If you plan on law school, the undergraduate school is not as big of a factor as the grades in the school. Get the best undergraduate grades and LSAT score you can, get into the best law school you can, and get the best grades in that law school, and you should be set for whatever legal job you want.</p>
<p>UChicago does not have grade inflation, therefore the grades are hard to come by. Yes the GPA tends to be lower than alot of Ivy’s. Bartok is right and this does have a disadvantage.</p>