Chance EA and RD (probably a reach)

<p>I've recently been looking into the University of Chicago, and it seems like a pretty cool school. Care to chance?</p>

<p>Race/Ethnicity: White Male</p>

<p>GPA (Unweighted): 3.8 as of the end of Junior Year. Large upward trend.
GPA (Weighted): 4.11
AP Tests: US History (5), World History (never took it, I took Honors since it wasn't offered but took the test) (5), English (5), Psychology (5)</p>

<p>I go to a relatively competitive (I think) large public high school in northern California, which sends many students into the UC System. Our Valedictorian was accepted at MIT and Princeton.</p>

<p>I have taken AP English, AP Psychology, and AP US History. I have passed each class with at least an A. Unfortunately, AP World History didn't come into existence here until after I had taken it. Instead, my Freshman and Sophomore I took Honors Courses, which were the most competitive programs available that year. Next year, I will be taking AP Biology, AP Economics, AP English, and AP Government.</p>

<p>SAT I Scores: </p>

<p>Overall: 2310, but I have retaken it several times. This is my highest score. (Not superscored).
Critical Reading: 790
Math: 740
Writing: 780</p>

<p>ACT Scores:</p>

<p>Composition: 34
Math 33
English 36
Reading 36
Science 33</p>

<p>SAT II Scores:</p>

<p>Biology: 730
German: 790
Literature: 760
Math I: 700
World History: 800
US History: 800</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Lacrosse Team. 3 Years. Junior Varisty for two years, Varsity for one year.
Debate Team. 3 Years. I have won two trophies with my partner.
Interact Club. 1 Year.
Hiking Club. 1 Year.
Intern at UC Berkeley Journalism.
Public Forum. Not a founding member, but one of the earlier members. I lapsed out of it, and only got involved last year. 1 Year.
High School Paper. I was made an editor my freshman year. Next year, my senior year, I will be made Editor-in-Chief.
Boy Scouts. I am currently a Life Scout; I will be made an Eagle (if all goes as planned...) next fall, right before I send my college application out. Den Chief to the little Cub Scouts.
Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. Don't know whether this will help at all, but eh.
I'm also thinking of starting a German club next year. I'm sure it would help.</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>Tutor in all things history, did this during my Junior year.
Many different things with Interact.
Various projects with the Boy Scouts. </p>

<p>There is probably a few other things I'm leaving out, but honestly, I can't remember. I plan on volunteering for a political campaign in the fall, but I'm not sure whether that means anything.</p>

<p>Recommendations:</p>

<p>I will have, I think, excellent recommendations, from three teachers, a guidance counselor, and perhaps someone else.
In Conclusion:</p>

<p>Anyway, that's that. I screwed up a bit my freshman year; I got one C in Algebra I my fresman year. Major upward trend, though. Last year, I couldn't, since I was having spinal surgery (I'm 6'11 as a result of it). Anyway, please chance!</p>

<p>Write up some great essays and be ready to explain that C and you’re set.</p>

<p>Looks good to me.</p>

<p>You have a decent shot. Extremely high scores, pretty good GPA albeit with one blemish that seems to be anomalous. </p>

<p>Could go either way depending on your essays, good luck!</p>

<p>Would I have a better chance EA or RD? Or would I be competitive for both?</p>

<p>Thanks for the replies!</p>

<p>That’s an overly simplistic way of looking at the application process. If it’s good enough, you’ll get in, and if it’s not, you won’t. That being said, only apply RD if you feel like you can use the extra couple months to strengthen your application. If it’s good enough as is, don’t bother.</p>

<p>Definitely apply EA because it took so much stress off of me for the rest of applications. Your stats look good. Essays are very important to Chicago, though. So, get started soon. I think they release the prompts in a few weeks.</p>

<p>Chicago is a top 10 school. Your academic is good, but Extracurrics. are lacking. You need more extracurrics.</p>