Chance for U Chicago

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>GENERAL INFO</p>

<p>High School: College prep (10x harder than any school in the county)
Year: Rising Senior
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
STATS:</p>

<p>I had a bumpy start.</p>

<p>Freshman year GPA - 3.33
Sophomore GPA -3.48
Junior year my GPA - 3.9
Up to this point - 3.64 and (3.67 Weighted, it's low I know, but teachers didn't recommend me for APs or Honors)</p>

<p>Junior Year Schedule and grades
Honors English - A
Precalculus - A
Physics - A-
French III - A-
World History - A
Latin II - A
Greek - A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
AP Psychology
AP English
Calculus Honors
French IV Honors
Latin III
Electives: Painting/Aquaculture</p>

<p>Self study - AP Environmental Science, AP Latin, and AP Calc AB</p>

<p>SAT: 760 Math 700 Reading 710 Writing
SAT II's: None taken yet, plan on SAT Math I or II, SAT Physics or Chem</p>

<p>Class Rank = My class is really small and competitive (probably like 17 of 60)</p>

<p>Letters of Recommendation -</p>

<p>My Academic Dean is writing a letter that I think will be good.
My math teacher will also having something good to say.</p>

<p>Awards - Excellent on French Congres Literature, Magna Cum Laude on National Latin Exam</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>4 years Chess Club (Secretary Sophomore year)
1 year Film Club (only lasted one year)
2 years Improvisation Club
2 years Newspaper
1 year Academic team
2 years Web Design Club
2 years Objectivist Society (SHOULD I INCLUDE THIS?)
2 years French Congres
1 year JV Basketball
1 year Golf</p>

<p>Hook: (First gen college student and $60,000 income</p>

<p>Volunteer: Set up and replaced over 100 computers for my school, helped in a cancer relay for 3 years, volunteered at a local food bank, volunteered at a nature center</p>

<p>Work experience:
- N/A</p>

<p>NOTE: I have an upward trend from my sophomore year to junior year. I'm afraid that my Freshman and Sophomore years were poor because of my apathy, but my Junior Year I tried really hard, and I plan on doing better my Senior Year.</p>

<p>Chance for U Chicago (Should I ED, EA, or RD?</p>

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<p>Chicago doesn’t have ED, but it does have EA. It probably won’t significantly increase your chances, but it may help a little, and since it’s non-binding, it’s probably for the best if you want your result early.</p>

<p>Since you’re a first-generation student, I think that will give you a little bit of a boost. I would definitely talk about the objectivist society, as it’s interesting and reflects a passion on your end.</p>

<p>Your SATs are good, but I don’t know how your GPA will be taken. Your class rank will be important, and it may hurt you a bit, since 90% of incoming students graduated in the top 10% of their class. However, if your school has a reputation for rigor, it may not be terribly important.</p>

<p>Ultimately, your essays will probably be the decision-maker. Make sure to clearly communicate your passions and the reasons you want to go to Chicago. Chicago is probably a low/mid reach for you, but it is for nearly everyone.</p>

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<p>Your GPA is really on the low side for UChicago, so are your scores. All below the 25th percentile of admitted students. </p>

<p>First gen college student helps, but you’re not really low income, you’re above average, so that doesn’t help a lot, though you will still qualify for financial aid, which is the only good thing. </p>

<p>With your ECs, I’m not seeing many leadership positions. Is that something that you could add this coming year? If you could, that would help. You have great history of volunteering, though about how many hours are we talking about here?</p>

<p>Also, what kind of thing do you want to major in?</p>

<p>I think that if you could bump up your SAT scores, you’d have a better shot.</p>

<p>Here’s the link to the UChicagp admissions statistics
<a href="http://college./college-1416-University-of-Chicago.html%5B/url%5D">http://college./college-1416-University-of-Chicago.html</a></p>

<p>Also, please chance me back!</p>

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