Chance me- Early Action to UChicago and UNC-chapel hill?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My GPA is low but I have a huge upward trend after 10th grade. I am hoping my extracurriculars and improvement throughout the years will give me a chance for an ED to Uchicago.</p>

<p>Race: Indian - male</p>

<p>In-state applicant: I live in North Carolina</p>

<p>Stats: </p>

<p>GPA unweighted before senior year: 3.64 (I know, messed up freshman and sophomore year but huge upward trend)</p>

<p>GPA weighted before senior year: 4.833 (academic classes are worth 4's, honors are 5's, and AP's are 6's)</p>

<p>ACT: 35</p>

<p>SAT II- Math 2(800), US hist (780), Math 1 (800)</p>

<p>Ap scores: Environmental Science (4), Micro econ (5), Macro econ (5), Us history (4), Psychology (5), Comparative government (5), Calc BC (4), Human geo (5),</p>

<p>I plan on taking: (computer science, biology, statistics, us gov, and physics B exams my senior year)</p>

<p>Major: Economics or Political Science</p>

<p>I will have 12 AP's before I apply.(excluding senior year)
4 or 5 AP's on my senior schedule</p>

<p>Freshman classes:</p>

<p>honors world hist--A
honors english--B
honors geometry--C (will this C hurt me badly? only C ive ever gotten)
honors biology--B
spanish 1--A
spanish 2---B
gym/health---A
computer apps 2---A</p>

<p>Sophomore:</p>

<p>honors english--B
honors algebra 2---A
honors economics---B
honors chemistry--B
honors precalculus--B
honors psychology--A
honors physics---B
AP environmental sci---B
career management--A</p>

<p>Junior:</p>

<p>AP micro econ---A (took summer before)
AP macro econ---A (took summer before)
AP us history--A
AP psychology--A
AP comparative government and poltics--A
AP calculus AB--A
AP calculus BC--A
AP human geo--A
AP world history---A
Honors Anatomy-- A
Honors English---A
Honors Sociology---A</p>

<p>(took all exams except for world history)</p>

<p>Summer before senior year (goes on transcript and counts for gpa before I apply)</p>

<p>AP art history--A
AP euro history---A</p>

<p>Senior year courseload:</p>

<p>AP biology
H bio lab (req with ap bio)
AP physics B
AP statistics
AP US government
H english 4
H computer programming
AP computer Science online</p>

<p>Extracuriculars/awards:</p>

<p>President and founder of Economics club (11, 12th)
President of Technology Student Association (10th, 11th, 12th)
Key club committee chair (got elected for senior year)(been in key club for 10th, 11th and 12th) (over 100 volunteering hours)
Volunteer at local hospital (over 150 hours)
Environmental club (10th) (15 hours volunteering)
Ambassador Club (10th, 11th and 12th)
Quizbowl team (11th and 12th)
Boy scouts of America--4 years
Presidental volunteer award gold level
AP scholar award
National Society of High School Scholars
Habitat for humanities (recognized worldwide)--Helped Build houses for the needy, raised money, and helped underprevalaged kids. (200 volunteering hours)
Track and Field (plan on doing my senior year)</p>

<p>I feel that my GPA is low for Uchicago but im not sure about chapel hill.</p>

<p>So chance me?</p>

<p>Ill chance back!!</p>

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<p>“Got in trouble and hung around with the wrong crowd (if anyone knows what I mean)” BOW BOW BRICK SQUAD. lmao okay so basically ur grades hurt and none of your ECs are all four years (ouch). i don’t live in NC so idk how they do it in chapel hill but i’m sure you have a decent shot there. your gpa isn’t AWFUL, like it doesn’t make me cry, and your ACT is fantastic so who knows? good SAT subject test as well. i’m gonna say low reach for uchicago.</p>

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<p>yeah, I should take the top paragraph out. I cant really use that as an excuse for messing up.</p>

<p>Thanks for chancing me</p>

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<p>@sgtdonut. I was in TSA for 9th as well ( no position though). And the Econ club in 10th ( it got cancelled after that year so I decided to start it again)</p>

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<p>You have great stats and you’re in-state. You’re in at UNC for sure.</p>

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<p>Since your in-state, I don’t think you’ll have a problem at all, and schools definitely like upward trends!</p>

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<p>Your test scores are awesome, unweighted GPA is a bit low. I think you have a good shot at UNC but Chicago may be a reach. Just curious, could you show how a 3.64 gpa can turn into a 4.833 weighted? My situation is VERY similar to your’s. 3 B’s and 1 C total freshmen year, 5 B’s total sophomore year, straight A’s junior year with 6 weighted classes. My weighted GPA only comes up to like 4.08 though. Anyways, please get back to me on that. </p>

<p>Chance me back? Thanks!</p>

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<p>@cali I took a bunch of Ap classes which boosted my class rank and weighted gpa. We only have 8 class periods a year (4 each semester). In addition, I took online AP’s offered through my school.</p>

<p>Also, your school might use a different weighted scale which may also explain the weighted gpa difference.</p>

<p>145/30 = 4.8333</p>

<p>I took 6 extra classes.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>in-state you’re in. My UW and W GPA are lower than yours and I think I have a great shot of still getting in to UNC. (messed up freshman and soph years but turned it around junior year)</p>