Thanks for your help! If you have any input or advice please lmk!
Midwest White Guy for Economics
ACT 34C 35R 35E 32S 32M
GPA 3.98 took all honors, only one AP until senior year, no tests yet
Senior Schedule: Art, PE, US Gov (required classes that I put off until senior year) latin 4, AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Lit.
ECs
Paid Researcher at a university
- wrote abstract, working on paper
- presented research at a major international chemistry conference
XC Captain, 4yrs
-2x all state academic team
NHS President
-very active NHS at my school, do around 4 hrs a week for this
FTC Student Ambassador, 4yrs
Latin Club, 4yrs
Science Olympiad, 3yrs
-4th place in state once, state competitor every year
Letters of Recommendation
Two solid ones from teachers, one excellent one from head of my research group.
Essays
Troublingly difficult to write, should all be decent though.
I would say good GPA, but troublesome that you’ve only taken one AP (but if thats all your school offers they will for sure take that into account!) ACT is average for UChicago, going up couldn’t hurt but I don’t think it is a huge problem. EC’s are pretty standard, but I think the research is interesting and something UChicago would especially be interested in. Definitely work hard on those essays! UChicago makes a point to show that they are looking for “outside the box” thinkers, and I think they really consider how you come across in the essays.
Please chance me back!! Thank you!
Everyone is on the bubble when applying to UChicago, so are you. Does 4 years of XC translate into running on the team? If so, I would contact the coach and start a dialog. I would suggest visiting to do the official college admissions session and tour. Anything to show real interest in the school. ED really does help your chances at UChicago, much more so than EA. Good luck!