Chance me for Uchicago

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I'm an Indian National, who will be applying in ~Nov,2012 (as an international) for an undergrad in Engineering/Computer Science, fall semester (2013), at U Chicago.</p>

<p>Please chance me? Also, how would applying Early Action help me out?</p>

<p>About Me:</p>

<p>SAT 1 - 2170 (700/760/710) - 96th percentile (May scores)
SAT 2 - Will take it in October - Physics, Math 2, maybe Chemistry too?
GPA (/4.0) - 11,12th - 3.8 & 9,10th - 4.0
Rank - Top 5%, class of 90 students, So I rank in the top 3.
In my Junior+Senior years-
Core Subjects - Math, Science,Physics,Chemistry
Languages - English, Hindi
--Subjects are comparable or at higher levels than US equivalent APs.</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-MARRS International Spelling Bee - International Level Qualifier (1 year), State level Qualifier (1 year)
-Okinawa Karate - Black Belt (9 years - since 2nd grade in the US)
-National Science Olympiad - City topper (3 years)
-National Interactive Science Olympiad - National Rank 53 (1 year)
-On school Science and Literature (debate,spelling,essay) competition teams. (throughout high school)
-On School Basketball and Handball teams (throughout High School)
-In student council/government - 9, 10th grade
-House Vice-President - in 9th grade
-House President - in 10th grade
-Won numerous school-level, inter-school-level Debate, Essay and Speech Competitions
-Won various other competitions - Science & English mainly (throughout High School)</p>

<p>Essays won't be a problem; I'm sure I can write some really good ones. Same goes for LORs - my teachers know me really well and should be able to write up some substance-valuable essays. Also, anything I can do to improve my chances would be helpful.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>well your class rigor and grades are really good, but i would try and get some more EC’s in. i feel like most of the applications for UChicago will have around the same EC’s that you do. other than that i feel like you have a good shot. at least that’s my opinion :)</p>

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<p>What type of ECs? I have about 4-5 months to app time.</p>

<p>Also, since I’m international, they are need-sensitive. If I apply for financial aid, how much would it affect my chances?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>volunteering will def help, and if you can do anything science based that will help show that you’re really into engineering. since there isnt much time, i think volunteering would be your best bet. find something that you really enjoy doing and literally dedicate most (or all) of your time to it. the more hours, the better</p>

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<p>Ok; I’ll look into that. I’ll probably do some volunteering.</p>

<p>Any ideas about FA?</p>

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<p>Also, I actively+ extensively participate on techguy.com forums, helping people out with Computer and Software problems; Do you think that’s worth something - since my major is CS?</p>