<p>Hello, I was wondering if any one out there could chance me...it would be appreciated, and I am out of state. I'm currently a Junior.</p>
<p>GPA:</p>
<p>About 3.2 UW
3.6 W</p>
<p>ECs: Did some research with Physics teacher, and some research with Math teacher (differential geometry), about 100 hours of community service, self-teaching Astrophysics 1(which is why my GPA is low...sadly), Part-Time Job in 9th and 10th grade (10-15 hours per week)</p>
<p>About my self-study...I talk regularly with UChicago professors with questions I have, and any conflicts that arise from teaching myself. So, hopefully over the course of the year, I will know them better...(maybe a recommendation could come out of it?)</p>
<p>SAT:
1st time. 2010 ( 750 M, 600 CR, 660 W)</p>
<p>Just got back my January SAT scores and I scored a 2330!!!
Does this help at all?</p>
<p>Major(s):
Major in Physics and a minor in Astronomy....undergraduate</p>
<p>Recs:
Mostly from my Math and Physics teachers....great recs...can verify my independent study</p>
<p>I’d say that given the fact that you’ve been juggling a part time job during the school year would be a slight mitigating factor. If you think your self-study affected your GPA, you better talk about it in your essays somehow. Finally, get good grades during your Junior year whether you have to quit the job, or not. The SAT scores are fantastic, but you need to focus on getting your GPA as high as possible, and that means focusing on your high school academics. Let the teachers teach you. I don’t know whether “self-teaching” yourself astrophysics is measurable per se, or whether it shows initiative. If your GPA has suffered because of it, it shows relatively poor judgement. Therefore, above all else, you need to present a good GPA for your Junior year to them.</p>
<p>yes, balthezar is absolutely right. u of i looks heavily on your gpa so you need to really get it higher. i don’t understand the significance of self study. in most of my high school classes, the teacher will assign reading or problems and we have to come back with questions and teach ourselves, not spoon-feed the information. i don’t mean to come across as a jerk, but idk what the selling point is that you studied on your own? tell me if i’m out of line, but i’m jw</p>
<p>That’s not what self-study is…I’m studying Astrophysics 1 at the Graduate level using UChicago’s books…not a high school class.</p>