chance me for uchicago ed2 vs rd!
i love chicago and i’m trying to decide if i should ed2 or if i should risk getting in via rd. i didn’t ed1 because i was still too undecided
demographics: female, south-east asian, fl, small private high school (on scholarship), full pay
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have “extraneous circumstances” in counselor’s essay about mom being sick and dad traveling, having to take care of my younger brother, etc
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speak english, telugu, and spanish
intended major: philosophy
act/sat/sat ii: 35 in every section, 10 on writing (first sitting). didn’t take sat ii’s because covid
uw/w gpa and rank: w: 5.1, uw: 3.86, school doesn’t rank
coursework/rigor:
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12 aps in total (5 this year), 5’s and 4’s so far.
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5 on human, psych, apush and 4 on bio, world, calc ab, lang.
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taking us government, macroeconomics, literature, statistics, and enviro this year.
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all my other classes were honors
awards:
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royal conservatory piano exams up to level 6
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national spanish exam level 3 honorable mention
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ap scholar (soph year), ap scholar with distinction (junior year)
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in school debate awards: academic excellence in speech and debate (9th), speech and debate top point leader (9-11), speech and debate leadership award (10th)
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national merit commended scholar
publications:
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wrote/published chapter in an anthology for a yale prof on the philosophy topic i want to go to grad school for
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article for the un youth envoy
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article on medium for a large non-profit/youth activism group
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helped direct social media of a podcast with large and established media company
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series of interviews and spoken word for aapi month
societies, clubs, extracurriculars:
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speech and debate / grades 9, 10, 11, 12
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national honor society / grades 10, 11
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national english honor society / grades 10, 11
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pre-med society / grades 9, 10, 11 (i used to be pre-med bc parents)
debate awards/comm service:
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national speech and debate association ranked #1 in the state of florida and #5 in the usa
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high school team event captain sophomore and junior year
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high school team co-president junior year
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national speech and debate association premier distinction, all state award, academic all-american award
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co-president of an organization that gives resources to hs debaters who can’t afford private coaches or have large teams; planned lectures, demos, etc
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mentor for organization that coaches young gender minorities in debate to combat sexism/trans*phobia in the activity
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helped plan and organize free online summer debate camp for students who couldn’t afford it
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qualified to various national tournaments and states (got to elims as a sophomore, had covid as a junior so i couldn’t go)
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invited to exclusive round robins at various debate schools and university of florida
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was fairly good at debate, got a lot of speaker awards and elims of most tourneys jr/sr year
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judged over 30 hours at a variety of online debate tournaments run by peers for younger students to acquire practice
activism
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regional director for march for our lives
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press team (and other smaller roles) of a youth environmental activism org
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interned with organization that gives educational resources to kids in bangladesh
community service
- indian health initiative to provide anemia medicines to poor tribal
communities
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free clinic in india to provide medical treatment to poor populations
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founded, developed and co-directed a non-profit organization to provide free tutoring for foster kids/cancer patients who were struggling during remote learning (affiliated with large nonprofits)
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fostered at a local shelter which had a surplus of kittens, cared for underweight/special needs kittens
essays:
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common app: talked ab being love for charles dickens in elem school, going to a pwi when i was young, bulling, debate, etc. pretty good and a lot of ppl liked it (8.5/10)
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u chi main: talked about philosophy program, wanting to be a professor when i grew up, other opportunities in chicago like working with chicago urban debate league (9/10)
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u chi creative: picked the dividing by 0 prompt, connected it to linguistics and my own life. good really good feedback about this one, asked a bunch of t20 friends who helped revise it and said they really liked it (9.5/10)
lors:
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counselor: really liked me and only has 8 students bc she’s head of dept, we had a lot of heart to hearts so she knows a lot about me (8.5/10)
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ap psych teacher: wrote ab emotional intelligence and being a good peer/leader but idk how good she is at writing (7/10)
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ap lang teacher: didn’t know me super well but i did good in her class and normally writes good letters (8/10)
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school debate director: loved me, known me since middle school and talked ab how much i care about debate more than just competitive success, really good writer but barely writes kids letters unless he really likes you (10/10)
note: this post might be on here twice because my friend posted it for me on accident lol