chance me please! transfer applicant!

<p>I currently attend community college and am applying for fall 2012 transfer admission.</p>

<p>I am confident that my essay will be in the good to great range, but here are my general stats:</p>

<p>White female</p>

<p>College GPA: 4.0, with equal mix of 100 and 200 level courses</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (32 superscore)...I took it twice, my lowest was a 30 and my highest 31.</p>

<p>High school GPA: 3.5 weighted, not sure about unweighted right now because I have to contact the school to find out and they are on winter break right now! But it is somewhere between 3.0 and 3.5, likely around 3.2 or 3.3</p>

<p>ECs, etc:</p>

<p>*Mandarin Chinese student in classes held through my school but not for credit
*Phi Theta Kappa Member
*Work at a bank 20-40 hours per week, depending on the week
*Help care for my grandmother about 5 hours a week because my mother is no longer able to
*Other random small things, such as Model Congress with Don Manzullo and Dennis Hastert, volunteer work for the American Cancer Society, anti-drug and alcohol club member my senior year.</p>

<p>I want to mention that my high school grades suffered because my mother was (is) a drug addict and was in and out of jail while I was in high school, and she is now in prison. Also, I had a lot of deaths in my family the first year of high school which also affected my GPA...I don't know if I should mention all of this, but it truly is what caused my grades to slip from excellent to okay. Should I mention it? Will it help me or hurt me?</p>

<p>Thank you soo much!</p>

<p>are you transfering as a sophomore or a Jr.? You should get an AA degree with 4.0 gpa to make it easier to be accepted. If you only have one semester of college credit, they will look at your HS stats and it is not good. Also you should know that UofC is a need aware school, so the chances are lower if you need FA. Be sure to take the hardest classes in CC and that will effect your chances as well.</p>

<p>^Actually, unless you’re an international transfer student, UChicago <em>is</em> need blind; I’m not sure where you’re getting your information. <a href=“https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/applicants/transfer/#finaid[/url]”>https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/applicants/transfer/#finaid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And though it may be easier to transfer with an Associate’s under your belt, this might make it unnecessarily difficult to graduate, as a number of your credits may not transfer, and you’d still have to complete the core. Try working that out with your counselor soon if UChicago is really where you want to go. I’d apply for admission this year but only if you can show you’ve taken and aced the hardest classes your college offers, as your high school statistics, as was noted above, are not great.</p>

<p>I will be a few weeks in to my 4th semester of college when I submit my transfer application.</p>

<p>I have to stand corrected that Uof C is a need blind school for US citizens/PR, which I think you are. I think you should apply for a transfer and wish you the best of luck.</p>

<p>I’d certainly mention your reasons for low grades in HS.</p>

<p>The acceptance rate for transfers is 15%. I believe they hold them at the same standard as freshman (the applicant pool is lower quality).</p>