chance me please. :)

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<p>Hey I was wondering what my chances for admission are:</p>

<p>GPA 3.5, 106 weighted
SAT: 2200, 700M, 740CR, 760W
ACT: 31
SAT II's: US History 740, Bio-M 670, Math 1 630
Rank: Top 10% of Class
AP's: US History 5
Bio: 3
English Language: 3
I'm taking US Gov't and politics, Macroeconomics, Calc AB, English Lit, and Environmental Science in May.</p>

<p>School EC's:
Varsity Golf: 6 years, Captain Senior Year. 4 Straight Championships
Orchestra: 9 years, principal bassist
Chamber Orchestra: 9 years, principal bassist
Jazz Ensemble: 7 years, principal electric bassist
School Newspaper: Layout Editor and political and current affairs writer, 1 year
Academic Team: 1 year, Member of the Long Island Challenge Team (Television Show)
Set up assembly about cerebal palsy awareness
Civic Performance Conference on immigration at Stony Brook University
National Honor Society: 3 years</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Legislative Researcher for Congressman Steve Israel: 1 year, research paper on the genocide in Darfur.
Intern for Congressman Steve Israel: 4 years, the regular congressional intern stuff, phone calls, writing letters, etc.
Five Towns College Chamber Orchestra: Performed with Mark Wood of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
2004 and 2006 Campaign worker for Congressman Steve Israel: handing out fliers, stuffing envelopes, etc.
2002, 2005, 2008 campaign worker for school board elections: handing out fliers, door to door voter interaction, etc.</p>

<p>Community Service:
Special Olympics Long Island Fall Classic 2008: Helped mentally and physicall handicapped play golf by being a rules official, scorer and skills competition aide.</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Colonial Springs Golf Club: 2 years, golf bag attendant. </p>

<p>I wrote a great essay according to my teacher, and I had my interview already with the alumnus in nyc, he said that he was impressed with me etc so I think it went well. I applied Early Action to UC.</p>

<p>I want to be an Economics major/French Minor.</p>

<p>Thank you all in advance,
DPR</p>

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<p>Like any rational person, I hate "chances" threads, and I especially hate "chances" threads where there is hardly any way to say anything meaningful. But I also feel bad for someone putting him- (or her-) self out there like this without getting any kind of response. So here goes:</p>

<p>Who the hell knows? This isn't the resume of an academic superstar, but not everyone Chicago accepts is an academic superstar. Nothing on here disqualifies the OP, but nothing qualifes the OP, either. It needs essays and recommendations to pull it together and to give a sense of who this person is and what (other than USNWR) is attracting him (or her) to the University of Chicago.</p>

<p>There are some interesting nooks and crannies. Economics and French? Where's the French? Politician/Golfer/Bassist? There's a perfectly good chance that somewhere under that resume there's an interesting person.</p>

<p>A couple obvious comments. Majoring in Economics at Chicago and getting a 630 on the Math I SAT II is a poor fit. I'm not going to say it can't be done, but I would want to ask the OP why he (or she) thinks it's a good idea. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of colleges with better golf than Chicago, and at least dozens with better opportunities for bass players and political operatives, too.</p>

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<p>I hear you on the SAT II's, my trig stuff is not great, but when it comes to real economics math i do very well. I've always been interested in the way money works with governments; international economics is my real love, which is why french is involved. </p>

<p>Thanks for the response.</p>

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<p>Ummm, if you are in your first semester of AB Calculus, you haven't seen much (if any) "real economics math" yet. I think if you compare Chicago's economics requirements and course descriptions with those of some other colleges, you will notice that you may need to learn a lot more math to be an economics major at Chicago compared to most other places.</p>

<p>Also -- and I may be wrong on this -- I have the impression that macroeconomics ("the way money works with governments", approximately) does not quite get equal time at Chicago. Certainly, most if not all of the Chicago-associated economists I know about are micro kinds of people. </p>

<p>In any event, you probably haven't seen a whole lot of economics yet, either. Or French. I'll take on faith your "real love" for international economics, but I wouldn't put a deposit down with the caterer for the wedding reception yet if I were you.</p>

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<p>If you are referring to your AP macro/micro math, you are not even getting the crust of the actually core math needed. All AP econ math is basic algebra that you should have little problem dealing with.</p>

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<p>meh, your math is fine... around 1/4 of chicago students major in econ and a bunch of them come to the university with less math experience than you... if you want to become an econ grad student though, you gotta have a huge talent in math and statistics (harvards econ program has an average GRE math score of 798 out of 800) and chicago puts more emphasis on that than any other college. If you say you want to become an international economist, like a world bank economist or whatnot, a graduate degree in econ is not necessary. Core calc will most likely get you prepared for majoring in econ and if it doesnt, you can always become a foreign relations major or something, which is very strong at chicago too</p>