Chance Me? :-/

<p>My dream school is UChicago, and from what I've seen on here I haven't much of a chance. I suppose I'll give you a list of my top schools (trust me, I have fallbacks) and some info about myself and leave you all to it:</p>

<p>-UChicago
-Notre Dame
-Northwestern
I dunno what else right now…</p>

<p>I'm a white female, a rising senior.
My former AP classes:
•AP Human Geo (4)
•AP Lang (pending)
•AP US History (pending)</p>

<p>Next year's AP classes:
•AP Lit
•AP US Gov
•AP Comp Gov
•AP Macro & Micro Econ
(I'm also taking a college class through IU -- ACP Calc)</p>

<p>My former and future honors classes:
•Bio
•Chem
•Physics
•Earth/Space Science
•English 9 & 10
•Adv. Algebra 2, Geometry, and PreCalc
•Advanced Spanish I, II, & III</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA:
Not sure, between 3.8-3.9</p>

<p>Weighted GPA:
4.02</p>

<p>SAT:
Crit Reading: 680
Math: 530
Writing: 720
Combined: 1930
(Taking again to improve math)</p>

<p>ACT:
28
(Not sure on the breakdown)</p>

<p>Essays: not written yet, but I'm very confident in my writing skills. I've never scored less than an A on a paper. (Knocks wood)</p>

<p>Intended Major:
Political Science
(May switch later to psychology, specifically personality psych)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
•Student Council member (2 years total)
•Founder/President of a club dedicated to servicing kids and teens with cancer (1 year total)
•Executive Member of a large group dedicated to helping freshmen adjust to high school (3 years total)
•Varsity Speech team member, possible captain this coming year (2 years total)
•NHS member (2 years total)
•Drama Club member, has had many lead roles (3 years total)
•National Thespian Society member (2 years)
•National Forensic League Honor member (2 years)
•JV tennis team member in 9th grade (1 year)
•First Chair in Adv Concert Band in 9th grade (1 year)
•Spanish Club member (3 years)
•Student Assistant/Tutorer during study hall period (helps a specific teacher finish tasks and help students who are struggling) Spanish & AP Human Geography (2 years)</p>

<p>Awards:
•Congressional Art Award for Photography (11th grade)
•Scholastic Art Award Nominees (11th Grade)
•IU South Bend regional Art Show exhibits (10th & 11th grades)
• Academic Honors/Principal's Honor Roll
•Speech Team Award
•4th Place for Memorized Duo at 3 speech tournaments (in one year)
•Semifinalist in Prose Reading at Speech Sectionals
•Runner-up Mem Duo at speech sectionals </p>

<p>Has lettered in:
•Freshmen Mentoring
•Academics
•Theatre/ Fine Arts</p>

<p>State: Indiana
Grade 12</p>

<p>If you need any other info, let me know. I probably left a whole section of important things out ¯(ツ)/¯ </p>

<p>Thanks and no hard feelings</p>

<p>Oh, I also had childhood cancer, which is my only tribulation. I will probably slip the fact into an essay, but not write a “poor me” sob story about it; I’m fine now.</p>