CHANCE ME

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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GPA: school doesn’t calculate unweighted but is around 3.9
ACT: Have not taken yet, will take for essay component if I apply to princeton/essay req. schools
SAT: 1570 (790M 780CR)
Class Rank: school hasn’t updated w/ grades for this year but will be somewhere between 5 and 10 out of 243
AP classes taken/will take: AP World History, APUSH, Spanish V AP, English Language and Composition AP, AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Gov
Other courses of note: Dual Enrollment Philosophy through local community college, Dual Enrollment Spanish VI (Film Course)

EC’s
Varsity soccer captain
Club soccer captain (coach selected and team voted) throughout high school, have played 10+ seasons w/ club
Spanish/French club
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society
Model United Nations
-Conference @ UNC Chapel Hill: received Verbal Commendation at awards ceremony
-Conference @ high school: named Best Delegate
Philosophy Club
3rd Place in U18 bracket of Charlottesville VA 1/2 Marathon
2nd place local history bee ($750 cash prize)

Other tests:
AP World: 3 (misread directions on essay section, will not include)
APUSH/English Lang/Comp/AP Spanish: pending, expecting 5’s on at least two with 4 or 5 on the third
NOCTI Accounting Certification test for entry level accounting

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Your grades and scores are competitive, but so much depends on essays, recs, and whether you’re willing to apply ED. Basically, no one here can chance you because the relevant info (yours and the rest of the applicant pool’s) isn’t available to them.

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D got in EA, and ended up not going there anyway, I agree with @exacademic , your essays need to shine and you’d better apply ED if that is your top choice. D’s one friend in 2017 class is taking a gap year so that she can be U Chicago 2022!