Chance Me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Please chance me. Will be touring and interviewing in a few weeks. If this isnt detailed enough, let me know and I’d be happy to add more info.

From a semi private (town pays my tuition) school in NH

Applying as a chem major

I have a 3.9UW and 1490 SAT,

-many EC and leadership including 2 season varsity athletic (captain for 1)

-NHS officer

-Band section leader and officer

  • student leader of 2 comm service organizations

-did a spanish exchange program

-12 Honors/AP Classes, dropped lunch to take more courses

59/720 rank

SATII 690 Chem, 780 Math II

Full year Job,

Camp counselor and instructor one week a year in one of my sports

Wrote the “extra information” about taking a summer course to accelerate my math education

Good recs,havent read but expecting a great one from my honors chemistry teacher

Someone editing my essay said it was the best UChicago essay they had written, but I wonder if I will even make it to the essay reading portion of the admission process?

great supplement rec from boss as well as a peer rec from a soccer coach/friend’s dad who has known me very well for nearly my whole life.

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Did you already apply? EDII or RD? Or are you touring as a junior and have your essays and recs. together a year early?

PS The job is a good idea. They don’t see a lot of that.

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@JBStillFlying I applied as a RD senior this year, and will be touring next week

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Out of curiosity - are you touring because you have good reason to believe you will be admitted?

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@JBStillFlying no i understand its a big reach, but im going to be touring 1 other school then too and we though “it isnt that much more expensive to spend a day in chicago”

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Ah. Makes sense! Your stats are excellent and your other attributes sound wonderful. RD had the lowest odds, statistically speaking, so it’s hard to say how it will shake out. A lot depends on how many they admit in the binding rounds. The essay is a big consideration, as you seem to know, and you will definitely make it to the “reading round” given the other aspects of your application and the fact that they say the application will be read through several times.

Good luck to you and keep us informed!

By the way is your semi-private school a charter school?

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@JBStillFlying Thank you, I will! And no, it isnt. Its unique as it functions as a public school would for many towns, but is independently operated and has no school board. Its just that small NH towns dont benefit much from their own highschools, so they pay tuition per student