Chance mine friend (Will chance back)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Long story short, my friend has been dead set on U Chicago since the day we started freshman year, yet, despite having already sent out his app (EA), he's still fretting and bouncing off of the walls thinking about his chances. So I'm making this thread to (hopefully) shut him up and calm him down, because honestly, all his worrying is annoying, and uncomfortable for me as well.</p>

<p>Stats are as follow</p>

<p>Asian Male
UW Gpa: 3.76 (this is his biggest concern)
WGPA: 4.3
SAT-I: 2340
SAT-II (World History)- 770
SAT-II (Bio)- 780</p>

<p>12 some odd AP classes, 4 in Junior year, 1 in Sophomore, and 7 in Senior year, 5's on all Junior and Sophomore AP exams.</p>

<p>A little hazy with regards to what clubs he's a part of, but I think this is the correct list.</p>

<p>260+ Volunteer hours
Co president/founder of Political Debate Group-2 yrs
AP US Government Tutor- 2 yrs
Student ambassador- 2 yrs
Model UN- Secretary (or something of the like)
Co-Chief of Financial Management for Non-Profit org- 2 yrs (secured roughly 10k in grants)
Film Society (either VP or secretary)- 2 yrs</p>

<p>He is involved in a handful of other EC's, but these are the ones he is serious about.</p>

<p>As far as I can tell, he has pretty good relationships with the teachers who wrote his recs. He's known 1 teacher since freshman year, and the other is his english teacher who, from what I gather, really likes his writing. </p>

<p>I suspect that his essays, for U Chicago in particular, were pretty strong (seriously, he REALLY wants to go to this school). </p>

<p>Also, his crappy GPA is mainly a product of a poor freshman year (he took longer to adjust than most) and Junior year wasn't his strongest either, but again, he made the jump from 1 AP class to 4, and struggled with the workload 1st semester, did pretty well in the same classes during the second half of the year (or at least I think he did, there was a considerable drop in his complaining by the time second semester rolled around).</p>

<p>After writing all that, I realized how eerily similar my app is to his.</p>

<p>Now I will commence with the traditional chancing of 12 consecutive threads in order to receive feedback for my post.</p>

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<p>Your friend has great SAT scores, and seems to have some really solid leadership and volunteering. His clubs/other ECs seem pretty good too, especially the Financial Management one. His UW GPA as you said is a little low, but it isn’t terrible by any means, and his weighted GPA makes up for it.</p>

<p>U Chicago is by no means easy to get into, but I think your friend stands a very solid chance. </p>

<p>Chance me back?</p>

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<p>Your friend has a competitive chance at UChicago. It’s still a reach (like always), but he’s competitive. The main problem I have with your friend is he hasn’t actually <em>done</em> much, even though he’s in several positions. Still, with strong essays and a little bit of luck, he has a decent chance :)</p>

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<p>Appreciate the feedback, could you please elaborate on what you mean by “hasn’t done much”?</p>

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<p>The SAT score is awesome. I agree with you on the GPA. It’s not exactly “crappy”, just a bit low for a school like the University of Chicago. The ECs aren’t spectacular, but at least it has a lot of leadership positions. I’d say that U Chicago is a low reach/high match for him. Good luck!</p>

<p>Chance me back please (:</p>

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<p>He has a decent chance at admission. It’s Uchicago though so nothing is for sure.</p>

<p>chance back? </p>

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<p>Has a better than average chance at UChicago. But as everyone already said the ECs aren’t spectacular but the SAT score definitely is.</p>

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