<p>ACT:35
SAT:2340
SAT II: 800Math 800US taking Literature</p>
<p>ECs:
JSA (founded at end of 11th, so I guess 12th only) President
Speech & Debate 10-12
Medical Academy 10-12
Key Club 11-12
NHS 10-12
Possibly Mu Alpha Theta Founder 12th (still deciding on that)</p>
<p>AIME
Nationals Qualifier
Stanford Debate Camp
JSA Georgetown Advanced Session AP Government
Volunteer Campaigning for Democratic party in my city 200 Hours (11th Summer and through 12th year)
Internship at attorney general's office (12th year)</p>
<p>Is uchicago really that selective? My friend last year had very few EC's and i dont think he was teh strongest essay writer either. Only think he had going for him was a 1510 SAT, and he was accepted, while being rejected at northwestern. Does a 2300+ SAT go a long way in admissions if your essays and EC's are decent.</p>
<p>This is a completely stupid exercise. You have very good test scores, which you know. Your grades were not so good, then they were good, which you know. As you also know, that's a lot better than the reverse, and almost as good as never having any bad grades at all.</p>
<p>You also know that Chicago gets fewer applications and has a lower yield than most of its peers, and therefore accepts a larger percentage of its applicants. However, the pool of applicants it gets is generally pretty strong, so it rejects plenty of strong applicants. It cares a lot about its essays and recommendations.</p>
<p>No one, but no one, can tell you anything more, and anything you don't know already. You have a perfectly good statistical chance of admission, but there's no guarantee, and it will depend to a large extent on things that you can't summarize in a number or two.</p>
<p>The thing that makes it seem LEAST likely that you will be admitted is that you apparently think you can get more precise information this way. Forget it. Just go do the application.</p>
<p>To echo JHS... all of us are non-experts when it comes to admissions. Perhaps the only advantage I have is that I have been accepted to Chicago, and I know what my stats were. I also know a lot of people who are here at Chicago, so I can sometimes scope out from a profile if I imagine somebody will be a good fit for the school (basically any extensive work with Quiz Bowl, Model UN, research, etc.-- anything that shows you like academics and take it outside the classroom-- works as a big plus when I read profiles. Then again, that's just me, and the admissions office could be different).</p>
<p>Anybody who offers to "chance" you is working with the same data that's available to you-- SAT midranges, percent admitted, etc. Anything more than that is hypothetical-- "Duke really cares about SAT scores" "Williams really likes musicians," etc.</p>
<p>Probably the most effective way to "chance" yourself is to find students from past years with profiles comparable to yours who have graduated from your high school. Though admissions as a whole is unpredictable, if 10% of your class goes to top 20 schools and you're in that 10%, you have a right to feel confident in your application.</p>
<p>Good job on turning your academics around! You are certain in range academically, and if you believe that you and Chicago are a good fit, you should by all mean apply. As others have mentioned, no one on this forum (that I know of, anyway) has a really reliable crystal ball for college admissions for schools that look beyond the numbers.</p>
<p>unalove brings up the point that you may want to look at how students from your hs have faired at Chicago and the various other schools on your list.</p>