Chances (just wanted to try it out!!)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>Okay, so why not join the "chances" crowd??</p>

<p>UChicago is one of my top schools i want to go to. I'm thinking of applying for early action...but yea...i feel like i dont have the top standardized scores (i ALWAYS do bad on them, even if i have an A in my classes. and believe me, the teachers are hard).</p>

<p>I'm an Asian girl....=D</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.9
Class Rank: 18/550-ish</p>

<p>2 AP classes taken sophomore year: world history and physics b
3 AP classes taken junior year: us history, eng. language, calculus ab
5 AP classes will be taken senior year: calc. bc, eng. lit, us gov, japanese, biology</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>I already took my SATs twice, and I'm chancing for an extra-boost in october.</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 720 [it's a rather low score from what i usually get]
SAT I Critical Reading: 600 [GAH I CAN NEVER IMPROVE IN THIS SUBJECT]
SAT I Writing: 780 (11 on essaY)
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800 (waiting, but this is what i'll probably get or close to it)
US History - waiting
Literature -waiting
ACT- waiting</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
-ASB [student government]: all years
-Key Club: all years
-DECA: 11th
-National Honor Society: 10, 11, 12
-Varsity Tennis: all years
-Link: 12
-Marching Band: 9, 10</p>

<p>Leadership positions:
-Key Club Lt. Governor '07-'08 (in charge of schools within a certain area in washington state)
- Key Club Secretary '06-'07
-Junior Class Secretary '06-'07
-ASB Vice President '07-'08</p>

<p>Sports:
Varsity Tennis all years</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
-National Merit Commended Scholar
-DECA 1st Place-Area, DECA 13th Place-State
-"Most improved" tennis award '06
-"Most Games Won" tennis award '07
-BECU (boeing employee credit union) advertising campaign winner</p>

<p>College Summer programs:
-Washington Cispus Leadership Camp '06
-Microsoft Technology Camp '06
- Economics for Leaders '07
-Washington Business Week '07
-Washington Cispus Leadership Camp '07
-BECU (boeing employee credit union) advertising campaign internship thingy that's not really an internship but we meet sporadically throughout summer to discuss marketing ideas for the company</p>

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<p>some chance.</p>

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<p>Chicago does not rely heavily on test scores. Your essays combined with doing well in what looks like a rigorous curriculum will count much more. Spend time on the essays and you wil have a very good shot.</p>

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<p>hmmm....yea hopefully i'l'l do well on those essays. i see a lot of replies from other threads that essays are big.</p>

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<p>You definitely have potential, but again, we don't get to see the full package, so it's hard for us to tell. If I were you, I wouldn't spend too much time worrying about your SAT scores.</p>

<p>It looks like tennis is your most significant and time-intensive EC, and that you've been involved in activities throughout high school. You also have a really strong class rank... what sorts of schools do the top 5% of students from your high school usually go to? That may give you another idea of how likely you are to get in to supercompetitive schools.</p>

<p>Other than that, I would put a lot of time into making sure my essays were strong and showed clearly why I wanted to go... I don't think that they have to necessarily be creative or bizarre, but I think that they should say something about you as a person and you as a student, whether directly or indirectly.</p>

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<p>write about tennis lol</p>

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<p>nope no shot your life is overrrrrr</p>