Chances...low gpa, huge upward trend

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>anyway</p>

<p>applied EA
i have a 3.5uw
3.7w
in total have taken/am taking 3 honors/4 ap's</p>

<p>and have already taken 3 self study AP's
APUSH-5
APMicroecon-5
APmacroecon-5</p>

<p>basically
freshman and sophomore year did poorly(not motivated)
junior and senior year, straight A's</p>

<p>im ranked in top30% at a competetive public high...(sent 15+ last year to HYPS, and another 70+ to top schools, which was about 20% of the class)</p>

<p>great rec's
amazing essays(truly)</p>

<p>and
good ec's
1 year tennis varsity...will be 2
600+ volunteer tutoring
summer japanese language program at U of chicago
1.5 year long leadership role in church...will be 2
3 missions trips to mexico...10 days each. 1 of which i was a leader of a vbs team...will be one this year.
and
have had a spanish tutor and japanese tutor for the past 1.5 year (not cause im dumb but to learn...i didnt take japanese in highschool till junior year, but i started in japanese 3 my junior year cause i had been tutored for eva.
i hope to start college in intermediate levels of japanese and spanish
and
also take classes in mandarin and italian...
and i plan on doublemajoring in japanese and economics</p>

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<p>If your essays are as good as you think they are, you have a good shot. My S was admitted with a 3.46 (UW)</p>

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<p>what were his other stats like...
did he have a good upward trend</p>

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<p>A little bit of an upward trend senior year, 3.8 first grading quarter, which was reported to admissions. Other stats: essays, recommendations, courses attempted (e.g., finished AP calc BC as a sophomore), and essays were very good, world class EC's. Test scores top 1%.</p>

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<p>With great rec's and amazing essays, you should get in.</p>