<p>Thank you for taking the time to read my thread.</p>
<p>Here are some of my stats:</p>
<p>White Male (came from Europe right before 7th grade, I have dual citizenship)
First in family to attend college in US</p>
<p>SATs
Math IIC: 800
Chem: 770
will take the French SAT II next time</p>
<p>ACT with writing: 35</p>
<p>GPA UW: 4.0
GPA W: 5.0
Rank: 2/610</p>
<p>AP Chem 5
AP Stats 5</p>
<p>Most rigorous schedule possible. </p>
<p>Senior year schedule:</p>
<p>AP Biology
AP Calculus BC
AP English
AP US Government
AP Physics B
AP French
Honors Spanish 3</p>
<p>I can almost speak four languages (since I lived in Europe for 13 years)</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Hospital Volunteer - about 150 hours doing it for 2 years
Chess Team (co-captain) 4 years
National Honor Society 2 years
Mathematics Honor Society 2 years
French Honor Society (treasurer) 3 years
National Merit Commended (i think)
Scholastic Bowl 2 years
Math Team 4 years
Math Tutor
Gold Caddie past two summers
Have done a fund raiser for My Lai Peace Park in Vietnam
Various other jobs</p>
<p>Awards:
1st place in Math team conference at junior level
Student of the month for various things
Other school awards</p>
<p>There might be other things I can't remember right now.</p>
<p>I will apply EA to relieve some of the stress associated with college applications. </p>
<p>Thank you very much for the help.</p>
<p>first, everybody is an econ major. second, you have a very good shot.</p>
<p>The common line: your stats are good; don't bs your essays and you're in.</p>
<p>I agree. Good shot. And it doesn't affect your chances that your an econ major, I promise.</p>
<p>^ Especially since the application doesn't ask for a major.</p>
<p>omg...u can so bs your essay and u'll still get in with your stats...only if you were in a varsity sport</p>
<p>Admissions standards are low in UofC nowadays. You'll probably get in.</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that I should have excellent recommendations. </p>
<p>asiaknight: why do you say the standards are low?</p>
<p>Thank you for the chances so far. Anyone else?</p>
<p>the standards aren't low...what are you talking about...right now i have classes with students that rejected yale, Mit, Cornell, Columbia, Northwestern, and many other highly selective schools for this...the only reason the acceptance rate is so high at 34 % is because of the uncommon application which means that students are self selecting when they apply here; yet our average tests scores are so very high...oo and as the school gets more attention, the standards can only improve (even though it's already so very high)</p>
<p>^Yale, MIT, Cornell all are more selective than UofC. Standards are "comparatively" lower than at the top schools and a few Ivies. Doesn't mean it's not a good school - out of the top 10, it's probably the easiest to get into, one of the hardest to graduate from</p>
<p>And this is purely subjective, but after going here for a while, I am firmly convinced that admissions standards are relaxing as Bobby Zimmer is trying to bolster the school's image - while we have some incredibly smart and talented people, there are a lot on the other end of the spectrum (more than I expected), although they seem to be doing well enough in school..</p>
<p>I didn't mean to sound antagonistic, just saying that OP has good chance, though he lacks a little on awards.</p>