Chances Please!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>Hello everyone, i recently started checking out U chicago, in fact I will be there in a week, i really love the school but i know its really tough. </p>

<p>Location: Large Public High School in SC 2300 + students</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Indian</p>

<p>GPA/Rank: 4.0 UW and 5.1 W Rank 3/510
I will have taken 14 AP's by graduation.</p>

<p>SAT/SAT II's:</p>

<p>This is my weakest part of the application and I know will be the decider, just like the other kid on this forum.</p>

<p>SAT: 1320/1980 - I am going to take one more time, but I like to expect the worse</p>

<p>SAT II's: 760 - US History, 710 Biology</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars: (strongest part of my application)</p>

<p>*I am the Youth Governor of South Carolina's Youth In Government Program, i serve over 1200 students all over the state and I have made significant changes to the program that will last throughout the program.</p>

<p>*Speech and Debate, I served last year as Captain of the largest team in SC, winning 3 state championships. I won 1 state championship this past year and I have qualified to the National Forensic League Nationals 2 times in a row.</p>

<p>*Boy Scouts, I am currently working on my Eagle Project in order to attain my Eagle Badge. I am working with the Red Cross, running a community-wide drive to collect stuff for "care-packages"
As a Boy Scout I am currently serving as a Den Chief, i go to Cub-Scout meetings and lead a Den every Monday, I also served as several leadership positions in my troop.</p>

<p>*Youth Leadership Greenville, A selective leadership program that lasted 1 year, i recently graduated, it is run by the Chamber of Commerce.</p>

<p>*Vision 2020 for Science, A selective group of students were chosen to design a state of the art science facility in our community, the project will be completed in December, and we all get scholarships along with it.</p>

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<li>Beta Club and National Honors Society - Basic service and volunteer clubs, nothing important.</li>
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<p>Basically with my EC's i like to stress Leadership and Service in everything I have done in high school, all my activities represent that. And as a leader, I go beyond serving, I try to implement changes that last.</p>

<p>As you can see my EC's and GPA/Rank are good but my SAT 1320 is what I am really worried about. Does anyone have any comments, or anything that will be of benefit to me, thanks a lot.</p>

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<p>visit the school first, and then see if it still jibes with you. If you can make it clear on your application and in your essays that you belong here, I think you're a strong candidate for admission.</p>

<p>This is not to knock your profile by any means, but just an observation that at Chicago, there are fewer leadership and role-model types and more mathcounts/model UN/AIME/olympiad/quiz bowl types. I think that's because people with leadership positions tend to have personal and professional goals that extend beyond what the university offers in comparison to other elites, while people with academic honors tend to just love doing the work and want to be in an environment where other people love doing it too.</p>

<p>And a 1320 is not low. Only in this corner of the internet will people snub you because of it. I started out with worse, though I was able to work myself up to a higher score.</p>

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<p>thanx, ill be applying EA btw, i like there policy of EA, i can still apply other places as well.</p>