chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>I just decided to apply to Chicago, so I would like to know my chances</p>

<p>White male, affluent NYC suburb </p>

<p>Stats
SAT: 2180 (790 M 710 CR 680 W)
SATII: 760 Chem 760 Physics 760 US History 740 IIC
GPA: 94.6 UW, 97.9 W, about a 3.9 UW (9th-11th)
Rank: 38/449 (very competitive public school, about 1200 SAT average, #34 was accepted ED to Brown)
AP: 5's on Chem and World History, 4 on US History
IB: 6 on Math Methods SL </p>

<p>Senior Courses (First quarter grade) </p>

<p>AP Calc BC- 95
AP Stats- 95
AP Gov- 98
AP Physics B- 98
SUPA WRT 105 (Syracuse Proj Advance English)- 91 (highest grade was 92)
American Law- 99
Academy of Finance College Financial Planning- 100
Health- 96 </p>

<p>AP Tests Senior year: BC Calc, Gov, Physics B (maybe C Mechanics also), Stats, English Lang, Euro History (self study) </p>

<p>EC
Varsity Bowling- 4 years- all county/all league last year (212 average), placed in top 20 in 2 national tourneys
Academy of Finance- 3 year program in business which includes 4 college classes and a summer internship last summer- i am an officer this year
Quiz Bowl- 3 year starter on varsity- team made it to the 3rd round of LI Challenge televised quiz show (round of 8 out of 32 teams)- also helped organzize a tournament which 32 teams from 4 states attended
DECA- 2004 State qualifier
Varsity Golf- 1 letter
NHS (11-12)
Business Honor Society (11-12)
Mathletes- 9-12
a few other small things </p>

<p>Work Experience
Internship at small company doing accounts receivable (133 hrs over summer this year)
umpiring for little league for 4 years
tutoring 1-2 hours a week this year </p>

<p>Awards
AP Scholar
Scholar Athlete Team Award
Deca State qualifier
All County Bowling
AOF school awards </p>

<p>Teacher recs- good to very good
Essays- decent
Major- Physics and probably economics</p>

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<p>great chance; but as it is true in the case of chicago, I think it will all come down to your essays.</p>

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<p>yea with all those essays and the amazing essay questions, i thought they would be very important</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>it seems as though stats have almost nothing to do with it. many people with extremely high scores got deferred. and to quote Ted O'Neill in the acceptance letter, "Our decision was not based on numbers but on your achievements and your words." good luck, and work hard on those essays! edit, edit, edit!</p>

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<p>yeah i was saidthat on another thread. but it seems that while SAT scores were the negligible factor..the most important factor was the GPA? except for the two or three who had under 3.5, most were in the 3.9s...i'm still waiting to hear!!</p>

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<p>SAT's are considered, because UChicago DOES require them, if they REALLY didn't care about them at all, then they wouldnt require them. They don't play much weight i dont think, but are still considered. I don't really know how SAT 2's work, and i didn't send any so im still kinda scared about what that means. I talked to admissions and they said i wouldn't be at a disadvantage because i didnt turn them in, so lets hope they were being honest.</p>

<p>I'm in PA, and im waiting for my decision to get here anytime tomorrow or day after. Hopefully tomorrow :-) Good wishes to all who haven't heard yet and good wishes to all those who REALLY WANT to go to UChicago and were deferred. Keep working hard kids, it all pays of in the end ( i really should listen to myself :-) )</p>

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<p>i have similar stats and i wish u luck.</p>

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<p>Many are admitted without SAT II's.</p>

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<p>Thats awesome, i guess im <em>slightly</em> less concerned now.</p>