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Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>Male - half Chinese, half Caucasian
California Resident
Rank: top 10%, school unranked
GPA: 3.9 Weighted, 3.6 Unweighted
AP: Biology - 3, Computer Science A - 5, US History - 5, Chemistry - 4, Statistics - 5
SAT: 2250
ACT: 33
SAT II: Math IIC: 750, Chemistry: 710, US History: 780</p>

<p>E.C.s: Piano - 9 years
Tenor Saxophone - 6 years
Bass Guitar - 3 1/2 years
Guitar - 2 years
Jazz Band - 1 year
Tae Kwon Do - 2 1/2 years, black belt achieved
Conejo Valley Summer Music Camp - Counselor - 15 hrs/wk, 4 wks/yr
Motion Picture and Television Hospital - Volunteer - 1 1/2 hrs/wk, 52 wks/yr
Founder, President of Book Club at school
Take Action Club
Earth Club
Science Bowl Member
Math Club
Math Honor Society - 1 year
UCLA class over summer Mol., Cell, Devel. Bio (MCDB) 30
Genetics research with Pepperdine professor for 1 summer</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>2 National Tae Kwon Do Competition Silver Medals
Level 9 of Certificate of Merit - Piano</p>

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<p>I recommend reading through Libby Pearson's thread. As always it comes down to strength of curriculum, essays, recommendations, then GPA and EC's.</p>

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<p>not bad, not bad.</p>

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<p>Not bad? That's envious. Write a decent essay with plenty of imagination and you'll be fine. </p>

<p>The one thing I notice is that you have a low GPA for your ACT score. Not that it will hurt you, but if you wished for an area to work on your GPA is always a good place to start. Otherwise, you're pretty solid.</p>

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<p>Improve your GPA to improve your chances. And write some good essays. You are in the gray area: not necessarily in or out.</p>

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<p>believe me, you're definitely more 'in' than 'out.' Write a fun essay</p>

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<p>people here like to hassle people like you. From seeing other kids who've gotten in, I'd say as long as your essays are at all acceptable, your curriculum includes a bunch of hard classes, you have a very nice shot. Is U of C your number one?</p>

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<p>yeah, the cirriculum i've had has been just about the toughest my school offers. And U of C is most likely my number 1, I tend to change my opinions a lot haha.</p>

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<p>is your username a reference to The Martian Chronicles? If so, that's freaking awesome.</p>

<p>And as far as chances go, ditto what everybody else said. You look like a strong, motivated student who may really like being at Chicago.</p>

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<p>or is it a reference to the indie-pop/christian rock group?</p>

<p>my friend listens to them.</p>

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<p>may you rot in hell... ray bradbury.</p>

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<p>Andrew_VB got it, but if it's any consolation, that band was referencing the rocket summer, so by the transitive property...</p>

<p>haha</p>

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<p>hey hey hey</p>

<p>i like ray.</p>

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<p>what? first tucker max, now this? Are you like the Newman to my Jerry? Well, I say he's a horrible writer. In 500 words or less, defend your opinion!</p>

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<p>i like tmax.</p>

<p>if it makes you feel any better,
i like seinfeld, too.</p>

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<p>let's get back to the most important issue: can I get into college? haha</p>

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<p>Well of course you can get into college. Open enrollment schools guarantee that, at least.</p>

<p>lol. Come on! You know your chances as well as we do. CC People can only put you into one of 3 categories: 1) pretty much won't get in, 2) depends on your luck and your subjective stats (essays, interview, recs, etc), and 3)you are pretty much in. There are of course going to errors on our part just by the nature of the game. Beware aware that situation 3 is rarely attainable at some of these schools. That being said you are a 2.5 - ish.</p>