Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>Hi, I'm applying to Chicago next fall for the Fall 2008 school year. I was wondering what my chances were of getting in with the following stats:</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:
ACT: 34 (36 M 33 S 33 R 33 W 10 for the essay)
SAT I: 2220 (770 M 690 CR 760 W 10 for the essay)
SAT II: Have not taken yet but taking Chem and Math IIC and hoping for a 700+ on both
PSAT: 201 didn't do my best but I got national merit and will probably get commended</p>

<p>School:
GPA: 3.999 unweighted
Class Rank: About 10 of 300-400...good chance of going up though
Taken all AP and honors classes offered at school along with a couple classes at a university including the following APs:</p>

<p>AP Biology: 5
AP Chemistry
AP Psychology
AP English Language (or whatever the writing one is called)
AP Literature
AP Calculus</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Tennis: 4 years with varsity letter 2 years - Played #2 seed junior year and will likely play #1 seed senior year
Speech Team: 4 years and advancing to state every year in every event
Amnesty International: 2 years
Harmony (Program that encourages diversity and acceptance at our school) Core Member 2 years
Robotics Club: 3 years
Sophomore Leadership
Junior Leadership
Senior Leadership
Karate: Brown Belt and one step away from black belt
Model United Nations: 3 years and top in group several times
Basketball: One year
Hotline (Television show run by students) 5 years and will be director next year as a senior
Future Problem Solving: 5 years and advancing to state 4 years
Autonomous Learners Program for the Highly Able (Gifted and Talented Program) 5 years
Spanish Club: 2 years Vice President as Junior and running for President as senior
Science Bowl Team: 3 years
Boy Scouts of America: 8 years
Member of High School Orchestra: 4 years</p>

<p>Summer Camps and Programs:
Summer before 9th grade: Attended 3 week summer program taking high school classes at a university
Summer before 10th grade: Attended same camp
Summer before 11th grade: Did research for 6 weeks at a university working with a professor of Neurobiology and wrote a research report Title of research: Analyzing the Effects of Age, Sex, and Neurological Mutations on Locomotion in Drosophila Melanogaster
Summer before 12th grade: Attending Harvard University Secondary School Program for 8 weeks and taking Harvard courses</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
2nd highest score in school on AMC 12 test
Eagle Scout Boy Scout
Order of Arrow for Boy Scouts
Presented research at state science symposium JSHS
Brown Belt in Karate
Several regional awards, trophies, and medals in Karate
Some regional awards in tennis
Honor Roll 2004-2007
Awards for grade point average and being in top 5% at school
Awards for robotics team
Several speech team awards in events including lettering 2 years
Awards in Future Problem Solving
along with several others</p>

<p>Service Hours:
Many service for Boy Scouts including at least 18 hours needed to advance in rank
Put together, supervised, and participated in a service project to get volunteers for CPR program at a local university 25 hours
Volunteered at a Local Hospital 10 hours
Worked for Order of the Arrow Service 12 hours
Volunteered for leadership clubs 15 hours
Aided in weeding and fixing up local tennis courts 2 hours</p>

<p>if you need any other info just post</p>

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<p>Time for the obligatory, just make sure your essays are good post. Here it is.</p>

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<p>hahahahahaha.</p>

<p>I forgot that on the other one too.</p>

<p>It sounds like you're into a lot of exciting stuff, and you're an extremely strong applicant in general for colleges-- you've covered all of the major bases.</p>

<p>Again, make sure that your interest for the school, your passion, your creativity, and your willingness to weather wacky prompts (or make your own!) also goes into the application. You certainly are qualified to attend the school, (as far as I can tell, at least), but just think about why Chicago specifically would be a good place for you.</p>

<p>That's the best advice I can offer. Good luck!</p>

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<p>yea u'll make it in...just write a good essay lol and good rec letters</p>

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<p>btw...most of these posts that state "my chances at u of C", these students' academic profiles are stronger than mine... yours included. That's not to say that you're by any means smarter, but I think I focused on sports and ec activities in hS...I made it in, and unless you write a crap of an essay or rec letters from teachers, you'll make it in also...(unless there's a surge of applicants who are superqualified next year)</p>

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<p>are u trying to make the rest of us feel bad?</p>