Chicago EA/RD Roster

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<p>ED</p>

<p>SAT 1460 780 M 680 V
800 IIC 750 Physics 710 Writing
Intel ISEF awards for biochemistry project.
Have done research in gene therapy, biophysics and mathematics.
Rank: 29/183 don't care much in school.
M/S Courseload: Topology 1+2 at NYU grad school, differential equations, complex analysis, fluid dynamics, ap comp sci ab
5 BC Calculus 5 Chemistry 4 APUSH 4 APEH 4 phys b (self studied in one month after no exposure at all to fzx, now pretty accomplished)
3 Eng Lang
essay meh not sure, other 2 excellent, recs amazing</p>

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<p>by the way, what program is everyone applying to?</p>

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<p>I hope to apply to Economics...maybe with a minor in English--retarded, I know.</p>

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<p>RD</p>

<p>Sat 1 800V 760M
Rank Top 1% out of 800+ students
Ec: School Sports Captain
Theatre
Debating
School Cabinet Member
Extempore, Elocution</p>

<p>Essays: ? not too sure about them as i find it difficult to be objective
Recos: Pretty good.</p>

<p>Intend to major in eco
Require Financial aid</p>

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<p>Applied ED</p>

<p>3.9 something UW, 4.65 W, 2 of 704 at a public school
SAT I: 1520, 740 V, 780 M
ACT (state test): Comp: 35
SAT II: Forgot :)
AP:
11th Grade: 5 - Calc BC 5- Chem 5- U.S. History
Now taking Calc 3 at a local college (thinking Math Major)
All APs this year (senior)</p>

<p>EC: Scholastic Bowl Captain (2 years), Math Team (2), NHS member and Officer, Tons of Volunteer service</p>

<p>Reccomendations: 2 teachers who knew me well</p>

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<p>EA here</p>

<p>4.31 GPA weighted
Rank 97% out of 441 public school in IL
SAT I: 1360 (only sent cuz of SAT II scores)
ACT: 35
SAT II: MathIIC 800 Writing 780 Chem 730 US histo 720
6 AP classes total</p>

<p>EC: captain of swimming and gymnastics teams, qualified for state finals in gymnastics, state champion physics lab for science olympiad, 7th place qualitative analysis, NHS, science club, letterman's club, Tri-M, Jazz band 1st chair 1st alto sax for three years, IMEA qualifier 2nd chair, lots of other stuff i dont remember</p>

<p>Recommendations: Best ever. One from the BEST history teacher in the state, one from a former u of chicago calculus professor.</p>

<p>Essays: The main one was pretty good, had it check over by my AP lit teacher who got his masters from chicago. The others were decent to good as well.</p>

<p>I plan to major in physics
Good luck everyone! awesome stats on this board =)</p>

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<p>RD :)</p>

<p>1530, 800(IIC), 790(Chem), 740(Writng)
3.8uw (our weighted gpa is weird so not posting)
Physics/Math/Astronomy major</p>

<p>ECs: well-rounded, pretty good commitment</p>

<p>Essays: sending 2 main essays - one is traditional, one is non-traditional, will worry about the others later ;)</p>

<p>Good luck all! (I wish I had my act together early enough to apply EA)</p>

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<p>RD is normal admission right?</p>

<p>Anyway...
3.68 GPA Unweighted
top 11%
ACT: 31</p>

<p>-took 5 AP classes and 2 classes at a nearby university</p>

<p>-Student council member 4 years</p>

<p>-Planned Chem Major (in Pre-med)</p>

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<p>Can you minor at UCHI? I don't think you can because there are so many core req's.</p>

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<p>RD...
SAT V: 800 SAT M: 740
SAT 2 Math II: 790 SAT 2 Chem: 750 SAT 2 Writing: 740
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
5.87/6.0 weighted (2/503 in class)
IB Dipoma student
Current classes: Calc BC AP, Physics C AP, Chem III IB, Bio III IB, English IB, German V IB, International History IB, IB Theory of Knowledge
ECs: President of World Quest (highly competitive international trivia comp.), secretary of Renaissance Committee, co-founder/treasurer of LEO Club (junior Lions Club), Eagle Scout, National Honor Society, National Merit Semifinalist, 150 hours of community service, Summer Ventures in Science & Mathematics, National German Examination Award, 5th place in Numbers Crunch (math competition), research on niche partitioning was published</p>

<p>Yes, Chicago does have some minors, but most are foreign languages.</p>

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<p>All right all right.</p>

<p>Early Action!</p>

<p>SAT Verbal: 800
SAT Math: 710
SAT IIs: Math IIc: 800 (weird I know...)
Physics: 770
Writing: 800
ACT: 35 (36E, 34M, 36R, 34SR)
GPA: 3.95 unweighted... no weighted grades at my school, but I've taken 6 AP classes so far and gotten A's in all of them, so that would bode pretty well, I think
Class Rank: 4/385
My school district is really poor... we have 6 hours in a day this year... so I'm taking 6 AP classes... they ALSO cut the ENTIRE German program my junior year, so I only have 2 years of a language.</p>

<p>EC: President of National Honor Society this year (volunteer with most hours last year); founding vice-president of Philosophy Club (all 4 years); Treasurer of Theatre Club (junior year up); founding President of CAPA Congress, a student-council body for the Accelerated Arts Program at my school (soph. year to now); Chair of the Outreach and Fundraising Committee in Young American Theatre, a youth performing troupe affiliated with the local community theatre (soph. year up); I went to State in English and Biology with my WYSE team (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering); every summer I take a heavy schedule of ballet classes
Awards: Daughters of the American Revolution Outstanding History Student Award; National Merit Semi-finalist; my city has an annual music awards ceremony (called the "RAMI"s) where I received the "2004 Future Star" award</p>

<p>Recommendations: Good. My counselor was pretty bad, but my English teacher's rocked (my science teacher didn't show me hers, so I don't know, but I'm sure it's awesome). My friend (who's also applying there EA) asked her interveiw lady if they read teacher recommendations that are longer than two pages or so (since my English teacher usually writes 6-8 pages on the people she really loves), and the lady was like, "Oh, I think I know what teacher you're talking about. We read HERS, let me tell you." </p>

<p>Essays: Pretty good, I think. I struggled with the main one, but managed to write an decent, if fairly short, one--nothing that will get me snapped up, but certainly nothing that will lose it for me. I did, however, write an even LONGER essay for one of the short-answer essays--but it was so GOOOOD. So they balance each other out. </p>

<p>Interveiw: Went swimmingly. I had heard from 3 other people that their interveiw was lame, but my interveiwer was awesome and sassy and hilarious. She seemed genuinely impressed with my junior research paper (everyone in the class picks a word to write a 15-20 page paper on... I picked "infinity")</p>

<p>Nothing else, really. No research, no math competitions. I decided this summer that I wasn't going to be a theatre major/actress/dancer, but a.. physicist? I did a complete turn around from arts to hard science. Heh. I just wish I had looked into research some more... well, if I could do it over again, I would do a LOT more. But I think I did pretty fine the first time through, too!</p>

<p>I wrote down on my possible majors "linguistics, anthropology, and physics".</p>

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<p>Oh my god that's long. Sorry everybody... heh.</p>

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<p>RD...
1460/780/700/690
1/400</p>

<p>Probably applying for physics or economics from Virginia.</p>

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<p>RD...
Stats can be found at: <a href="http://www.*************2009/display.php?user=lindseyluJH%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.*************2009/display.php?user=lindseyluJH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I'm considering Linguistics and Philosophy.</p>

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<p>Can I be admitted in Chicago..............?</p>

<p>SAT I : V600 M780
SAT II : MIIC 800, Phy 800, Chem 800
GPA 4.7/5.0 (Science High School - 69 Students from 50 Middle schools in City)
Early Graduation. No AP Courses in school.
International Young Physicists' Tournament 3rd Position
Some natioal & regional medals on Mathematics and Programming
Student Council
Rock Band
Vocal Group
School Newspaper Publishing Group, etc.</p>

<p>Considering Mathematics and Economics.
Hoping for a big mail from Chicago.</p>

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<p>any ideas whether the stats on this thread are typical of chicago applicants?
(hopefully these are on the higher end...)</p>

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<p>Considering the stats. from the "deferred" thread last year....I don't know what a "typical" chicago applicants stats are anymore.</p>

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<p>RD! (almost EA, but another school was too tempting).
1530-800verbal 730math
800w/790iic/790wh
2/490 3.96uw
13 AP's by end of high school; activism, JSA, debate
major(s): Political Science and maybe Economics or International Studies.</p>

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<p>Wow, these are really good stats. Check out mine at "Hey, Just for fun!"</p>

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<p>It's funny--some people freak out seeing how some of the seemingly best applicants (3.8, 1500) last year were deferred while those with more "normal" stats (3.5, 1400) got in.</p>

<p>Personally, I couldn't be happier--I fit into the latter category ;).</p>