Chicago here I come!!...well maybe.

<p>STATS</p>

<p>GPA- 88.67% in competitive nyc high school (my average may seem like a joke since I'm applying to top schools ...but here it goes- my freshman year i had a lot of trouble adjusting and I had a lot of negative influences my averages were like low 70s and such...however working in my lab and my mentor really influenced me (i plan to write about it in my essays)..and after freshman year my averages were all above 90</p>

<p>RANK (horrible)- 290/900- 32% due to my grade situation- transcript was hard to get up</p>

<p>Act comp- 34
Sat- 750 math-- 700 reading-- 750 writing- total:2200</p>

<p>SAT II's- BIO- 800 math 2- 800</p>

<p>Ap's=horrible. not reporting.</p>

<p>Awards- honor society senior year...won a couple of small awards for essay competition and one semi-finalist for a nasa competition</p>

<p>Low income family
1st generation college student</p>

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<p>Extracurriculars / volunteer </p>

<ul>
<li>Volunteered at the American Cancer society since freshman year, had an unpaid internship with them for two summers...reaching out to cancer patients...recruiting people...help organize the big walks</li>
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<p>-- I work in a pathology lab working with pancreatic carcinoma. I've been there my soph and junior year and plan to be there next year..I work there up to 30 hrs/week during the school year and summer. I've written many papers, one of them along with other MD and PhD students which has been published</p>

<p>-- Volunteer at Hospital-- assist nurses, help out patients when ever they need me for something</p>

<p>-- School newspaper- reporter for three years, appointed Editor-In-Chief...my articles were published in different student websites and newsletters. I also freelance for a non profit organization, writing reviews weekly for their newsletter</p>

<p>-- Model U.N - v/president...self explanatory what you do there</p>

<p>--Tutor disadvantaged students in my old public elementary school during the summer- 6 years </p>

<p>so yeah thats pretty much me</p>

<p>I mean this as a genuine question:</p>

<p>Why do you want to go to the University of Chicago?</p>