<p>I'm a kid from Erie, Colorado (18,000 ppl all white) and I can speak fluent chinese verified by the HSK 6 test, the highest level available to test for. My grades were mediocre, 3.5 unweighted 3.7 weighted(34 of 184 class rank), with ap classes, honors, dual enrollment(did 11 credit hours at university of Colorado my last semester senior year)29 composite on my act (31math, 29reading&english, 25 science) and have spent the past year and a half after graduation living in Beijing and Kunming. Does the fact that i speak chinese have a large impact on my chance of getting in? What are my chances of getting in? Any tips?</p>
<p>Little more background: NHS 2 years,
180 hours of community service(120 in a foreign country, dominica)
Won 2nd at the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Championships, have a record of 25-4 in bjj. Worked all 4 years of highschool(umpire for little league baseball).
Wrestled varsity all 4 years, but was mediocre, never accomplished anything but all state first team academics.
Family has no college graduates, don't know if it matters but two siblings have children that aren't yet 21.
Rotary Club of Erie student of the month</p>
<p>Guys help me out, i need some honest answers here please. Im applying for fall of 2013, one last thing to add family income is 30,000< unless they count step parents income in which it might be about 100,000 but also adds two kids to the mix(three but one isn’t dependent.)</p>
<p>Also did 4 weeks abroad in between junior and senior year in china at Beijing Language and Culture University.</p>
<p>Getting yourself to China and living there certainly shows a commitment if you’re planning to do international relations or international business or Chinese studies. Why specifically would you choose Chicago? That may help us understand you better and offer better suggestions.</p>
<p>my apologies in forgetting to mention that. Yes i am indeed planning to go into ir, and or chinese. And specifically chicago because they are becoming a name that holds more and more weight in china in part due to their campus here that they just started and more and more investing into chinese relations.</p>
<p>First have to be accepted to Uchicago, im trying to get a job as an assistant or anything in the beijing campus to help my chances but we’ll see if that goes through.</p>
<p>Please understand that I have no inside information and don’t know anyone at Chicago, but I like your chances more as I learn more about you. You have very clear and specific reasons for wanting to use the resources at Chicago, and you’ve already managed to get yourself halfway around the world and to master a very difficult language. You don’t come from one of those superprivileged backgrounds, and you aren’t talking about investment banking or med school! Certainly try to get that job, because it almost definitely will help.</p>
<p>By the way, if you’d like to try another long shot, Penn is doing more work in China and plans to build its presence. Penn also has an extremely competitive undergraduate program in international business, the Huntsman program. See if it appeals.</p>
<p>Are u white or Chinese? Your ID tells me you are Chinese. If your parents are divorced then remarried, their current spouses income may need to be counted. If your birth parents are Chinese, then you are Chinese.</p>
<p>Im a pure whitey(mostly welsh, with some german, irish, french), might have a enough native american to claim that but i don’t wanna say that because it might not be true. My mother is remarried to another whitey with more white kids and father isn’t remarried. Lived with mother through middle/high school. Lived on my my own for past two years.</p>
<p>I would love to go to upenn as well… i mean LOVE to i just thought that my grades were to low. And one other thing to add im planning on retaking the ACT of Feb 2nd and so hopefully that will boost my score, im thinking i can get a 33 comp.</p>
<p>I have many very competent people editing my essays, one of whom is a uchicago grad herself. They make me feel like i have no grasp on the english language but they are really helping me in building a flawless essay. Thank you for the tip though.</p>
<p>A competitive school never will admit someone who probably can’t do the work.</p>
<p>But sometimes an applicant with a somewhat unusual passion who already is on the path to success will be admitted, even if stats are lower than usual. We usually hear about the star athletes, but they’re not alone.</p>
<p>You definitely would stand out in the Penn applicant pile, and you just might make it. This isn’t anything more than a hunch. But if you decide to try, search the Daily Pennsylvanian for a recent article about Penn in China. Show Penn how you can contribute to their plans.</p>
<p>What do u want to do? I guess u want to live in China. I don’t know if IR will help u that much. I think if u have petroleum engineering degree, have experience in fracture drilling, plus your Chinese
skill, you will be able to demand very high pay. U of Chicago is a very competitive school. Your grades and scores are not outstanding, but you have unique post high school experience. Maybe if you emphasize on that part, you may get in.</p>
<p>I want to end up doing international business, probably focusing on helping american companies get into china and vice versa. And im retaking the ACT on Dec. 8th with a goal of 33, which i do think is quite reasonable, this is also the avg for UChicago.</p>