<p>My school doesn't have unweighted GPA and weighted, but your GPA is weighted by AP classes. Long story short, I didn't really care a whole lot in 9th-10th grade, so going into 12th grade, my GPA hovers around a 3.5, including several Bs and a few Cs. I'm taking 5 APs this year which could give me a 4.83 if I have straight As, which I believe would boost my GPA to around a ~3.8 if my math is correct. I realize my resume blows and my ACT was only a 28, which I will retake in September and October. Should I even apply EA? UChicago is my top school no doubt, but I am an extremely uncompetitive applicant, and my GPA will be higher for RD. I know that very few get rejected for EA, so maybe it is a good idea, but I am not sure. I would like to get my October ACT in, but if I get deferred, I could always send that for RD.</p>
<p>It seems like you would, at best, get deferred until April and then sink or swim based on your senior grades – just as you would if you applied RD. If there are other schools you’re interested in where applying REA/ED would be a big help, I’d do that instead. The risk here is not so much that you will get rejected EA but the opportunity cost of not using your early bonus elsewhere.</p>
<p>Well UChicago is definitely my top choice, but it isn’t very realistic for me, my other options are my state school and a LAC that isn’t too tough to get into. Applying EA wouldn’t affect any other apps.</p>