<p>Hello, everyone! I'm new to the board and in it I really think I've found a jewel; I look forward to becoming a part of the community.</p>
<p>Anyway, my chief ambition is to attend the University of Chicago my sophomore year. That being said my course selection for my first semester at my current University will be very important.</p>
<p>How do you think these courses are ?</p>
<p>Calculus I
Introduction to Philosophy
English: Rhetoric and Writing II (part of a two part writing requirement, I placed out of the first part with my SAT score)
Begining French I
Freshmen Seminar</p>
<p>I would particularly appreciate input from people associated with UChicago (e.g. accepted transfer students, adcoms, etc.).</p>
<p>In itself, that course schedule seems fine to me. I'm pretty sure that they like it when a student takes Calculus, in addition to humanities, and does well in all of his/her classes. They specfically state on their website that they look for broadly interested students.</p>
<p>Of course, it is important to have a high GPA when applying to Chciago for transfer, but what's also important is communicating that you are truly the type of student that they look for: one who is (maybe even unhealthily) passionate about academics. So, immense thought (not just time) should be invested into the essays. If you interview, be prepared to defend your course schedule and any academic passions or interests that you may have. A bad interview will hurt you, in my experience. So, non-numerical aspects of the application are very important.</p>
<p>Lastly, ** apply EA **. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like it was easier to get accepted EA than RD this past spring. Whether or not it really was, I cannot say for certain. The explanation for it would be that too many freshman and/or EA transfer applicants accepted their offer of admission, limiting the number of spots available for RN applicants.</p>
<p>Your course schedule looks similar to what a Chicago first-year might take. Think also about taking social science classes... anything on Smith, Marx, Freud, Durkheim, or just "Intro to Anthropology," "Intro to Sociology," "Intro to Psychology"</p>
<p>A first-year at Chicago is usually taking concurrent full-year humanities and social sciences core courses, along with some calculus, foreign language, chemistry (if pre-med), and a couple of electives. Try to take as advanced courses as permitted (without absolutely killing yourself, because that's not fun nor appropriate) and do as best you can.</p>
<p>Also, give whatever college you are about to attend a try. There are always a handful of kids who come into Chicago and are wholly convinced they are going to transfer out to Yale/Brown/Cornell/Stanford/Berkeley/Podunk State at earliest convenience. These kids usually end up loving the school.</p>
<p>I got accepted this year, but unfortunately I do not think i would be going to Uchic. I declared economics major at the end this year(i applied for 2nd year transfer) and I took </p>
<p>2 intro (micro, macro),
2 second year classes of economics (micro, macro theory)
1 second year economics class for international trading ,
and in this summer, i am taking three year 3 economics class (advance economics micro and macro and econometrics).
so at the end of my first year, I had taken 8 economics classes out of my 12. I have completed the basic requirements to take Fourth year economics classes when i reach my second year.</p>
<p>If you wanna do economics @ uchic, u better have a really strong economics background. my average for these classes are about 90-95% so i think that has definitely boosted my application. They are the best in the world for economics, so be prepared that they will definitely expect you to show a lot of interest in this field.</p>
<p>One thing I was thinking about is how much does Uchicago care about a solid background in the literature of economics, like the works of Adam Smith or Galbraith? It would seem likely that although some might get included in a rigorous economics course--at that, a very theoretical one--it would be something of an impossibility to fit more than one or two into a class(most certainly not the more unknown ones, as they would be even more of a triviality). Is bookishness an undesirable trait? </p>
<p>Aside from the basic prerequisites for an honors analysis class, and a strong liberal arts curriculum, and a language--Japanese. Aside from macroeconomics and microeconomics, there isn't much I can do, except maybe a econometrics class or two. Incidentally, would an abstract for a economics paper or a cello recording range from useful to marginally so to harmful?</p>