<p>So yeah,can you please chance me?
Country: USA
State: Florida
Class Rank: 26/980
SAT: 2260 Reading 780 Math 770 Writing 710
SATII: US Hist: 800 World His:800
Leadership: Statewide officer in Youth In Government Program for 2 years
President of Science Honor Society
Editor in Chief of Magnet Newsletter
Team Captain Relay for Life Team-Sophomore year
Sgt. At Arms for a community service club
Community Service:
Give Kids the World Village- helping children with life threatining illnesses who visit Orlando- since 6th grade, 5 hours a month
Relay for Life: Every year 9-12
Tutor in German and Science
Help teach civic education in after school YMCA program for Middle Schoolers-also organized that program
Extracurricular:
Youth In Government 9-12
Model United Nations 9-10
Quiz Bowl-11-12 First Place in County 2009, 3rd in 2010
Science Honor Society
Write for Magnet Newsletter
German Honor Society
National Honor Society
Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist 2011- Score of 215
AP Scholar with Merit
Won school speech contest in 5th Grade
Debate contest award in 11th grade
Rec: Counsleor: Generic App
Teacher one: glowing review, known since 9th grade
Teacher two:great review, taught me Jr. year
Other:
Mother went there
Interview: Went very well
Hook: Intellectual intrest, Polititics, love Chicago so much, wrote essay about Inception
Great social growth since childhood( im mildly autisic....but not so much anymore)</p>
<p>With Uchi a lot of the decision lies in the essays… So it is very VERY difficult to chance.</p>
<p>This is not directed at you specifically, OP, but one reason I would be a little hesitant to go to Chicago if I get it is the possibility of being surrounded by people who say things like “I can has _____?” in normal conversation. Maybe that’s not the case, but I simply cannot stand the thought.</p>
<p>Hi ,OP “I can has chance?”
you stated that you’re >Editor in Chief of Magnet Newsletter< ?
I know UChicago asked for uncommon & creative essay topics, so I suppose you really DO have a chance…</p>
<p>I agree with TheYankInLondon…UChicago relies A LOT on the essays and less on the standardized test scores.</p>
<p>Besides the dead horse truism that “everyone has a chance”, how can I say no to that? What’s your GPA? And better yet, you have plans to account for most of the things in that list, right? Because I feel like I’m sorting through laundry just getting through them all. Looking through all of the positives and not a hint of negative, YES, you do have a chance (a good one, in fact, given that what you DIDN’T mention, namely grades and the quality of your essays are equally stellar; one “average” rec won’t hurt you), because I think this is the only thing I can say, given this information. Oh, and I might mention the futility of “chancing”, because what you’re going to get is opinions, and the only people whose opinions matter are the admissions officers. This won’t help you, but it might make you feel better.</p>
<p>Oh, and to cut down on the laundry list (because of my eyes are glazing over…), remove anything you didn’t devote a significant amount of time and attention to. For example, I wouldn’t include something like MUN if you’d stopped. Why did you stop? That’s a question I’d ask. As well as the “German Honor Society”. There are so many “honor societies” with lax entry requirements (like my school’s N(Art)HS) that unless you have a significant achievement (officer positions, major events, etc) in that club, it looks like resume padding. A lot of things could have been listed together, such as events of community service and your officer title could be listed in the same slot as the activity itself etc. It looks cleaner. A significant amount of people doing chance threads would usually write it such that: Community Service - President. Events: xyz</p>
<p>Write the best essay possible and you are golden!</p>
<p>Impero is right. Plus, no one cares that you won a school-wide speech contest when you were 11. Seriously?</p>
<p>the title of this thread makes me believe you are witty, and consequently have fab essays. good luck, my compatriate</p>