I could use some help!!!

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<p>Currently I am a Junior attending school in Bourbonnais, Illinois. I recieve my education at the Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School. "BBCHS" sucks monkey nuts dipped in tobasco sauce simmered on low. I honestly wish I had tried harder my Freshman and Sophmore years rather than playing video games and watching television. So, in other words, I was not actively involved in sports and clubs my first 2 years of HS. Which limited my involvement in sports this year to none, because how the f uck can I make Varsity Tennis?!!! Who the f uck cares if I am Indian and Indian's are supposed to play tennis??? Screw tennis. Sorry, I hate tennis. As of right now here are my stats.</p>

<p>Freshman Year Courses:
World Studies
Algebra 1
Spanish 1
Biology
P.E./Health</p>

<p>Sophmore Year Courses:
Economics/Sociology
Spanish 2
Formal Geometry
Chemistry
Sophmore English
P.E.</p>

<p>Junior Year Courses:
Spanish 3
Algebra 2/Trig
Physics
AP U.S. History
Junior English
P.E.</p>

<p>Future Senior Courses:
Spanish 4
Pre-Calculus
AP Biology
Psychology/College Bound Composition
AP English
P.E.
Human Anatomy and Physiology</p>

<p>Current EC's:
Red Surge ( It's like a pep club you sign up for, you don't have to do anything but pay the $dollar fee. It's just something to put down.)</p>

<p>I have this amazing job at the hospital in my town. Provena St. Mary's Hospital (It won the JD Power award last year for something)
I work there as sort of a volunteer that can be paid except I can do more things and I work in a specified area. I work in the Emergency Room/Triage. I do all kinds of things from taking vitals on patients, blood pressures, transferring patients to and from floors, admitting patients through Triage area, stocking rooms , and cleaning rooms. Is this different from regular volunteer work? I mean don't volunteers do stupid gay things? Like talk to people and help feed them? This is supposed to be a job experience and should not be put down as volunteer work. Will UC look at as an important factor on my resume? I also work 20 hours a week, five days a week. My title is a "Partner". I will have a full 2 year work experince there by the time I start to send applications in.</p>

<p>Freshman Mentor (Like a peer tutor except only for Freshman)</p>

<p>I also did Mathletes Sophmore year, can I just put down that I was a Mathlete and not specify for how many years, hopefully they will assume for the full HS years, right?</p>

<p>Next Year EC's:
I will join my Spanish Club, the Ecology Club, and I will do Scholastic Bowl (I did it for a short time during sophmore year, around a month, and I will most likely be on Varsity because I will be a Junior.) And the same with all these clubs, will I have to specify how long? Because that would suck.
I also during the summer plan on doing 200 hours of just volunteer work at my hospital while doing my ER job. This is the reason they should be counted as two different things beacuse I will already have volunteer work down on my resume. Does anyone agree with me? I will also be able to get the reccomendation of the CEO of the hospital, because my dad is a doctor there and personally knows him, he is also my neighbor. Will that help out?</p>

<p>Now the real problem with my resume is my GPA. Since, I did not apply myself it is relatively low. By the endo of Junior year it will be a 3.32 W, and about a 3.15 UW. Will UC pay more attention to the UW? Does it present an issue? Won't they notice I have taken core college classes along with AP classes? I also will probably do some medical programs through my local college and also some extra classes. Will this help when I put it on my resume? </p>

<p>As for ACT score here they are</p>

<p>Composite: 27 Writing 10/12</p>

<p>English: 28
Math:24
Reading:28
Science:26</p>

<p>I have only taken it once, and I didn't study at all, (bad idea) So far I have been able to get both my English and Reading scores well in the 30's, as of now I haven't worked on my Science and Math, I hopefully can raise my math up by 2 or 3 points with some review, and my scince as well. Will UC look at my score individually and decide from those to? Like since my math is low will they take that in account or will they look at my composite only? And since they don't require the writing portion of the ACT will I get some brownie points for taking it and doing fairly wel on it? And I know I can for sure raise my score into the 30's. So when taking in consideration whether I can get in pretend that my ACT is at least a 30. </p>

<p>I also want to know about location, you see I wan to go to a big city and what better in state city than Chicago? Are there clubs and, like concert places around, you see I am a big music goer and I listen to like Emo and Hardcore music, yes you can lable me as an Emo Indian, I admit that. So I wanted to know that, and is where UC located close to the good Chicago? I mean the shopping areas and restaraunts and stuff like that? And as for the girls. Well, let me tell you that is an important factor, they had better be hot. Please tell me you have your hot girls there?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And are things walking distance or will I need a car?
And this may sound a bit racist, but I don't want to go to a school overpopulated with black ghetto people because I hate rap ****?
When are application deadlines due? Because if they are due after January that will be better for me because my GPA porobably will be around a 3.45 by then, and that is alot better than what I will have at the end of this year.
As for essays I plan on spending alot of time on them, making the perfect and very unique. Is there anything else I missed? LOL Can I do anything to improve my chances of getting in, and honestly please give me my true chances. I have other schools of choice such as NYU, Brown University, Johns Hopkins University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Michigan, University of Southern California, University of California–Berkeley, University of California–San Diego, and University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign.</p>

<p>These are some of my other choices, can any one help me on my chances of getting in to any of these? And is there a big difference in out of state and in state tuition? Because if I don't get into UC than all my other schools are out of state, and my dad for one thing doesn't really want me going out of state, and the tuition being 3 times as much out of state could be a problem, even if he is a doctor. One other thing is that these are all the shools of my choices I have to get into at least one of these schools, so be honest about my chances, because there are really no other schools I want to go to. And I really won't be shattered if you guys tell me if I can't get into UC because I won't mind at all if I have to go to my other choices. The only reason Im kind of set on UC is because it is in state and I like Chicago because it is a big city. I know this is a big post but I could use everyones help. However, one way or another I will not let my dad pick where I am going to college so please evaluate my other choices!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Frankly U of C seems like quite a reach for you</p>

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<p>How so??? Can you explain, as I said I won't be shattered. What is the average GPA they accept, and as for ACT? I could really use some help, please take a moment of your time and help a little brown kid.</p>

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And this may sound a bit racist, but I don't want to go to a school overpopulated with black ghetto people because I hate rap ****?

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Do you know anything about the University of Chicago? Anything??

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I have other schools of choice such as NYU, Brown University, Johns Hopkins University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Michigan, University of Southern California, University of California–Berkeley, University of California–San Diego, and University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign.

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Frankly these all seem like reaches for you. Except maybe the last one.

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The only reason Im kind of set on UC is because it is in state and I like Chicago because it is a big city.

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It's amazing that even people in state have no idea what the University of Chicago is. Do you have any idea that this is one of the best Universities in the world? This isn't open door State U - I'm amazed that being "in a city" is the only reason you are interested in Chicago.</p>

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<p>I understand that, it is ranked at 15, as reaches do you mean I have about about a 50 percent chance of getting in?</p>

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<p>I think possibly an option that could be open to you is the University of Illinois - Chicago. Therefore you get the advantage of the city and most likely it'll be a better fit for you.</p>

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<p>Reaches for you would mean >50% chance of getting in. Much less in most cases.</p>

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<p>you wont get into u of chicago - you wouldnt like it. there are some 'black people'</p>

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<p>I don't understand I have an average to good ACT and my GPA is considered an A+. Is there a misunderstanding??? My GPA scale is out of 3
A's are worth 3 regularly, and 4 in an AP/Honors class
B's are worth 2 regularly, and 3 in an AP/Honors class
C's are worth 1 regularly, and 2 in an AP/Honors class
D's are not counted at my school in GPA because a 60 percent is the lowest grade a student can receive. You see we are required to correct tests for up to a 60 percent and as for HW, not turning it in results in a 1 day suspension. The reason being that my commmunity high school is a highschool founded and paid for by the community, I really should have emphasized that it is a "private" school. I apologize for the confusion.</p>

<p>And what I meant by black people is that if I go to an university full of mostly black people I definetly won't fit in, I am probably as far as way from black as possible, and I mean that by ghetto black, I have some very smart black friends.</p>

<p>I also realized that up in my first post I stated that my UW GPA is a 3.15, it actually is a 3.0 out of 3.0, sorry for the confusion</p>

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<p>ACT Composite Range (25-75%): 29-33</p>

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<p>I don't know. The U. of C. doesn't really sound like the place for you, as you seem more of a partier. </p>

<p>And it will be a reach, as well.</p>

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<p>I think Chicago would be a reach. Your act is below average as is your schedule, and you seem to be lacking the passion for UofC and academics as a whole that could make up for lower stats. I'd say UofI is your best bet.</p>

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<p>why did u take so many PE courses. Were those required?</p>

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<p>Potential Chicago-ers are so very nice and civil...at least comparatively on CC. :]
It makes my heart warm.</p>

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<p>PE is required atleast Frosh and Soph year for all students in illinois and Junior and Senior year as well unless you play a varsity sport or have an academic waiver</p>

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<p>so even though i have a perfect gpa my chances are still low? and i'm pretty sure i can easily get my act score up</p>

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<p>I think what people are saying here is that it is important to recognize what it is like at Chicago and that it is fit, and then to communicate that to the admissions folks, regardless of GPA or ACT.</p>

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<p>I suggest that you visit the U. of C. if you haven't done so already. There is a Juniors' Day coming up that you might like to attend. Talk with current students, sit in on a class, get a general feel of the ambience of the school. I visited my other school choices and basically weeded them out (though I still applied) based on my visits. For me, I knew that if I wasn't accepted to Chicago, I would wait a year and apply again.</p>

<p>And if after all that you still know that the U. of C. is one of your top choices, make sure you back that up through your essays, extracurriculars, and quirky things about you that make you stand out. Show a genuine interest in the school and know what an education there means to you.</p>

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<p>ill tell you one thing: the indians there are UBER hott :D
but yeah, dude, i sooo feel your hatred of tennis. its worse when the entire indian community gets together and all the uncles are like, why dont u like tennis, beta!??
ugh. tennis. ::shudder::</p>

<p>anyway, work harder. i think you should research a whole lot more about the school & why desi nerds like us want to go there. if u still do, write some KILLER essays. gluck!</p>

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I am probably as far as way from black as possible, and I mean that by ghetto black, I have some very smart black friends.

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<p>OK. Thanks for the clarification. I was confused by the being "far away from black" part. But this was cleared up, of course, you meant ghetto black, duh. You have some black friends, eh? That's cool! But they're not REALLY black, right? They're smart black. </p>

<p>In all seriousness, I doubt you have any true friends, especially black friends. I also doubt that you are being serious on this thread because your stupidity and racist comments strike me as extraordinary. Furthermore, I doubt you will get into the University of Chicago.</p>

<p>University of Chicago is not the place for you. First of all, your ACT is well below the average. Don't bother retaking it, either. Second, the University is near a rough neighbor so you might see some "ghetto black" people every now and then. Third, you seem anti-intellectual, which is exactly what the admissions committee doesn't like.</p>