I guess it's time for chancing now...

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>...so here's my thread. </p>

<p>School info and test scores:
School type: College preparatory day school
GPA: 4.05/3.92 UW (School uses A+ = 4.33 system with no additional weighting)
School does not rank (even though I know I'm 4/103)
ACT: 36 Composite (35 E, 36 M, 35 R, 36 S, 33 E+W)
SAT II's: 800 Math II, 800 Chem, 770 Bio M
AP's: Chem 5, BC Calc 5, awaiting scores on US Gov, Bio, English Lang </p>

<p>Schedule:
N.B. Freshmen and sophomores are not allowed to take AP courses except in extremely rare cases (mine being one of them), and students are under a strict limit of 3 AP's per year.
Freshman Year: Core English 9, Core Western Civ 1, Core Chem, Algebra II Honors, Pre-cal Honors, Latin II Honors, Choir
Sophomore Year: Core English 10, Core Western Civ 2, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, Latin III Honors, Choir
Junior Year: Core English 11, Islamic History (1 trimester), AP Gov (2 trimesters), AP Bio, Vector Calc/Differential Eqs., Latin IV Honors, Choir
Senior Year: AP Lit, Psychology (1 trimester), AP Physics C, Statistics (1 trimester), Linear Algebra/Real Analysis (through Stanford EPGY OHS), AP Latin Vergil, Web Design (1 trimester), Choir</p>

<p>Clubs, EC's, sports, et al.:
SADD member (9-12)
Intramural Quiz Bowl (10-12; member of championship team 10, 11)
Science Olympiad (9-12; captain 12)
Student Council Representative (9-11)
Senior Class Vice President (12)
Junior Classical League member (9-12)
Cross Country (JV 9; Varsity 10-12)
Swimming (Varsity 9-12)
Math Team (9-12; President 11, 12)
Boy Scouts (various leadership positions)
Venture Crew (various leadership positions)</p>

<p>Contests, Awards, Honors, et al.:
Math team:
-Competed in AMSA, Mandelbrot, TXML, Rocket City, AHSIMC, UWW Purple Comet, and others. Won a few national awards including perfect ASMA (9). Also won awards from Texas A&M contest, Rice contest, et al. It would take too long to put up all the specifics.
-AMC 10 144/138 (9, 10)
-AMC 12 132/132 (10, 11; state winner on 2009 AMC 12A)
-AIME 5/9/10 (9, 10, 11)
-USAMO 8/4 (10, 11)
Science Olympiad/other science stuff:
-4 division B, 7 division C medals at state SciOly tournament since 2007 (TX)
-USNCO qualifier 2009 (received 56/60 on local exam)
Junior Classical League/other Latin stuff:
-several assorted awards from area and state JCL competitions
-National Latin Exam gold medal (9-11)
-Oxford Book Award winner from NLE
School Awards:
-award for top mathematics student in school (9, 11)
-award for top student in Latin IV Honors (11)
-Yale Book Award (11)
-member of Hermes, school's language honor society (11, 12)
-member of Cum Laude Society (11, 12)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Lifeguard (Summer '08 to present, as needed)
Bickel & Brewer Foundation Future Leaders Program Student Mentor (Spring '09)
AwesomeMath Summer Program Staff Assistant ('09)</p>

<p>Other Stuff:
Eagle Scout
HOBY alum ('08)
Attended Foundation for Teaching Economics' Economics For Leaders program ('09)
Attended AwesomeMath Summer Program ('07, '08)</p>

<p>Any and all feedback is appreciated.</p>

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<p>You have an amazing chance.</p>

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<p>Yeah aside from your amazing EC’s your courseload is just ridiculous. And your scores are almost perfect. I don’t see how you wouldn’t get in.</p>

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<p>Update: all AP scores are 5’s.</p>

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<p>I don’t see why you wouldn’t get in, unless you show that you’re not appropriate for the school through your essays. The level of math that you’ve conquered as a high school student is really quite astounding, but I assure you that Chicago’s first-year classes will still serve as a challenge. (Honors Analysis starts with Lebesgue measure theory, so you would ideally be starting right where you left off in HS.)</p>

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<p>damn…thanks for making me feel inferior lol</p>

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<p>Nice resume. Don’t they make you take U.S. History in high school in Texas?</p>

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<p>JHS, we never had to take a US history course per se. The Western Civ sequence did cover all US history though. Maybe public schools require US history. </p>

<p>phuriku, honors analysis is definitely one of the major things that attracted me to Chicago’s math program (and U of C in general). But I heard from a math major that Dr. Sally wasn’t going to teach HA starting next year, which saddens me since I really wanted the pirate teacher…</p>