Is it more likely for me to be accepted than rejected for EA?

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<p>-GA resident, male
-Ethnicity: mixed Hispanic (Spanish) and Asian (Filipino)
-UW GPA: 3.94ish
-Weighted GPA: 4.14
-school doesn't rank, but I got an award for being the junior with the highest weighted GPA, meaning I'm a would-be valedictorian.</p>

<p>SAT I's
Math: 800
CR: 730
Writing:710</p>

<p>SAT II's (should I take some more, I'm also applying to 5/8 of the Ivies, Stanford, and MIT as well)
Math II: 800
Chem: 720
U.S. History: 710</p>

<p>AP scores:
US Gov and Politics: 5
APUSH: 5
AP Chem: 5
AP Eng. Lang: 5</p>

<p>Senior Load
1. AP Calculus BC
2. AP Statistics (is it true stats is not really math, but is more like reading?)
3. AP Biology
4. AP Physics C
5. AP Literature
6. Economics (I wish my school offered AP.)</p>

<p>-school doesn't offer honors classes, but mentions "due to the rigorous curriculum of the school, no classes are designated as honors" in school description.</p>

<p>My only B's have been graphic design freshman year, AP Gov last year(will a 5 on the exam atone for this), and a mandatory composition class at our school this summer? I got straight A's junior year.</p>

<p>-will mention Math, Economics, and Chemistry respectively as my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice majors. I want to be an investment banker or hedge fund manager when I grow up.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Boy Scouts
-Eagle Scout (just did my board of review). My project was building benches, pressure-washing old ones, and putting sealant.
-Senior Patrol Leader during 10th grade, Patrol Leader during 9th
-broke a national record for hiking. I hiked the Bartram Trail (100 miles/5 days, has a lot of elevation): honored by Governor Sonny Purdue and national head of boy scouts for this feat
-LOTS of community service projects
-raised money for inner-city kids to buy scout uniforms
-Philmont Summer 2010-completed trek 34, the hardest trek Philmont has to offer (Only 5 crews this entire summer out of the 1000+ that come to Philmont did trek 34).</p>

<p>Tennis (all 4 years)
-private lesons
-varsity tennis</p>

<p>Academic Quiz Bowl team (10-12)</p>

<p>I founded and am president of our school's food critic club. We go to restaurants about once a month and write critiques about them, which are published in the school newspaper. I'm trying to see if we can get published in the Zagat Survey.</p>

<p>Trumpet
-Superior Rating (9,10,11) at Solo Ensemble Festival
-Community Jazz Band (9-12)
-GISA all-select band member (11th grade) (top band members of private schools in GA)
-played for church on Sundays
-invited to play at school's open house 10th grade</p>

<p>Piano for 11 years
-invited to play at several concerts</p>

<p>Young Republicans (should i say this? i know prestigious colleges are very liberal?)
-Vice President in club
-Raised money every year for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan (don't know exact amount, club's teacher sponsor can tell us).
-campaigned for McCain for president, and Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson for U.S. Senate</p>

<p>Duke TIP summer program (summers after 9th and 10th grade, I respectively studied macroecon. and robotics)</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
-Georgia Certificate of Merit
-Phi Beta Kappa Award (given to Junior with the highest weighted GPA in class)</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
I also volunteer at the library during the summer.
-I'm almost certain my PSAT score will qualify me for semifinalist standing in the NMS search. I didn't fill out Hispanic in the ethnicity section (didn't know about it at the time), so I wont get National Hispanic Recognition Program Honors.</p>

<p>Recommendations: I know several teachers at my school who like me and will probably write well about me.
Essay: 1) talk about high adventure programs in Boy Scouts
2) talk about how certain adversity in a trumpet competition didn't kill my trumpet passions.</p>

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<p>You have great chances for acceptance EA! Worst case scenario, you would be deferred and then accepted. But honestly you’re not getting rejected lol. Is U of C your dream school? Because you could get into probably a few ivies as well.</p>

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<p>You will not be rejected EA.</p>

<p>You may be deferred and rejected RD, but I don’t think that’s the most likely outcome.</p>

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<p>whoops. That should be <em>deferred</em> and not rejected under my title.</p>

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<p>Show your passion about business and how your activities have lended you to learn some tactics of an investment banker…etc. I wouldn’t parade on the plate by saying he will be “deferred” necessarily because WE are no admissions advisors. You’re academics are strong but your weighted gpa is low (that may subside if your school isn’t up to par with other competetive curriculums). BUT the key here is INTEREST and POTENTIAL. Don’t be superficial about the school, instead try to become more sophisticated towards how the degree will work in your favor. WHAT IS YOUR FIT. (Hope this makes sense) :)</p>

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<p>According to “that site that shall not be named” you have a 96.9% chance of being accepted. That’s probably grossly inflated because they tend to overestimate the importance of URM status a bit (I put Hispanic for race). However, when I switch your race to Asian it only drops to a 79.0% chance.</p>

<p>Take that website with a grain of salt. It’s giving me around 64% and U of C is one of my biggest reaches. It is not entirely accurate (actually, it’s 74.1% accurate for U of C). However, it is probably much more accurate than random guessing or anecdotal evidence.</p>

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<p>Irrespective of your race, I think your stats, grades, and ECs are fantastic and more than a match for UChicago. Just make sure your essays are great and reflect your passion for learning and I think you’ll be in good shape.</p>

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<p>Is it my chances . net? According to that website, you’re apparently screwed if you’re white or Asian applying to HYPSM, but as a URM, you can almost guarantee admission when at a certain point.</p>

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<p>Well, then…hmm. You have a profile that would fit right in with the EA admits, but it’s not so compelling that I feel like they would HAVE to admit you early. You’ve got a better than even chance, though, IMO.</p>

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<p>You’re pretty much in EA. Well no guarantees, but you’re pretty close.</p>