junior really considering uchicago

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>hey guys i jsut saw a thread of another junior that asked how he could improve his profile....so i thought i might as well...also maybe chances?
so if you guys could help me out that would be cool</p>

<p>school is ranked in top 115 among all public schools in nation...wealthy suburb</p>

<p>i have a serious upward trend in my high school transcript (low grades(all B+'s freshman year) to all A's(sophomore/junior(as of now)) , no honors --> all honors/AP-I'm not sure if this'll help me or hurt me so im hoping you guys have a better feel for my kind of situation.</p>

<p>Stats:
PSAT: 214-77 math 72 writing 64 cr
SAT IIs: ive only taken math 2- 770...gonna take chem and us history at the end of the school year- Practices give range between 770-800 on each.
GPA: 3.72 uw~(really low i know)
Rank: don't rank(not even decile)... extremely competitive school in LI</p>

<p>Currently taking 2 AP's/3 honors(most my schedule will allow and will take 5/6 AP's or so next year (calc, macro/micro,physics, english,government)</p>

<p>All honors/AP classes 11th and 12th , made honor roll all of 10th,11th</p>

<p>Going to be taking the AMC12 in january or so...im really not sure how im gonna do because i dont really know about the AMC but my school invited me to take the test ...so im expecting to do okay</p>

<p>ECS:
*President of Astronomy Club( conducted astronomy night at my school, conduct observing sessions every other week)
*Captain of club soccer team(cant play varsity because of religious obligations)(3 years)[Outdoor/indoor soccer for 3 years])-hoping to explain this obligation in my app.
*Drill Seargent of Church Youth Group(3 years)
*Master Guide of Seventh Day Adventist "Pathfinders" organization, kind of like a huge youth organization for my denomination.Master guide is the highest rank you can achieve. [pretty much a religious eagle scout type thing]
*Currently working as administrative assistant/research assistant at New Age Skin Research Foundation[will be mentioned as co-researcher in study that will be published in top dermatological journal]
*4 year of mathletes
*3 year of Model Congress(competed 2 years Yale,1 year Harvard, 1 year UPenn)</p>

<p>*~300 hours volunteering at LIJ Medical Center
*NHS-regular and french.
*2 years Website club</p>

<p>Summer Programs
*Attended Johns Hopkins CTY[discreet math] 9th grade
*Attended Cornell University Summer College[bioethics-contemporary medicine] 10th grade
*Going to attend One of-(Caltech SSP/MIT MITES/Caltech YESS/Garcia Research program-Polymers in biology) 11th-12th grade summer
*Im also applying to TASP but admit is unlikely since the admit rate is 10 percent but hopefully.</p>

<p>Awards(as of now)
*Ventures Scholar
*National Hispanic Scholar
*National Merit Commended</p>

<p>Other Factors:dad from Egypt, Mom from Peru. im gonna say extremely humble beginnings but im not exactly sure if thats a factor in admissions since i live in a more affluent neighborhood now.
Hook (if any): Hispanic/biracial i guess.? some research stuff as well
Location/Person:LI,NY
State or Country: USA
School Type: extremely competitive public...last year about the top 10-12% of about 400-500 kids in the graduating class went to ivy league and a couple of other went to places like Stanford, MIT,etc.
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Arabic
Gender: m</p>

<p>im applying for engineering</p>

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<p>"im applying for engineering"</p>

<p>Not at the University of Chicago</p>

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<p>right, there's no engineering at Chicago</p>

<p>As for your chances, I was just accepted with much less impressive stats, so I'd say you have a great chance. It's all about the essays!!! Keep challenging yourself curriculum-wise. You'll be fine!</p>

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<p>I agree with bendrumfront, all those stats and extra-curriculars are completely useless if your essays turn them off. I too was accepted with much lower stats and activities, but knew I had an extremely well-written piece of work.</p>

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<p>i mean im a pretty good writer...not like stellar but im sure if i work on my essay it could become stellar...i dont think everyone that applies to uchicago is like an amazing writer just that tehy work on it alot>?...also is there a chemistry major at chicago cause then that would be better</p>

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<p>beefs, you should be taking a close look at the University of Chicago web site. Investigate what majors are available, what sort of courses an undergrad will be required to take. If you know nothing about the university, it will show in your essays, and that will be a problem.</p>

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<p>nono i do know a good amoutn about the college...im on their mailing list and what not...and so i was expectng them to have an engineernig school to take chem engineering but i see that they have chem as a major anyway so thats what i mean...anyway thanjk</p>