Take a Chance on Me!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>This is copied (and edited) from post in Cornell:</p>

<p>Hello comrades,</p>

<p>I am a rising senior intending to apply EA to UChicago. I waited until new SAT scores came out to ask you all for your best admissions guesses.</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.71</p>

<p>W GPA: 5.05 (completely different scale relative to what I've seen floating around CC)</p>

<p>Rank: Top 5%</p>

<p>SAT: 2240 Superscore w/ 790 Math 770 Writing 680 Reading</p>

<p>AP Classes Taken: </p>

<p>Sophomore: AP Bio (5), AP HuG (4), AP Psych (4)</p>

<p>Junior: AP Calculus BC, AP English Language, AP Computer Science, AP U.S. History, AP Art History</p>

<p>Senior (pending): AP Government (American and Comparative), AP Economics (Micro and Macro), AP Stats, AP Environmental Science, AP Euro</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Captain of school's academic teams (2.5 years participating, 1 year as captain):</p>

<p>-made it to championship game of tv academic game and greatly contributed to team success
-3rd place finish in countywide competition
-plans to found school team for a statewide circuit bowl league</p>

<p>VP of social studies honor society (2 year member, 1 year officer)</p>

<p>Competitor and tutor for four years in math honor society:</p>

<p>-two trophies including one at a state level competition</p>

<p>NHS (2.5 years)</p>

<p>DECA member (1 year)</p>

<p>Pretty confident in my essay abilities as well as my potential rec letters. I actually wrote about 90% of my main essay and the six or seven people I've shown it to loved it.</p>

<p>Other fun stuff:</p>

<p>Whether or not it matters, I'm a white male. No strange hooks. I haven't taken the SAT IIs yet but I'll probably take Math II and Bio M.</p>

<p>Oh, I also plan on majoring in Computer Science.and Economics.</p>

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<p>GPA is going to hold you back. Your ecs are pretty good but not fantastic. Your course load is great. If it weren’t for the GPA you’d have a decent shot…but who knows? There is always a chance!</p>

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<p>GPA and extracurriculars seem a bit weak. (you don’t cover a broad spectrum in extracurriculars) But if your essay is super good, you’ll have a chance!</p>

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<p>I got deferred with a 22 ACT. I think you’re good. :)</p>

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<p>Rbouwens. Quite frankly, if they don’t accept you EA, you will be deferred. Uchicago barely rejects in the early round. So stop spamming the uchicago forums with the same post.</p>

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<p>wow your competition record is amazing!!!</p>

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<p>You look great bro. Look forward to seeing you become a maroon.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all of the feedback, guys! A few things to add (if they even matter):</p>

<p>-I got a minimum wage job for a food service company at a local college. It’s nothing special or anything (it pays for the random crap I like to buy). Is it worthwhile to put on a college resume (I never thought I’d have a job, the opportunity came out of the blue, and to be honest I’m pretty damn proud of my work)</p>

<p>-As of today (I got my AP scores today), I am an AP National Scholar. What does this mean/what weight (if any) does this carry? (5 on APUSH, Calc BC/AB subscore, and Computer Science, 4 on English and Art History)</p>

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<p>@sa0209,</p>

<p>that’s mean -_-</p>

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<p>Sorry! T.T I just was a bit annoyed when I saw the same post on like 6 threads in a row…</p>

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<p>It is annoying and not at all helpful! She/he should be banned unless she/he contributes something that is useful and does not mislead applicants.</p>

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<p>sa0209, actually there were many qualified applicants who were rejected from UChicago during last year’s EA round. UChicago is holistic and they do look at the whole person.</p>

<p>OP, don’t lose faith. Apply and know that you will be thoroughly considered, test scores/GPA aside.</p>

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<p>^there is no possible way you have any proof for the fact that many qualified applicants were rejected from EA.</p>

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<p>Do you really need proof of that?</p>

<p>At an elite school, there are always many qualified applicants who get rejected.</p>

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<p>I mean specifically for EA! Those rejected in EA likely have much much lower credentials than those rejected in RD.</p>

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<p>I think that’s false… Especially for a school like Chicago.</p>

<p>Applicants are most likely around the same level for both EA and RD.</p>

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<p>The EA and RD pools are probably the same, the rejection rate is probably much lower for the EA round</p>

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<p>A small bump for EA at UChicago, but not that much. According to NYT, UChicago’s EA admission rate was about 17.5% with its overall rate about 13.85%.</p>

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<p>PAGRok, there were kids with 30+ ACTs who were rejected EA. It’s a crapshoot for everyone! They have enough applicants where they can pick and choose who they want, stellar test scores aside.</p>

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<p>for the record, you can’t look at a kid’s gpa and decide whether or not he/she has a chance, because gpa’s arent standarized. but you CAN look at what percent ranking in their school their gpa is and say if they have a shot. most students have to be in at least the top 10%, sometimes top 20%, unless they go to a school with a reputation for everyone being talented. Being in the top 10% is usually just a check mark, then because they have so many students applying who were in the top 10% of their school, extracurriculars, test scores, and essays (especially essays nowadays at uchicago!) come into play.
source: I am someone who would have been bashed for my gpa stats if I had posted them on this website, but my gpa was good in comparison to my classmates (who have a reputation for competition) when advanced classes and ranking were taken into account.</p>