Transferring to UChicago -- What more can I do?

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<p>Pilfered from the transfer forum</p>

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<p>It's the loneliest, most frustrating feeling in the world when you're stuck in a place you know is incongruous with every dimension of your personality. I wish I would have known that back when I matriculated lol</p>

<p>HS --
GPA: 4.0 W/ 3.8 UW
HS Type: competitive public
ACT: 33 (retaking in a few weeks)
ECs: Awesome (continuing in college)</p>

<p>College --
GPA: 3.8 / Dean's List
Freshman at Top 20 University
ECs: I spend a lot of time on my ECs (which are unique and tailored to my career plans); thus, the relatively low college GPA.</p>

<p>My professor recommendations should be great, but not stellar. I'm a published writer, so hopefully, I can reproduce some excellent essays. I have a personal, good reason for transferring. I've talked with the Director of Transfer Admissions and I am incorporating it into my Why UChicago essay. I was just very impressed when I visited. Far and away my first choice. Applying Early Notification.</p>

<p>Based on those few stats alone, how do I stack up in the sea of thousands of transfer applicants?</p>

<p>Thanks everybody :]</p>

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<p>rofl, if you think a 3.8 college gpa is low then uchicago is most definitely not the school for you.</p>

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<p>3.8 is low (especially at a top 20 college)? ahhh crap</p>

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<p>I did not mean to elicit that statement to get this kind of a reaction, so I will clarify my statement. By "low," I am speaking relatively. If you peruse through the transfer forums, you will readily find students with 4.0 GPAs. So, yes, relative to the students who post on CollegeConfidential, my 3.8 is indeed low.</p>

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<p>how is a 3.8 low even relative to a 4.0? Translated directly into a 100 point scale, that is a 100 against a 95. Do you think 5 points make a difference?</p>

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<p>You'll do fine. Just apply to a lot of different colleges too, that way if you fail, you at least have somewhere else to go so you're not a TOTAL failure.</p>

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<p>Additionally, there's not much standing in between a 3.8 and a 4.0-- it's mostly luck if you happen upon straight A's without an A- or two (or, good heavens, a B+!) thrown somewhere in between a lot of A's.</p>