U Chicago chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Chicago ✅
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<p>White, Middle Class (need financial aid)
Public high school
SAT I 2000 (CR690 M660 W650) 1350 out of 1600
(I know this barely fits into the range)
GPA: 4.433 out of 5
Class Rank 17 out of 364 (Top 5%)
SAT II's:
Lit-650
US History-640
Math I-660</p>

<p>AP English III score: 4
AP US History scpre: 4</p>

<p>Senior Class Schedule:
-AP English IV
-AP Government
-AP Economics
-AP Psychology
-AP Biology
-AP Statistics
-Mentoring Program (volunteering at local middle schools)
-Academic Decathlon Class</p>

<p>EC's
-Class President (Junior and Senior Year)
-(American Legion) Texas Boys State Delegate
-Congressional Youth Advisory Board (under Congressman Burgess)
-National Honor Society (2yrs)
-Varsity Golf (Team Captain)
-Multicultural Club (Treasurer)
-Student Council (Member at Large 3yrs)
-Academic Decathlon (President)
-UIL-Current Events
-UIL-Ready Writing
-Community Service 200 plus hours
My essay is very unique, take my word on it.</p>

<p>Questions:
-First, do I have a realistic shot of being accepted?
-If accepted about how much financial aid would I recieve if my parents together make about 95,000 with one sister in college (approx 15,000 dollars a year)
-Finally, I have an extreme passion for golf course architecture however when applying to U of Chicago I will probably choose an intended major in either Political Science, or Sociology, how should I adress this interest in the essay?</p>

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<p>I think you saying that you have "an extreme passion for golf course architecture" will actually help you more than saying you want to major in political science or sociobiology for two reasons:
1. This interest is not so common
2. When one has "an extreme passion," he/she usually is able to present this passion really well much more naturally.</p>

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<p>Parlay the golf into the essay. (RTJ went to Cornell, but of course they had and have an Agricultural school.) Maybe something about the golf as an avocation that you might someday turn into a vocation; in the neantime, you want a well-rounded education no matter where your future lies, and what better place to get that education than at one of the few intellectual schools left in America, the U of C.</p>

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<p>What the heck is AP English III?</p>

<p>In my school, there's one AP English class, and at the end of it you take both the Composition and Literature tests.</p>