University of Chicago chances?

Applying to College
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<p>So, up until my senior year, I was ranked 7th in my class of 905 and have a weighted GPA of about 4.5
My ACT score is a 33, or a 35 superscored.
I am editor and chief of my paper, VP of youth and government. And I have come first in state in Youth and Government, and 4th in state for Editorial Writing in the statewide newspaper competition. I've also been a member of many different clubs (speech, key club, basketball, track, choir, model UN, etc)
I've gotten all A's, except a B freshman year, and a B plus last year.
But this year, as a senior I took an additional AP class, making 5 of my classes AP.
And I currently have 3 Bs. Worst case scenario, I end up w/ 2 B's and a C. The C being in AP BC calculus. Though my other classes are all high As.</p>

<p>This is largely because of the fact that I was pretty sick first semester, and I have teachers willing to write in about my initial rough start and steady improvement.</p>

<p>I was originally going to apply to schools like University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins and Washington U @ St Louis.</p>

<p>Do you think my odds are still decent at these schools? Or will my senior grades completely wrtie me off?</p>

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<p>I think you should still be in the running at those schools. I would ask your GC to address the medical issue in his/her rec letter. You can also write a few sentences about it yourself in the “additional Information” area of the common app. If you have interviews for any schools you should mention it to the interviewer.
Of course, it would be a good idea to add some less selective schools to your list just in case these don’t work out for you.:)</p>

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<p>I think you’re a solid candidate. Just keep in mind that Chicago cares more about your essays than anything else. :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I got into Iowa already, and was just rejected early action from Yale. </p>

<p>I’m also probably applying to Wesleyan and College of William and Mary and a few liberal arts schools.</p>

<p>Thank you guys so much for the reassurance :)</p>