<p>Hello everyone. I am a community college (CC) student who lives in Minnesota and is hoping to transfer to the University of Chicago in fall of 2015. At CC, I am a Mathematics major, and by the time I finish, I will have taken Differential Equations and Linear Algebra. I would also like to note, when finished (granted I continue to get all A’s), I will have a 3.86 cumulative GPA and my AS in Mathematics. In addition, I am a Mathematics Tutor (at my college), and I provide recitation for my professor's (whom is teaching me Multivariable Calculus) lower-division math courses: math classes most of us have taken in high school. This fall I am going to apply to University of Chicago with a 3.79 cumulative GPA and 4.0 technical GPA, do I have a chance at admission? Moreover, do they have a Mathematics B.S. degree (with a concentration on actuarial science)?</p>
<p>I should probably mention, I have ADHD. Would this improve my chances of acceptance? In other words, because I have done well in college, despite having a disability, would this improve my chances of admission?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>I don’t know about your chances specifically, but the transfer acceptance rate in 2012 was 2.1% (that’s second only to Harvard; I don’t know about 2013). Considering that low likelihood, I would view your chances as very low since it is for almost everyone.
(Some if not all of the courses you specify are <em>often</em> completed beforehand by incoming, prospective math major freshmen for UChicago.)
You still might want to try applying because acceptances are largely unpredictable, and that unpredictability could gain you acceptance. It’s a matter of if you think the application cost is worth it.</p>
<p>Thank you for the statistic. In other words, I would have a better chance at getting into MIT than UChicago. (Now, that is something to laugh at!)</p>
<p>Cyraxs, there is nothing to laugh at or laugh about. Statistics are statistics; hard numbers do not lie. In this case, the transfer acceptance rate is ~2% for Chicago. I haven’t checked the transfer acceptance rate for M.I.T. If such rate is higher at M.I.T., everthing being equal, it would mean you’d have a better chance at getting into M.I.T. than Chicago, simple as that. There’s nothing to laugh at although I am ready to point out such fact doesn’t imply it’s better or worse than other schools; just harder statistically speaking.</p>