Okay, so I got outright rejected from Columbia and UChicago is my number two choice. I want to study economics.
Grades:
- GPA Unweighted: 3.863/4.0
- Freshman year had 2 B's and 1 B+
- Sophomore and Junior year all A's or A-'s
Tests:
- SAT 1540/1600
- ACT 35/36
- SAT 2 Math lvl 2 800
- SAT 2 Chemistry 800
AP's:
- Calc AB, Calc BC, Chemistry, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Spanish Language, English Language
- All 5's
This year I'm taking Stats, Physics, English Lit, Spanish Lit, and US History
Extracurriculars:
Model UN (Founder, President)
Boy Scouts (Eagle scout)
Student Government (Vice-president, now Social chair)
Debate Team (Yale Tournament quarterfinalist)
Math Team (Captain, went to states two years in a row)
Stock-trading club (Board Member)
National Honor Society
I play Viola and Alto Saxophone for school. Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Orchestra. I am also a band officer (elected position in my band)
Essays:
Common App - talked about a fight with my brother in which I seriously injured him and the guilt I felt afterwards
Supplement - Make and idiom (won't go in depth)
Why UChicago - Great undergraduate resources, great faculty, the core curriculum, academic rigor
My school doesn't have class rank.
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What are my chances? (UChicago EA)
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Chances of Getting into UChicago?
I've never done one of these, so let me know if I need to include more info. I'm not a legacy, and I was not recruited for sports.
GPA-
UW: 3.98
W: 7.42 (8.20 after this semester is finished)
Rank: 1/530
***When I graduate high school, I will also be graduating from the local college with my AA degree. I feel this is very important to note.
Test Scores-
ACT: 34 (E:36, M:34, R:32, S:33)
AP: Human Geo (4), World History (4), Biology (4), US History (5), Calc AB (5), Physics 1 (3)
Also, I've taken 14 dual enrollment courses thus far. I am taking 3 more in the spring semester to complete my AA.
Senior Class Schedule-
AP: Calc BC, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: E&M, Psych
Dual Enrollment: Astronomy, Nutrition, Developmental Psych, Abnormal Psych, Computer Science, Capstone
Demographics-
State: FL
Race: White
Gender: Female
Religious affiliation: none
EC's-
American Sign Language Club - 12th (founder, president)
National Honor Society - 11th-12th (special projects coordinator, founded our chapter's tutoring program)
Math Honor Society - 10th-12th (secretary, pre-calc and calc competitor at regionals and states)
National Science Honor Society - 11th
Competitive Cheerleading - 7th-11th, 10hrs/wk 50wks/yr (co-captain 10th, 11th)
Tutoring - 9th-12th (paid and unpaid)
Local Hospital Volunteer - 10th-12th, 6hrs/wk 10wks/yr
Football Concession Stands - 9th-12th, 5hrs/wk 5wks/yr
Doggie Rescue Volunteer - 10th-12th, 3hrs/wk 4wks/yr
Meditation Club - 9th
Essays-
Common App: Trump protest in June, highlights importance of diversity and having my voice heard
Extended UChi: Find x... don't want to post details
Why UChi: Big Problems program, University Community Service Center, House system
Optional Favorites: music I love, highlights my favorite song and why it's important to me
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Question about the "Share with us a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, etc." list
Hey guys,
So I'm currently working on my UChicago application for RD (or maybe ED2). But anyways I was wondering how many things I should be putting down for this essay question. Like everyone, I've read a lot, watched a lot, etc and so there's many things I like. However, I don't want to seem like I'm overloading the list to look "impressive" or "scholarly" or w/e.
How much did you guys put down for it?
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Chances at UChicago?
Hey y'all, got denied by Caltech EA. But, I think my app works much better for a liberal arts school. What do you think about my UChi chances?
Academics:
Weighted: 5.37
Unweighted: 4.0
APs: 5-Calc AB, BC, Span Lang, Lang & Comp, Bio, World History, US History
4-Span Lit
Taking Now: Physics 1, Stats, English Lit, US Gov
SAT: 1530
ACT: 35
SAT Math II: 800
SAT Bio E: 770
National Merit Semifinalist (waiting on finalist)
Extracurricular:
Cross Country, 3-year Varsity and Captain
Track & Field, 3-year Varsity and Distance Captain
Speech & Debate, 4-year Varsity, Captain, President, State Champion, National Champion
Spanish Honors Society, President Emeritus & Global Ambassador
Gay-Straight Alliance, Member
Unified Democracy PAC, AZ Director
High School Dems of America, AZ Chair, National Committee Member
Alexandra4AZ, Field Organizer
Published 2 Books, Director of Urban Phoenix Writing Collective
Community Service as a Tutor and Youth Basketball Coach
Common App Essay: My take on the tram dilemma, and how debate has shaped my personal philosophy.
Supplement: Find X, talking about how we focus on material things, but we need to keep searching and finding x in our lives (it's hard to explain succinctly)
Portfolio: Submitted a long poem from one of my books.
What do you think?
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Post Your essay
Let's post our essays to help next years students get an idea of what they should write.
Here's my Chicago essay exactly as I submitted it (typos included).
Apperently it didn't work :(
Essay Option 2: Destroy A Question
Why?
There must be an answer. I thought to myself. I, a thinking being, must be able to deduce the answer to any question I can pose. I could not. Every argument I concocted I just as easily repudiated. I only got back to where I began- nowhere.
I frantically perused the musty pages of the classics in a vain attempt to resolve my question. I found that my question was more often a topic of prevarication than discourse. Plato never pushed beyond his postulate that the universe was eternal and immutable. Descartes brilliance collapsed when his haphazard proofs of Gods existence were repudiated. William James simply dismissed the question as unanswerable. It seemed that the great minds spent more time dismissing each others work than building their own.
I was lost. In every other field I had studied reason provided a clear path to knowledge. This time, however, reason led me nowhere. Every time I thought I had deduced the logical path to a new idea I discovered faults in my logic that left me in the same place I had started. I could not find any axioms of knowledge.
I consulted a revered theologian. He consigned my question to the mind of god. But who created god? I asked, sensing a hole in his answer.
God is the uncreated creator. The memorized rebuttal carried with it contempt towards my lack of knowledge of theological canon. I left the conversation refusing to accept any axioms of my existence.
I then sought out a venerated scientist. I asked him my fabled question, expecting a meek response. Instead, he began a dissertation on the mechanisms of the universe. But why is it that way? I asked again and again only to be met with another wave of explanations.
That is what empirical evidence indicates. He retorted constantly.
But how do you know your conclusion isnt like an explanation of the movement of shadows on a wall I asked alluding to Platos Allegory of the Cave.
I neednt concern myself with hypotheses that cannot be falsified. I am a man of science. His dismissive reply left me in the same place I started.
As I walked out of his office I overheard a toddler importuning his mother. But why? he asked time and time again. His mothers repeated explanations failed to satiate his need for knowledge. He continued probing. Her explanations eventually focused on the existence of the universe. The toddler was not pleased. Why does the universe exist?
It just does, the mother said as she walked out of earshot.
As I walked on I noted that all three never reached any firm basis for their knowledge. The theologian and the scientist both dismissed the question as unanswerable. In his youth, the toddler refused to capitulate. He continued probing for knowledge beyond what his mother could provide.
My question was fundamentally a question of the mechanism explaining a condition. However, in order to explain something we must be able to observe it. By definition I couldnt step out of the universe and observe it. I couldnt answer my question because it was impossible for me to observe the mechanism. I capitulated to the inevitable: my question had no answer.
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Do u think I have a shot of getting into Uchicago EA?
Here is a run-down of my stats:
ACT: 26 April 2016, 28 October 2016, took December test
AP scores: AP World History (5), AP US history (4)
I go to an IB school, so my school only has around 8 AP classes
SAT SUBJECT tests: World History (700)
GPA: 3.91 UW
Senior year course load: IB Physics, IB Latin, IB Business, IB English, AP US Govt, Math Analysis
Background:
first-generation college student, daughter of immigrants from Afghanistan, low income
Extracurriculars: Co-captain of Academic Team, Volunteer team leader, Latin Club FBLA, Farsi Language tutor, youth group leader.
Essays:
Common App essay: talked about coming from a family of immigrants and its effect on me
Why Chicago essay: talked about how I want to enrich myself and start an Afghan Student Union
Favorites (optional essay): Talked about Kanye West and his influence on me
Long essay: chose a past essay topic about arch-nemesis: wrote about how my biggest arch-nemesis is myself
Recommendations English teacher 10/10 he gave me a copy and it was amazing, Latin teacher who has been my teacher for the past five years 9/10, Counselor really likes me and knows me well 9/10
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Should I send my PSAT scores? (Summer Program)
Hi,
I'm a 10th grader looking to apply to a UChicago immersion program about Economics. "Economics from an experimental perspective" is the name of the course. My only standardized test score is a 1340 on the PSAT (730 Math, 610 English, 28 Reading, 33 Language) and I was wondering if it is high enough to send or if the 610 in English will hurt my application.
Thank you
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Books/reading lists for Chicago??
Hi everyone! I'm a high school senior and i just got into Chicago ED- I'm so psyched!! I am intending to major in history and English (want to go to law school). I am wondering if there are any recommended readings or reading lists that would be good for a UChicago freshman entering the Core. Links or lists are appreciated. Thanks!!
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Does UChicago Care More About Scores Than Other Top Schools?
Hi everyone.
I'm sure a lot of you are stressed currently waiting to hear back from ED/EA results! Best of luck to you!!!
I'm currently compiling my RD apps (I sorta waited last minute but they're almost there!) and I'm getting worried that my already low chances are even lower. I have a 33 on the ACT (34 E, 34 M, 33 R, 30 S; 36 W) which at other schools comparable to UChicago I feel isn't weighing me down in any way as I've heard a 33 is a "cut-off" of sorts where scores stop to matter at that point, but is that score really 34 at UChicago and I'm put at an automatic disadvantage?
I've also heard that UChi is a very "score-obsessed" school where while they highly value good essays, good scores really help your chances. I have a 4.0 UW and am in the top 1% of my class, and also am first-gen (which I know isn't a huge hook, but is a hook nonetheless), so do I still have as good of a chance as someone with a 34..35..etc. or am I already put at a disadvantage at the get-go?
Thanks in advance to all who reply! Like I said gl to the early applicants! :)
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UChicago Confirmation Email
I submitted my UChicago application about two weeks ago, and they haven't sent me a confirmation e-mail yet saying that they received my application. Has anyone else encountered this problem? What should I do?
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UChicago deferred class of 2021
Well we've all been deferred and we're all pretty down about it. I really never expected to get in due to the single digit acceptance % but one can always hope. Anyways we can use this discussion to talk about being deferred and how to pick ourselves up from this.
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UChicago first-year taking your questions!
The title says it all! I just finished my first quarter as a first-year and figuring that some decisions have come out, I thought y'all might have some questions about UChicago--academics, social life, dorms, traditions, you name it. I'll try to answer to the best of my abilities. Congrats to those that got in! :D
Ask away!
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University of Chicago EA/ED Results ONLY
Yeah the results come out in a few days and I'm itching with anxiety and excitement. So post your stats once they come out!!! .....
Choose One
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size][/b]
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Waitlisted [/color][/size][/b]
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected [/color][/size][/b]
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments :
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UChicago ED II Class of 2021
Hello! This is for anyone applying ED II to UChicago.
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University of Chicago Admissions' statistics
This the place to post the officially released admissions' statistics. With an official representative on the forum, the statistics should be forthcoming as soon as the University deems such information worthy of full disclosure.
What is known so far is that more than 11,000 students (11,143) filed an Non Restrictive Early Application. The full details should be added here shortly.
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UChicago Merit Scholarship
Hey guys! I was just admitted into UChicago class of 2018! With the acceptance letter there was also a letter saying that I got their Merit Award. They said if I attended, I would be a President's Scholar. I was just wondering how competitive this scholarship is--like how many people get it. I want to have a feel for where I am in the application pool for regular decisions. On that note, I also got deferred by MIT.
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share with us a few of your favourite books: list or description?
Hey. ED 2 applicant here. For this prompt, I have a 1.5 page list, but should I briefly sum up my tastes at the top of each category? What's their goal in giving us this prompt?
Thanks.
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Mid Year Report for ED2
Hi, I was just wondering if the mid year report will arrive in time for UChicago to consider it in their ED2 decisions? Any info appreciated, thanks!
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chicago extended essay: personal or political?
For my Chicago extended essay, I wrote about one of my favourite failed political projects of all time, and talked about how this reflected the bridge between theory and practice (for the portals prompt). Friend says it's too impersonal and I should start over completely. I can copy and paste the essay for reference, but I really think it's a waste of a good prompt for me to BS about how much I love communities for another 700 words.
How do you think the extended essay should be approached?
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Supplement essays help?
Is there anyone willing to read my "Why UChicago" and extended essays? I took a bit of a risk with my Why UChi and would like a fresh perspective on it. Thanks in advance!
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