Hi! I am a senior this year and have finished my application for UChicago (early action). It is my dream school, but I don't see myself having a good chance of getting in. I've kind of been freaking out and have found myself unable to wait for decisions to be released. I have read through all 250 pages of threads relating to UChicago on college confidential, and I finally decided to make my own post. So can anyone let me know what they think of my stats? I'm not one of these super geniuses who started building a computer from scratch at the age of 8, so I feel a bit nervous about my chances of being accepted...when chances are, that I will be deferred/rejected :(
GPA: 4.4 W / 3.969 UW
SAT: 1460
Subject tests: didn't take any
ACT: 32
Rank: 12/674
AP Scores: AP World History (5), AP Literature (5), AP Chemistry (4), AP Human Geography (4), AP US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Psychology, AP Latin, AP Microeconomics, AP Government, AP Language, AP Environmental Science
Extracurriculars:
Latin Club
National Honor Society
National Art Honor Society
Art Club
Volunteering:
around 150 hours, don't really keep track
most of them are through clubs I'm in, like helping out with art camp over the summer and various community service activities through NHS and NAHS
Awards:
AP Scholar with distinction
Graduating Summa Cum Laude
national awards on Latin tests (i.e. national Latin exam)
Essays:
Personal essay: 8/10. I wrote about my experience living in a different country, connecting it to other aspects of my life (struggles with poverty, different cultural background than my classmates) and connected it to my personality as well.
Supplement 1: 7-8/10. I chose the vestigial structures prompt. I wrote about books, and I really hoped my passion shined through. Basically, I explained how books were seen as something vestigial in this day and age in the face of technology.
Why uChicago: specific, truly showed my love for this school (it is my dream school), but it wasn't creative or fancy like some of the others I have seen. It was very straight to the point.
Optional essay: 6-7/10. It was nothing special. Just tried to show what I was passionate about.
Recs:
Teacher 1 : 8/10 from my AP lit teacher he is a great writer and really liked me and my writing
Teacher 2 : 7/10 from my honors bio teacher
Counselor: 5/10 I'm assuming it is pretty general considering that I go to a large school where the counselors rarely get to know the students
Other:
Applied for financial aid: yes
I am a female
State: Midwest, near Chicago
School type: public, large
Ethnicity: European (parents are from a small country in Europe)
I was born out of the country but immigrated to the U.S. at a young age
Income Bracket: approximately 30k
Hook: first generation college student, bilingual? I don't really know if either is considered a hook
I appreciate anyone who has taken the time to read through my post!! Good luck to everyone else applying this year!
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