Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (710 CR, 730 M, 680 W)
ACT (breakdown): 33 ( 36 English, 33 Math, 35 Reading, 29 Science, 33 English/Writing)
ACT superscore (breakdown): 34
SAT II: Math Level 2- 720; Biology M- 780
Weighted GPA: 5.25
Senior Year Course Load: all AP/IB classes ( essentially 7 core classes at one time…would not recommend doing this haha) —Ap Calc BC, Ap Stat, IB Bio HL, IB Chem SL, IB History, IB Math SL, IB English HL, IB Economics, TOK
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): have trained at pre-professional ballet academy for 12 years, have played the piano for 12 years, IBSO, NHS, NFHS
Volunteer/Community service: did about 60 hours being a volunteer for several dance camps and volunteering at an IB conference
Essays :
Common App Main: 9.5 - was edited by my english teacher; talked about my struggles with ballet
Extended essay(which topic): " So where is Waldo really?"- very very lengthy for me at more than 2,000 words but it ended up being somewhat of a dialogue so that explains the length
Why Chicago: 10- also very lengthy at almost 900 words but I talked about how I have always wanted to be involved in neuroscience, the programs/clubs I would join at uchicago and about the specific researcher that I wanted to work with
Teacher Recommendation #1: 9
Teacher Recommendation #2: 8
Counselor Rec: 7- most likely decent-ish, IB counselor usually does a good job with them
Date Submitted App: day of deadline 
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: suburban public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): fluent Russian speaker
Preferred Concentration: Neuroscience
Strengths: extracurriculars, essays, recs, Russian
Weaknesses: test scores, junior year grades, community service
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not sure…honestly for uchicago and other top tier schools its not always your stats/activities/essays that get you in…its kinda just a luck of the draw
What would you have done differently?
possibly shortened my essays…although I still do feel that despite their length they conveyed that I was really interested in uchicago
also more volunteering would have been helpful
Where else I applied:
UT, Columbia, Princeton (deferred SCEA), NYU, UPenn, JHU, Tulane, UCLA, UC Berkeley
Admitted: UT
General advice:
Don’t be scared to apply to reach schools…you never know when they might accept you because colleges are so unpredictable
PS: just the fact that you’re on College Confidential means that you are probably amazing