Libby Pearson

mz16, I am planning on coming to Vancouver. What secondary school do you attend?

We never want scores to be rushed. Tests taken before the deadline are valid for the decision process, and we will also look at later scores if we get them. Rushing them actually makes them take longer to process, since they come on paper.

mz16

Libby, I go to Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School and it's the only two schools in the greater Vancouver that offer IB program. Come to the school ^__________^ lots of highly-qualified peers have intersts in going to the States, yet they are not that familiar with U-Chicago, which I think is just as good as any IVY. Sorryz, forget to ask if you are going to making a tour of schools or staying at one school.

felipecocco

Libby,

How'd you like Brazil?

P.S.: Brazil's most influent periodical just did a story on Brazil's (lack of) economic growth... it featured 7 nobel prize winners. Two of them (Heckman and Becker) are Chicago faculty members.

jdroz32

Lake Oswego High School

Libby Pearson

I'm coming to Lake Oswego! This is my first year there. I met one of your counselors at a conference this year and decided to come on over.

I came to Winston Churchill last year and had a great turnout, but funding was the major question. I'm either going to do school visits again in Vancouver, or just do a big info session in the afternoon or evening. I'll let you know.

Boo21

Libby,

Does U of C look at the highest individual subscores on the ACT, or just the highest composite score? Thanks!

bendrumfront

^ Libby, I have the same question. I had high scores in English and Reading, but not so much in math and science, with science being my lowest.

Libby, I can't resist: I love u. of chicago!! My personal happiness hinges on going there!!! Ahh!

Would you mind listing a few of the most important factors in deciding who gets accepted to U-Chi? Thank you!

jdroz32

When will you becoming to Lake Oswego?

averagedesi

Libby,

I screwed up freshman and sophomore year (Cs and Ds), and took a bunch of honors courses (which were mostly Ds and Cs, again). Basically, at the end of sophomore year, I have a 2.7 weighted GPA. If junior year, I get straight A's taking a bunch of AP/Honors courses, I'll end up with a 3.2 cumalitive GPA. As far as class rank goes, I won't be much better than in te top 50% of my class, since my high school (Neuqua Valley High School) is academically strong as a whole. My ACT scores are probably going to be around:

Math: 34
English:34
Reading:30
Science:28-30

I don't have many extra curriculars other than Government and weekly volunteer work. What do you think a general answer is as to whether I can get in or not? I'm kind of worrying my butt off as to whether I can get into this school, and right now it doesn't seem likely. I know that these aren't all the factors that matter in the admissions process, and you can't really give me a "yay or nay" answer, but could you give me some advice on what I can do or where I stand as of now? I'm going to be a junior this school year. Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer our questions! Its greatly appreciated!!!

Libby Pearson

jdroz32, September 29 in the late morning or early afternoon.

averagedesi, I think you already know what you have to do: work hard this next year.

So, the ACT issue is a weird one. For SAT scores, we do recalculate your composite score. For ACT, we see all your highest scores, and we do care when one set of sections is significantly lower than another set. I guess I'd say that the subscores are slightly more important. But remember, test scores are the least important factor for us.

averagedesi

libby,

so if I DO work hard next year, judging from my previous post (post # 159) do you think Chicago would be a reach, match, or safety for me?

mikenthemaddog66

Do you guys weight the on campus interview more than the allumi interview, and if so is it a large or small difference?

averagedesi

Oops sorry! Libby, please disregard my last post!

Libby Pearson

When people ask me questions about "weighting" one part of an application more than another, I think, do you weight page 6 of a novel more than page 7? The important parts are the important parts, and they will always stand out for us.

That said, we treat on-campus interviews and alumni interviews the same. We don't question the alumni interviewer just because they are not on our campus, and we don't question our on-campus interviewers just because they're not alums.

neverborn

Libby: Did you get my e-mail about the ACT scores?