Anyone with any objective views about Chicago, please??

pinstriped
Tue, 29 May 2007 20:59:46 +0000

(I’m trying to procrastinate by posting at CC, wow.)

Corranged, I’m glad you posted that, because it’s such a good example of why it’s so hard to tell people their chances for merit scholarships, expecially at a school like UChic, where it’s not just about score cutoffs and percentages.

And you bring up another point I’d forgotten to address - mom616: I also happen to be a Chinese girl, so I’m def. overrepresented already. I don’t know how much weight that carries in the scholarship selection process, but I thought I would just throw that out there. Also, I’ve gotten good grades and competed in various things during high school, but I’m just as apt to obsess over a pair of shoes or the latest Ryan Gosling film. Which is to say from personal experience over the past few months: grades and the like speak for themselves, but sometimes just being a person, with curiosity and interests, strengths and flaws, carried over on paper more than I had expected. As has been pointed out, being ‘intellectual’ or academically perfect isn’t always as important as it’s made out to be, especially if there isn’t much behind it.