Before you post your chances thread...

<p>As I mentioned, hookem, there are a lot of factors that go into an admissions decision, not just the numbers-based ones. You are not your predecessors.</p>

<p>As far as FA, your “solidly middle class” might qualify you for an Odyssey Scholarship.</p>

<p>[The</a> University of Chicago: Odyssey Scholarships](<a href=“http://odyssey.uchicago.edu/scholarships/index.html]The”>http://odyssey.uchicago.edu/scholarships/index.html)</p>

<p>There’s also a brilliant graphic from the NYT that clearly shows how Chicago and other elite schools stack up as far as salary guidelines for FA:
<a href=“http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/20/education/edlife/20leonhardt.650.1.jpg[/url]”>http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/20/education/edlife/20leonhardt.650.1.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;