Chance a Firefighter for ED to UChicago, ED2 NYU Stern [1560 SAT, 3.91 UW]

You can “explore” at many colleges. Many (maybe even most) college students change their minds or majors multiple times while in college. This isn’t unique to University of Chicago.

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I think you have a very interesting story that will make your application stand out and your academics check all the necessary boxes. That being said, it is nearly impossible to truly chance kids for the very top schools as they routinely reject kids with stellar grades/scores/ECs. You could be accepted at several of your reaches, one or none and none of those outcomes would be surprising. I wouldn’t classify USC or UNC Chapel Hill as targets for you (UNC takes about 5% of OOS applicants due to their 18% cap on OOS) so make sure you have a couple of likelier schools on your list if you don’t think you’d be happy at your safeties.

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