Chance me for UChicago ED

ValuableConfusion
Sat, 05 Jun 2021 21:09:03 +0000

Hey all,
Rising senior here interested in Econ/Finance/Business. Interested in seeing some opinions on my chance for UChicago ED.

Demographics:

Chinese Male, NC, small charter school, no hooks

Intended Major(s):

Finance/Econ

ACT/SAT/SAT II:

ACT: 34 (30M, 36E, 36S, 35R)

SAT: Didn’t take

UW/W GPA and Rank:

UW: 4.0

School doesn’t rank

Coursework: AP/IB/Dual Enrollment classes, AP/IB scores, etc

School caps AP enrollment. I’ve taken the most allowed, which is APES sophomore year, currently in AP Lang and APUSH. Senior year I am taking AP Bio, Calc AB, Psych, Macroecon and auditing Stat.

Awards:

State champ in golf (not good enough to get recruited)

Extracurriculars: Include leadership & summer activities

1. Dual-enrolled through competitive math and science school in my state. Unique courses not found at many high schools, the ones I’ve taken so far are Data Science and Cryptography.

2. Founder and President of DECA chapter at high school. Didn’t do many activities due to covid. (11)

3. Co-pres. of finance-based club at high school. (10-11)

4. Summer program through above-mentioned math and science school. 3 week long biomedical engineering course, completed research paper on covid-related topic (summer before 11)

5. 2-week program working with 3 other students in my state to provide a business solution to the NC science and engineering fair. Pitched our idea to board members and directors of the fair. (11)

6. Tutoring w/ local nonprofit. Nonprofit is an established part of the community, and mostly serves underprivileged youth. (10-11)

7. Soccer Refereeing w/ local club (8th-11)

8. Chick-Fil-A job (summer before 11th and summer before 12th)

9. JV/Varsity Soccer (9-11) 5 days/week

10. Golf (9-11) 2-3 days/week

Essays/LORs/Other:

Essay: Will spend a lot of time on these, but obv can’t judge my strengths here.

LOR: Math teacher, had for 2 years (9-10) and worked on service projects together. Second: AP Lang teacher, knows me decently well.