Chance Me for UChicago EDI

SmolHedgehogs
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 02:38:22 +0000

Hi, here’s some stuff about me. I am nervous. Plz halp.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1480 (730 RW, 750 Math)

ACT (breakdown): 33 (36 English, 32 math, 31 reading, 34 science) (8 writing)
SAT II: Chem (790)
Grades: 94.5/100 UW, 99.7/100 W (my schools refuses to convert to 4.0 GPA)
Rank: at least top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov (5), World history (4), APUSH (4), Calc AB (4), Chem (5), Lang (5)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Physics C E&M and Mechanics, Dual Enrollment English, AP macro and micro econ, teacher assistant for band director, AP comparative gov, band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with distinction, national merit semifinalist, national Hispanic recognition scholar, Salem College book award, governors honors program nominee, Georgia certificate of merit recipient, some superior ratings at Spanish competitions (note: my family doesn’t speak Spanish, I learned it at school as shown by my transcript), others listed with extracurriculars

Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
NHS, Science NHS, Tri-M music Honor society, Model UN (president for 2 years, won delegation and position paper awards), band (1st chair oboist for 3 years, superior solo ratings, in county and district Honor bands), tech fair (1st at state two times, 1st at county four times doing non multimedia publications)
Job/Work Experience: Work at local movie theatre past year (16 hours a week during school year, 32 during summer)
Volunteer/Community service: raised $255 for Relay for Life, tutor at my old elementary school (70% of kids are low income and on free lunch), project 9/11 memorial volunteer
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Why UChicago (8/10, I mean everyone applying loves it but I tried to be super specific about their chem program and my visit), Uncommon essay (9/10 I wrote about a hedgehog highway as a road lol, made the hedgehog a person…), Common app (10/10, about me getting concussions and not being able to think and how I felt, also kinda funny in parts)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 20/10, chemistry teacher for two years that I still assist in the lab (my physics teacher is her husband so she asked him for info too)
Teacher Rec #2: 7/10 hopefully, my old APUSH and AP Gov teacher and Model UN head, she always liked my debates lol
Counselor Rec: 9/10 hopefully, shes my new counselor but she and I talk a ton
Additional Rec: My boss, oboe teacher of 7 years, band director of two years
Interview: Went really well, 10/10, interviewer and I discussed economics and real world political situations and my desire to explore and experience the world

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes yes yes
Intended Major: Chemistry, music minor
State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
School Type: giant public (2000+)
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Venezuelan)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: poor as heck
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, went on fly-in program