Chance me~

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>Chicago rocks my life, but do I rock the adcom’s?</p>

<p>GPA:3.787 UW
Top 15%
ACT:31/10
Senior Courses: AP Physics, AP Calculus, AP English, AP German, Chemistry II (Organic Chemistry), Psychology.
AP US History (junior year): 4
AP Government and Politics (US): 4 (self studied)</p>

<p>All accelerated math and english classes throughout highschool career.
Essays: After submission I realize that they weren’t amazing, but they are decent.
Recomendations: English teacher had nice things to say. Chemistry teacher, however, sent 3 letters to Chicago for different students with the same intro/conclusion (is this going to be an issue, or is it common practice?). Otherwise his letter was very positive. He mentioned that I consistantly performed well in his class even after the recent death of my father.</p>

<p>ECs
I mentioned things I like to do on my free time (Philosophy and Marxism study, Frisbee Golf, etc). 5 year volunteer at the local fish and game, 2 years of bowling (Most improved player, 1st place in league, state competitor). German club for one year. Didn’t want to look like a serial joiner this year, so I strayed away from joining a mess of clubs. Rec letter mentioned that I have hitherto been unable to do many activities, as my family comitments have escalated since my father’s death. </p>

<p>Any post-application-submission advice would be appreciated. Aside from that, what do you veterans think?</p>

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<p>bummmp. Anything is appreciated.</p>

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<p>You have a great chance and sound like a unique applicant. But I must ask, how is it that you are only taking 6 classes? Is my school the only one that makes you take 7? And are you applying EA?</p>

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<p>We run a block schedule, which is four classes a day for an hour and a half each. With this, classes such as calculus take one period for the whole year. Physics is the same. German is the last two terms of the schedule, and English is 3 terms. Adds up to 16 periods in a year. </p>

<p>Looks like this:</p>

<p>Period term
t1 t2 t3 t4
1 C A L C
2 P H Y S I C S
3 GI Econ GE R M AN
4 E N G L I S H psycho</p>

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<p>Oh, EA is a yes as well.</p>