Chances of Getting Into UChicago

TheBoldedFranklin
Sat, 24 Feb 2018 02:54:25 +0000

Hello all, Kim writing here on my bed thinking about how drastically my life will change as a Junior in just 1 year. To make things short, what are my chances of getting into UChicago? You may ask why UChicago, but ever since I attended the seminar when Mr. Nondorf came to our school and explained how UChicago has $1 Milkshakes, there was no other competition; my heart dove for it. All jokes aside, I am actually very worried if I can get in; here’s why.

My dad has been working since my sophomore year in Highschool until he lost his job. My family came to the United States when I was three and since then I’ve always been on Financial Aid and we weren’t able to get tutors and eveything is really self-taught. Thing’s have been hard and it may be difficult to get into college without scholarships and grants which is even more stressful (in addition to being an asian male which may be false, but I hear rumours that it is harder to do so as who I am =(…)

I took my ACT and got a 34 Composite on my first test from taking it this February 10th, 2018. My STEM is a 35 and no essay score yet.

I took the MATH II subject test twice after messing up my first one (710) then getting a 800 on my 2nd and final test. My Biology was a 720… =(

Aside from that, ny highschool GPA had a bad start. Freshman year was awful. After first semester, I had a GPA of about 4.48 out of 5.33; Sophomore year after summer was a 4.78 out of 5.33, and after 1st semester of my Junior year (now) is a 4.82 out of 5.33 which is a significant jump I think, but still poor. I live in the Chicago suburbs and our school has a 5.33 scale. I have been in all Honors and am taking 4 AP classss my Junior year (and plan to take 5 next year). For now: AP Chem, AP Language and Composition, AP USH, and AP Spanish 5 which I LOVE learning about another culture and that Spanish is so useful to me and sneak peak into something other than History in english, Math in English, English in English, and etc.

I have also been in the band program since 5th grade and made it to my school’s top band as a Junior. I have been very active, participating in my school’s Pep/Sports band and being in the district honor band.

For my extracurricular, I have been volunteering at the Northshore Hospital (affiloated by UChicago) as soon as possible since I turned 16 (July of 2017) and have loved it. I really plan to be a doctor (Orthopedist, Pediatrician, or Cardiologist) and it is a very relevant and helpful experience and since then, I have loved this field even more and plan to major Bio and Chem in college.

I also have been participating in Korean culture club and have been a leader since this year and organized events and other culture related things.

That is essentially. All my extracurricular though I plan to continue volunteering whenever and however I can.

My hobbies are very unique, RC hobbies, aquarist, Drone photography, and writing for essay contests at school.

Thank you so much and I really would like a cold answer because I believe the truth is the fastest way to get feedback and suggestion that will help me become better as a human