everyone on this thread seems so much more helpful with chances

<p>Hey guys. Does anyone want to be nice enough to tell me where they think I stand? So here are my stats:</p>

<p>Location:Pennsylvania
School:Competitive Public
Gender:Female
Ethnicity:Indian
I plan on majoring in english</p>

<p>GPA: 3.85(unweighted), school doesnt have weighted gpa. It doesn’t rank either, but I expect to be in the top 15%.</p>

<p>SAT Scores (composite)
Critical Reading: 710
Math:680
Writing:730
(retaking in october. aiming for score in the mid 2200s)</p>

<p>PSAT was a 218, so I’ll get some kind of national merit award.</p>

<p>SAT IIs
Literature: 730
US History:730
Biology: 710</p>

<p>AP Scores are not out yet, but I expect 5s in LangComp and Micro, and a 4 on History</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Honors English A+
Honors World History A
Honors Biology A-
Honors Geometry B
Orchestra A+
Accounting A+
Spanish I A-</p>

<p>Sophmore Year
AP US History I A
Honors English A+
Honors Algebra II B-
Honors Chemistry A
Orchestra A+
Spanish II A
other classes are A+s</p>

<p>Junior Year
AP US History II A-
AP LangComp A+
AP Microeconomics A
Honors Precalc B-
Honors Physics B-
Orchestra A+
Spanish III A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
AP Bio
AP Chem
AP Gov Pol
AP Euro
AP Calc BC
AP Lit
Honors Art History</p>

<p>ExtraCurriculars:
1.Editor-in-Chief of my school publications magazine for 2 years (and have had other editor positions for the other two years). this is my favorite extra-curricular and I plan on placing emphasis on this in the application.
2. Honor Societies: National Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Math Honor Society(Events Coordinator), Spanish Honor Society.
3. Volunteer Work: I have over 400 hours in the hospital, library, red cross, and homeless shelter. Also I am a memeber of an executive teen board in the library.
4. Other Clubs: Mock Trial(juror), culture club (secretary), key club, yearbook, writing and literature workshop(president),amnesty,habitat for humanity, brazilian exchange.
5. part of a youth leadership forum in my city(not one of those national leadership forum stuff. this works with respect to my city only and consists of only 8 kids)
6.viola for 8 years.
7. I am working this summer as an intern in a local newspaper. last 2 summers I worked for my mom’s company as a receptionist/secretary.</p>

<p>I am pretty sure that I can write stellar essays and get really good recommendations from counselor and teachers(expecting a great one from my english teacher because I really stood out). Also, I think I will do well in the interviews.</p>

<p>What do you guys think???</p>

<p>bump!!!</p>

<p>your gpa and SAT (although taking it one more time is a logical choice) are definitely in range for chicago or any other top school (honestly its a toss up for anyone applying to harvard yale princeton). you ec’s are solid, but your in a position now to somehow convey to chicago that your ec’s were meaningful to you – by way of interview, essay, etc. show interest, and u have a good a shot as any. good luck</p>

<p>thanks so much Icried11times. Although these chances threads are not definate, they still offer some hope and relief.</p>

<p>Essays are going to need to be great.</p>

<p>thanks andy. university of chicago essays really require a strong mix between creativity/originality and writing style, right???</p>