Have I got a prayer?

chubeebo
Thu, 22 May 2008 12:46:11 +0000

doug. try taking the ACT too. The GPA has to go up. Write a great essay, and being a semifinalist in a state-wide competition, that’s probably one of your best skills. U of Chicago always comes up with these very interesting essay topics for their application. You should check the accept percentages when they come out. This year was a very competitive year, and I’m not sure if applying EA is an advantage anymore. Most got deferred to RD this year. and just for comparison sake, a good friend with very high unweighted gpa (almost 3.9) in the hardest courseload (all AP, Honors) with a very very high ACT score, solid but not great EC’s (no awards like you though), strong recs, and NMF, got waitlisted this year. Not sure how his essays went, but he’s a pretty strong writer. Good luck. :)