<p>Step 1: Take a deep breath.
Step 2: Stop being a tool. Let me give you a couple of seconds to throw away that GPA calculator.</p>
<p>U of C wants you to be a living, stinking human being—minor imperfections be damned. That means they’ll understand if you’d rather program some cool applications than study for your fiftieth AP exam. That means they’ll be okay with a less-than-perfect transcript so long as you demonstrate that you have something highly underrated called “a personality”.</p>
<p>Repeat after me:
I will be okay, I will be okay, I will be…</p>