<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190, 2210
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2230; 740 reading, 690 math, 800 writing
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): 31
[</em>] SAT II: didn’t submit
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7? 3.8?
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 4-point-something[<em>]
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): like 7 or 8 out of ~160
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 5 on AP U.S. and American gov
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, Printmaking and Enameling, Religion 12 (required–Catholic school), H Anatomy and Physiology, H Discrete Math, H French IV, Sociology
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: zero
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit semifinalist</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): French Club (president), NASA program (president), NHS (historian), Robotics (treasurer), four different community service programs and a summer camp (350 hours), school youth group (board member), prospective students guide for high school, peer tutor, model UN, morning announcement crew, ski and snowboard club, selective leadership program junior year, Cleveland International Film Festival volunteer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 350 hours in three similar tutoring/mentoring programs for 4th-8th graders in Cleveland public schools[/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): [list]
[li] Common App Main: about French, written in second person. 8[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: about NASA. 5, really lame
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): two types of people. really proud of this one. 10
[</em>] Optional Essay: about papercuts… yep. i think it’s good once you get past the weirdness of it. 8
[<em>] Why Chicago: long and mushy but sincere. 7
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: French teacher, didn’t see but she’s written really good recs for me in the past
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: APUSH, also didn’t see but he’s a great writer
[<em>] Counselor Rec: also didn’t see… we’re tight but i don’t know what she could possibly say about me
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: so great! it lasted two and a half hours and he was awesome. he had a lot of stories and he lived in my favorite house (Thompson) so we had a lot to talk about
[</em>] Art Supplement: none[/list]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 10/31
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Catholic all-girls
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~$100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT math and my grades. i’ve had B’s in every math class in high school but i’m also graduating with 6 math credits and took calculus junior year so i think that helped
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: essays, recs, ECs
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: not waited until the last minute to write my common app essay, not freaked out about the interview because it was fun and easy and nothing to worry about[/ul]</p>
<p>[/list]Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: **i’m thrilled because UChicago is my favorite school but there’s no way i can afford it based on the estimate… my financial aid package was way less than i expected and my fam has a lot of debt. so i guess i’ll have to see what happens with the FAFSA and maybe try to appeal, but i’ve head it generally isn’t successful at Chicago… does anyone have any experiences with this?</p>