Official University of Chicago Class of 2015 EA Results Thread

<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 690 Math, 740 Reading, 760 Writing
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2190
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): did not take
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: 750 US History, 720 Biology M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No idea
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 3.905+
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not done
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): 10th grade; European History (4); 11th grade: Us History (5), Lang and Comp (5); American Gov and Politics (5), French Lang (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Lit, AP Art History, Precalc, French 6, Physics
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 5 or 6 maybe?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] National Achievement commended[/li] A few (not going to list)</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): MUN (VP); Literary Mag (leading editor); JSA (co president); and a few other (dont want ppl 2 pinpoint who I am from school)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/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: 9- really weird, but its me[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: 7: I mean really cannot be overly creative or different. Unless its a weird activity.
[<em>] Extended essay(which topic): two types of people in the world
[</em>] Optional Essay: 9- tried to highlight my more “normal” side
[<em>] Why Chicago: 8- it was okay but I’m a creative writing person and it was difficult to be too creative with this one
[</em>] Other:[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Very good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Have no idea, but as a teacher he likes me a lot
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Went really well, we talked about a lot of stuff for a long time. Only downside was it was one of those everyone come one day and we’ll interview you all together.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 30 october?
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, but very very competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: AA (URM)
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: No clue.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’m a bit eccentric (but still normal) so I was able to show both sides in all my essays. I choose some really different topics. Junior year course load
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, but difficult school. I also feel that my AP scores justified some of my grades. Difficult classes to take ,but they made the AP test incredibly easy junior year.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I had some really amazing people at my school, guidance counselors, teachers that rooted for me along the way!
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] Visited!! I can’t wait to see the school. </p>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Congratulations to all that were accepted!</p>