<p>[ color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color]
Objective:[list]
Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown): 34
ACT superscore (breakdown): 34
SAT II (subject, score): Math II 800, Physics 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: No clue
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
AP (place score in parentheses): World History (5), Music Theory (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): Math SL (7)
Senior Year Course Load: All IB
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Kind of. Won a state composition contest.
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NMCS, Honor Roll</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): NHS (11-12), Senior Math Team (9-12), Freshman Math Team (9), Science Olympiads (9-12), Jazz Band (9-12), Symphonic Band (11-12), Church Lay Servant (11-12)
Job/Work Experience: Triple Computer Science Internships, 3 summers in a orw
Volunteer/Community Service: Church
Summer Experience: See work Experience</p>
<p>Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):</p>
<p>Essays: (I liked most of my essays pretty well, but not sure how admissions felt!)
Common App Main: 5/10 It was the definition of meh. It’s not gonna hurt me, but not gonna help me.
Extracurricular: 10/10 math club related
Why Chicago: 6/10.<br>
Extended: 10/10 choose own question: Make your own course. Okay, I seriously thought I was completely toast after writing this essay because I wasn’t very creative with it. Apparently it worked out though.
Other (teacher’s subject, 1-10 rating, details):
Teacher Recommendation #1: 11/10. My AP Calc teacher loves me. I haven’t read it and will likely never get to, but I am extremely thankful to him.
Teacher Recommendation #2: IB English 11. Not sure how good it was. I asked her to do it at the last minute though, and she really saved me. Not just here, but at every last one of my universities (there’s a legitimate reason why though. Basically, I decided not to major in music, which is why I had to change teacher recs at the last minute).
Counselor Rec: Was probably unbelievable, but I won’t get a chance to read it.
Additional Info/Rec: None
Interview: Never had one.
Art Supplement: Nope. </p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Date Submitted App: You know when hurricane Sandy hit? Well I sent my app an hour before I lost power (I’m serious).
U.S. State/Territory or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range:
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): Nope</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: essays, recommendations, awards and extracurricular
Weaknesses: Ethnicity
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Was just a good match.
What would you have done differently?: Not been scrambling immediately before hurricane sandy to get my app sent out before I lost power.</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments & Advice: You don’t have to write an insanely creative essay to get in. I know it’s stereotypical, but be yourself, and that’s true in general, not just for UChicago, because the fact is that you’re going to get into the right school if you just be yourself.</p>