OFFICIAL University of Chicago EA Decisions - Class of 2013

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>Hi there. Sorry I’m late, but I want to help out next year’s applicants. I know I spent many hours staring at stats also trying to discern a pattern :stuck_out_tongue: Good luck all 2014ers and RDers.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2330 770 M 760 V 800 W

  • SAT II: 800 IIC 800 Physics 760 US History 750 Chem
  • ACT: Nah
  • GPA: 4.00, 103.3 weighted 96.0 unweighted?
  • Rank: 1 out of 713 (Huge private school)
  • Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 French, 5 US History, 4 Microeconomics, 4 Macroeconomics, and 3 Physics B (Had a really horrible day…800 in Physics SAT II pretty much nullifies this.)
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<p>[ b]Subjective**</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: I thought they were horrible, but I guess they were okay.

  • Teacher Recs: Good/Generic
  • Counselor Rec: Good/Generic (Huge school)
  • Supplementary Material: Two research abstracts, two recommendations, and a resume. Summer of Junior Year did a research internship in MIT’s nuclear engineering department and worked on evaluating a quantum algorithm – did simulations with MATLAB code and a NMR spectrometer. Got a glowing recommendation from my professor - brilliant guy that discovered pseudopure states. Summer of Senior Year did a research internship in Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Science – worked on a microfluidics project evaluating how variations in orifice dimension and nozzle geometry would affect the monodispersity of drops through a PDMS device. Developed software in LabView for image processing and particle analysis. The post-doc I worked for and the professor that ran the group collectively wrote a recommendation that they sent in.
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
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<p>Personal</p>

<pre><code>* Location: New Hampshire

  • High School Type: Private
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: XY
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: See stats profile – bunch of leadership positions on school academically competitive teams, loads of political involvement, and community service. 2 summer research internships.

  • Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, one state award, few other generic awards.
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: UChicago is a really neat place. I’m honored to have been accepted early.
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