<p>black female, parents can’t afford college, one parents working, i’ve been taking care of my mom who had a stroke in '03</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>gpa: 3.9
lots of Honors classes (including AP Bio, Calc AB, Government and Brit Lit)
SAT: 1640 (yes i know miserable…absolutely miserable)
ACT: 24 (…ahh…miserable)
EC: sax player for 8 years, marching band (4 yrs), concert band (4 yrs), band section leader, conflict mediator (4 yrs), mentored jr. high kiddos (2 yrs), Fisk University national scholar, Honor roll (4 yrs), led a hall mural project at my school, peer tutor (2 yrs), had poetry published in national publication in '02</p>
<p>Well, the gpa and stuff looks good (provided its unweighted) as well as the classes and ECs. The scores are REALLY risky. Chicago doesnt care as much about scores as some schools but the ACT is low and I think the SAT is not so good (I would have to know what the M/V/W breakdown looked like). DEFINATELY take one of them again in october (maybe the ACT if you think you can improve your science section by ignoring the science and going straight to the data) or retake both.</p>
<p>I dont know how much the family situation is in your favor but its definately not going to hurt your chances (nor is the income level)</p>
<p>1% of students accepted scored between a 1000- 1090
4% of students accepted scored between a 1100- 1190</p>
<p>I would really try to bring it up. This is a school where 65% of the students scored above a 1400. Sign up for the october SAT, study your but off over the summer and with terrific essays you stand a good chance.</p>