<p>So I had some high hopes about getting into the U of Chicago after I recieved multiple acceptances to the UC System this past week. UC Davis, UCSC, UC Santa Barbara, but then I got a big fatty Rejection from UC San Diego today From the looks of it, UCSD is much easier to get into than U of Chicago so I feel utterly hopeless. My stats are as follows:</p>
<p>Male
Comp Sci Major
Mexican
GPA: 3.4ish
SAT: 1920
ACT: 30
Multiple Honors + AP courses
Great ECās including multiple professional programming / web design jobs. Iāve created database systems for prominent companies. Iāve been in premier choirs since i was 6, I play guitar, drums, piano. A ton of Community Service. AKA my strengths are in my ECās
My essays were very good, explained my GPA</p>
<p>So my GPA sucks, but itās only because of my sophomore year. I did extremely poorly, but hte following summer and next year (junior summer/year) I recieved straight Aās and had all Aās for midyear with 1 B. My SAT is under what collegeboard says is the middle 50%, Iām Out of State, and my GPA sucks. Is there any hope?! I sent in a ton of Extra stuff like a song i recorded, some photography, artwork, etc.</p>
<p>for large privates like u of chicago, you never know.
if youāre out of state applying to chicago, you might actually have a slight advantage. unlike the uc systems, large pretigious privates actually want the diversity of oos students.
so donāt lose hope :]</p>
<p>dont let one rejection let you lose your hope.
besides your sat score (which i hear chicago doesnt put on weight on very much. after all you cant really judge a person by some standardized test), you seem to be a strong applicant in the other things you do. and those extra things will most likely be beneficial to you and grade improvement is always a plus for colleges. and assuming you wrote reallllllly oustandingly good essays, donāt lose any hope yet!</p>
<p>hereās an inspirational story:
one of my college interviewers said he got rejected from colgate univ. well, that didnt matter. he got in to princeton yale and harvard.
see? one rejection means nothing!
so relax and wait it out !:)</p>
<p>Iām holding on to these final threads of hope Apparently UCSD was harder to get into this year than UCLA?! I know 3 separate occasions of friends who applied to both schools and were admitted to UCLA and not UCSD - non-impacted majors. People must really love UCSD - I personally believe chicago is 1000000x better but you know californians love their sunshine</p>
<p>Nothing anyone says can matter when thinking about UofC. I was accepted EA without the amazing stats that some people have. My GPA was a little higher than yours, my ACT a little lower.
I would say without question that what Chicago looks for are people who had fun with their applications. They want to see who you really are, not who they want you to be. If you were able to let go, and have fun with your application then theyāll be able to tell.</p>
From the looks of it, UCSD is much easier to get into than U of Chicago so I feel utterly hopeless. My stats are as follows:</p>
Apparently UCSD was harder to get into this year than UCLA?! I know 3 separate occasions of friends who applied to both schools and were admitted to UCLA and not UCSD - non-impacted majors. People must really love UCSD - I personally believe chicago is 1000000x better but you know californians love their sunshine</p>