UChicago Transfer 2014 Advice

guitarsmasher25
Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:49:56 +0000

I was deferred and then denied this year as a high school senior and I’m looking to transfer next year. I will be going to University of Illinois - at Urbana Champaign for Aerospace Engineering next year and I want to transfer into UChicago Economics. Here’s my resume shortened up:

EDUCATION
• Cumulative GPA: 3.8/4.0 (unweighted) 4.7/5.0 (weighted)
• Academic Scholar, Illinois State Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor
• ACT: Composite – 34, Math – 36, English – 36, Reading – 32, Science – 35
• SATII: Math II – 790, Chemistry – 750
AP Courses: Calculus BC, Physics B, Language and Composition, US History, Macroeconomics, Government and Politics, Biology, Statistics, Chemistry, Literature and Composition

WORK EXPERIENCE
2012 –2013 ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER
o Volunteered four hours every Monday starting in July 2012 for a total of 144 hours

2012 SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING
o Volunteered four hours every Saturday starting in June 2012 for a total of 52 hours

2012 KENNETH YOUNG CENTER RESALE SHOP
o Volunteered four hours every Sunday starting in July 2012 for a total of 48 hours

2011 – 2013 EBAY BUSINESS
Owner; my personal Internet business over the holiday season
• Bought video games, consoles, and other gamer products during Black Friday and resold them throughout the holiday season on eBay
o Purchased approximately $10,000 worth of products over the past two years
o Generated approximately $4,000 profit over the past two years

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2011–2013 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA
• Participated in Presentation Management Individual
o Competed at state-level competition
• Participated in Global Marketing Team
o Placed 1st at the Regional competition and competed at state-level competition
• Awarded Business Professionals of America Illinois Merit Scholar Award
2011–2013 MATH TEAM
• Competed in competitions involving rigorous, real-world mathematics problems
2011-2013 HEALTH AND MEDICAL CAREERS CLUB
• Actively participated and assisted in setting up for major health events
2009-2013 GERMAN CLUB
• Actively participated and assisted in setting up for German-culture related events
2010-2012 CROSS COUNTRY
• Actively participated in this sport for the last three years of high school
2009-2011 BASKETBALL
• Actively participated in this sport for the first two years of high school

This summer I’m working as a Research Assistant at the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics at The University of Chicago, attending the Allsup Summer Entrepreneurship Academy at Saint Louis University, and taking MATH 230-0 Differential Calculus of Multivariable Functions at Northwestern University. My top two schools for transferring into next year are Uchicago and Northwestern. I’ll also be applying to schools such as Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, WashU, NYU, and the Ivys. What should I focus on during my freshman year at U of I Engineering to make this possible?