Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (Comp, Essay, CR, M, CW): n/a
ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 31: 35E, 34R, 29M, 25S
SAT II (Type, Score): n/a
Weighted GPA (out of ??): n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 33/~250
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, AP Lit, AP US Gov, Chemistry Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Member of the debate team in High School
Job/Work Experience: Worked ~30 hours per week in high school
Volunteer/Community service: n/a
Essays: I feel that my essay about what is important but under-discussed was 9.5/10. My “why UChicago” essay was 4/10 at best.
Teacher Recommendations: Out of the two I read, they were eh. One was short, but it was personal. The other was long and was a bit generic. The teacher didn’t let me read the last letter, but as it was from my History teacher, I’m sure it was 10/10.
Counselor Rec: didn’t read.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Mississippi
School Type: Extremely low ranked Public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: less than 20k annually
Assets: n/a
Property: n/a
Extenuating Circumstances: n/a
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, FG, Mississippian (I’ve been told this was a great hook haha)
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
Relatively low ACT and low GPA. The essay had some typos (I wrote it hours before the deadline).
Accepted by: Fordham
Waiting on: Emory, Harvard (I know 
), Columbia, Tulane, Northwestern, NYU