<p>No, no, grasshopper, what you think is what matters. Watch Kung-Fu reruns this summer and <em>believe</em> in yourself. Give yourself time to write your essays, and have someone you trust read them - mainly to verify that you don’t lose the reader somewhere along the line.</p>
<p>Weaknesses in the form of less than stellar GPA or board scores can’t be erased … but sometimes they can be trumped by other factors. Remember that in is going to take an adcom maybe all of 2 minutes to evaluate your application’s numbers: scores, gpa, rank. If those aren’t hopeless, the rest of the application will take longer to review. </p>
<p>If Chicago is at the top of your list, I have another suggestion. Apply to a couple of other schools first. Your first app likely won’t be your best, and you always think of something to improve after hitting the submit button. But … Chicago should’nt be the last application - you will get sick of doing them after a while!</p>