Wondering If There's A Chance

elizabethbennet
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:56:23 +0000

Not that I have much authority to speak on this, as a mere applicant myself–but I think it’ll depend on your essay. Your SAT is pretty good, and my regional counselor told me that Subject Test scores are not used to determine admission, so it doesn’t matter too much how well you do.

Your GPA isn’t very high, which may or may not be a problem; the U of C, as a very academic school, will place tremendous weight on it, but a great essay and your obviously very good SAT scores can make up for it, I would think. Also, your ECs aren’t out of this world, but again, a great essay can probably make up for that.

Good luck!