Any chance for me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>Current senior female
Half Taiwanese, half Malaysian-Chinese, grew up in Japan, attend international school. Speak: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese</p>

<p>SAT 1910 (M690 CR630 W590) retaking tomorrow as a matter of fact
TOEFL 297
SAT II (Lit 620 Math IC 670) retaking these plus taking Japanese in Nov., expect 800 on that one
GPA: Don't know yet... definitely top 10% of class. My gr9 and gr10 grades aren't that impressive though...</p>

<p>Gr9:
English=A-
Math= A-
World History= A
Science= B+
Japanese= A-
French= A-
Religious Education= B
Music= A
PE= B</p>

<p>Gr10:
IGCSE English= A-
IGCSE Math= A-, Algebra&Trig= B-
IGCSE World History= A
IGCSE Combined Sciences= B
Japanese= B
IGCSE French= A
IGCSE Music= A
PE=A-
Social Justice&World Religions= A-</p>

<p>Gr11:
IB English HL= A-
IB Math SL= A
IB Economics HL= B+
IB Biology SL= A
IB French HL= A
IB Music HL= A-
IB TOK=A
Guidance= A</p>

<p>Full IB Diploma candidate.
Higher Level courses: English, French, Economics, Music
Standard Level: Math, Biology</p>

<p>Leadership:
High School Student Council...Treasurer (9~10) Secretary (10~11) VicePresident (11~12)
Kanto Plain High School Student Council -this is the student council for all intl schools and American base schools around Tokyo area- Treasurer (12)
Attended Global Young Leaders Conference (summer of gr10)</p>

<p>Music:
Senior Choir piano accompaniment (9)
Show Choir piano accompaniment (9~11)
Handbells (9~12)
Chamber Orchestra (9, 12)
Violin lessons (9~11)...ABRSM grade 4
Piano lessons (from age 4 ~ gr12)...Yamaha grade 6
Solo&Ensemble piano for 2 years (I'm not sure how to credit this though because they didn't have distinctive names for the marks you were awarded..we got graded though)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Summer volunteer at a day activity center for mentally/physically handicapped (summer of gr11)
Tutor 2nd grade children (11)
Helping 1st grade teacher grade papers once a week (11)</p>

<p>Work:
Winter, secretarial work at local post office (winter of gr11)</p>

<p>Other:
Had poem published in a book by YoungWriters Great Minds Poem Competition last year.
Landscaping Green Thumbs Up club gr11 (this club faded away this year...)
Brain Bowl (11~12)</p>

<p>I'm also applying to: Georgetown U (EA...I know, way out of my league), Cornell (crazy I know) Boston U, Tufts U, Bryn Mawr College, George Washington U, maybe Syracuse, Univ of British Columbia (Canada), and Intl Christian Univ (Japan)</p>

<p>Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>

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<p>interested in intl relations by the way</p>

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<p>snerry, forgive me for not answering, but I have no real idea how they select international applicants. For US applicants, my advice on CC is based on a series in the Washington Post two years ago. There was a ton of detail about the difference between VA and non-VA US applicants, and the thought patterns of the admissions committee. But, we have no published info on internationals.</p>

<p>I do know that there are plenty of international students at UVa. My S's first year suite had a minority of US citizens.</p>

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<p>snerry, are your sat scores of Oct. better?
If you can get 200-210, you will be in.
good luck.</p>

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<p>well i do hope my Oct scores are better. I think my math might be better but not so sure about the verbal and CR parts.</p>

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<p>What is your predicted score?</p>

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<p>listen. UVa does not take SAT as horribly seriously as other top notch schools ( i mean look at the range); it definitely recognizes that there is more to a person than scores. If you're SAT improves, GREAT. If it doesn't don't worry too much, you should still apply.</p>

<p>UVA uses a holistic evaluation of your app, which is great. Just make sure that before you send it out, make it as unique and defining as possible. </p>

<p>I don't know anything bout internat'l ppl either. sorry on that. </p>

<p>btw you have a 38% chance of getting in ED and 39% percent chance of getting in RD. as you can see, ED won't necessarily be a great advantage as with other schools like UPENN. </p>

<p>good luck!</p>

<p>CHEERS</p>

<p>OH! and if you get the chance, definitely VISIT! it's absolutely beautiful. I lived in charlottesville for a year. trust me, its one of the most gorgeous places...</p>

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<p>yes the most historically significant campus in U.S.</p>

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<p>LOL i'd never heard of predicting SAT scores until i came to CC. i have no idea since i haven't ....well, predicted. i find that whenever i say "i did great on it!", the score just disappoints me so i try not to predict.</p>