<p>Stats:
Gpa- 3.39uw, 3.45w
SAT(new): 1090 (550V, 540M, 520CR)
SATII- French 580, Math1-640, Bio-720
Black (somalian), male, lived in US for 10 yrs now.
State- virginia
Full IB diploma student, with 13 IB classes, and 12 honors. </p>
<p>AWards/achievement:
Honor Roll (9-11)
VA State Parks (Youth Conservation corps) Certificate of Appreciation
National Youth Leadership Forum (Medecine) full Scholarship, Certificate of Achievement
National Youth Leadership Conference, nominee, full Scholarship, attending spring 06</p>
<p>ECs
Activities Position Hrs/wk
American Redcross Club Secretary, publicist 11-12 2/15
French Honor Society member 10-12 2/21
Volunteer-Charity Store Staff member 11-12 50hrs
Varsity-Junior Math team member 9-12 1/36
Religious Studies- student 9-11 4/120
Track, Tennis player/member 9,11 >100hrs
CAS (Creative, Service, Action)hrs 11-12 >150hrs total
and other crap i dont feel like mentioning..</p>
<p>essays- readers had strong positive comments, so pretty good
recommendations- pretty solid</p>
<p>I think your chances are much lower. Your GPA is far below the UVa average as is your SAT. Obviously being from Somalia is a good hook for you and depending on how you use it that may help a lot. Overall though, your stats are pretty weak by UVa standards.</p>
<p>Well, applicant is enrolled in the most difficult curriculum available. Perhaps his gpa is a result of him working a part-time job? It's hard to judge w/o seeing the whole picture.</p>
<p>As a black student, I was kinda in the same boat as the original poster - my weighted GPA was a 3.55 but I went to a prep school which graduate many students that get into highly ranked schools. My SAT score is within the 25-75 percentile of all admitted students to UVA (1260-1430) and I was able to get admitted, surprisingly imo, as an out of state student.</p>
<p>My suggestion is to do what you can to get within that range and not assume that affirmative action will get you into UVA. I think your ECs will help though.</p>
<p>Wow, is right. Of course, these are pre-Grutter and Gratz stats. The author says that UVA has not modified its admissions policies based on the Supreme Court's rulings, but I'd like to see whether the stats/percentages are the same for the entering classes in 2004 and 2005.</p>
<p>Either way, I wish this young man the best of luck with his application to UVA. I don't begrudge anyone the opportunity to attend the school of their dreams.</p>
<p>No offense, I'd rather go to a school with 0 black people than have ******** admissions statistics like that. Really unfair - not as if blacks and whites at UVa hang out anyway. No one would know the difference. Its a shame that the school stoops to that type of level for admissions.</p>
<p><i>No offense, I'd rather go to a school with 0 black people than have ******** admissions statistics like that. Really unfair - not as if blacks and whites at UVa hang out anyway. No one would know the difference. Its a shame that the school stoops to that type of level for admissions.</i></p>
<p>Hey, I'm black and I hang out with white friends.... I guess I see where you're coming from, but perhaps SAT scores and grades aren't the only factor in admissions if that's the basis of your disappointment.</p>
<p>obviously there should be factors in admissions besides having a 4.0 and 1400 SATs. However, I think that the "other stuff" should distinguish one 4.0 and 1400 from another one, not 1 white 4.0 and 1400 with a black (or any other urm) 3.0 and 1000. Its a sham. I'm all for diversity, but not for diversity at the sake of quality. All higher level universities way OVER emphasize diversity. It doesn't matter that much. 99% of people hang out with people like themselves. Stop admitting people with crappy grades just because of their skin color/nationality.</p>
<p>maden obviously it looks like you're a shoe in unless you've been involved in a murder case or drug smugling ring recently.</p>
<p><i>obviously there should be factors in admissions besides having a 4.0 and 1400 SATs. However, I think that the "other stuff" should distinguish one 4.0 and 1400 from another one, not 1 white 4.0 and 1400 with a black (or any other urm) 3.0 and 1000. Its a sham. I'm all for diversity, but not for diversity at the sake of quality. All higher level universities way OVER emphasize diversity. It doesn't matter that much. 99% of people hang out with people like themselves. Stop admitting people with crappy grades just because of their skin color/nationality.</i></p><i>
</i><p><i>maden obviously it looks like you're a shoe in unless you've been involved in a murder case or drug smugling ring recently.</i></p>
<p>Your reasoning makes sense - it's logical to reject a urm with a 3.0 and 1000 sat as you would with a caucasian with the same statistics. However, there's a slant in which urms, on average don't score as highly as caucasians on the SATs. There are many circumstances which may justify those statistics - where you were raised, educational background, income class and etc... For instance, I got a 1270 on the SATs, somewhat within the range of admitted applicants at UVa, that score is in the 98th percentile for blacks whose average score is around 900. So, based on your reasoning, UVa would not admit any blacks or urms for that matter because there simply aren't enough urms out there to attain that score statistically. I'm would assume that UVa adcoms may evaluate a urms SAT score relative to the average score of that race.</p>
<p>Lastly, SAT scores/grades aren't ultimately essential in quantifying the quality of a student. They are important, but I'm sure the essays and other aspects of the application can reflect how good an applicant is in the adcoms minds.</p>
<p>To the original poster, apply to UVA if you want to go to the school. I made UVa my top choice coming out of high school, and I thought I had no chance getting in but luckily when the admittance letter came, taking a chance at where you want to go in college wasn't that bad of an investment after all.</p>
<p>However, UVa can be humbling with the rigor of the work lol so things can change once you actually start taking classes. All in all, I made a good decision to get away from Missouri (my home state) and attend UVa.</p>