Because my last thread was misunderstood...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>This is a bit of a repost but I havent gotten any responses on my last thread for a while and the two that I did get misunderstood my school's gpa system and weren't helpful. My weighted/unweighted gpa gap is so small because my school doesn't give us as much credit for hard classes as most schools across the country.</p>

<p>Please give me a safety/match/reach evaluation, answer questions, and add any comments</p>

<p>here's my stats.</p>

<p>Currently: Junior in VA
Ethnicity: Indian</p>

<p>Colleges I'm pondering: UVA (want this the most), William and Mary, VaTech, Georgia Tech, JMU, etc, and anything else you can recommend.</p>

<p>Majors: maybe Computer Science or Engineering but I would like to keep other fields of study open. I'll be more sure about that senior year.</p>

<p>GPA by end of junior year: 3.695 weighted (can it round up to 3.70?), 3.630 unweighted
SAT: Math-710, CR-730, Writing-660, total-2100, or 1440 traditionally
SAT II's: MathIIC: 700, USHIST: 660, ENGLISH: 670
Junior year AP's and possible scores: US History - 4/5, English Lang. - 5, Chemistry - 4/5
planned AP's for next year: Comp Sci A, Calc BC, Physics C, Literature, and possibly US Government.
Other classes: I'll be taking Spanish all 4 years - levels 1-4, the rest are honors except for history for two years, and other electives (Band, Comp Sci)</p>

<p>EC's :
Debate Team - I've won a few medals, mostly 4th or 5th at tournaments, I also got a school letter for it.
Cross Country (only freshman year)
Science Honor Society - webmaster (officer position)
National Honor Society
maybe Model UN if our team can get together and plan to go to an actual conference</p>

<p>Others:
I'm currently a tutor at a library, I volunteered at a hospital for a summer, and I'll be doing an internship this summer at Naval Research Lab in DC</p>

<p>The BIG questions:
I know my SATII's aren't very good and I was wondering about early applying to UVA if it will increase my chances. If I take the October SATII next school year, will I be able to send those scores in a Nov.1 early application to UVA? If not, is it better to early apply with lower SATII scores or should I apply regularly and have scores of around 750 for each?</p>

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<p>with those scores i'd try to improve my sat 2s just a weeee bit for history and eng. then i'd go for the ivy leagues. you definitely have a good shot. your sats are actually really good. i wouldn't worry much about those. but if you feel incompetent... =T its your choice after all.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>You mostly likely are not gunna get into an IVY with a 3.7 weighted...you would be about over a 4.0 weighted but all the schools on your list are attainable</p>

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<p>My school has a very hard gpa system. We don't get much weighted value for AP classes and none for honors so a 4.0 weighted is harder than it is at many schools. Anyway, I want to know what schools are reaches/matches/safeties for me.</p>

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<p>Do you have any idea what your class rank is?</p>

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<p>Our school doesn't rank.</p>

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<p>go to the chances forum</p>

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<p>this is the chances forum</p>

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<p>Haha nice one crashingwaves</p>

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<p>I think you have decent stats to try for MIT, Tufts U and Cornell. All these three will be great for your intended major. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Do you think that you're in the top decile? I know your school doesn't rank, but people usually have a decent idea - you could ask your counselor as well.</p>

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<p>Stats are too low for MIT. Cornell maybe, and you could probably get into Tufts. UVA in state is a decent possibility, a match to a very slight reach, same with William and Mary. Other schools would be safeties</p>

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<p>Yeah, I'm definately thinking top decile. The reason my gpa is kind of low is because our school doesn't weight much. The highest gpa last senior class was 4.15 weighted. I ussually have one of the 5-10 highest grades in my AP and honors classes.</p>

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<p>thanks for the replys, I still have two questions left from my first post</p>

<p>"3.695 weighted gpa (can it round up to 3.70?)"</p>

<p>and</p>

<p>"I know my SATII's aren't very good and I was wondering about early applying to UVA if it will increase my chances. If I take the October SATII next school year, will I be able to send those scores in a Nov.1 early application to UVA? If not, is it better to early apply with lower SATII scores or should I apply regularly and have scores of around 750 for each?"</p>

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<p>yes you can round that to a 3.7 lol....they won't care and also</p>

<p>how much does applying early to UVA increase chances if you are OOS?</p>

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<p>that's good, it may not mean much but the 3.7 looks way better to me than 3.695, lol.</p>

<p>anyway, one last question:
"I know my SATII's aren't very good and I was wondering about early applying to UVA if it will increase my chances. If I take the October SATII next school year, will I be able to send those scores in a Nov.1 early application to UVA? If not, is it better to early apply with lower SATII scores or should I apply regularly and have scores of around 750 for each?"</p>

<p>Also, can i get match/reach for MIT, Cornell, and Tufts?</p>

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<p>here are my AP scores:</p>

<p>US History - 4
English Lang. - 4 (I was hoping for a 5 :()
Chemistry - 4</p>

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<p>here is the final list of colleges I'm thinking about (not planning to apply to all)</p>

<p>Please! put a safety/match/reach next to each one (This will really help me with my application process)</p>

<p>University of Virginia (want this the most)
William and Mary
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
James Madison University
Cornell
Tufts U.
MIT</p>

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<p>University of Virginia (want this the most)-Match
William and Mary-Match
Virginia Tech- Safety
Georgia Tech-Match
James Madison University- Safety
Cornell-Reach
Tufts U.-Reach
MIT-Gigantic Reach</p>