Below Average URM

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a Senior from Virginia
African-American Male
First Generation College Student</p>

<p>Rank: School Does Not Rank
Competitive High School, Class size around 500/600
GPA: 3.2 uw 3.3 weighted (highest weighed gpa at my school can be 4.1)
*<em>Had a huge grade trend following a 2.7 freshman year to having a combined 3.5 sophomore and junior years. Counselor has agreed to explain. I might apply to some schools that disregard the freshman year. Would have a 3.5
*</em> I know my stats are low, but ive worked hard to bring them up.
I had one C junior year taking a rigorous Macroeconomics self-study course.
SAT I (June): 1780/2400 or 1210/1600 Math:670 Critical Reading:540 Writing:570
Retook in November and felt i did much better.</p>

<p>Course Rigor:
Most Rigorous
9th-12th:5 years of honors/AP mathematics, 4 years of Spanish, 4 years of Business Classes, 3 years of honors/AP social studies, 2 years of AP english, 2 years of honors/AP sciences. My 9th and 10th grades have uw honors classes.
11th:3 AP's Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Language
12th:4 AP's Calculus BC, Biology, English Literature, US Government</p>

<p>Notable EC's:
President of Future Business Leaders of America (12)
Events Chairman of FBLA (11)
Junior Math Team (9,10)
Senior Math Team (11,12)
Freshman Basketball (9)
Junior Varsity Basketball (Co-Captain) (10)
Science Honor Society (11,12)
National Business Honor Society (10,11,12)
Club/Travel Soccer (9,10,11,12)
English Honor Society (11,12)</p>

<p>Other
Recommendation: Comes from a Chem teacher with a PhD who views me as her favorite student.
Counselor Recommendation: Great explaining how I've matured in four years
Essays: Amazing, about overcoming lifes setbacks</p>

<p>Senior Schedule and predicted grades:
AP Calculus BC --A
AP Biology --B
AP English Literature --B+
AP Government --A
Spanish 4 --B
Business --A
Design and Technology --A
UW: 3.6 W:3.9</p>

<p>Major: Economics</p>

<p>Hooks: URM:African-American, First Generation College Student, In-State (Virginia)</p>

<p>The Schools:
University of Chicago
Univeristy of Virginia
William & Mary
George Washington
Virginia Tech
James Madison University
George Mason University
Virginia Commonwealth University</p>

<p>Where can I get in?
Also looking for any suggestions to add to the list, Thanks All!</p>

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<p>Way out of reach:
University of Chicago
Univeristy of Virginia
William & Mary</p>

<p>Reach:
George Washington
Virginia Tech</p>

<p>Rest: Match</p>

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<p>ok, i would like more opinions please, thanks</p>

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<p>university of chicag o - low reach
university of virginia - match, low reach
william and mary - match
george washington - medium reach
virginia tech - match</p>

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<p>agree with the poster above, except GW is a match, and uchicago is a medium reach</p>

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<p>bump!!!!!!</p>

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<p>bump!!!!!!</p>

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<p>can anyone else help me out?</p>

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<p>please im desperate</p>

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<p>hey is your screename a reference to the cool kids rap group?</p>

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<p>African-American Male will significantly help your chances for admission at all of these schools. I think that you are likely to be admitted to Virginia, Wm. & Mary, GWU, Va. Tech, JMU, George Mason & Virginia Commonwealth.
The Univ. of Chicago is an academically demanding school equal to Princeton, Swarthmore & the other genius schools. Teacher recs are very important to the admissions folks at Chicago. The concern is your SAT I CR score & whether you can handle the demands of Chicago's curriculum. I think that you have a good chance of being admitted to Chicago, and, if so, then why do you want to attend Chicago? I do not doubt that you can handle the work at Chicago, but at what cost? You have a high math aptitude, but a CR below 600 at Chicago is asking for trouble, in my opinion.</p>

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<p>yea i also listen to the cool kids lol</p>

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<p>bump!!!!!!</p>

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<p>bump!!!!!!</p>

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<p>any other opinions please</p>

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<p>please anyone?</p>

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<p>uchiago - high reach
uvirginia - high reachof Virginia
William & Mary - low reach
George Washington - low reach
Virginia Tech - low reach/high match
James Madison University - low reach/high match
George Mason University - high match
Virginia Commonwealth University - high match</p>

<p>chance me back!</p>

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<p>I would say U of Chicago, UVA, and W&M are all high reaches, VCU is safety, and I think you have a reasonable chance at the other four but really what does my opinion matter? I'm not at admissions officer.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance at all your schools you may think that your GPA is low, but since you've taken a bunch of APs that makes up for it. If it helps my friend just got into GW with bit of a higher GPA and SAT than yours with no APs and less ECs he's not a URM either. The only ones i think will be difficult are UVA and Chicago</p>

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<p>your in state so uva is definately NOT way out of reach
you have a chance there
good luck!</p>