Chance a Senior!!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background
Ethnicity: African-American (First-Gen) Parents are immigrants from Africa
Sex: Male
Residence: VA
Graduation Year: 2009
Major interests: Business/Economics
School: Highly Competitive
Class Size: About 600</p>

<p>GPA:
4.0 Scale
Had a 2.75 freshman year which put my GPA in a hole, then turned it up Sophomore-Junior Years with a combined 3.5 in my schools AP/Honors program. My counselor will talk about my great turnaround in her recommendation.
UW:3.2 W:3.3
Had only one C after freshman year in 11th grade AP Macroeconomics.
My schools weighting system is strange in which theirs no more than a .1 of a difference between the two. So the highest unweighted that can be acheived is 4.1
I'm expecting to have a 3.8 senior year.</p>

<p>SAT/SATII
SAT: 2070 {Math-720, Cr-650, Wr-700}
SAT II's:Taking in October/November in Math Level II and probably US History</p>

<p>Rank: School Doesn't Rank</p>

<p>Course Rigor:
Most Rigorous
9th-12th:7 APs, 7 Honors, 4 years of Spanish, 4 years of Business Classes
11th:3 AP's Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Language
12th:4 AP's Calculus BC, Biology, English Literature, US Government</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
1. (9-12)Future Business Leaders of America (President)
2. (9)Freshman Basketball Team (Co-Captain)
3. (10) JV Basketball (Co-Captain)
4. (10-12)National Business Honor Society
5. (9-10) JV Winter/Spring Track
6. (10-12) Varsity Track Team
7. (11-12) Science Honor Society
8. (9-10) Junior Math Team
9. (11-12) Senior Math Team</p>

<p>Volunteer Experience
Many Hours in:
1. Local Church Helping First Graders
2. Library Helping Librarians
3. Cleaning local Neighborhoods</p>

<p>Other
Recommendations: 2 Amazing Rec's from rigorous Chemistry teacher with a PhD and business teacher at my school.
Counselor Recommendation: great explaining how I've matured in four years
Essays: good</p>

<p>Schools I will be applying to(Regular Decision)
1.University of Virginia
2.Virginia Tech
3.James Madison
4.George Mason
5.Boston University
6.William & Mary
7.Pittsburgh
8.Fordham</p>

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<p>shows a positive trend in the GPA, so that is really good. I don't know about the rest but I'm pretty sure you're in at BU easily. You gonna play vars ball? that would look good because it shows consistency.</p>

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

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<p>You've got a good shot at all of them.</p>

<p>1.University of Virginia (Low Reach/Match - Instate)
2.Virginia Tech (Low Reach- Instate)
3.James Madison
4.George Mason (High Match)
5.Boston University (Mid-Reach)
6.William & Mary (High Match)
7.Pittsburgh (Mid Match)
8.Fordham (Low Match)</p>

<p>You might want some more safe safeties.
Your GPA is your weakest point.</p>

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

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

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<p>Your GPA isn't perfect, but it does show that upward trend that colleges are wild about. Your SAT scores are great, and it seems like you have some interesting ECs. Plus, you've got a lot of AP and honors courses... I think you could easily get in at any of the schools listed, honestly.</p>

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

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