Chance a URM for UVA!

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: 2090 {Math-720, Cr-670, Wr-700}
SAT II's:Taking in October/November in Math Level II</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)
Cornell University
University of Virginia (my number one by far)
Virginia Tech
James Madison
George Mason
William & Mary
Virginia Commonwealth University</p>

<p>What can I do to make sure I'm accepted to UVA?</p>

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<p>Answer to "What can I do to make sure I'm accepted to UVA?"
Nothing. My prediction is that you probably won't be, sorry.
Cornell- Enormous Reach (5%)
UVa- Huge Reach (10%)
VTech- Not sure, sorry
James Madison- Reach (50%)
George Mason- Not sure, sorry
William & Mary- Enormous Reach (5%)
VCU- Match? Not real sure.
You will need some safeties.</p>

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<p>AG you sound great! Good Luck to you in choosing from all of your acceptances!</p>

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<p>LOL smart.cookie!!!...or i HOPE u were joking</p>

<p>UVA/W&M = low-reach/match b/c of ethnicity, scores, and location</p>

<p>JMU, GMU, VT, VCU = matches/safeties </p>

<p>Cornell = reach (SAT is great, but GPA is too low)</p>

<p>For UVA, make sure your write a REALLY REALLY good essay!</p>

<p>P.S. r u from NOVA?</p>

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

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

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

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<p>can someone else please chance!</p>

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<p>you'll definetaly get into VCU. And JMU, VT and G-Mase are pretty safe bets. You have a shot at UVA and WM but probably not at cornell.</p>