Chance a worried senior, I'll chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Background
Ethnicity: African-American
Sex: Male
Residence: VA
Graduation Year: 2009
Major interests: Engineering
School: Highly Competitive
Class Size: About 600
Hooks:African American Engineer, In state(most schools)</p>

<p>GPA:
4.0 Scale
Had a 2.75 UW 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 which isn't offered by my school.
GPA's arent weighted much at my school, only AP's
The valedictorian of my class has only a 4.2 weighted GPA
Senior Year First Semester GPA W:3.78</p>

<p>SAT/SATII
SAT: 1800 Combined {Math-670, Cr-560, Wr-570}</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:Amazing rec from my physics honors teacher who graduated from UVA in mechanical engineering.
Counselor Recommendation: Great explaining how I've matured in four years
Essays: Great</p>

<p>The Schools:
University of Virginia
William and Mary
Virginia Tech
Maryland-College Park
University of Pittsburgh-Accepted University Scholar, $10,000 per year
James Madison
George Mason- Accepted
Virginia Commonwealth University- Accepted</p>

<p>I'm really worried because I haven't received a likely letter or anything from the rest.</p>

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<p>bump!!!</p>

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<p>Stop worrying! First of all, you already have very good choices, including $$$ at Pitt. You’ll probably get into at least a couple of the others, but even if you don’t, you’re going to do very well.</p>

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<p>checked today and i didnt get into virginia tech, what should I do now?</p>

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<p>You should feel good about JMU and the University of Mayland at College Park. William & Mary is a reach but it’s certainly possible, you would have a tough time getting into UVA though. I’m surprised you didn’t get into Tech.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard virginia tech bases their decisions more on stats. Their essay is optional and if you want to write one its under 200 words. Hopefully UVA will be more holistic about my upward grade trend.</p>

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<p>I think you have good chances at William and Mary because of your class rigor and extracurricular activities. Your standartized scores are a bit low, though. I wouldn’t worry about Virginia, the only thing you can do when you are not accepted to a school is to check your other options.</p>

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