Chance at UVa OOS?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm not in the top 10% of my class.. I go to a really competitive school. Do I have any chance? UVa is my top choice.</p>

<p>-African American
-Female
-Bilingual (only person who speaks both English and Spanish fluently in my family because I was in an dual-immersion program in elementary school)
-Florida
-8 AP classes (9-12th grade)
-GPA- 3.85UW 4.5W
-SAT-2050
-SAT II-620 & 680
-Solid essays and recs
-Going into 12th grade</p>

<p>9th grade extra curricular activity (lived in a different state)</p>

<ul>
<li>1 year freshman basketball</li>
<li>1 year JV soccer</li>
<li>1 year FBLA</li>
<li>1 year Black Student Alliance </li>
<li>1 year Key Club</li>
<li>hustle award freshman basketball
-2 FBLA competition wins in 9th grade</li>
</ul>

<p>10-12th grade extra curricular activity (after moving to Florida, where I joined different clubs and organizations and kept a few the same)</p>

<ul>
<li>3 years varsity soccer (including 12th grade. I played soccer all 4 years)</li>
<li>1 year (senior) varsity soccer captain</li>
<li>4 years Stagecraft (tech-theater working fall and spring productions outside of school 9-12th grade)</li>
<li>2 years English tutoring for Spanish speaking students (including 12th grade)</li>
<li>2 years Latin American club (including 12th grade)</li>
<li>2 years NHS (including 12th grade)</li>
<li>2 years NSpanishHS (including 12th grade)</li>
<li>3 years NThespianHS (including 12th grade)
-2 years soccer offensive player of the year award (not counting 12th grade)
-2 years all-county recognized soccer player (not counting 12th grade)</li>
<li>4 years competitive club soccer (counting 12th grade)</li>
<li>2 years FFEA (counting 12th grade)
-3 underclassmen awards 9th grade
-3 underclassmen awards 10th grade</li>
<li>2 letters from congressmen recognizing athletic honors in 11th grade</li>
<li>black academic sorority award (11th grade)
-100+ community service hours (not counting 12th grade)</li>
</ul>

<p>Thinking about starting to volunteer at a nursing home??</p>

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<p>The percentage of people in the top 10% is something ridiculous like 97.6% or, so with that statistic alone I think UVA is a reach for you.</p>

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<p>Do you have any chance? Yes. You are not just throwing your money away applying to UVa. Your grades, test scores, and ECs give you a legitimate shot at getting in. Being URM helps, too.</p>

<p>But it’s not a great chance. Keep in mind that the OOS acceptance rate is around 25% or so… and the OOS-IS tuition difference is among the largest in the nation, around $28,000, so if you don’t have financial need, the cost could be out of reach.</p>

<p>Is there any chance you can excel enough at soccer to compete at the college level? An athletic scholarship would take care of both the admission and cost problems.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses guys. I would like financial aid, but it isn’t the most important thing because I am lucky enough to be pretty well off. I also could play soccer in college and have several offers. However, UVa is a top school for women’s soccer… I don’t think I’m THAT good haha. </p>

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<p>Seems like your school inflates GPA a lot. You have 4.5 W and 3.85 UW and still not in top 10%</p>

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<p>A lot of people pile on dual enrollment classes that I just don’t have the time for with soccer. Even when I had a 4.0 I was just barely top 15%. Now I’m top 17%…</p>