chance in retrospect...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>to preface this:
i am a senior who has already been through the process, but am interested to see how i would have been chanced.</p>

<p>applying: washington and lee (ED), uva, william and mary, mary washington, vandy, ole miss, auburn, goucher, washington college, sewanee, rhodes, dickinson, f&m, unc asheville, american</p>

<p>sex: female
location: virginia
school: top prep/boarding school in pa
race: white
financial: upper middle class
alum connections: legacy at uva and vandy</p>

<p>GPA: my school doesn't do GPAs, but my academic average, with the exception of 9th grade, has been around an 85 (my school does not weight, also). i generally get B's with some A's, and C's a couple times in math and science.</p>

<p>Rank: my school does not rank.</p>

<p>SAT: 710 critical reading, 630 math (i know, i know), 650 writing.
SAT II: 650 lit
Essays: i wrote my common app essay on teaching myself to play guitar in one summer. other essays for supplements were about my passion for writing, my passion for visual art, and an underground newspaper that i started at my school. writing is my "thing", so i spent a lot of time on my essays and was proud of them.
Teacher Recs: i haven't seen them, but i'm sure they were great. one of the teachers i chose was one whose class i did not really excel in, but i have a great personal relationship with her. i chose my recs wisely.
Counselor Rec: i'm really close with my counselor and he knows me well.
Hook: i've done everything i can to further myself in journalism, from internships to my school paper to summer programs.
EC's: editor of school weekly newspaper, school writing tutor, officer of environmental club, ballet, president of my school's chapter of the young democrats, school tour guide.
Work experience: 1. internship at local newspaper for two summers. i had about fifteen of my articles published. i sent my schools a portfolio of my work from the internship and from my school paper. 2. internship for a political campaign of a somewhat influential william and mary alum. 3. job for my dad's company.</p>

<p>Courseload:
ENGLISH - two years of ap, two years of honors.
HISTORY - american history, world history, ap comparative politics.
SCIENCE - general bio, physics, honors bio, ap env sci.
MATH - my weakness! geometry, alg II, precalc, pre-engineering (no idea why i signed on for that).
LANGUAGE - up to french 4. i turned down ap because ap french at my school is notoriously killer.
ART - i've taken lots and lots of art courses, showing a real interest and passion.</p>

<p>Other: i interview very well, so i suppose that helped.</p>

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<p>bumping this…</p>

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<p>bumping…</p>

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<p>Hey, you got some great chances. Legacy helps, but im sure you could get into Washington ED if u portray urself well in essays… are u thinking about retaking SAT 1, that would help to
Good that ur editor-and-chief of newspaper, show that as well… always ur ECs are focussed thats good… ur gonna do well no doubt… also since ur like writing and art, try to get published for writing and make an art portfolio
they will see that u are really wanting to pursue a career in that…</p>

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<p>bumping…</p>

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<p>rejected at all…</p>

<p>j/k :)</p>

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<p>My guess would be that you were rejected from vandy, W & L, and William and Mary. of course there are always exceptions, and the fact that you made this thread tells me that you are satisfied with your results.</p>

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<p>bumping…</p>

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<p>bumping again!</p>

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<p>My guess–Rejected at washington and lee (ED), uva, william and mary, vandy</p>

<p>Accepted–ole miss, auburn, goucher, washington college, sewanee, rhodes, dickinson, f&m, unc asheville, american</p>

<p>Waitlist–Mary Washington</p>

<p>Going to: Probably depends upon how much financial aid you got (if any), whether you got off the waitlist at Mary Washington and your major (art, art history?)</p>

<p>P.S. If you were able to get your grades up to a 88-89 average in your last semester and then appealed, you might have been admitted in-state for UVA, especially as a legacy.</p>

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<p>:-) i actually got into mary washington honors! haha. the rest of your guesses are close.</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>Being from Va, I would guess you were not accepted to UVA, W&M, W&L. Vandy would be a pivot point WL, maybe. Wash College in MD or SL? I would say not accepted in SL, accepted if MD. I would give you an accept everywhere else.</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>bump 10 char</p>

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<p>85, only two AP’s (!!!) no Calc, no AP foreign language. It’s no wonder you were flat out rejected at UVA and William and Mary. Try Radford. Ole Miss is a great party school but not for the true intellectual. You will have a great time there and it’s a GREAT fit for you. I don’t think legacy means anything unless you’ve got the goods to back it up. I’m just saying…</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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<p>wow, you’re a d-bag. did you even read my post? i took FOUR aps. not TWO. my school limits the amount of aps you’re allowed to take. if i took three aps my senior year, i wasn’t allowed to take ap language or calc/stats. and i was more interested in ap english, ap comp pol, and ap enviro than language or math…which i really have no interest in at all. </p>

<p>at least i don’t go to william and mary…where fun undeniably goes to die. looking back, i am very glad that i didn’t get in. i hear your suicide rate is through the roof and everyone i know who now goes there is a metaphoric ball of stress.</p>

<p>i’m only at ole miss because i could not afford the better schools i got into. you are a snob and your condescending attitude is highly unattractive.</p>