Chance me for UVA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Stats
4.11 W GPA In state (Dc metro area, VA) IB Diploma Candidate Hispanic
Transcript
8th Grade
Algebra 2 HN B+
Spanish 1 A

9th (American School in Israel no honors courses available)
History A
Photography A
English A-
Spanish 2 A
Biology A-
Geometry A-
PE A

10th (Back to NOVA High School)
Algebra 2 HN B+
IB Chem B+
AP Comparative Gov A
HN English A
Spanish 3 A-
PE A
Personal Fitness A

11th Grade
IB Math SL 1 C (just was bad at it)
IB English HL 1 A
IB History of the Americas A-
IB Biology SL A
IB Spanish 1 A
Personal Fitness 2 A
IB Theory of Knowledge (prerequisite for diploma) A

12th Grade (At Semester Mark)
IB Topics HL B
IB Spanish HL 2 A
IB English HL 2 A-
IB Environmental Systems SL B+
IB Math Studies B
IB Business A
Basic Drawing A

Recommendations: Good
Essays: Pretty good
Hooks: URM (hispanic), international experience (Israel, born in Peru)?

Extracurriculars: Manager at a home improvement company, NHS, SHS, varsity basketball for a year

IB Diploma

SAT: 2160/ 1490 2 part (750 reading/ 740M/670W)
SAT II: US History (720) Spanish (660)
AP Tests: I took 2 without taking class US History (5) English Lit and Comp (3), one with taking class AP Comp. Gov. (5)
My gpa is a bit on lower end due to a C in 11th SL math and fact that school in Israel did not offer honor courses.

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I did not apply early just regular

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Normally a C would be a serious issue to address. The fact that you attended a non-US school could mitigate that in your case, except that you got good grades straight A’s in 9th grade.

8th grade grades don’t matter. Anywhere. Period.

In HS core academic courses, I see 5 A’s, then 3 A’s 2 B’s, then 4 A’s 1 C. That looks to be around a 3.73 unweighted after 3 years.

3.73 + 2160 + URM + IS = probable admission, usually. But that’s just a guess, and “probable” = “I think it’s more likely than unlikely.” It’s not a record I’d feel great about relying on. It doesn’t help that you’re in NoVa, where a disproportionate number of students apply to UVA (almost everyone, it seems) and they also seem to have serious grade inflation, too. It will make a difference if you are in top 10% of your class, whatever school you’re in… and it will hurt you if you’re not.

There’s a very strong chance they just offer you a spot on the waitlist.

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depends on your uw, but you are a urm. so i’ll say youre in
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18028678#Comment_18028678

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ok thanks both of you