Chance me for Villanova

Colleges and Universities A-Z Villanova University
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What do you think my chances are for Villanova (VSB) are? Any comments are greatly appreciated.

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1460 (790M/670R&W)(7/6/7 Essay) retaking in October

SAT II: Physics: 790, Math II: 770,
Math I: 720, Chem: 650

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.7/100 UW

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A

AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5)

Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Gov, AP micro/macro, BC Calc, AP Physics, Accounting, 2 half year English classes

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Only small school awards

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
School/Club Soccer
School Baseball
FBLA
Youth Court
Best Buddies
Entrepreneurs Club (Treasurer)
Stock Market Club (Founder/President)
Non-profit website to encourage/teach kids to exercise and eat healthy (Treasurer)

Job/Work Experience: multiple summer camps, two summers at local minor league baseball stadium as cook/dishwasher

Volunteer/Community service: tutoring at my school and at this organization that helps kids with disabilities play and enjoy sports

Summer Activities: work/soccer/volunteering

Essays: Will be pretty good

Teacher Recommendation: one will be excellent and one will be average

Counselor Rec: nervous about this because my school only has kids talk with their counselor like once a year so our counselors don’t know kids on a personal level

Additional Rec: pretty good from soccer coach

Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
I’m a white male in business (so no)

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Hi,

I’m going to be a freshman at VSB this year. Your scores are above average, your GPA seems to be above average (not familiar with GPAs out of 100), and you seem to be very well rounded with clubs and volunteering. Your senior class schedule will definitely help. Have you taken just about the highest level for every course? Definitely see if you can push for one or two more leadership positions in the clubs you currently are in. Also, I had the same exact problem with my counselor since I graduated with almost 800 kids. I would just suggest stopping in periodically for either menial things or schedule an appointment to talk about college, essays, etc. to help build a better bond. Your community service / volunteering and clubs will definitely help a lot. I say you normally would have very good chances of being admitted. However, the number of applications Villanova will receive - and specifically for admittance to VSB - will significantly increase because of the NCAA National Championship, and VSB being ranked #1 by Bloomberg. I say you are a match for the school, but maybe try breaking through through the 1500 threshold to be even more sure. You can message me if you need any other help or whatever it may be, best of luck!