Chance Me, 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
Virginia Commonwealth University- Accepted</p>

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

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<p>UVA- reach
William and Mary- low reach/high match
Virginia Tech- match
Maryland-College Park- match
James Madison- match only based on quick glance at last years freshmen profile
George Mason-no idea but I think match based on what other people have told me</p>

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<p>bump!!!</p>

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<p>University of Virginia - a reach that you should try
William and Mary - reach
Virginia Tech - match
Maryland-College Park - match
James Madison - no idea
George Mason - no idea</p>

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<p>You’ve turned yourself around very well, and i congratulate you on this ten times over. Good work!
Now, on another note, I think you can get into these colleges, and the $10,000 scholarship is proof that you’ll probably get into the other ones. UVA is a bit of a reach, but your URM status and other info stated above shows you are a good candidate. They know you will work hard and be a part of the college community, and that is a lways a good thing. Good luck!</p>