Chance me..Instate

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>Location:Virginia
School: Small and extremely reputed Magnet School
Class Size: 100
Class Rank: 9/100
Race: Indian (the Southern Asian one)</p>

<p>Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.84
Cumulative unweighted GPA: 3.9
PSAT Score: 190
SAT Score: 1880
Honor Roll: 9, 10, 11
Classes: 8 AP (3 this year, 5 next year)
16 Honors
AP Scores:
AP Calculus BC - 5
AP Calculus AB (subscore) - 5
AP Chemistry - 4
AP US History - 4</p>

<p>Here is my resume that was composed for the Guidance Department:</p>

<p>Awards/ Honors
National Honors Society
Mu Alpha Theta
National Beta Club
AP Scholar with distinction
Perfect Attendance: 10, 11, 12 (I know not a biggie..shouldn't even have it on here)
Outstanding Marketing Student Award
Outstanding Chemistry Student Award
Academic Leadership Award</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
Tennis: 9, 10, 11, 12 Lettered
Varsity: 9, 10, 11, 12
Tennis position: Top 6 since 10th grade
National Honors Society Tutor: 11, (and 12th next year)
Mu Alpha Theta Tutor: 11, (and 12th next year)
Research at a university (4 hours a week)</p>

<p>Volunteered with:
Hospital: 200+ (by end of October)
Mu Alpha Theta: 15 (by end of October)
Beta Club: 40 (by end of December)
National Honors Society: 20 (by the end of next year)
Some local
Service Hours: 300</p>

<p>Leadership Experience:
Mentor for a group of freshmen (11, 12)</p>

<p>Research:
Phylogeny research - 9th
Bioinformatics - 10th (at Virginia Commonwealth University)
Molecular Genetics - 11th (at Virginia Commonwealth University)
Molecular Genetics - 12th (at Virginia Commonwealth University)</p>

<p>Employment
Research Assistant - 12th
iPod App development for: AP Calculus and AP Chemistry - 12th</p>

<p>Senior year :
AP English Language
AP US Government
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP Psychology
Research 101 (not a college class, just named that way)
Spanish 3</p>

<p>*** I moved from India in 10th grade. I don't know if it helps to know that this is the reason I have a 580 CR and 640 Writing (colleges probably don't care about me not being completely fluent in English, but I wished they did!)</p>

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<p>This might sound a bit silly, but bear with an “old” lady, isn’t the best way to find out if you can get into UVa to apply there and wait and see? It’s not like you’re going to change your resume/scores/grades appreciably at this point. So give it a shot and have a back-up plan (nobody’s a sure thing.) If you get in, great, if you don’t then recognize that there are plently of good colleges in VA, and what you do wherever you go is more important than where you go. Once you’re in college no one will care where you went to HS even if it is “extremely reputed,” and likewise once you’re in grad school no one will care where you went to college. I hope you accept this perspective in the friendly spirit it is intended. Best wishes for the future.</p>