Chance me! JMU and VT

Applying to College
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<p>Please chance me to both of these schools, I just applied. JMU and VT are my reach schools and I have plenty of safeties.</p>

<p>My brother attends JMU and he got in with a 3.3, no AP classes and 1900 SAT but that was three years ago.</p>

<p>GPA - 3.2
Explanation: I took 3 highschool classes in middle school, all which I got C's in, so it is incorporated in my overall GPA. </p>

<p>My GPA from just highschool I calculated and it's a: 3.45
From Junior Year: 3.67
Sophomore Year: 3.45
Freshman: 3.1
8th Grade: 2.0
Number of AP's: 9</p>

<p>Race: Asian (Cambodian), First Generation
First Language: Cambodian
Extracurriculars: Track, Varsity Ultimate, Debate Club, School Newspaper, Student Body, Foreign Affairs/History Club (Vice President), etc.
Special Awards: Posse Scholarship Invitation, $800 Ultimate Scholarship, $100 Award for Science Fair Project, Districts Choir, etc.</p>

<p>SAT SCORE: 1700/2400 or 1100/1600
I got around 2060/2400 or 1300/1600 on five different practice ones (the collegeboard practice SATs), but I didn't sleep the night before due to death in the family right before the SAT. I e-mailed the admissions office and they said they understand and they'll maybe look at my January SAT.</p>

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<p>Submitted College Essay: It was about my mother's brain cancer and how it made me more determined. This is the last paragraph of it and it has a metaphor in it because it was foreshadowed earlier in the essay:</p>

<p>There was never a beam of light that shone upon me, but I realize that although my mother’s life seems to be at a pause due to her terminal illness, my life goes on. I will not let myself be defined by grief, instead I will define grief and make something more of it. When I look at myself, I do not see someone who is crippled by hardship nor do I simply see someone who overcame it. What I see is a girl who lived through the sting of winter until the first sun dawned on the snow, revealing signs of the sky and ground. Then I see a woman, strong from encountering the battle of winter and embracing the kiss of summer. Finally, I see someone who never gives up.</p>

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<p>You have tons of AP classes your gpa isnt that low and if you can get your sat up to 2000 like in the practice tests you will be in at JMU i was accepted early action and i think you have a good chance at virginia tech as well, make sure you get a good math score tech wants that. Goodluck you will at least get into one of these schools if not both.</p>