CHANCE ME (university of tennessee, davidson college, university of virginia)

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

I am a rising senior
classes:
Honors Physics
Honors Algebra 1
Honors Algebra 2
Honors Chemistry
Honors English (2x)
AP English Language and Comp.
Latin I, II, and III

I have an 88% as my GPA (our grade scale is weird at my school so I don’t know what that would be on a 4.0 scale)

I have taken the ACT once without studying in February and I am going to take it with prep again in June.
I got a 25 in February. I’m hoping to get at least a 27.

Extracurriculars, Leadership, etc.
I have been on the Varsity Golf and Varsity Tennis team since freshman year.
My freshman and sophomore year, I was Vice President of my class. Junior year I was an ambassador and parliamentarian of service club.
I am Vice President of Student Council and Vice President of Service Club for my senior year.
I am a member of theater guild and am in the musicals
I taught myself to play guitar Freshman year and I sing and song-write
I am hoping to study music and political science in college
I have won Golf Player of the Year my sophomore year and junior year, thus far. I have also won the Will to Win award for tennis.
I care deeply about America and hope to make it a better place.
I was selected to go to Girls State (a selective leadership program)
Please let me know what you think I should do to improve and my chances of getting into these schools
Thanks!

2

low at UVA, 25 is not gonna cut it

3

definitely agree with you, it’s a reach school for me. I’m really hoping to get my ACT up multiple points. Do you know what my chances are for University of Tennessee (Knoxville) though? I live in Tennessee, by the way.

4

For Davidson (see https://www.davidson.edu/admission-and-financial-aid/class-of-2020-profile), ACT Middle 50% for accepted students is 30-34, so 75% of those admitted have at least a 30. Likewise, 85% of accepted students were in the top 10% of their class. Those who don’t meet these thresholds are mostly URMs and recruited athletes (Davidson is Division 1, and roughly a quarter of their students are athletes).

UVA out of state is also an extreme reach for you.

You stand a very good chance at University of Tennessee (see http://colleges.startclass.com/l/4051/The-University-of-Tennessee-Knoxville#Admissions&s=1g2AzB).