Chance me?

Current Junior
GPA: 4.00 (unweighted) / 4.5++ (weighted)
Rank: 1/200
SAT: 1940 (first attempt, will take 2 more times)
ACT: 32 (again, first attempt)
SAT2: will take World History, US History, Literature, Math 1
AP: World History (5), Computer Science A (3)
Current APs (I expect to get a 4 or 5 on each): Psychology, Art History, US History, English Lang
Senior Year Schedule: Linear Alg/Vector Calc (dual-enrollment), Computer Science-Python (dual-enrollment), Senior Tech Seminar, AP English Lit, AP Comp Gov, AP Bio, French IV Honors, and maybe AP Econ and AP Euro History
Expected Major: Art History, International Business, and/or Japanese

Volunteer Work (hours reflect expected time at end of senior year):

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters (100 hrs)
  • Relay for Life (120+ hrs)
  • 4-H Camp Counselor (215+ hrs)
  • National Honor Society

Jobs:

  • Boy Scout Camp Counselor (2014 and 2015)

Extracurriculars:

  • French Club (9-12, Historian 10, Relay for Life Captain 11)
  • FBLA (11-12, Leadership Team and Competition Team,1st place at Regions for Word Processing, states is next)
  • Boy Scouts (9-11, Life Scout, 54 merit badges, World Conservation Award)
  • Varsity Scholastic Bowl (10-12, expect to be captain next year)
  • Varsity Forensics (11-12, 4th place at regions in storytelling)
  • Varsity Tennis (10)
  • History Club (9, 11-12), Book Club (9-10), Creative Writing Club (10-12)
  • Theater (10-12, 10-Alice in Wonderland as Knave of Hearts, 11-Best of Broadway as Various)
  • Piano Lessons (9-12), Violin Lessons (9-10), Clarinet Lessons (10)
  • Virginia Youth Band Ensembles (9, 12, second clarinet)

Summer Programs:

  • volunteer and work info above
  • UVA Summer Enrichment Program (9, 11)
  • JMU Band Camp (10)
  • Princeton summer college (12, expected)

You’re an extremely competitive applicant if you get your standardized test up, but then again so is the majority of the applicant pool. Academically, you’re a match for the school, but stellar essays and recommendations will make you stand out and significantly increase your chances.

Generic ECs

@ShaunakK98 Thanks for all your help. :slight_smile: