Chances at DUke, UVA, Chicago, William & mary, VT, wake?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello,
I am a senior and am applying to UVA. It's my number 1 choice. Can you please chance me for there as well as for other schools based on your knowledge of the schools and of others who were accepted there?</p>

<p>Basic
-Born in India, VA resident, Male
-Attend public high school for 3 classes and Central Virginia's Governor School for other 3 classes. and 1 community college class monday nights
-GPA: will be about 4.3-4.4 W, 3.90 UW
-Rank: will be 4-10 out of 340
-SAT II's:
US history: 640 Physics: 640 in may then decided to take math 2 and history in october but got scared out of history and took math 1 instead. Math 2: 730, Math 1: 700.
Is that bad? 4 subject tests?
-SAT1: highest overall: 730 Cr, 770 M, 720 W = 2220 total</p>

<p>Clubs/Organizations
•National Honor Society
•Varsity Club - those with Athletic and academic varsity letter – All four years
•Key Club/Spanish Club – Freshman/Sophomore Year
•Latin Club – Junior/Senior Year</p>

<p>Leaderships Positions
•President of National Honor Society
•Lynchburg General Hopsital(have 120+ hours) – wheelchair patients, deliver flowers, etc.
•Governor’s School Student Activites Board – Junior Year</p>

<p>Sports (~20 hrs/week - all year round, including summer) All 4 years
•Indoor Track - Varsity Letter last year, probably this year
•Outdoor Track - Varsity Letter twice
•Cross Country - 2 years
•FYAA Recreational Basketball during this winter season (team of friends)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work
•Have recorded 124 hours volunteering at Lynchburg General Hospital every Sunday
•Captain of Relay for Life team (money for American Cancer Society)
- created own team composing of over 40 teenagers.
- organized event fundraisers and team registrations
- collected over $1100 dollars from donations and fundraisers towards
•Various races for charity: 9th Annual Central Virginia Kidney Association Race, Turkey trot (cancer), Angels Race, other running related volunteering</p>

<p>Academic Honors/Awards
•Placed 3rd in annual school tri-star tournament (trigonometry) sophomore year
•Participated in Research Symposium and Regional Science and Engineering Fair
•AP Scholar with Honor (earning at least a score of “4” on 4 AP tests; had 4.5 average)
- I self-studied AP US history and AP Psychology (not offered)
•One of four ambassadors of CVGS at the annual N NCSSMST conference. It was a 4-day trip spent at George Mason and Washington D.C. Observed many politicians, a Nobel Prize winner, and memory researchers from Dartmouth University.
•Accepted to VJAS (state science fair), placed 2nd in the Psychology – Learning and Perception Category. The project was titled: “Memory and Perception in the Earlier and Later stages of the Brain.”
-Academic Award of Excellence - 3.5 UW GPA - all 4 years
Summer Programs
•Boys State - elected as senator (one from each city of about 50 students). At the Senate House meeting, I was elected as the clerk. Duties were to preside over and run each senate session. </p>

<p>Miscellanous
Random credits from Local community college- junior year and 2 CVCC classes this year</p>

<p>College Major/Career Aspirations:
•I have always wanted to enter the medical field and have had an interest in memory and the brain specifically
•I wish to major in one or two of the following: cognitive science, neuroscience, biology, psychology, and even political science
•I am extremely interested in going to medical school and want to be an neursurgeon</p>

<p>Extra :</p>

<p>-I moved to New Jersey from India when I was 6 years old and learned English in that summer. I finally switched to “regular” English from the foreign English classes in the 5th grade. </p>

<p>-Of the three B’s I’ve received in high school, two were in freshman year and the other was in Pre-AP Spanish. I do not feel as though learning Spanish is crucial in my education because I am already bilingual and will re-learn Spanish in college, so I decided not to take AP Spanish. </p>

<p>Essays (not done but ideas)
-Commonapp one about my life from India to NJ to VA (so different and learning english and diversity and how i'm still inexperienced about life)
other essays for supplements are pretty interesting, unique. so overall pretty good but not ridiculous</p>

<p>Reccomendations (same for all
Guidance counselor: i think really really good, he just started last year but likes me a lot and talks about how im gonna br really successful
AP English teacher: really really good b/c i basically write rec FOR her since i have to answer lots of questions about myself and hand to her
CVGS Biology teacher: also really good (has lots of connections all over)</p>

<p>Sorry for the long message but what are my chances at UVA? and any chance of Echols scholar?
The other colleges are:
Duke University
University of Chicago
Wake Forest
William and Mary
Virginia Tech</p>

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<p>bump? (10 char)</p>

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<p>Well, ur subject test might be alittle low for Duke and Chicago (but ur SAT and school related information seem great!) Ur EC, Honor/awards, and others seem impressive. Did you take any APs or AP classes? That can make some contributions.
Duke- reach
U Chicago- reach (this university is known for being quite capricious, so it's hard to tell. Mostly depends on ur essays and recommendations so I'll just say its a reach)
Wake Forest- low match
William and Marry- low match-safety
Virginia Tech- Safety
UVA- match to high match</p>

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<p>Thanks for chancing me!</p>

<p>I think UVA is a match. I don't know much about Wake Forest....William and Mary and Virginia Tech are no problem. Duke and U Chicago are reaches...I'd say probably not for either, though your chances are likely better at Duke than U Chicago.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Citybirds27, your chances for UVA, VT, W & M and Wake Forest are all excellent. Duke and UChicago are reaches, but very doable. Much good luck!</p>

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<p>To CH4: Yeah if it says I got AP Scholar with Honor
i took Psychology (5) English Language (4) Us History (4) Euro (5). taking environmental science and stats this year. </p>

<p>ok thanks guys for the input thats what I thought.. still wanna try for chicago and duke though haha</p>

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<p>UVirginia/VaTech- Safety
W&M/Wake Forest/Chicago-match
Duke- low reach (just b/c of amt of applicants)</p>

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<p>I disagree with CH4... ur SAT's meets Duke's standards and u have a 3.9 GPA... as long as u have EC's period (which u do) ur in. Don't forget their are a lot people that apply with lower GPAs and SATs. This is 4 chicago 2...idk much bout the rest</p>

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<p>^I disagree. Duke is a highly competitive school, and I wouldn't forget that there ARE a lot of people that apply with just as good or better GPAs and SATs. I'm not saying this to discourage; you seem like a very solid applicant. I'm only saying that JJac's post may not be entirely accurate.</p>

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<p>These days, Duke is about the same level of reach as many of the Ivies, which means that it's a reach for everyone. You're in the zone though, and it's very reasonable for you to apply. I assume that you'll be considered instate for the Virginia schools? If so, it's hard to imagine that you wouldn't get into all of them, although UVa is tougher than it used to be.</p>

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<p>thanks for the chance! I was going to ask about your AP exams, but it seems like you've done a good job on those, and yeah, you have solid stats.</p>

<p>In at UVA and definitely VT. I would say in at W&M too</p>

<p>Chicago would be a match </p>

<p>Duke would be a very low reach. My friend just got in though, and she looks about as good as you. So many people apply to duke though, and it's not a joke to get in. But I think you definitely have a shot</p>

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<p>Everything but Duke and UChicago - You should get in in all reality</p>

<p>Duke - Low to Mid Reach
UChicago - I'm guessing Mid reach</p>

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<p>Umm...Duke is more selective than Chicago.</p>

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<p>for those of you who know about the specific colleges.. do u know if I have a shot at scholarships/honors colleges there? I want to try to get Echols scholar at UVA.</p>