chances at UVA?, really quick

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Please, just read this and give me a safety/match/reach evaluation for UVA
<em>Answering my questions helps too</em> (SAT II Physics, EC's, etc: see below)</p>

<p>Currently: Senior in VA (in-state, just wanted to make that clear)
Ethnicity: Indian</p>

<p>I'll be applying for engineering. There are many majors I like in that division but I can't decide.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.695 weighted, 3.630 unweighted
Note: my school doesn't give a lot of credit for APs and none for Honors. It's just 0.5 added to a grade in an AP class.</p>

<p>SAT: Math-710, CR-730, Writing-660, total-2100, or 1440 traditionally
SAT II's: MathIIC: 700, USHIST: 660, ENGLISH: 670
I'm going to retake at least 2 of these (Math and English probably) and take Physics also. <em>Can I do good on the Physics test with just Honors Physics last year and starting AP Physics C this year?</em></p>

<p>APs: CHEM-4, USHIST-4, EnglishLANG-4
APs this year: Computer Science AB, Calculus BC, Physics C, English Literature, and Government
Other classes: Spanish 1-4, honors core classes except for history my first two years, band first 2 years, some electives.</p>

<p>EC's:
- Debate Team - member - 4-6 hours a week during sophmore and junior years
- Wrote an essay for a Northern Virginia Bengali Association Magazine and later helped design the magazine itself with computer graphics software
- Science Honor Society - webmaster (officer position)
- National Honor Society - member
- Pohick Homework Helpers - Tutor - 1 hour a week during junior year
- INOVA Fairfax Hospital - Volunteer - 51 hours
- Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program - Intern - 40+ hours a week, doing a lot of programming with an engineering tool called MATLAB (8 weeks in the summer)
- Band - trumpet - since 5th grade, kind of stopped as a junior.</p>

<p>(<em>should I put the last one on my college app?</em>)
Note: I did volunteering for the honor societies but don't remember how much.</p>

<p>Awards:
- 4th place - NOVAFL student congress
- 5th place - NOVAFL student congress
- 5th place - NOVAFL student congress
- Debate Team School Letter
- AP Scholar</p>

<p>Thanks so much! assuming you actually reply...</p>

<p>EDIT: OH! and I'm also applying ED. Do you think there's a chance that I'll be rejected right away? I just thought that, If I don't find out early, there's always the chance of regular decision. My counselor has been worrying me though and saying that only the best students get in ED, she also thinks that applying ED will reduce my chances if I get put in the regular decision pool.</p>

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

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<p>You look pretty easily in at UVA, esp. w/ In state</p>

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<p>thanks, any other opinions?</p>

<p>Some other places I'll be applying are: </p>

<p>Cornell
Tufts
VaTech
William and Mary
and, of course, UVA</p>

<p>I'm also thinking about:</p>

<p>University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan
Georgia Tech
Penn State
Carnagie Mellon
John's Hopkins</p>

<p>I'm obviously going for mostly good east coast engineering schools. Are there any others that my stats match with that I'm missing? I can't decide which ones to take off of my second list, but I would appreciate a chances approximation for any of them.</p>

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<p>Try UD Honors Chemical Engineering. Or just regular UD chem e. One of the best schools in the country for that, even if most people don't know it.</p>

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

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<p>UVa instate is a match - and definately apply early if thats where you want to go. Your GPA is low, but your SATs are almost at the 75%ile. You most definately won't get rejected early - and worse comes to worse you get a 2nd shot in the RD pool.</p>

<p>I'd say the same for w&m</p>

<p>vtech - safety
illinois - match/safety
michigan OOS - reach
hopkins - reach
carnegie mellon - reach
georgia tech - match
penn state - match/safety</p>