Chances at UVa

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, my first post...</p>

<p>So I'm applying early decision to UVa, and I was hoping someone could tell me what my chances are.</p>

<p>My GPA isn't great (3.6), but I've taken almost all available Honors classes at my school and AP History (5 on the test) and AP Spanish 4 (3 on the test). This year I have four more APs. My teacher recs should be pretty good.</p>

<p>I have a 2010 on the SATs but that was last year; I'm retaking them next week. I have a 32 on the ACT. I was a Commended Student for the National Merit thing.</p>

<p>I don't have too many extra-curriculars, but I have my Gold Award in Girl Scouts (I collected 300 lbs of school supplies from local schools and sent them to a township school in South Africa), I'm the editor of my school's yearbook, and I was an exchange student in South Africa for 6 months.</p>

<p>I visited the campus last summer if that helps at all.</p>

<p>Thanks for any help or advice! =)</p>

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<p>i think you'll have a really hard time getting in with a 3.6 and a 1350 OOS - although your ACT score is very strong. Does your 3.6 put you in the top 10% or 5% of your class? If not, you'll probably get deferred and waitlisted or rejected. Hopefully you can break 1500 on your next SAT to offset your GPA. </p>

<p>sorry - hope i'm wrong</p>

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<p>I'm in the top 15%, but that's unweighted.</p>

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<p>Any suggestions for schools that might be better matches? I also looked at William & Mary and Vanderbilt, but those might be reaches too.</p>

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<p>not being in the top 10% will make it extremely hard for you to get into uva oos. you might have a better chance at vanderbilt than uva or w&m - remember, OOS students at uva and w&m tend to be towards the high end of the 25-75 spreads, while at vanderbilt you fit in better.</p>

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<p>Your numbers are right on par for NYU. But depending on your major possibly not. (i.e. Stern and Tisch are like impossible)</p>

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<p>what's OOS?</p>

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<p>OOS = out of state..</p>

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<p>thanks. =)</p>

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<p>"Your numbers are right on par for NYU. But depending on your major possibly not. (i.e. Stern and Tisch are like impossible)"</p>

<p>I see no reason why Stern/Tisch is impossible, his GPA is a little below avg and his ACT is right on level with the average.</p>

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<p>......bump!</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt and Wake Forest would seem to fit you pretty well. Why so eager to come east?</p>

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<p>i have a lot of family on the east coast and i spend at least a month there every year...i've just always liked it.</p>

<p>i don't think i've ever heard of wake forest.</p>