<p>Female, incoming senior, CT
I want to apply to UVA - legacy student (in-state), UNC Chapel Hill, William & Mary, U Miami OH, Wake Forest, Emory, Vanderbilt</p>
<p>Unweighted gpa: 3.844
Weighted: 4.44
I took APUSH & AP Lang junior year & I will be taking AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP Music Theory, AP Lit & dual-enrollment Spanish (AP isn't offered at my school). I am in the top 10% of my graduating class. I plan on majoring in Bio & Music.</p>
<p>I've taken 4 years of math, english, social studies, science, music & 5 of spanish.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-community orchestra (outside of school)
-violin lessons
-pit orchestra
-chamber ensemble - I am the concertmistress of this & my school orchestra as well
-health careers club
-marching band (3 years - I will be doing a semi-professional symphony orchestra outside of school instead - but I was a section leader in band as well on clarinet)
-I have also done Relay for Life & I was a team captain this year.
-Overall I have about 300 hours of community service
-I am doing an internship at a hospital right now
-I also attended a National Student Leadership conference for medicine recently</p>
<p>Testing:
I got a 1980 on the SAT: 600 math, 650 reading, 730 writing - I will be taking this again. I would like to get a 2100</p>
<p>I got a 28 on my ACT - I will be taking this again as well. I would like to get a 30 or higher. I haven't taken subject tests but I think I will in November - Spanish & US History, maybe math.</p>
<p>Thank you! & feel free to post your chances!</p>
<p>Get the scores up and you’re probably in to UVA. I’m not sure about the others. Your GPA and ECs are good, and it’s good that they’re concentrated into a (what seems like) music as an interest and then medicine as an aspiration. I would say you should try and shadow some physicians or something, but you don’t really need to.</p>
<p>I think that you are a match at UVA. For emory and vanderbilt, increase your SAT/ACT, and you’ll have a good shot (but, these schools can be random). Also, try to gain a few leadership positions in your EC’s. Good luck!</p>
<p>If you get your scores up, you will be in great shape. Your extra-curriculars match your major very well, so I think that shows colleges how passionate you are (: best of luck!
chance me back?</p>
<p>UNC is very hard OOS, William and Mary is tough OOS too. Wake is SAT optional, Vandy is very tough (apply ED- it really helps there) and Emory really cares about demonstrated interest. The others should be good safeties. Def try and raise that SAT/ACT a bit too, that can really help you (ands kinda necessary) for the WM, UNC, Vandy, and Emory.</p>
<p>I used to live 45 minutes away from Miami-Ohio and a lot of the kids from my school went there. A lot of them were the party type and got in. They weren’t the brightest kids, but they weren’t dumb. You have a better GPA than they did, so I think you’re in for Miami-Ohio. I don’t know enough information about the others though.</p>
<p>oh a couple more things I forgot:
my mom went to UVA for undergrad, & my dad went to UVA to get his masters in nuclear engineering - the naval academy paid for him to go - does he count too?</p>
<p>I will be getting 3 recommendations: 1 from my guidance counselor, the head of the guidance department, one from the head of the music department, & one from my physics teacher - she got her masters in teaching from UVA.</p>
<p>my high school is public & semi-competitive. the top 5 kids always go to Ivies & the top 10% public Ivies. my graduating class is 450</p>
<p>I’m not really sure about UVA’s policy on legacy, but from what I’ve read it’s undergrad that matters more for undergrad admissions. But it might help a bit.
From the common app last year it said to enter your parent’s undergrad education details.
You have a very good chance either way.</p>
<p>I think that the legacy will definitely help you at UVA. Your ECs will do a really good job in highlighting your interest and passion for your major and your GPA is pretty good. I think if you do reach your goal scores for the SAT and/or ACT, you’ll be a match for all of them! Good Luck!</p>
<p>It looks like your in for UVA & Miami. The others are a reach and Vandy is almost out-of-reach. You need to increase your ACT score to 30+, SAT is pretty solid though. UVA is an awesome school my brother goes there and loves it, there would be nothing wrong with deciding to become a Cav.</p>
<p>I’m kinda late to this post but I agree with most of what they said. Your scores being higher would really help especially and Vandy & Emory because you’re on the low end of their pool score-wise. The rest is excellent so Good luck!</p>