Chances for a student-athlete

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Choices: Tufts, Wash. Univ. in St. Louis, UVa, any other schools that people can offer.</p>

<p>Location: Virginia
Sex:Male
Ethnicity:White
Rising Senior at a non-accredited school..meaning the people in my school are too stupid to pass the state issued exams at the state's standard.</p>

<p>GPA:4.05..aiming for a 4.17 after next year.
Unweighted GPA: 3.8 i think? One B came in middle school, so im unsure that the top universities will even count it. 3 B's total counting that one.</p>

<p>Class Rank:7/297..top 5%
SAT I: 1350 on the old..2000 on the new.Have only taken once, any probably wont be able to take again.
SAT IIs: Predicted 780 on the US History. 700+ for World History and Math I</p>

<p>ExtraCurriculars:<em>=a certain prediction
-Soccer: Varsity (10,11,12</em>)
I have been playing highly compettitive soccer for 7 years.
-District Olympic Devolpment Program (9,10)
-Honorable Mention All-District (10)
-First Team All-District (11)
-Second Team All-Region (11)
-Attended US Naval Academy Soccer Camp in summer(9,10,11)
-was a Camp All-Star (10)
-20+ Hours teaching small children soccer.
-Have a pretty good shot of being elected captain for my senior year.
-Was recruited by West Point and a Div III NY school to play soccer.</p>

<p>Winter Track:(9,10,11,12<em>)
-All-District 1000m (10,11)
-Boy's Team Captain (11,12</em>)
-Top Newcomer Award (awarded from team) (10)</p>

<p>Cross Country:(11,12<em>)
-All-District (11)
-MVP Award (awarded from team) (11)
-Boy's Team Captain (12</em>)</p>

<p>Clubs:
-Latin Club (10,11,12<em>)
-German Club (9,10,11,12</em>)
-Fellowship of Christian Athletes (11,12*)
-Will be running for Senior Class Vice-President</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Soda Jerk-Five and Diner (summer job after 10th grade)
Busser-Outback Steakhouse (11,12*) I work every Sunday during the school year, my only free day in the week.
Waiter-Friendly's (a second job for the summer)</p>

<p>Volunteer Hours:
20+ hours Tot Soccer
40+ Hours working on a Civil War battle site.</p>

<p>School Awards:
Wrote several articles for my school's nationally aclaimed newspaper (9)
German II Student of the Year (9)
World Geography Student of the Year (10)
German III Student of the Year (10)
AP World History Student of the Year (10)
AP US History Student of the Year (11)
National Latin I Exam Silver Medalist (10)
National Latin II Exam Gold Medalist (11)
-Selected for Boy's State (11)</p>

<p>APs:
Have taken 4 thus far, i have taken all the tests. World History, US History, Calculus AB, English. I only know my World History score thus far..which was a 4.</p>

<p>Next Year I am taking 5 APs. Government, German, Euro History, Statistics, and English</p>

<p>Miscellaneous: I intend on majoring in one of the social sciences, probably history. My father and brother are both in the military. My parents recently divorced. I don't want to play soccer in college, but if I have to do it to get in, I'll play. I am well-known at my school, people and teachers like me.</p>

<p>THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!</p>

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<p>Safties: JMU, Mary Washington</p>

<p>Please can I have some serious responses.</p>

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<p>I know for a fact that with your grades, the min equivalent of 1800/2400 SAT and if you are a recruited athlete (a tip)
you will have no problem getting in many fine schools --Tufts, Conn College, Bates, Bowdoin,Colby, but you have to be willing to use your sport to your advantage and play in colllege</p>

<p>You should contact coaches at the schools you are interested in and see what their interest is in you.</p>

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<p>Any chance of getting in without playing sports? At least 6-7 people seem to get into UVa from my school every year, and i feel that my stats are a lot better. I just feel that im already going to have enough stress in college, so i dont want the added stress of sports (something ive been dealing with my entire life).</p>

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<p>If the coach wants him at any of these schools, he is more than qualified. I know kids with 2.8-2.9 GPAs with 1200/1600 SATs that are going to Bowdoin, Colby, Trinity etc. They were highly recruited athletes--hockey, baseball, football</p>

<p>With coach support, he will get in--no problem</p>

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<p>If you find sports stressful, then perhaps you should not play in college
In my son's case, sports has been a great stress relief for him, helps him stay very busy and organize his time effectively. He has learned to make good use of his free time when he is not practicing, working out or playing one of his sports</p>

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<p>Your SATs will be a problem at WashU and Tufts if you're not recruited. Don't know about UVA. If you have a chance of being recruited (DIII maybe), you'll get into a great college. You could play for a year and see how it goes. If you post your times, there are lots here who can say if you're recruitable.</p>

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<p>if you wont be playing in college, you've lost some ground in admissions. i know that D-1 schools are very overwhelming and time consuming, but D-3 is much more low key and less stressful. check out the nescac schools.</p>

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<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross. HC has a solid soccer program with new facility and the school's Classics/Latin program is highly ranked. Location is good-1 hour from Boston.</p>

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<p>I don't usually reply to chances posts but I think you have a good chance to go to many of these. I would maybe try to find some schools in between those you listed and your safeties. I agree that you should contact the coaches and if they're a dIII school (like washu or tufts) you are actually can use the sports to your advantage to get in but if you decide not to play for a year, they can't make you. For example, a friend if mine was recruited to play softball at wellesley but ended up trying out to row and didn't play softball. Same thing with my friend going to vassar, recruited to play then quit playing her senior year and in college. Honestly the coaches would rather have you not play than burn out. Also, study for SATs.
So I would say:
Reach: Washu U
Tufts
Lower Reach- UVA
Match-???
Safties- The two you listed.</p>

<p>Maybe you should look at some schools like Vassar, Holy Cross, maybe Hamilton (but vassar and hamilton might add to your reach list).
Anyhow.. good luck</p>

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<p>meaning the people in my school are too stupid to pass the state issued exams at the state's standard.</p>

<p>i think your first issue should be this, and even if you were kidding, you shouldn't be putting down your fellow classmates</p>