Chances for Nova

<p>Hey what do you guys think are my chances for getting in to Nova? Are my chances better early action?</p>

<p>Race- White
Age- 17
School Type- Elite Private/Prep school
State- New Jersey
Economic Background- Middle/Upper Class</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.7
W GPA- 4.1</p>

<p>Classes/Grades:</p>

<p>I have mostly A’s with a few B’s. I had a couple bad classes freshman year but I have been on an upward trend.</p>

<p>I am just about at the top 10% of my class (full of geniuses).</p>

<p>Taken 3 AP classes with all A’s.
Gotten all A’s and a few B’s in 3 years of honors math courses.</p>

<p>AP US History: 4
AP Biology: 4
AP English writing/comp: 4
AP Art, AP Psych: Will take senior year</p>

<p>^^^ THIS IS A VERY RIGOROUS SCHEDULE FOR MY SCHOOL ^^^ </p>

<p>Extra Curriculars/Leadership:</p>

<p>Co-founder of my schools speakers’ series
Newspaper sports editor Junior and senior year, writer for 4 years
Democrats club 4 years. VP junior year, president senior year
MUN member for 3 years
JV Golf Soccer and Lacrosse for 2 years each
I am in 5 bands (3 at my school) and am quite musically talented
Had an internship in an AIDS research lab this summer
Had an internship at a political consulting firm last summer
Attended National Student Leadership Conference last summer
Will have 50+ hours comm. service.
Leading program to get 100% of 18 year old+ students to register to vote.
Leader in New Student Orientation Program at school.</p>

<p>SAT I:
Writing- 710
Critical Reading-760
Math- 740
TOTAL: 2210</p>

<p>SAT II:
US History- 700
Math level 1- 720
Biology- 710</p>

<p>I should add that I was honors or High honors status every term since spring of freshman year.</p>

<p>thanks in advance for the input</p>

<p>You will get in. Apply EA if you don't want to wait past December. You will probably also be offered a spot in the honors program.</p>

<p>Congrats on your outstanding high school performance.</p>

<p>Thanks so much for the quick reply. I was hoping more people could give me their input. Also I was wondering if Nova could be considdered a "safety" for me?</p>

<p>I don't think it can be considered a safety but I would definatly say good match.</p>

<p>However, I only say this because I personally don't think any thing over a state school should ever be considered a safety.</p>

<p>True. I think very few high ranking schools like nova can be considered a guarentee for anybody, but either way it seems like a good match for me. We'll hope the whole process goes well.</p>

<p>ALSO. I POSTED THE SAME EXACT THREAD ABOUT GEORGETOWN AND UVA. MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD HELP ME OUT ON THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL.</p>

<p>thanks,</p>

<p>Mike</p>

<p>UVA OOS(out of state) is a reach. </p>

<p>Georgetown is a slight reach/match.</p>

<p>Our Val was rejected UVA OOS with a 4.0 UW 1440 SAT and I assume all 700+ SAT II's. Also was a double varsity athelete.</p>

<p>For both schools you will be a competitive applicant but you can never really tell what will happen.</p>

<p>I hear ya. They are two real toughies. I should add with UVA though my mom recieved her Ph.D there, and has donated small amounts of money to the school for the past 15+ years. So does this help a lot. People have told me that at UVA OOS+Legacy is similar to in state.</p>