<p>Hey, everyone! I've just recently become extremely interested in the University of Virginia, and am really not sure about my chances of admission.</p>
<p>I'm a white, female junior at a high school in Maryland, and my GPA is 4.0 out of 4.0 and 4.6 out of 5.0. I've never gotten a B in a class in my high school career, and am just barely in the top ten percent of my class. That might go up this year, though, since I got an A in all of my classes last semester, and two were AP (I've never taken an AP class before this year). So, these are the classes I've taken: </p>
<p>Freshman year - Geometry honors, Government honors, Piano I, French II, English 9 honors, Algebra Based Physics honors, Foundations of Technology (required), and Gym/Health (required)</p>
<p>Sophomore year - Algebra II honors, Pre-Calculus honors, English 10 honors, Journalism, Publications, Biology honors, Modern World History honors, French III</p>
<p>Junior year - AP US History, AP Calculus A/B, AP Lang, Journalism II, Publications II, Publications III, Chemistry honors</p>
<p>Senior year schedule - AP Environmental Science, AP Lit, AP Political Science, Open Campus (Calc 2 at community college), Journalism III, Journalism IV, Publications IV, Publications V</p>
<p>I'm also going to try and take French IV over the summer and another AP class online next year! </p>
<p>ECs: National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Math National Honor Society, Journalism National Honor Society, Journalism Club, Forensics and Debate, Journalism Executive Board, Model United Nations, Open Studio</p>
<p>AWARDS: Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism Award - 3rd place for best editorial on an issue, honorable mention for model UN position paper on Kyoto Protocol, award for academic achievement every year</p>
<p>LEADERSHIP: Business manager/Marketing director of school newspaper, News editor of school newspaper, Associate Editor-in-chief of yearbook, Accepted into competitive youth leadership program; NEXT YEAR I will be president of the forensics and debate team and editor-in-chief of the yearbook!</p>
<p>Lots of COMMUNITY SERVICE in a public housing community (tutor and mentor), a place that helps developmentally disabled children & adults, visual arts center (helped in children workshops), and middle school tutor twice a week! </p>
<p>WORK: I worked at my community pool last summer, currently work in customer service/sales at a locally owned pet shop downtown, and will be working at the pool again this coming summer! </p>
<p>HERE'S MY CONCERN: My SAT scores! I've only taken it once so far, and got a 700 on reading, 610 on writing, and 570 on math. The total score is 1880, which is much less than I was aiming for! I'm taking it again in May, and I'm so scared that I won't be able to get my math score up! </p>
<p>I'm a good writer and overcame a hardship as I entered my freshman year in high school right after the death of my oldest brother, so I can include that in my personal statement. </p>
<p>Anyway, any feedback is appreciated! Thank you all so much! </p>