Chances for Virginia public schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, I'm a senior at a private high school in Virginia and was looking at these colleges:</p>

<p>Reaches:</p>

<p>-UVA
-W&M</p>

<p>Matches(?):</p>

<p>-VT
-JMU
-CNU
-Mary Washington</p>

<p>-George Mason(I'd put this between safety and match out of personal opinion.)</p>

<p>Safeties:</p>

<p>-VCU
-Liberty, even though it's private.
-Anything around this level.</p>

<p>My desired major would be finance, so I'm really looking at JMU specifically because UVA and William and Mary are reaches.</p>

<p>Here are my credentials:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5 unweighted. I took the most difficult classes my school had to offer (selection was not amazing).</p>

<p>Approximate GPA each year:</p>

<p>Freshman: 3.2
Sophomore: 3.6
Junior: 3.8
Senior: Hopefully 4.0, but 3.7 would be more likely. My grades tended to go up throughout high school and as classes got harder.</p>

<p>SAT: </p>

<p>First attempt- 1690- 570 CR, 600 Math, 530 Writing.</p>

<p>Second attempt- 1920. 640 CR, 650 Math, 630 Writing. </p>

<p>EC's: </p>

<p>Concession stand for home Basketball and Volleyball games: 2 years.
Volunteered for a pet adoption group on Saturdays Freshman and Sophomore years.
Aided people in moving into their homes with my Sunday School class: 25 hours.
Beta Club: Junior year.
Worked on the school Yearbook and Newsletter for one year.
Worked at Chick-Fil-A for 5 1/2 months.</p>

<p>And from July 2011 to December 2011 I helped take care of my mother before she passed away from lung cancer in December. This took up most of my Junior year.</p>

<p>In the event that I don't get accepted to any of the match schools, more than likely I'll go to community college for 2 years and transfer into one of them.</p>

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<p>My goodness. I’d say you’ve done very well given the situation with your mom. I’m so sorry.
I think you’re in good shape at JMU. Keep the efforts up. Show you’re doing well now. Tech may be more of a reach. Mason is likely as is CNU. I think you’ve got good safeties selected too. Best wishes to you.</p>

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<p>Wow. I agree with 89wahoo. You have done really well especially with your mom passing. Definately apply to UVA and W&M also. Do you need financial aid?</p>

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<p>you’re in to g. mason & CNU, probably JMU as well.
the improvement of your grades over the years will reflect well in your applications.
work hard on your essays.</p>

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<p>Thank you all for your kindness and input!</p>

<p>And I think I will apply to UVA and W&M, but I’m not holding my breathe on them.</p>

<p>And as of now I probably won’t need much financial aid. We aren’t paying for cancer treatments anymore (as sad as that sounds) and I will try to put forth as much money as I can from summer jobs.</p>

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<p>You would definitely get into JMU. And you are amazing for going through what you did, good luck to you.</p>