<p>Firstly, I apologize for not posting this in the "chances" section; I clicked the link in another post and it took me nowhere. I am a junior in high school, but because I did dual-enrollment my first two years in high school, I was able to get a lot of core credits and will have enough to satisfy graduation requirements by the end of this school year. I'm in an interesting situation because I'd like to graduate early and have offers from Ivies for tennis, but am interested in UVA and am unsure whether I'll be admitted. </p>
<p>I play national tennis on a very competitive level, ranked top 15 in the country (USTA rankings) and because of this, several Ivies say they can get me admitted. I haven't spoken with the Virginia coach yet (I'm calling tomorrow), but since they are #1 in the nation I doubt they will have any scholarships, but I want to see if he will just support me in admissions. I want to go to UVA whether I play tennis or not. Taking into account my tennis, which is my only extracurricular, what do you think my chances are of getting admitted to this year's incoming freshmen class with the following information? How heavily does tennis weigh in even if the coach isn't interested in me? Seems odd that I can go to several Ivies and might not be able to get into UVA.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.95</p>
<p>SAT: 1950</p>
<p>No AP's
No Subject Tests</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>
<p>At best, with chances posts a reputable poster may be able to give you some generic insight based on historical admissions data and trends from the university. It’s nothing that can’t be learned with research. No one has the inside scoop. Your situation is so unique that anything we tell you here will be very irrelevant to you. You may have some luck asking for advise in the athletic recruiting forum, however as you wrote this last night and intended on contacting the UVa coach today, and have already navigated several Ivy League coaches, it may not be necessary. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>I don’t believe in graduating high school early. It is better to spend the time getting some AP or more dual enrollment credits WHILE THEY ARE FREE (or very cheap), and giving yourself a chance to mature a little bit more so you can handle the stress of college life. </p>
<p>If you enter college with enough credits you: a) will be able to take a lighter course load which will make it easier to handle Div 1 sports and travel, or b) be in a position to graduate a semester or two early, or to get your masters within 4.5 or 5 years. </p>
<p>Also, you will have another year to talk to coaches, visit colleges and investigate alternatives without being rushed.</p>
<p>“Seems odd that I can go to several Ivies and might not be able to get into UVA.”</p>
<p>Not odd at all. Most of the kids on Harvard’s football team wouldn’t be able to get into UVA – not a good enough player to get in as a BCS-level recruited athlete, but then not strong enough academically to get admitted without help/hook from the coach. </p>
<p>The coach has a limited number of scholarship and admissions bullets that he can shoot. Totally up to the coach whether your athletic/academic profile is one that he wants to invest in. He might be willing to use an admissions bullet if he doesn’t need to also use a scholarship bullet. Or he might only be willing to have you on the team if he doesn’t have to shoot any bullets at all.</p>
<p>FWIW, when I stated that anything we tell you would be irrelevant, please understand that was in context to chancing, i.e. giving you an idea of your likelihood of being admitted.</p>
<p>Both of the posts you have received from charlie & northwesty have valuable information for different reasons. They obviously don’t need my approval, but I did want to make that distinction.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information and not speculating about my chances. I appreciate it.</p>