Chances- please help

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>Hi everyone, just hoping for some opinions. Thanks. I'm a rising senior, white girl from suburbia NY</p>

<p>Reaches: Duke, UVa, Georgetown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Wash U St. Louis, Williams
Match: BC, Colgate, Hamilton, William and Mary
Safeties: Bucknell, Union, U of Rochester, U of Richmond</p>

<p>ACT- 34 (sending)
SAT- 670 M, 790 W, 740 CR (2200)
SAT IIs- 730 Writing (only counts at Gtown), 660 World, 700 Math IC, 600 American (I know they suck, but for some of the schools I dont have to send them. Also I'm going to take at least one more in Oct.)
PSAT- 214</p>

<p>APs
World History- 4
US History- 4
English Lang- 4</p>

<p>next year: AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Latin, AP English Lit
(all my other courses are mostly honors)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0+ (top 100 public high school in the country)</p>

<p>ECS:
Mostly tennis, I play USTA tournaments and have a eastern section ranking. I am and have been first singles on the varsity team since 10th grade. 9th grade I was 3rd singles. I am going to be captain of my team next year. I played in the World Team Tennis National Tournament last summer (one of 6 to represent the eastern team).
Band: I play percussion (unique for a girl?). Band treasurer 11, 12. I am in Tri M (musical honors society) and treasurer 12.
I have been in Model UN 9, 10, 11, 12 and am President next year.
I am in NHS.
I am in Spanish Club 9, 10, 11, 12.
I am in Interact Club (Community service) 11, 12.</p>

<p>Comm Service
Girl Scout Gold Award- to be completed fall of next year. Raised 1000+ books for homeless children.
Teach children tennis at Boys and Girls Club
Volunteer for Church (midnight run included)</p>

<p>Awards
Kodak Leadership Award ($2400 scholarship/year at U of Rochester)
High Honor Roll all years
Tennis awards- MVP, all league etc.</p>

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<p>I think you are in...but that's just my opinion.</p>

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<p>You've got a great shot for an out-of-state student. Nothing about you seems overwhelming, but nothing would move your app to the reject pile. I'd say that you've got about a 50% shot.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Do you guys go to UVa by any chance?</p>

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<p>I'll be enrolling at UVA this fall as a member of the undergraduate class of '09.</p>

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<p>You're gonna bankrupt your family with just application fees...How can you have four safety schools? Isn't a safety a sure thing?</p>

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<p>There's nothing wrong with that list. As a non-URN, non-athlete, non-legacy student with great but not amazingly awesome credentials, she's doing what's in her best interests by applying to many schools. The schools that she has listed as safeties are schools that might give her money.</p>

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<p>Still, 16 schools; I thought i hadn't defined what I want in a school when I made my list of 8. But hey, whatever floats your boat or finds your lost remote</p>

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<p>I am applying ED to duke and EA to Boston College. If I don't get into those.. well then i'll think about it. I'm not necessarily applying to all of those colleges. Just what I'm thinking about right now.</p>

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<p>I would have said 50%, until I saw the GS gold award (Eagle Scout equivalent). I'll bump it up to 65% chance that you'll get accepted. There's a degree of luck, of course.</p>

<p>I pause for a moment to chuckle about the fact you consider UVA a reach but William and Mary a match. Some of my fellow Virginians might differ, heh, heh.</p>

<p>Best of luck, and, for your parent's sake, choose one safety school.</p>