chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>in-state JUNIOR asian male
very competitive high school with no rank (114 people got in uva last yr)
gpa: 3.64 (w)
sat: 1810 (will take again)
sat2: math II (800), physics (yet to take), korean (yet to take)
aps:
10th: computer science ab (3)
11th: us history, calculus bc, statistics
12th: will take 4 ap's, might study for 2 more on my own
ecs:
7 yrs trumpet
3 yrs tutoring
3 yrs volunteering
nhs
etc
will send in an audio cd of trumpet solos
good essays
exceptional recs</p>

<p>gpa will rise after this yr (will be a 3.8 if i get straight a's)
aiming for sat to be about 2100</p>

<p>what are my chances as of now and what do i need to do to get a higher chance?</p>

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<p>If 114 people got in last year, I would make a safe bet that if your gpa puts you in the top 100 or so students you'll get in. Your sats are a little low, especially for being asian (as uva generally gets asians with higher sats) I'd work on that. I'd say if you're name isn't ethnic sounding, I wouldn't even put down your asian.</p>

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<p>what in the world, how did 114 people get into uva frmo your school last year? what county do you live in?</p>

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<p>Are you at Jefferson Science, 88classof07? A 1/3 of Jefferson Science ends up at UVa.</p>

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<p>yeah, if you go to TJ you shouldn't have a problem getting in.</p>

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<p>^ I agree.</p>

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<p>yeah, i go to tj
apparently uva looks upon tj very generously
the safety gpa for tj ppl headed to uva is 3.75</p>

<p>but what should my sat score be? im thinkin 2100</p>

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<p>im thinking 1810 will get you into uva from tj.</p>

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<p>i dont know, i think they're making it a bit tougher for us
i wanna get in ED though.. think a 2100 would cut it?</p>

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<p>if you get a 2100 you'll get in. i hope you figure out how you plan on improving 300 points over the next year...i saw big gains between sophomore and junior year (psats and sats) but I actually went down when i took the sats a 2nd time in my senior year.</p>

<p>And I wouldn't call half your class getting into uva "tough" in the first place. even if it is tougher...what will they do...only admit 100 kids instead of a 115?</p>

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<p>I think what I've seen is that about 300 people from TJ get into UVA each year. What I've heard from them is that there tends to be a GPA cutoff - about 3.6 or so - above which one needs to be admitted. Test scores do matter at UVA, and an 1810 is fairly low. If the OP can go up to 2100, he'll stand a good chance.</p>

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<p>Where do the rest of TJ go? Do anyone of them go to the really good IVY league schools? I would expect them to. </p>

<p>At my school in Northern VA which is a kind of good academic school like 20 people go to UVA. A few go to really good schools like John Hopkins etc. The rest go to like William and Mary, Wake Forest etc. Like 30 go to VA tech.</p>

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<p>yeah, about 60-80 end up in the top schools (ivys, duke, stanford)
over 100 go to uva
about 20-40 to vtech
15-25 to w+m
the rest to diff schools</p>