Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>2170 SAT (730 CR 680 M 760 W)
3.94 UW 4.5 W GPA
Rank (I only know UW rank): 1/164
At least top 10% weighted though</p>

<p>ECs:
-Volunteers for children with special needs every week
-Weekly after-school tutoring
-Teenage Board member (for organization for children with special needs, we plan event and fundraisers and all that jazz)
-VP Spanish NHS
-NHS member
-Works part time at ice cream store
-BBYO member (youth organization)</p>

<p>Awards/Recognition:
-Named and recognized in a magazine as one of my cities "ten teens to watch"
-Wellesley College Book Award
-National Merit commended student
-Daughters of the American Revolution Medal
-“Little-Known American History Essay Contest”
-Awards from my school:
President’s Education Award (Attained Honor Roll for 11 Consecutive Quarters)<br>
Honors Precalculus<br>
Honors Geometry Award<br>
Chemistry Award<br>
Biology Award<br>
Guitar Award<br>
Music Theory Award<br>
AP Language and Composition<br>
Spanish 1 Award<br>
Pathways Award </p>

<p>Essays:
I love my common app essay and my supplements for UVA (I did the favorite word one) were really original and creative (at least I thought so)</p>

<p>Recommendations:
1: APUSH teacher, really amazing
2: AP Lang teacher, kind of generic
3: Special needs organization director, realllly good</p>

<p>I know all you can do is offer approximations but what do you think are my chances?</p>

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<p>All anyone here can give you is: A) a wild guess, B) unofficial pessimism, or C) false hope. In other words, no matter what we say, we really can’t tell you your chances - we aren’t admissions personnel and we haven’t seen this year’s applicant pool. </p>

<p>What people can do here though is answer specific questions about your qualifications, so you can have a better idea of where you are strong and where you may be less strong. For example, if you are planning on e-school, or a math/science major, then your math score and math and science background look light. Is your school considered a challenging academic school? You only list one AP class. Is that all you took? How does taking one AP class rank within what’s offered in your school? Are you on the low end (i.e. you took a lighter load), or because you’re in a small school are you taking the hardest track possible? Are you instate or OOS? Which college are you planning to apply to? These things all make a difference as to whether your test scores and ECs are as important. </p>

<p>With all that said, at this point (it being late December), I wouldn’t focus on thoughts of “what are my chances” but rather focus on just getting down to the business of producing the best application you can. You can’t do anything about the rest of it - so focus on what you can control. Best of luck to you.</p>