do i have shot?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>White Male from NJ</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.79 (not sure if im calcuting it right but its around there)
Weighted GPA: 4.06 (not sure how this is calculated, highest in class is about 4.2-4.3 probably)</p>

<p>Class Rank: school doesn't rank but probably just out of the top tenth in a class of about 120 (our class is unusually comptetive compared to past grades at our school)</p>

<p>SAT I: 770 Math, 730 reading, 700 Writing (one test date)</p>

<p>SAT IIs: 800 Math II (retook after a 690 sophomore year), 790 US History, 700 Biology (took freshman year)</p>

<p>APs: 5 English Language, 5 US History, 5 Calculus AB</p>

<p>Courses: Hardest possible except foreign language and science for my junior and senior years</p>

<p>ECs:
Track/XC: varsity team captain, individually competitive in division, i am injured right now due to a unavoidable condition but i plan to recover as best as possible and continue during senior year
Religious School: attended weekly for as long as ive been in public school, appointed to board of trustees' religious school committee to develop curriculum for all grades, assist in annual food drive that services about 60 local families
Band: played trumpet since 4th garde, participate in band, wind ensemble, and pep band
Basketball: played since freshman year, JV captain during junior year but also played varisty, recieved varsity letter
Model UN: active participant in conferences since sophomore year
Drama: acted in student-led comedic performances during freshman and junior years
Community Service: one of the top fundraisers for a National Multiple Sclerosis Society biking event help down at the shore, participate in one of teh top fundraising teams, my family was asked by the NMSS to appear on Today in New York on NBC to promote the event, i also frequently volunteer through my school's honor society
Summer: attended camp through summer after 9th grade, went on organized youth travel program in teh summer after 10th</p>

<p>Work:
- worked a full time job for two months during the summer after junior year in the accounts payable department of a multimillion dollar corporation
- also breifly worked as a administrative and teaching assistant during my freshman year</p>

<p>Awards:
honor roll freshman and sophomore years (one b in 9th, one b+ in 10th), high honor roll junior year
national honor society
national merit commended student (potentially semifinialist)
whatever the lowest AP scholar award is
highest tier fundraiser for the nmss event i mentioned before
2005 Spring Track Coaches' Award (only award besides mvp, one given out of a team of over 30, almost always given to a senior but i recieved it as a sophomore)
various religious school honors</p>

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<p>Chance? Sure. Shoe in? No such thing out of state.</p>

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<p>i agree with theslammer... write good essays and u'll be in</p>

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<p>You have an okay shot.</p>

<p>your sat scores put you at the 75% for incoming students (it was 1490 for this years 1st years) but your GPA is below the average. Being OOS and not in the top 10% hurts you I would think (87% in top 10% last year) - and you have okay EC's - nothing to write home about i guess.</p>

<p>like sahil said, write good essays and i think you'll be competitive - but i if i had to guess right now i'd say you'd be wait listed.</p>

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<p>what is the average gpa at uva? how far below average am i?</p>

<p>also about class rank, my school does not send out rankings but rather seperates the grade into five or so levels. i remember in 2005 the cutoff for the top tier was 3.9 weighted so i would definitely be in the top if the system has stayed the same. of course im worried though because with almost 20 students around or above my gpa the guidance office may decide to seperate out another level which would probably place me in the second highest.</p>

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<p>83% of the students who enrolled in the class of 2009 had at least an unweighted GPA of 3.75 - which you put you barely above there.</p>

<p>If your school divides your class into quintiles - I guess you would be in the top quintile.</p>