EA chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Villanova University
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<p>Alright so basic stuff first I guess.
I'm a first senior in high school. I live in Los Angeles and go to a Catholic high school. I'm a first generation Catholic Puerto Rican (I received a National Hispanic Merit Scholarship thing too, I don't know if that's important).</p>

<p>Sports: Track and Field freshman year, Varsity lacrosse soph-senior year. Junior captain, hopefully senior captain this spring. I have a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and I am beginning Brazilian Jui Jutsu.</p>

<p>EC's: Church usher at 5:00 mass Saturday and Sunday fresh-senior years
Piano and Guitar (10 years). I compose my own music along with taking requests and arranging covers of songs.
I coach a local youth chess team at my library because the public schools don't offer chess clubs. We travel and go to team/individual competitions. Several of my kids are actually ranked.</p>

<p>Community Service: 250 total hours of Community Service, mostly tutoring inner-city Los Angeles kids for standardized tests like the High School Placement Exam. I've fed the homeless and that whole deal too. I also have my senior project coming up where I'll be a substitute science/sports teacher for a needy inner-city middle school.</p>

<p>Work Experience: Since the summer before freshman year I've worked as a camp counselor at a local summer camp. I coached sports, taught art and music classes, and helped in the nurses office. On occasion I help set up things for the shows etc etc. I'm somewhat a Jack-of-all-trades.</p>

<p>Research: From 8th grade to the end of freshman year I spent most of my weekends studying the DDT effects of the marine population in Long Beach, CA. My partner and I presented our results at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium science exhibit along with some Tufts undergraduates.
In junior year I was selected out of my AP Biology class along with 3 other students to do genetic research on Drosophila regarding the effects of introns on the circulatory system in pre-natal development. My team was published with UCLA undergraduates.</p>

<p>SAT I: W:740 CR:740 M:720 (this was my score from early junior year, I'm taking it again in a couple weeks)
SATII: Us History: 750 Chemistry: 710. I'm taking Math II and English Lit in November.</p>

<p>AP's: AP World History 4, APUSH 5, AP Language 5, AP Biology 5</p>

<p>This year my courses are AP Art History, Theology (required), AP English Lit., AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Environmental Science.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.19, school doesn't rank but i know im in top 15% at least. From what my counselor has told me, I've taken the hardest possible schedule my high school offers.</p>

<p>What are my chances for EA? I think I'm applying to Michigan, BC, Nova, and UVA early action to get some schools in the bag, and then applying regular decision to Brown Stanford Yale Duke and Georgetown (all reaches, obviously). </p>

<p>ALSO, how long is the supplementary essay supposed to be? It says one page typed but is that double or single spaced? I have one written that is somewhere in the ballpark of 400 words. Is that too long?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>bump, anyone?</p>

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<p>Pack your bags…And purchase some fall and winter clothing,as the temperature is a tad different in Philly area then LA :)</p>

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<p>so thats a yes? haha</p>

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<p>I’m applying EA too! My SAT scores are nowhere near as high as your though…lol</p>

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<p>So, Villanova is your safety, yes? ;)</p>

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<p>You stand a good chance because of your extra curricular but your scores aren’t villanova knockouts…I know lots of people at nova, including myself, who scored higher than 2200 in the sat( yours get the job done though). Especially if you want to major in some of the more competitive fields it will be best if you have a very strong GPA and SAT score…I think all in all you will get accepted.</p>

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<p>I’m top 5% in my class with a 4.25 GPA, but my SAT scores aren’t that great. Villanova seems like a really great school but I’ve heard a lot of stereotypes about it…Like the whole “Vanillanova” thing…exactly how accurate is that??</p>

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<p>^I had the same thought about Villanova before i got there…it depends where you come from and how much diversity you want or need. Nova is still pretty diverse, there are a lot of asians, hispanics, puerto ricans specifically, and blacks. Whites, however are still a large percentage, i think higher than 70%. It compares similarily to a other top catholic schools. Notre Dame, College of the Holy cross, and boston college( think they are all 70% white or higher). the only catholic college that really breaks this trend is georgteown which is 60% white.</p>

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<p>Nova2011,
Did a lot of your classmates attend Catholic high schools? Do you know what percentage?</p>

<p>Ditalia,
Your stats look good for most schools! Go for it!</p>

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<p>a good amount are from catholic high schools, but most of my good friends actually went to public high schools. I dont know a percentage, but it is decently high. There are still many students who dont fall into this category at all…in one of my freshman required courses in a class of fifteen students, three were from China, one from Puerto rico and another from Peru. and it wasnt like an international class or anything.</p>

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<p>thanks for the responses. anyone know the answer to my supplement question at the bottom?</p>

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<p>I’m a freshmen and I know several freshmen who got in with scores in the 1800s and 1900s. (Im one of them). You’re pretty much guaranteed.</p>

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<p>My scores are in the 1800s. I really hope that my low SATs won’t hurt my chances! I really want to get in to Villanova. :)</p>

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<p>What do you think my chances are? </p>

<p>I have a weighted GPA of 4.48. SAT scores are in the 1900’s. </p>

<p>Play on varsity soccer and lacrosse (captain), Treasurer of National Honor Society, VP of Spanish Honor Society, President of a club, currently interning at the NASDAQ, and previously had an internship at Comcast SportsNet, volunteered at local hospital and various nonprofits</p>

<p>AP’s: 5 government, 5 language, 5 spanish language, 4 biology, 4 world history
currently enrolled in: AP literature, AP statistics, AP spanish 7, and AP comparative government</p>

<p>I am enrolled in the number one public school in Maryland. It’s very competitive, my school doesn’t rank, but I would say I am in the top 15%.</p>