HELP! chance an out of state student!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a Virginia resident from Fairfax County. I applied to Michigan State University about a week and a half ago. I have heard that it is difficult to get accepted to MSU if you are applying out of state. I also feel that I am at a disadvantage because I applied kind of late, considering MSU uses rolling admissions. Please chance me!</p>

<p>GPA: 3.87
SAT: 1810
Math: 590
Critical Reading: 580
Writing: 640
SAT II
Biology: 750
AP
Biology: 5
Eng. Lang.: 3
US History: 4</p>

<p>I have been taking honors throughout high school as well as 8 AP classes.
I have been employed at a veterinary hospital since September 2008 as a veterinary assistant.
I have shadowed a veterinary internal medicine doctor and a general veterinarian for 20 hours as part of an internship for my anatomy class.
I also wrote a pretty good essay.</p>

<p>Activities outside of school:</p>

<p>Employed at Gunston Animal Hospital since September 2006 to present as a veterinary assistant.
Shadowed a veterinary internal medicine doctor at Regional Veterinary Referral Center in Springfield, VA for 5 hours.
Shadowed an associate veterinarian at Gunston Animal Hospital for 15 hours.
Competed in two Certamen competitions for the Hayfield Junior Classical League Chapter.
Will be attending the Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2008 Holiday Lectures on Science on December 4th and 5th, 2008.</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
Honor Roll for every quarter throughout 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. (12 quarters, 6 semesters)
AP Scholar (2008)
Academic Achievement Award (2006, 2007)
German Student of the Year (2006, 2007)
Mount Holyoke Book Award (2008)
Honorable Mention in Animal Sciences at Hayfield Secondary High School Science and Engineering Fair (2007)
1st Place Winner in Plant Sciences at Hayfield Secondary High School Science and Engineering Fair(2008)
1st Place Winner in Plant Sciences at Fairfax County Science and Engineering Fair (2008)
Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair Participant (2008) </p>

<p>I have recommendations from my AP biology teacher, anatomy and bio 1 teacher, and my AP Eng Lang teacher as well as a recommendation from the veterinarian I work with.</p>

<p>PLEASE PLEASE CHANCE ME! thanks!</p>

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<p>bump:)....</p>

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<p>I think you have excellent chances. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>bump.......</p>

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<p>You chances as an out-of-state student at Michigan State University would only be bad if you were a borderline student, or if you applied to a bunch of other schools and had MSU as your safety school. As it is, your GPA is well above MSU's averages and your SAT is about at their average (and the SAT II is above average), so unless you have applied to 8 schools or more that are all higher rated, you should be accepted there easily.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>calcruzer, how would MSU know if I have applied to other schools?</p>

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<p>When you send your SATs or ACTs, all the other schools where you send them appear on the list of where you asked the collegeboard people to send your test results.</p>

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<p>i sent my scores to 6 colleges (i took the SAT twice)- UVA, VT, George Mason U, Penn State, Hopkins, MSU</p>

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<p>bump.......</p>

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<p>bump......................</p>