Is UVA a match or reach for me? I'm OOS....

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<p>Hi im entering senior year and i'm finalizing my college list. I don't want to have two many reaches so i was wondering if UVA is reach or match for me.</p>

<p>Out of State
Indian
Rank: ~8/396
3.87 Unweighted GPA
4.15 Weighted GPA
JUNIOR YEAR-----3 AP’s and 1 honors course---APUSH (4), Physics B (4), English Lang. (4)
SENIOR YEAR------5 AP’s
-My school offers 12 AP’s and 1 honors course
-Can’t take AP’s before junior year
ACT: 32
SAT: going to take for first time in october (probably get~2050)
SAT 2’s: US History-770 and Math Lvl. 2-710
Awards-------AP Scholar (national), Top Junior Class (school)</p>

<p>9, 10, 11, 12, Sum. Recreational Basketball
9, 10, 11, 12 Track and Field (Varsity Letter 11, 12)
11, Sum., 12 Literacy Tutor
11, 12 City Community Service Club (Board Coordinator 12)
Sum., 12 Library Programming Committee (no leadership position but I numerous responsibilities in the committee)-The committee plans, organizes, and markets community events
10, 11, 12 Offseason Track Training Program---I workout on my own for 3 hrs/week during the 4 months before track season </p>

<p>Essays:Medicore to above-average
Recs: I'm getting a new counselor this year so they'll probably be generic and my teacher rec won't be the best.........:l</p>

<p>So is UVA a match or reach for me?
Thanks :)</p>

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<p>Any comments or advice? Anyone?</p>

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<p>I think you look like a Target for UVA. Even OOS. Because you mentioned that the essay wouldn’t blow them away, could you maybe find some additional help with it? I would also rec. that you read On Writing The College Application Essay by Harry Bauld (former Brown admissions officer). Michele Hernandez (former Darmouth admissions officer) also has a book called Acing the College Application that contains some of the best essays I’ve read. Stay away from the books that just list a bunch of “50 essays that worked”, etc. (Fiske). The major help in Bauld’s book is that he lists the types of essays NOT to write (the "I am going to save the world essay, “the outward bound essay” (I survived…blahh, blahh), the “my mother/grandmother/dad etc., is the best person in the world essay”, and the hilarious list goes on :). Both of these books are very entertaining and you will definitely get a clearer idea of what they are looking for in an essay (or what they are NOT hoping to have you submit). </p>

<p>Good luck to you!</p>

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<p>Reach…</p>

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<p>It seems like your EC’s are lacking like me.
Your scores are really good though and it seems like you are taking a challenging course.
I think if you really work on your essays, you have a good shot.</p>

<p>Just wondering, how do you have a 3.87UW but only a 4.15W? Is the Weighted out 5 or 4.5? If it’s out of 5, then I think you need to pull off good grades to show you can do well in all the AP’s.
Still, you have a good shot.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<p>I haven’t been able to take weighted classes(ap’s and honors) till junior year so thats y i have around a 4.15 weighted gpa. Yah its out of 5. But i got all A’s in all of them so that’ll help my app a bit. I have gotten all A’s except for B’s in (beg. ceramics, avid 11, and human growth and development-this class is a joke and i got a b in it :frowning: …)</p>