I've got the worst SAT II score on this board, but other than that, fine...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a junior, lower class white male, who lives in Virginia (Charlottesville, to be exact), and I skipped a grade. My prospective major was going to be Japanese, but after my November score, I dunno, so maybe Japanese and Math or just math.</p>

<p>Rank: 1/~200
GPA: 4.0/4.78 (though I'll probably get my first B this semester)
SAT: 720M 790V = 1510
SATII: Japanese - 440, 8th percentile (totally unprepared with my 2 1/2 years of Japanese distance learning). I plan to get 800 on IIC, 700+ on Writing, and 700+ on another SATII, possibly two (like Physics or maybe Spanish).
PSAT - 231</p>

<p>Courses:
AP Euro - 4
Calculus I at UVA - A
Calculus II at UVA - A+
Calculus III at UVA - Take the final on monday, 50/50 for an A/B
US History to 1865 at UVA - Probably B, maybe A (20/80 for an A/B)
Spanish I, III, IV
Japanese I, II, III</p>

<p>Prospective courses:
AP Spanish 5
3 more math courses at UVA
AP Physics
AP Government
AP English</p>

<p>EC's (hah):
5 Years Ultimate Frisbee
5 Years Tae Kwon Do (but I stopped a while ago)
I plan to get a job when I turn 16
I'll play varsity football next year</p>

<p>Please rate my chances for</p>

<p>UVA (in-state)
University of Chicago
Middlebury
Earlham
Cornell
Georgetown
Princeton</p>

<p>My mom is making me apply to Princeton, b/c I can get a really good reccomendation from an alum and his daughter's on the faculty, though I'm sure my chances are still <10% there.</p>

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<p>Bump. Also, I forgot to say I'm going to go to the Governor's School for Japanese this summer.</p>

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<p>You are in to UVA considering you live in Charlottesville and you are in state. Middlebury is tough to tell, your gpa and rank are good and your rural background may help. Princeton is a huge reach as many people have stronger connections than the one you mentioned and you are lacking in the ec department. Ultimate frisbee? Yet good luck gtown and cornell are reaches but theres a possibility. U chicago chooses randomly based on who fits there so i dunno, UVA is a great school.</p>

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<p>Your SAT and grades should make Cornell look at you twice, and hopefully, and are you a junior?</p>

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<p>I am a junior.</p>

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<p>yeah, the japenese sat2s have a tougher curve than other language sat2s becuase more top students take them, so even though the score is low, its sort of understandable.</p>

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<p>Bump. abcdef</p>

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<p>you're II scores are pretty bad</p>

<p>UVA (in-state)- huge reach (so many in-staters)
University of Chicago-big reach
Middlebury-big reach
Earlham- good chance
Cornell- big reach
Georgetown- big reach
Princeton- impossible reach</p>

<p>you don't really have much. poor sat IIs and everything else isn't really ivy caliber. look at more realistic schools, like the UCs.</p>

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<p>"UVA (in-state)- huge reach (so many in-staters)"</p>

<p>Hah. A-hah. Dude, I'm in at UVA. UVA's practically a safety; kids at my school get in that are half retarded. </p>

<p>I know I've got a horrid SAT II score, but if I get 3 other good SATII's, it will lessen the blow.</p>

<p>"everything else isn't really ivy caliber"
Well, I'd at least like to think my courseload, gpa, and SATI is.</p>

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<p>How does your school calculate GPA out of 4.78????</p>

<p>Anyway, you're in at UVA because it is hard for in-staters that live in Fairfax County, like me, to get in.</p>

<p>I just got in UChicago with a 1330 SAT score!!!! I think it was my essay that impressed admissions, try writing yours with a comic flair as I did.</p>

<p>Don't know about Middlebury and I've never heard of Earlham.</p>

<p>Cornell is a slight reach thanks to...you guessed it, SAT IIs! (But if you do well in your next tests, then make it a good match)</p>

<p>Georgetown and Princeton are reaches.</p>

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<p>i wish i had good enough stats for U. Chicago...</p>

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<p>"How does your school calculate GPA out of 4.78????"</p>

<p>Honors and AP (and college classes) are worth a 5 weighted for an A, 4 for a B, etc. They're worth 4 unweighted for an A, 3 unweighted for a B, etc. The reason I've got so many honors courses is because I did Hon Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus, and the first semester of AP Calculus AB in a period of 6 months, distance learning, and got credit for two semesters (except the last one) of credit. Also, my entire schedule has been Honors/AP/College, except for languages, which don't offer honors till IV, and courses like gym and health.</p>

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<p>Ohh, I see what you mean. When I said 4.0/4.78, I meant 4.0 unweighted, 4.78 weighted.</p>

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<p>Bump. This board moves awfully quickly.</p>

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<p>Bump. Bump.</p>

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<p>"Hah. A-hah. Dude, I'm in at UVA. UVA's practically a safety; kids at my school get in that are half retarded."</p>

<p>LOL man haven't you seen any of Ranger's other posts.</p>

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<p>Ah, I see. He's quite the optimist, eh?</p>

<p>Anyway, I found out I got an A in the UVA history course, and I took my calculus final today and I think I aced (or nearly aced) it, so my chances of an A/B in that course are more like 70/30 now.</p>

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<p>Bump. And also I forgot to say I'm going to be interning at the Jefferson studies place here in Charlottesville this semester, and next year I'll be interning with some politician.</p>

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<p>Well, for a 15 year old you are pretty damn impressive!!! Um, noooo, UVA isn't a REACH for you. Your scores rock for basically all the schools you listed, though Princeton is a reach.</p>

<p>G'luck!</p>

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<p>I am just curious, but where are you taking Japanese for you distance learning program? Have you considered taking the Japanese aptitude test?</p>