<p>SAT: 1940
SAT IIs- American History-670, Math II- 670
GPA:~4.0
rank: 13/110
Extracurricular activities:
Long Island Youth Orchestra (3 years) 1st violin
Metropolitan Youth Orchestra (2 years)
String Quartet
School Orchestra(5 years)- concert mistress
(All State and NYSSMA solo)- All County and LISFA
Varsity Tennis- 4 years- captain
Varsity Track-4 years
Intel Science Competition- research at St. John's University 4years
NHS- vice president
SPARC- 4 years, secretary
Math Honor Society
Music Honor Society
(This is only a small portion of my resume)</p>
<p>Courses: AP bio, chem, american, English Lit, English Reading Comp, calc, honors gov't and economics, physics</p>
<p>I know my SAT scores are lacking, but I am a terrible test taker, do you think that my GPA will make up for my SATs?</p>
<p>brittneyhu…OOS at UVa is very competitive. There were students last year on CC who posted they were waitlisted with 2300+ SATs and near-perfect GPAs. I’ll be upfront, I do think your SAT will hurt you. Are you a URM by chance? If so, you might have a shot. Also, if your AP scores are high, then perhaps that might offset your SATs and put your GPA in context. At any rate, you should apply – nothing ventured, nothing gained. Good luck!</p>
<p>Jc40, Thank you for replying! I’m asian so I’m not a URM =( Does it help or hurt me that I’m an out-of-stater? And Do you know if i apply to a specific school within UVA (for example, the college of arts and sciences) if I can transfer out at my own leisure if I do, miraculously get accepted that is. Also, will applying as a certain major help my chances of being accepted?</p>
<p>OOS competition is quite a bit more intense than IS. You should browse through the old threads on the UVa forum and see for yourself. MOST non-URM, OOS students that are accepted have at least a 3.8 GPA and 2120+ SAT. This is merely my observation based upon the posts. The data set doesn’t divide OOS students’ stats from IS like UNC does, but it’s a well-known fact it’s more difficult/competitive for OOS students. Last year’s acceptance rate for OOS was around 22% (the same as say Northwestern, for example).</p>
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<p>UVa is NOT like say Vanderbilt, UT, or Duke, for example, where you can somewhat improve your odds of admission by applying to certain colleges/majors. The E-school kids at UVa have a more or less “set” curriculum; there’s little room to venture outside the scope. One of the BIG advantages of UVa over other top schools, though, is that they don’t put a cap on AP transfer credit. Presuming you make a 5 (even a 4 on some tests), you’ll get credit. D walked in with 51 credit hours! This allows the student flexibility to take more classes of interest and can save considerable money.</p>
<p>If the school truly interests you, you should apply. The odds aren’t in your favor, but you NEVER know…it could happen!</p>