<p>I know decisions come out in less than a day but I was wondering if I had any shot considering I am an OOS applicant. </p>
<p>Location: Florida
Major: Will major in business but not done until Junior Year</p>
<p>GPA: 3.72 Unweighted/4.27 Weighted (Includes Midterm Senior Year Grades)
Took 5 APs, 1 AT (same weight as AP at my school, just no exam), and the rest honors.</p>
<p>SAT:
CR: 610
M: 710
W: 690</p>
<p>SAT IIs:
Math I: 750
Math II: 740</p>
<p>Rank: School does not rank</p>
<p>ECs:
I'm not going to list everything. But I have many leadership experiences (leading a walk for my school, HOBY), lots of community service (helping out underprivileged people, community service programs at my school), 2 athletic teams (cross country 1 year, basketball 2 years), and the clubs like everyone else.</p>
<p>Job Experience:
1 year working at a summer camp
1 year so far working at a law firm as a file clerk</p>
<p>Essays:
Essays were great and I wrote about in one of my essays how I created my own business a year ago.</p>
<p>I think your CR is low for UVa, especially oos. The rest of your application seems fine, but again oos is very difficult and I honestly think it will be somewhat of a reach.</p>
<p>Do you think UVA even thought about whether to accept me or it was clear that my reading score was too low. Also, if I don’t get into UVA, I would really like to get into Wake Forest. Do you guys think I have a shot there?</p>
<p>your sat scores in general are a little too low for UVA in general. As for wake forest, i think you have a great shot at getting accepted, your stats are in the range, even above range, for the school.</p>
<p>I’d say no dice. Not a bad profile, it’s just OOS is difficult. Then again, more OOS are being admitted because they help to support the institution financially…</p>
<p>"We focus on the following:
Excellent performance in a rigorous secondary-school program
Recommendation from guidance counselor and one teacher (required)
Extra-curricular involvement and honors
Writing as demonstrated in the Admission Essays
Results from the SAT I or ACT (including writing section)
Results from SAT Subject Tests (strongly recommended; any two subjects of your choice) "</p>
<p>No telling if that’s in order of importance, or not.</p>
<p>The middle half of the entering class in 2009 had SATs between 1250 and 1430. William & Mary’s board says their OOS mid SAT is higher, with less range, than the total. So let’s say that UVa’s OOS entering class has mid-50 SATs between 1350 and 1430. You’re a little below that, but not much. That’s 5th on the list.</p>
<p>6 AP’s isn’t bad. Your grades aren’t bad but it all depends on your school’s grading scale. Recommendations are usually glowing. Your extracurriculars look okay but not awesome, unless they’re a whole lot better than what you posted. Your essays are a plus; your SATs are a minus. Your SAT IIs look like a plus to me, but I’m not sure that Math and Math are two subjects.</p>
<p>This year is going to be rough – applications for Virginia state colleges are much higher than normal years. My guess is that UVa will accept only around 22-23% of OOS applicants, well below the norm. You’ve definitely got a shot, but those are tough odds. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Thank you for replying with such a nice post jdalu75. My extra-curriculars by the way are a lot better than I posted. I just didn’t feel the need to say every single thing. Thank you again though!</p>
No, it’s not. Academics do come first, though.</p>
<p>I am going to post this year’s stats on my blog today, but my guess is that they are going to look like last year’s. Obviously, we need a few more years to spot a trend, but it seems as though we’re going to be in the 22,000 range for apps now. I personally thought last year was an anomaly an app counts would go back down this year.<br>
<p>JMU and Virginia Tech are also reporting back-breaking levels of applications the past two years. My guess – as long as we have 10% unemployment you’re going to see 22,000+ applications.</p>
<p>Your yield was very low last year, too. Probably means that, even as cost-effective as UVa is, it’s beyond the budgets of some who are admitted.</p>
<p>Let me tell you something I noticed about UVa OOS admissions. You will get rejected/waitlisted if you’re stats are below or above certain ranges. The very top OOS applicants get wailisted often because the adcom knows that they would probably get snatched up by an Ivy or a school of that caliber. They want to protect their yield. Of course, there aren’t any cut-offs, but I’m pretty sure that the following would happen would OOS applicants (this is just to put things into perspective- all other things held constant):</p>
<p>-3.8 GPA/ 2000-2100 SATs would get accepted.</p>
<p>-3.9-4.0 GPA/ 2300-2400 SATs would get waitlisted… maybe even rejected.</p>
<p>Lobzz, I agree with your assessment. I am OOS, in fact an American citizen living in Pakistan and I was accepted with a 2050 SAT and other decent stats. But people over here with 2300+ are being waitlisted. The reason you said is probably the only reason why they are being waitlisted.</p>
<p>Again, UVA does not practice yield protection.<br>
I have noticed that colleges in general love to admit Americans living abroad. Maybe because it’s an enriching life, who knows? But that would explain why you got in with maybe lower stats than others living in the US</p>
You have a shot certainly, just remember OOS is a harder shot to have!</p>