<p>I am applying RD to UVA from NY. what are my chances?</p>
<p>3.8/4.05 GPA</p>
<p>(my gpa is low because I have taken about 7 APs in junior and sophomore year alone. In senior year I am taking 5 AP classes and 1 SUPA class which is twice as hard as an AP)</p>
<p>2190(750 math, 700 reading, 740 cr) on SATs( had appendicitis attack when i took it and my guidance told that to the admissions office)</p>
<p>700 on chem and US sat 2, 710 on math 1</p>
<p>This is my complete activities list:
1) Clinical Community Service at Universal MRI(600 hrs) from 9th grade to 11th grade.
2) Religious Community Service in India over the 10th grade summer in a Temple in Delhi (170 hrs)
3) Research with Dr. Dmitri Chklovskii at Cold Sping Harbor Labs( Approx. 500 hrs)- 4 to 5 hrs during the year and 5 hrs/day during the summer
4) Summer School at Harvard (Biology) during 10th Grade summer
5) Worked as a Computer Technician in Queens, NY in 9th grade
6) Web-designer in Delhi, India in 9th grade
7) Worked as Sales Person in NYC
8) Tutored 5th and 6th grade students in math and science during 9th grade
9) Varsity Track
10) National Honor Society in 11th and 12th grade
11) Second Place in Rohm and Haas research competition</p>
<p>I didnt include all the pointless clubs i joined in which I did not have a major position...</p>
<p>I basically wanna become a computational neuroscientist (combination of computer science , neurology and physics). That is why all my research is in that field and my job experience is in computer science.</p>
<p>man i hope you get in my stats are not as close and i'm applying but as a transfer though.</p>
<p>I agree that your GPA is a little low, particularly from OOS, but you have some really interesting EC's that could help you shine in the essays. You have clearly challenged yourself by taking as many AP's as you have and by taking the SAT's while suffering from appendicitis!! Well done!!
So, that said, I think you are on the borderline. What's your class rank?
Do extremely well on your essays, and I'd say that you have a fighting chance. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>my school doesn't rank.
I appreciate the responses</p>
<p>I'm not sure if this is true or not for UVA, but last year when I went on some college admissions tours, the admissions presentations really focused on how important class rank is, because without it, it's really hard to know where you stand vis a-vis others in your school. What if everyone at your school has a 4.05 GPA, then you aren't too special are you? But if you are in your top 1-5% of your class then that's pretty darn good. At Notre Dame, they say that the MOST important stat that they look at, right off the bat, is class rank. They said that if a school does not rank, then they will directly ask the guidance counselor to estimate a student's rank. Roughly speaking, ND takes the top 3% of applicants. UVA is a little more complicated in that it's a public school dealing with IS and OOS students. I don't have the stats in front of me, but I suspect that the OOS ranks are very competitive. I'm OOS and was in the top 3% of my class.</p>
<p>I guess where I'm going with this, is that you should not be naive by simply saying "my school doesn't rank". UVA will look at all your data, and the admissions people--(who are well versed in the process and statistical science of college admissions and HS data) will know the quality of your school and what a 4.05 GPA means there. I suspect that they'll also try to get a rough guess of your rank from your guidance counselor's report. IMO rank matters, and I bet you have an idea of where you stand in your class.</p>
<p>FWIW, I never did go on UVA's official admissions tour, so I can't tell you what was most important to them. I suspect: rigor of courses (yours are great), class rank/GPA (?-without rank, but probably good), SAT's (very respectable), EC's (with leadership, very nice), and for the final finish>>>superb essays that round out the individual.</p>
<p>Good luck. I still like your EC's.</p>