OOS UVA with a poor SAT??

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>Ethnicity:Native American
Fairly competative public school
Send about 25% of students to top 100 schools
GPA: 4.5
Class Rank 15 out of 400 top 5%
SAT I 1850 aiming for a 2000
ACT 29
Most vigorous course load
Scored 4 or higher on the four AP's I took Junior Year</p>

<p>Senior Class Schedule
AP Psychology
ADV SS Mentors
AP US Government
AP Statistics
AP Economics
AP English IV
AP Biology</p>

<p>-Attended Texas Boys State, became Lt. Governor, and a Texas Boys State attorney
-Junior and Senior Class Vice President
-Principles Leadership Award
-Cum Laude Society founder @ school
-Multicultural Club treasurer
-Varsity Golf captain 3yrs(top 10 qualifyer at Regionals)
-National Honor Society Member 2yrs
-Student Council Member
-UIL creative writing, current events, and number sense
-Honor Guard
-Working on having some of my writing published I worked on over the summer, may be difficult to do before applying but its possible
-over 100 community service hourse at Presbyterian Hospital</p>

<p>Expecting extremely good rec's and essays</p>

<p>Schools I'm looking at:</p>

<p>Reach Schools:
-Middlebury
-Washington University
-UVA OOS
-Vanderbilt
-Carleton
-U Chicago</p>

<p>Match Schools:
-UT Austin
-Wheaton
-Loyola Chicago
-U Mass
-Brandeis
-Boston U</p>

<p>Safety Schools:
-University of North Texas
-North Texas Central College
-University of Oklahoma
-Texas A&M
-University of Colorado</p>

<p>Tell me if I'm aiming too high or any other suggestions you might have</p>

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<p>I think you have a pretty solid shot at every school you're applying to. You might also want to consider applying to Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>I think you're pretty realistic. Reach schools are probably all reaches, matches are matches, etc. Best of luck.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth?? Theres no way i can get in there with a 1850 SAT</p>

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<p>you said that you're planning on retaking though.</p>

<p>...plus you're Native American. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FTW :-/</p>

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<p>key words: native american. if you have tribal affiliation i wouldn't be surprised if it were easier to get into UVa than if you were black!</p>

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<p>seriously, you can probably get in anywhere. You should apply everywhere. I mean, harvard might be a reach, but cornell/brown/dartmouth/penn are within your grasp, solely based on the fact that your Native American (if you have tribal affiliation)</p>