Please Chance a Jr for UVA

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<p>Hey,
Right now I am currently a Junior at a pretty well respected/rigorous Christian school in NY (and I commute 1.5 hrs a day there). I want to attend UVA, but its obviously extremely difficult to be admitted (OOS). I've listed my stats and ECs below, is there anything I should do to better my chances? </p>

<p>Cum (W)GPA- 3.9, ACT 33</p>

<p>And we can't take APs until Junior year and more than 2 honors until Sophomore year. Also, my school does not give A+s, an A is the best grade. </p>

<p>Frosh Year (GPA 3.54- Yes I know this is very low)
French II- B-
Geometry Honors- B+
English- A-
Religion- A-
World History- A-
Music- B+
Health A
Biology- A-</p>

<p>Sophomore (GPA 4.02)
English II Honors- A-
US History Honors- A-
Alg II Honors- A-
French III- A-
Chem- A-
Health- A-
Art- A-
Religion- A</p>

<p>Junior Year (GPA 4.2-4.26ish)
English AP- B+/A-
Calc Honors- A
French IV- A-
Physics Honors- B+
US AP- A-/A
Religion- A
Music- A</p>

<p>Senior Year Courses:
AP EnviSci
AP Stat
AP Econ (Micro and Macro)
AP Euro History
Religion
English </p>

<p>ECs
Freshman Cross Country- Captain- Elected
Indoor and Outdoor Track- Freshman, Soph, Jr
-Note: I'm pretty good at track, and if I cut off a few more seconds on my mid/long distance events I might get a scholarship at some schools, so this could help
Student Council- Elected and Served-End of Freshman- End of Jr, Elections for next year coming up
Gaelic Games Club- Co-Founded sophomore year
Ping Pong Tournament for Charity- Founded, sophomore and junior years
NHS- Tutor 2 hours a week
Community Service- about 150 hours, have done a little more than school requirements, plan to do excess this summer to make around 200
I am also going over to Ireland this summer and working in their Parliment with a politician for a few weeks there, will this help (maybe as a double major Econ/Pol Sci?)</p>

<p>Also, does EA give a real advantage? I plan to apply EA, but I was just wondering if it helps at all?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot. The XC, leadership (Gaelic games founder? Interesting, unusual EC!). Your grade climb is impressive too. Keep it up!</p>

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<p>Are you from Regis? You don’t have to answer because I know its a small school. I spent my freshman year there before transferring back to my public High School because I couldn’t take waking up at 6:00am and getting home at 8:00pm after sports. As a frame of reference, if you are from Regis, my freshman year was almost identical to yours, except I was a year ahead of you in math and science. I ended up getting accepted, but I took more APs and the most rigorous courses available at my school. Other than that, our grades, ECs, and test scores are very similar. I would suggest trying to get into AP English Lit for your senior year. I am assuming you took composition Junior year.</p>

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<p>Alright thanks. No I’m not from Regis, but I’ve heard some great praise about it.</p>