School of Business Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Villanova University
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<p>Hey everyone... I'm anxiously waiting to hear from Villanova. It's definitely my first choice. I posted this same topic before... but I feel the need to ehar from people again! What do you think my chances are like?</p>

<p>Both my mother and father were born and raised in Ireland. I was born in the US. I have dual citizenship.</p>

<p>About a week ago, I met with one of the assistant admissions directors (?) and had lunch at Villanova with him, along with my mother and father. I think it went PRETTY good... not excellent, but I was happy. I was able to get this because I have a small connecrtion inside VU..</p>

<p>GPA: 95
SAT: 1300/1600
SATIIs: Math 2: 700 US History: 570...</p>

<p>APs Taken:
World History -4
US History - 3
Chemistry - 2...</p>

<p>APs Currently Taking:
Stats
Calculus AB
Psychology</p>

<p>I am also taking English Honors, taking Spanish V, senior seminar and economics.
I've been playing soccer for my HS 4 years, am in the national honor society, I'm the secretary of the Science Honor Society, treasurer of the soccer club and I'm a delegate for the Student Organization. I'm also a member of the Spanish Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society). I am the sales manager of the Event Staff of our school plays and am responsible for calculating profits, expenses and such.</p>

<p>I've been working as a lifeguard since last November and was recently promoted to Pool Manager.</p>

<p>I've been an altar boy since 1998. I now am the leader of the altar servers and serve as their mentor; I teach all new servers how to serve. I also am an assistant teacher for religious education for 1.5 hours a week. I talked about this with my interviewer and was very impressed (because he was a priest or held another religious title).</p>

<p>My essays aren't the strongest, but I thought they were pretty good. I wrote about religiob in my Villanova essay.</p>

<p>What do you guys think? Any feedback is appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone.</p>

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<p>Though things were said about me going there next year, my interviewer was very cautious about things involving my acceptance... he made sure not to give me the idea I was definitely in.</p>

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<p>Yeah the admissions officers aren't allowed to say anything. I'm pretty sure I've chanced you before and it's def in your range so you have a good chance. It's not a definite though. Is your GPA weighted or unweighted? And which admissions officer did you meet with?? I'm just curious : )</p>

<p>And also, why do you think your meeting with him went PRETTY good? What makes you think it wasn't great?</p>

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<p>I think you definitely have a good chance. You're solidly in the range for Villanova in terms of test scores and GPA. You won't necessarily stand out as far as GPA and SAT scores, but I think other factors will help you. Having a connection is a definite plus. Since you meet the criteria numbers-wise, the connection may easily gain you an acceptance. You also have enough extracurriculars, and the altar boy/church-related things are a definite plus with a religiously affiliated school like nova.</p>

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<p>i agree, good chances.</p>

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<p>Great chances. I was accepted EA, but I had 5, 4, and 3 on my APs, and my SAT IIs are higher. However, good going with writing about religion on the essay. It's a good way to stand out in an almost always secular crowd.</p>

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<p>you think all the applicants to villanova make up a secular crowd? ha</p>

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<p>Nah, that's not what I meant. I was talking about the common app essay.</p>