<p>Plan to retake the SAT, maybe the ACT, get those grades up. And be sure you are looking at which teachers will write your recs, building relations with them and your GC, now. UVA is tough for anyone to predict because they balance admits across the state and have such super hs in NVa. Get a Fiske Guide or Princeton Review. Look at freshman profiles on college websites to see if you fall in line with the top 25%. And remember, any Common App school agrees to be holistic. Any tough, highly competitive hs will have others applying to many of your top choices, some who rank above you.</p>
<p>Adcoms will see the transcript, see the Bs (or worse) and see what classes they are in- a heavy AP load can be an issue when those are your Bs- or you get B’s in classes that relate to your major. Use the power you have to ramp things up, look at a variety of colleges- and the eternal wisdom: Love Thy Safeties.<br>
Best wishes.</p>