So I wasn't going to apply until I helped my Cousin move in

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<p>and I loved the campus but according to our school's Naviance 12/14 were rejected (two waitlists). My stats (Superscored SATs vs Weighted GPA) are close to one of the waitlists and the other's stats are a little bit higher. So my question would be, what do my chances look like knowing about my school's poor history at getting accepted at UVA.</p>

<p>Gender: M
Location: MA, USA
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools</p>

<p>I want to pursue a career in engineering and/or business.</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Weighted: 3.90 (School doesn't do unweighted but I would estimate a 3.7)
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 370</p>

<p>I have one of the most rigorous course loads with 3 APs last year(bio, ush, stats) and 4 more this year (physics, chem, psych, calc bc).</p>

<p>Scores:
SATs
2200 (720 M, 720 CR, 760 WR)
2100 (780 M, 700 CR, 620 WR) - I must have misgridded on the writing section :(</p>

<p>SAT IIs
Chem - 750
Bio - 720
Math II - 800</p>

<p>APs
Bio - 4
US History - 4
Statistics - 5</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars
- 9, 10, 11, 12 Two year captain of the Forensics team (placed in the top 6 at numerous local events)
- 9, 10, 11, 12 Elected Student Council Representative (Only class elected member for all 3 years of high school, so far and VP for senior year)
- 10, 11 Science Team (placed 1st in the state in the Chemistry Lab event and 4th in a few other events)
- 10 A member of DECA (placed second in the district, top 10 in the state, and also received an achievement award for scoring fourth highest on the state written test in the event Sport and Entertainment Marketing and Management)
- 9, 10, 11, 12 Math Team
- 10, 11, 12 National Honor Society</p>

<p>Other Awards I didnt cover
- National German Exam Award - Scoring in the 90th percentile on the exam during freshman and sophomore year
- Advanced Placement Scholar Award - Granted to students who receive grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.
- American Mathematics Contest Award (AMC) - Qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination by scoring over a 100 on the AMC 12 during sophomore and junior years, which is only achieved by a few students in the school.</p>

<p>I also started my own web company that has made a few hundred dollars.</p>

<p>I also volunteer at a hospital for about 40 hours per year.</p>

<p>What do you experts think?</p>

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<p>What kind of schools do people with GPAs and SATs like yours go to?</p>

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<p>Well we don’t send many to out of state state schools. We had a couple of people get into UNC and UMich. Last year many kids got into Tufts and BU. We had two people get into Georgetown, UPenn, Johns Hopkins, Washington U, Brown, and MIT. So overall I would say about 10-15% of last years class got into the schools that people would consider top tier.</p>

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<p>with your SATs I would definitely apply</p>

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<p>I liked the title of your thread, so it pulled me in! You’ve got some very good stats. Congrats on your SAT’s.
UVA really is so hard to get into OOS, but not impossible. I’m OOS–though my GPA and rank were better than yours, my SAT’s were nothing to brag about. If you can write an essay that pulls someone in, the way your thread did to me, that’s a great start!
I really took my time with the UVA’s essays. I wrote, and rewrote, and tweaked over and over again. The UVA adcom (I believe) really prides itself on looking at the entire individual and are notorious for their essay emphasis. So, that being said, you need to really stand out in how you present yourself in your application.
Every high school in every town, every state, across the nation has their super-dooper students>>>so stats alone will only get you so far. I think you have a very nice foundation on which to build a great application. Good luck to you.
Hey, tell me, what was it about Mr. Jefferson’s grounds that you liked so much to consider it in your list of schools? Just curious!</p>

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<p>apply! UVa staff take essays seriously into consideration. Why not? You are qualified. Take the time and send in your best effort, put some thought into it, chat people up, find out where you might contribute to campus life…and best of luck. You have a great high school record and should have some happy outcomes regardless.</p>

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<p>Just submitted my application! and to think I was not going to apply at the beginning of the college process…</p>

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<p>good for you! Best of luck…and spread “the love” to a few of your schools..you are obviously talented enough to get the most out of any college you end up choosing in April.</p>