Updated chances after recieving class rank (ugh bad)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>chances please? People told me to repost once I got my class rank, so thats why I'm posting again. Also, does UVa require SAT 2s?</p>

<p>demographics:
*I am an Asian Indian Male
*From a competitive public high school in Oregon: Beaverton High School, which was also rated the best AP school in Oregon, so yeah, its a smart school. (On top of that, our graduating class is rumored to be the best class of all time, and we were ranked 704 by newsweek putting us in the top 2.5% of all high schools or something like that!! This was before our class started taking APs, so that number will probably raise even more by next year because our class is that good)
*student body at school = 500+</p>

<p>The Numbers/ECs
*ACT Composite 30 (8/12 on essay) (DANG IT!!!)</p>

<p>-English 30 (Usage/Mechanics 15 Rhetorical Skills 16)
-Science 24 (ouch)
-Reading 31 (Social Studies/Science 17 Arts/Literature 15)
-Mathematics 34
(Pre-Algebra/Elementary Algebra 18
Int.Algebra/Coord.Geometry 16 (ouch)
Plane Geometry/Trigonometry 18)</p>

<p>*Freshman year:
Language Arts (Honors): A/A
Social Studies 9: A/A
Advanced Algebra 2: A/A
Bio/Chem/Phys 10 (Honors): A/A
SAT Math Prep: A
SAT Verbal Prep:A
Spanish 1:A/A
Team Sports:A
Health 1:A
Web Design:A
Computer Programming:A</p>

<p>*Sophomore Year:
AP Chem: B/A
Lit Comp 10 (Honors): A/A
Physics 2: A/A
Pre-Calc: A/B
Social Studies 10 :B/A
Spanish 2:A/A
Symphonic Band: A/A
Team Sports: A
Health 2: A</p>

<p>*Junior Year
Human Anatomy: A/A
IB Biology: A/A
Spanish 3: A/A
IB Calculus: A/A
IB Psychology: A/B
Team Sports: A
IB Seminar: P
IB English: A/ A
IB TOK 1: A</p>

<p>*Senior Year Anticipated Courseload If I get my choices:
IB Physics SL
IB TOK 2
IB Biology HL 2
IB English HL 2
IB Math HL 2 (Calc 2 basically)
IB Spanish SL
AP Statistics
Biotech/Economics (not the same course...the slash indicates I'll take one or the other for 1 semester)</p>

<p>In summary: I currently have a 3.913 UW GPA, and 4.152 W GPA. UW class rank = 31/520 and W = 17/520 (darn, oh well :().</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
*NHS (2 years)
*OHSU Dental exploring program
*Doing an independent investigation on antiviral medications.
*Will probably volunteer at a hospital and then OHSU during the summer.
*Varsity tennis 4 years (possibly captain next season).
*Science Team 4 years.
*World Quest Trivia 4 years
*Portland Youth Philharmonic Organization (2 years)
*Mathfest Participant 4 years
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program (will have 150-175 volunteer hours done)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 50+ volunteer hours)
*Model UN (1 year)</p>

<p>Awards/Honors/Leadership:
*Science Club Treasurer (1 year)
*Science Club VP (2 years)
*Math Club (4 years) (VP 2 years)
*IB Diploma Candidate
*6th Place at World Quest out of 32 10th grade
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place freshman year
*Oregon Invitational of Mathematics Tournament Participant Fresh Year</p>

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<p>lol smart school. My school is ranked in the top 100 and I didn't really think it was that great so...704. Yeah...anyway, what is your problem with your rank? You are around top 5%. I'd say your in. Maybe take the SAT or ACT again to get a higher score.</p>

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<p>Yea, my high school was ranked around in the 6 or 700s on according to that Challenge Index crap compiled by Jay Mathews and it was filled with loads of kids who weren't smart, at all. Those high school rankings don't mean anything.</p>

<p>Your chances aren't great as an OOS student. Focus on pulling up that ACT score, try a practice SAT and see if you do better on that. </p>

<p>Also, UVA doesn't require SAT 2s... but it does strongly recommend them. That means you should take them. I'm not sure if you don't have to take them if you take the ACT, though. You should look into that.</p>

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<p>WOW at that ranking system. Number of people taking AP or IB divided by number of graduating seniors...? How does that in any way tell you how good a school is. If you look back to 2003 you see all the scores for the school are much lower than now...why? Because now schools force AP onto students that shouldn't be taking such classes. That's such a ridiculous system it's not even funny.</p>

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<p>ummm okay, but the fact that it won the top AP school in Oregon does say something I'm pretty sure...anyways, are you sure that SAT 2s aren't required?</p>

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<p>Also, UVA doesn't require SAT 2s... but it does strongly recommend them. That means you should take them.</p>

<p>Especially as an OOS student, you really need to take them.</p>