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<p>Please chance!</p>

<p>Basic:
Male, Born in India, From VA
Go to average public high school for 3 classes and a Governor's School for 3 classes (math, science, technology ones). I've taken a couple of CVCC credit classes and some of my classes next year are also CVCC credit. </p>

<p>Academics: (after senior year will be around)
GPA - Unweighted: 3.95 ;GPA - Weighted: 4.3 to 4.4
Class Rank: 10th - 12th of 360,</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT: Took 3 times, best in June (770 M, 730 CR, 720 W) so 2220 and 1500 M+CR</p>

<p>AP Euro: 5. AP Eng Lang: 4. AP USH: 4. (self-study) AP PSY: 5 (self-study)
senior year AP's: AP Stat, AP Calc BC, AP Environ, possibly AP Bio</p>

<p>Taking SATII's in october: Math II, History, maybe Spanish to get out of some requirements</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
-NHS -will probably be officer at our school (find out next year)
-Varsity Club - those with Athletic and academic varsity letter
-Key Club, Spanish Club, Latin Club</p>

<p>Leaderships Positions:
-Governor’s School Student Activites Board
-Train people at Hospital (will have around 200hrs)</p>

<p>Sports: (20 hrs/week - all year round, including summer)
-Indoor Track - Varsity Letter - senior co-captain
-Outdoor Track - Varsity Letter - senior co-captain
-Cross Country - Varsity Letter - senior-co captain</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
-Volunteering at the Lynchburg General Hospital (200 hours)
-Relay for Life - Made my own team that has over 40 people.. organized entire event and all fundraisers.. raised over $1000
-Various races for charity: 9th Annual Central Virginia Kidney Association Race, Turkey trot (cancer), other running related volunteering activites.</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
-Accepted to Central Virginia's Governor's School - a school for Science and Technology.
-Participated at annual school trig-star tournament (trigonometry) - placed 3rd sophomore year
-Chosen to be one of four ambassadors to represent CVGS at NCSSMST conference - an association of Specialized Secondary School
-Participated in Research Symposium (top 10) and Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
-Accepted to VJAS (state science fair), Placed 2nd in the Psychology Category.
-AP Scholar with Distinction and aiming for National AP Scholar</p>

<p>College/ Summer Programs:
-Taking classes at local community college (CVCC)
-Boys State - elected as senator and clerk</p>

<p>Extra (academic):
-Research project about memory and perception because I'm interested incognitive science and neuroscience.. reserached neuroscience program at UVA
-My only two B's were in 9th grade year in easy classes and have improved and gotten straight A's since</p>

<p>My essays will be about my world (india-NJ-VA) and (try to) humor ones, and my passion of cognitive science
Guidance Counselor Recommendation will be very good because I'm first one at school to self-study AP's and the teachers will be also.</p>

<p>Should I retake SATs?
If i can get in, any chance of me being an Echols Scholar?</p>

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<p>in. no dont retake sats, not worth it. idk about echols scholar</p>

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<p>I'd say in, if you write good essays (stressing your academic curiosity?) you have a shot at echols.</p>

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<p>thanks.. what should I aim for on my subject tests?</p>

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<p>100% in. I'd say 70-85% chance at Echols with good essays and recs.</p>

<p>Don't waste your time retaking the SAT I.</p>

<p>As far as the SAT II's are concerned, study for Math 2 & USH a bit and preferably score above 700.</p>

<p>Wait until you hear from UVa about Echols before studying for the Spanish SAT II. If you're Echols, there's no point in wasting time and money on the SAT II. If you're not Echols, take the SAT II in June of your senior year.</p>

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<p>haha thanks. and good advice on echols!</p>

<p>hope i do good on essays and subject tests</p>

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<p>You are beyond in. I would aim higher if I were you.</p>

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<p>easy in. agree with rmadden. Dont be afraid to shoot higher. you want a peer group that will challenge you.</p>

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<p>what parts of the stats/ ecs are beyond in?? this is like nothing compared to others haha</p>

<p>thanks though, what other colleges are good (relatively cheap and not to far from VA.. these are a bunch of other colleges i like and ill apply to like 5 of them:</p>

<p>UNC - Chapel Hill
Duke
Johns Hopkins
William and Mary
VCU
VT
Cornell
Brown
UPenn</p>

<p>what are my chances at them?</p>

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<p>citybirds, while I do think that your profile is good and will get you into UVa, I wouldn't go so far as to say that you are "beyond in." There are many, many UVa students who came here with similar statistics out of high school. You will still find the UVa community and students challenging and academically engaging, unlike what previous posters have said. That being said you have an excellent shot at Virginia and the other schools you have listed.</p>

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<p>haha yeah UVA is still where I want to go, but i'm defintetely gonna apply to those other colleges and see where i go from there</p>

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<p>You will be in without doubt. Maybe you can try a higher school if you find some that attract you.</p>