UVA OOS chances ??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a Junior at a Catholic high school in Pennsylvania. I am white and i no that doesnt help. </p>

<p>Grades - MY RANK SUCKS!!!!
SAT's- 2190 750(M) 730(R) 710(W)
GPA- 3.83 unweighted dont know weighted
Rank 60 out of 381
SATII - taking MATH 1 and 2, U.S. History , Physics, Biology, and Literature
Have taken 3 AP's and plan to take 4 next year
HAvent taken anything but Honors and AP courses
AP Bio
AP Chem
AP Physics
AP Comparative Government
AP Literature
AP Calc
AP Stat</p>

<p>school doesnt give enough credit towards rank for taking ap or all honors courses so there is kids with 1 or 2 honors and the rest second track ahead of me </p>

<p>Extra Curricular
4 years of Mock Trial
4 years of Community Service/ Class President
2 years of Mathletes
4 years of Varsity Ice Hockey
3 years MVP
4 years of Regional Select Baseball
3 years on Regional Select Ice Hockey
1 year of National Select Ice hockey
2 years of Spanish Club
3 years of Varsity Track
Winner of 400, 200, and 800 for 3 years
Recipient of Religous Valor Award
NHR
NHS
2 years of Student Council
Student Body Representative/President
4 years of Working as Manager around 25-40 hours a week</p>

<p>Service Work
200+ hours a year volunteering at local Nursing Home
4 years of volunteering at Special Olympics
3 years of volunteering at Local Government
Work at Inner-City Soup Kitchens during Christmas Break every year</p>

<p>I am worried because of the way my school does class rank that my rank is too low for most colleges but if anyone could tell me my chances or suggest any other schools to consider that would be great</p>

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<p>so what ur saying is, ur school does rank based on unweighted gpa? thats absolutely ridiculous and hopefully u wrote in ur extra information section thats its bs and ur actual rank with that kind of unweighted gpa if they weighted them would be much higher or guidance said so or something. otherwise, uva is insane about rank, even instate at my school, if ur not top 8%, u have a very low chance, so id assume out of state, top 3-5% only. hope it works out for u bc otherwise it seems like uva out of state is a match. i personally dont know how an admissions committee would look at that</p>

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<p>basically the ranking system is retarded. U get a 2 point bonus for honors and 4 for ap ...... so if i get a 88 in ap and some one gets a 93 in honors that means they will be ranked higher than me...... and if i have a 93 in honors and someone has a 96 in honors they will higher rank ......... RIDICULOUS???? i think so</p>

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<p>jwalsh~ i think UVA will look at the whole picture, but i agree, YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR RANK AND HOW YOUR SCHOOL COMPUTES IT, CRYSTAL CLEAR TO THEM! for the record, my kid got in out of state, and our school doesn't rank at all, tho they do so via deciles. she was 1st decile (top 10%) all aps, awards, etc. they will love your challenging courses!</p>

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<p>you two took almost identical courses! they will watch your class content first, i think. don't be hung up on rank.</p>

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<p>how bout my chances at these other schoools......
Cornell
Georgetown
Hopkins
PSU
Wake Forest
Boston Unveristy
Boston College
American University
Fordham
Maryland
Lehigh</p>

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<p>anyone???????</p>

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<p>as long as u get decent SAT II ur in at American, Fordham, Maryland, PSU, BU</p>

<p>dont know about hte rest, Cornell and Hopkins you have a solid chances as long as u keep it up</p>

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<p>anyone else ????? bump</p>

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<p>wake forest is probably doable</p>

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<p>so match or safety for wake and the rest ????</p>

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<p>anyone want to fill me in ??</p>