UVA (OOS WITH LEGACY) Please chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances for UVA</p>

<p>White female</p>

<p>Currently a junior at a public high school in Maryland (ranked a demanding public school by Newsweek)</p>

<p>Class Rank:
6/255</p>

<p>GPA:
95.93 (my school doesn't use a 4.0 scale; our AP curve is 1.1 so my GPA will be more than a 96 by the end of the year)</p>

<p>SAT:
1700 ..I know this is very low, I will definitely retake it and possibly the ACT too. I also have to take subject tests.</p>

<p>AP Courses:
10th grade- AP Psych (5)
11th grade- AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP French, AP English Lang & Comp
12th grade- AP Physics AB, AP Environmental, AP Calculus BC, AP Lit, AP Microeconomics (maybe)</p>

<p>the rest of my courses are honors, we do not have IB..in total I will have taken at least 9 APs, possibly 10 if I take Micro, undecided because I may have to fulfill an art requirement.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:</p>

<p>Sports
Varsity Tennis (9-10)
JV Field Hockey (9-10 and captain in 10th grade)
Varsity Field Hockey (11-12)</p>

<p>Clubs
Class Council (9-12)
Student Government (11-12)
Key Club President (11-12)
S2S (help new students around the school. 10-12)
National Honor Society (10-12, possibly leadership position for 11 and 12)</p>

<p>Awards
History Fair County Advancer (9)
First Team for a County award based off of grades and sports (10-12)
All County Field Hockey (11)
the usual honor-roll awards..</p>

<p>Other
American Lung Association Volunteer
Mentor at elementary school
Volunteer at various school, neighborhood, community, events...such as local down-syndrome awareness, field hockey camps, etc
Relay for Life Team Captain (9 & 11)</p>

<p>Hooks:
My dad graduated from UVA, so I have legacy.</p>

<p>Anything you could add (advice, thoughts, etc) would be great. Thank you!</p>

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<p>Not gonna happen with a 1700 get it up to a 2100 and then maybe</p>

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<p>Yeah, I know that’s clearly my main weakness…I’ve only taken it once though and that was during sophomore year. I had heard that adding a zero to your PSAT score is a good indicator of how you’ll do on the SAT, and that was true for my 10th grade PSAT and SAT scores. My PSAT score this year with a zero added on is almost 2000, so I haven’t given up hope yet haha.</p>

<p>I’m just really hoping I can do better than 1700…hopefully it’s possible to bring my score up that much</p>

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<p>The ECs are kinda weak too.</p>

5

<p>bump …</p>

6

<p>bump !T%@^Y&</p>

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<p>The chance is very slim unless you score at least 2000 for the SAT.</p>

<p>Your SAT II, AP exam scores, creative personal essay, great recommendations come after that.</p>

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<p>bump . . . . .</p>

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<p>Your ECs are pretty plain… club member, captain of this and that team, and tutor are all pretty worked over activities. And your SAT is obviously too low. You don’t appear to have any passion, except maybe history due to one of your awards but you aren’t in any AP history classes so never mind…</p>

<p>If you raise your SAT and get very high SAT IIs, I’d still say your chances are pretty slim, even with your legacy hook.</p>