What do yal think my chances are?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>A friend told me about this site and I figure why not ask around. Thanks for any ideas on what I should send in, my chances, etc</p>

<p>SAT: 1580 (800 M / 780 V)</p>

<p>SAT2: 740 MIC, 710 MIIC, 740 Writing, 690 US Hist, 690 English</p>

<p>AP: 5 Statistics, 5 US Hist, 4 English</p>

<p>Current Classes: Honors Humanities, AP Modern Euro, Spanish 4, AP BC Calc, AP Bio, International Relations; taking hardest classes available. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.558 for soph/jr year combined, 3.783 for first quarter of senior year. </p>

<p>School: Our school leaves them weighted, and it is on a 4=A, .5 extra for
AP/Honors. So highest possible is 4.5 if you had all As in all APs. I am about 8-15 range out of 70 students in my grade, in a very competitive school. People have gotten into Dartmouth, JHU, Williams, Yale, Stanford, Duke, UVA, William and Mary, etc. </p>

<p>Extra Curricular: Dorm council (student council for boarders, elected by 40 other boarders), Varsity Squash 3 years, Basketball (AAU + School), Academic "A" Team for 3 years (One of the top teams in the nation, have won numerous scholarships and $), Science A Team 3 years, Model Organizations general committees, School Play.</p>

<p>Other activities: Stand up comedy (performed at club), Worked at Ben and Jerrys for 2 and 1/2 years, worked for rivals100.com for two years. Both paid well </p>

<p>Dad went to Harvard/Duke Med. Mom went to Brown/Harvard SOPH. I spent summer between soph/jr years at Amherst taking classes. Summer between jr/sr years at Harvard taking classes, which I got 8 credits for (received B+ in both classes). The SSP thing, got a reference from teacher.</p>

<p>Submitted extra materials from Academic team tournament (Scholarship info (have won close to $2000 or so for my school with team) and program from the night I did the standup comedy set. Essays were good, as were recs, although I didnt see them. Just assuming, I mean not like the teacher is gonna bash me. </p>

<p>Oh right, received a couple honors:
-Honor roll after sophomore year, high honors after junior year
-National Merit Commendation
-AP Scholar
-Ben Carson Nominee (8th grade so not that big deal)
-Academic team has won a crapload of stuff. </p>

<p>Located in Charlottesville</p>

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<p>Why are you even asking? You are a resident of Va, and you have a extremely high SAT score, which is like in the top 5% in the school. Your gpa might hurt you, but you are most likely going to be admitted.....you shouldn't worry....</p>

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<p>Is UVA your first choice? I think UVA's more like a safety for you.</p>

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<p>damn it...,.what the hell is so sweet about UVA??/ if it were up to me, i wouldnt even look at UVA with a sat of 1450 above.. geez. and plz to all u overachievers, dont bother posting stuff like this if u know ur chances. it doesnt make me comfortable</p>

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<p>apparently they concentrate on grades a lot more than sat, thats all. thanks</p>

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<p>crichessill-there were 3 people at my school (in state) that did not get into UVa with 1450+ but had lower GPAs of 3.2-3.6. It is by no means guaranteed if you are >1450.</p>

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<p>i havent heard from u about my chances yet... what do u think my stats? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=22922&page=3%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=22922&page=3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Imdashep, you look to be pretty strong for UVA (or anywhere, for that matter). However, the GPA might hurt you. Why is it so low? How do you rank against your peers? Your test scores and ECs may offset it though.</p>

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<p>well, for one our school does not inflate gpa. i have a 3.558 for junior/senior year, which is halfway between an A- and a B+ in a regular class, or a B n an AP/Honors class. This year, first quarter I had a 3.78, which is higher than an A- in regular, or a B+ in AP/Honors. Hope that helps</p>

<p>As far as class rank, we dont do that, but I would say between 8 and 15 out of 72 or 73. That being said, I am in one of the better classes at my school, with kids just from our grade into Yale, Dartmouth, Colombia, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, UVA, William and Mary, Duke, Williams, and a few other good ones I cannot remember.</p>

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<p>Any other ideas on how chances would be?</p>