Advice for my daughter

crazyadad
Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:29:01 +0000

My daughter, a junior in HS, has her heart set on UVa. She has visited UVa many times since her sister is going there now. Se has stayed at her sister’s dorm, gone to football, BB games, to classes, etc…We are OOS.
She is currently ranked at 13/500 in a competitive magnet program and she is taking the hardest load possible (all AP or Honors in HS) with outstanding grades (all As, a couple of Bs). She just took her SAT on Dec. 5. She will probably can get about 2200-2300 SAT. She had 210 PSAT. She is a varsity tennis player, a pretty good pianist, elected to a couple of clubs, etc…Under normal circumstances, she probably will get in at UVa.

Yesterday, she came home and were very upset since a lot of kids (about 10) ranked above her intend to apply to UVa as safety, but have no intention of going there. This is where not having a ED hurts my kid. She would apply as ED to UVa. There is just no way that UVa will accept more than 4 or 5 from an OOS high school, so she was very upset at the thought of not being ale to get in while other kids who would get in, but would not attend.

Any advice on what she can do to improve her chance? She would absolutely go to UVa if accepted. It is by far her No. 1 choice. How would she show that i her app?