<p>3.7 GPA (they don’t do weighted, or class rank, at her school)</p>
<p>has the rigor of classes they want</p>
<p>2170 SAT</p>
<p>will be NMfinalist </p>
<p>few extracurriculars–a few clubs, but no leadership
band for several years
picked by an interview to be one of 40 student
ambassadors out of 100 applying</p>
<p>spent her time after school reading fantasy and whatever else was around the house after school and all weekend, then after 10th grade got into writing and has done that ever since as intensely as she used to do the reading</p>
<p>Yeah, I do think it’s definitely possible, the only “weak” points Id say are the few extracurriculars and no leadership. What type of courseload?</p>
<p>Well, all gifted classes in 9th and 10th grades. 2 sciences in 10th.<br>
Trig and then calculus 1 in 11th, then calc 2 and 3 planned as a senior.<br>
Hardest chemistry class they have in 11th, then hardest physics (calculus based ) planned for 12th. She wants to also take that one semester of organic chem, but I’m doubtful she can handle it and keep her grades up, so she will have to watch the drop date and see how it goes.</p>
<p>Were your stats similar? Did you have lots of ECs?</p>
<p>Have you noticed that all your fellow students had lots of ECs in high school?</p>
<p>Personally, all of my classes in junior and senior year were either AP or IB and in 10th and 9th grade all of my classes were either honors or AP (with the exception of required classes, such as PE). Nearly every single person I know going to UVA did the same, taking as many AP or IB classes as was possible to fit into a schedule. However, this isn’t surely isn’t the case for all UVA students. </p>
<p>In reference to the EC question, most of the people I know also had strong ECs with one or two leadership positions, although I do know a couple of people who didn’t do very many ECs at all. Personally, I did many ECs in high school and was lucky enough to win several national competitions throughout high school, although that’s not true of the majority of UVA students.</p>
<p>Her school doesn’t have AP classes. They don’t really talk up AP much either. Nor has she taken any AP tests, which was just plain dumb. She will take a few at end of senior year, but no way can she study for that many at this point.</p>
<p>I’ll have to suggest that she try to get a leadership position now, this fall, although it is no doubt a little late in the day. Still, life is not just about college admissions, seeking a leadership position now just moves her a little bit further along in her development.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Also, I noticed the poster lamenting a C+. </p>
<p>My d got 2 C’s in her junior yr, second semester. Not doing homework due to Facebook, falling behind in calculus 1, then that impacted her chemistry final, and she had a B going into that chemistry final, unfortunately she never studied for the chem final due to all the effort to stay afloat in calculus. What a girl.</p>
<p>She says she learned her lesson, but perhaps this will keep her out of UVa, given the lack of ECs?</p>
<p>The C’s will hurt her just because the competition is so tough. There an amazing number of people that can crank out straight A’s. Junior year is when adcoms want to see you pour it on in terms of rigor and performance.</p>