Chance a Nervous Nelly? UVA!!! WAHOO

CollegeHopeful51
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:15:57 +0000

Hi everyone!!! I am a current junior at a public high school in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. College is right around the corner, and I was wondering if I could get a quick chance for the University of Virginia (In state). This is my dream school, and I want to know if my dreams are realistic or idiotic…

I will be applying early admission next September

So here are my stats:
IB Diploma Candidate

Class Schedule:
Eight Grade: Freshman Year:
Honors Algebra 1 A Pre-IB Biology A
Spanish 1 A Pre-IB Advanced Geometry A
Pre-IB Wrld. Hist / Geog. 2 A-
Sophomore Year: Pre-IB English 9 B
Health and P.E. 10 A Spanish 2 A
IB Chemistry 1 A- Intermediate Band A
Honors Algebra II / Trigonometry B+ Health / P.E. 9 A
Honors Comparative Government B+
Honors English 10 B+
Spanish 3 B
IB Physics 1 B-
Drivers Education Class Pass

Junior Year: Senior Year: (Projected)
IB English HL 1 B Entrepreneurship 2 (Dual Enrollment)
IB English HL II
IB Spanish SL 1 B IB Spanish SL II
IB History of the Americas HL 1 B IB Topics of the 21st Century HL
IB Biology HL 1 A- IB Environmental Sciences SL
IB Math SL 1 A-/ B+ IB Math SL II
IB Business and Management SL 1 A IB Business and Management HL
Entrepreneurship 1: Dual Enrollment (Business 116) A IB Theory of Knowledge

Junior Year GPA: 4.2-4.27 ish
Overall GPA: 4.05-4.1 ish

LOW I KNOW :(

SAT: Math: 720
Writing: 680
Reading: 650
Total: 2050 (NEED TO RETAKE)

I plan to study business.

Extracurriculars:
Internship with the Washington Wizards (this upcoming summer)
• Star Award – Top achievement award at High School, awarded to top four students. Received freshman year, and was one of the four initial recipients of the award.
• Scholar Athlete Award
o Freshman Basketball Team
o Junior Varsity Basketball (Sophomore Year)
o Varsity Track and Field (Sophomore Year)
o Varsity Basketball (Junior Year)
• NVSHL (Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League) All-Academic Team
• Marshall High School PTSA Academic Letter (3.7 GPA or higher)
• Junior Mathematics League Second Place for George C. Marshall High School
• Vienna Volunteer Fire Department Operational/ Administrative Member (and training to become an emergency medical technician by summer of 2012)
• Social Studies Honor Society
National Honor Society
• Freshmen Executive Counsel (Student Government)
• Best Buddies Program: CO-Peer Buddy
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club member
• State Select Band- Invited to participate in a Virginia state select band to perform in Europe during Summer of 2010.
• Intermediate Band - 1st chair principal Euphonium Player, Helped band to receive superior rating at District Competition, helping Marshall to a blue ribbon status.
• Travel Hockey- A/AA/AAA level hockey since age 7. Won 4 out of 5 tournaments for 2010 team. Played in the State championship game and finished 2nd in state for U16 division. Stop playing Sophomore Year to focus on basketball.
• Varsity Track and Field Team- Events: Competed and lettered in the 400 m dash, Long Jump, and Triple Jump at District AAA Championships (Lettered)
• Varsity Golf Team
• Varsity Basketball (Lettered)
• FBLA Chapter Member and Fundraising Committee Board Member
• FBLA Competition: School Representative for Emerging Business Issues
• FBLA Regional Competitions: Emerging Business Issues.
- Regional Finalist – Top 3
• DECA Chapter Member
-Competed by writing a Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan
- Virginia State Leadership Conference: Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan
Competitor
- Top 10 in Oral Presentation and Manual (first place)
- State Finalist (Top 7 in the state) and International Competition Qualifier
- International Career Development Conference 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah Competitor: Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan
• Earth Force Chapter Member
• IB Advisory Board Member
• Pitch George Elevator Pitch Competition at The George Washington University Finalist; 4th Place Overall 2011
• Virginia DECA Honor Society
• Marshall High School Science Fair Second Place Winner 2012
• Math Mentor
• Junior Achievement

I feel like my extracurriculars make up for my low GPA and decent SAT score. I interviewed at UVA, and the interviewer said to be safe I needed 3 As in my IB courses, and a 4.2 ish GPA. I’m slightly lacking these requirements. However, do my extracurriculars compensate for this? In my essays, I will write about how my extracurricular activities and how they relate to my intended major (especially the internship, deca, fbla, etc.)

ANY ADVICE / Input would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much,

CollegeHopeful51