Chance me for UVA ED [VA resident, 3.99 UW, 1540 SAT, for CS with Finance]

Demographics
US permananet Resident
Virginia Resident - NOVA Region
Public high school
Female Indian
First generation to go to college

Intended Major(s)
Computer Science w/ Finance

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.99
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.53
  • Class Rank: School doesn’t do class rank.
  • SAT Score: 1540 (760R, 780M)

Coursework

9TH GRADE

Algebra 2 HN - A

World 1 History HN - A

Biology HN - A

English 9 HN - A

French 2 - A

Programming - A

Physical Education (P.E.) - A

10TH GRADE

AP Computer Science Principles - A

AP World History - A-

Precalculus HN - A

Chemistry HN - A

English 10 HN - A

French 3 - A

Physical Education (P.E.) - A

11TH GRADE

AP Calculus BC - A

AP Computer Science A - A

AP Physics 1 - A

AP Psychology - A

AP Language and Composition - A

Entrepreneurship DE - A

US/VA History HN - A

Awards

  • AWS Practitioner Certification
  • Certificate for K-means Clustering in Python - University of London
  • Certificate for Introduction to Machine Learning - Duke University
  • Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling - University of Pennsylvania
  • DECA District Level 2nd Place - Principles of Finance
  • DECA State Level 8th Place - Principles of Finance
  • DECA International Level Conference Invitee
  • DECA International Level Conference Top 5% Roleplay - Principles of Finance
  • Science Olympiad Centreville Regional Tournament - 2nd Place Forestry
  • Science Olympiad Centreville Regional Tournament - 6th Place Ecology
  • Science Olympiad Dicksmith Invitational Tournament - Top 10 Ecology of 80 teams nationwide
  • Westfield Honor Roll

Extracurriculars

DECA:

  • Vice President of Career Development in my chapter
  • 2nd Place District Finals Principles of Finance
  • Top 8 State Final Principles of Finance
  • International Career Development Conference Invitee
  • Top 5% Internationally Ranked Role-play Principles of Finance
  • Received honors at nationals for my event
  • Member of the DECA Honor Society

Science Olympiad:

  • Consistently placing in the top 10 at invitational tournaments with over 80 teams from across the country
  • Earned 2nd place in forestry
  • Earned 6th place in ecology

Cybersecurity Club:

  • Director of Technology
  • Worked with the team to become gold semi-finalists in the CyberPatriot competition

Girls Who Code:

  • Vice President
  • Initiated hackathons in collaboration with major local companies
  • Secured various sponsorships from several local businesses

American Indian Foundation:

  • Youth ambassador
  • Helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the M.A.S.T. (Market Aligned Skills Training) program
  • Supported underprivileged women in India to become more educationally active and impactful

Internship at STEME:

  • Create mobile apps
  • Help reach underprivileged parts of the world through STEM

Mathnasium:

  • Part-time job as a Math instructor
  • Teach various levels of math (K-12) to kids
  • Reinforce their math thinking

Essays - still working on them.
LORs - a very strong one from my Calc BC Teacher and considering getting one from my History teacher - had a close personal relationship

Schools

(List of colleges by your initial chance estimate; designate if applying ED/EA/RD; if a scholarship is necessary for affordability, indicate that you are aiming for a scholarship and use the scholarship chance to estimate it into the appropriate group below)
Safety
George Mason University
James Madison University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Target
Virginia Tech
University of Virginia
William & Mary
Reach
Georgetown
UCLA
Georgia Tech
Carnegie Mellon University

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I like it.

So UVA is your top choice? I assume due to the ED.

I think Tech is likely.

But seems a well rounded list.

Do you have any budget constraints? UCLA will be full pay - and they don’t have finance (your 2nd major).

So you might want to remove it or sub it (say with a Purdue or UWash or Wisconsin). Of course, at all schools, you should see if there’s the ability to do that double major.

Best of luck to you - fine list.

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I agree that you have a very good mix of safeties, targets and reaches. Good luck to you! I think you’ll have great options.

Chance me for UVA ED

I would be surprised if UVA doesn’t accept you ED. I hope you come back and update this thread.

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