<p>I realize that you might as well apply to Harvard if you’re OOS, but if I move to Virginia, what are my chances?</p>
<p>1980 SAT
3.94 GPA through dual-enrollment
Haven’t taken subject tests but say I get 670.
Top 10 ranked national tennis player as extracurricular. How much weight would admissions put on this? (assuming the coach doesn’t want me since UVa is #1 in tennis)</p>
<p>Did you decide not to graduate early? I know you posted last week concerning applying a few days late. Are your parents willing to move to Virginia? They would need to find jobs, relocate, etc. by August. This doesn’t guarantee you admission to UVa so it’s obviously a risk.</p>
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[FAQ</a>, Virginia Status, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/provost/vastatus/faq.html]FAQ”>http://www.virginia.edu/provost/vastatus/faq.html)</p>
<p>More complete information is found here:
[Domicile</a> Guidelines](<a href=“http://www.schev.edu/students/VAdomicileguidelines.asp]Domicile”>http://www.schev.edu/students/VAdomicileguidelines.asp)</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I’m going to graduate early. Next year I can go to any Ivy and even Stanford becomes a possibility. A school has offered me a full scholarship for this year though (and wants to know whether I’m committing like today or tomorrow) so it’s tough to pass that up which makes for even even harder decision. I have relatives that live in Virginia and was just looking at possibilities for establishing Virginia domicile. My parents would not be willing but I’m willing to do pretty much anything to get into UVa.</p>
<p>I’m not willing to publicly make guesses as to weather you relocating and living with relatives without your parents would give you in state status, either for admissions or tuition. Please call the UVa Office of Virginia Status @ 434 982-3391 and discuss this directly with them. This is too important to be getting information from people on message boards, as well meaning as we are. Best of luck.</p>
<p>*Next year I can go to any Ivy and even Stanford becomes a possibility. *</p>
<p>Think so? So do 25-35000 other kids.<br>
UVA is immensely hard to get into. There is no one stats formula, because the school actively seeks kids from all areas of the state. And, we all know plenty of 3.9 kids, with far stronger than 1980/670, APs up the wazoo, true leadership, who couldn’t get accepted. You need to do some research.</p>
<p>Recruit, do you want to play tennis in college? Its hard to imagine if you’re top 10, the UVA coach won’t be interested is seeing you. Have you reached out to him? I’m a little confused. Are you a junior, thinking about graduating a year early, or are you a senior? Frankly, with athletic abilities like you apparently have, if you’re a junior I would be staying in HS for another year, reaching out to coaches from schools which interest you, and doing official visits between now and the fall, but my kids aren’t tennis players so maybe its different for you than it is for the sports they play?
At any rate, BlueIguana is right- call UVA. My guess is that you won’t be able to establish residency (since they want you to live in VA for a year) in time to make your application an in-state review or to get in-state rates if you’re applying for Fall 2013.</p>
<p>Be very careful with wanting to establish instate residency by living with relatives. Most of the time SCHEV determines your domicile to be the state in which your parents reside. I know of several students that decided to do exactly this type of scenario. They attended a high school/private school in VA and thought they were instate applicants. UVa and other VA colleges saw it differently. </p>
<p>Also, it sounds like you need to sit down with your counselor and your coach to look at your options. At this juncture you are sounding a little desperate for a quick answer/fix to this situation. It is a huge commitment that needs to have a thoughtful approach. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>89wahoo - I want to play tennis in college, but academics go first. I would go to UVa if the opportunity presented itself whether they have a #1 or #150 tennis program. Also, I’d rather just go to school at UVa than play tennis for SEC schools (nothing against them, just personal preference). Ideally, I want to be able to play years 2-4 at UVa. I’m a junior who would be graduating a year early so if you compared me to the senior class I would probably be closer to 40 in the nation. I’ve reached out to the coach and he seems semi-interested in me a year early but he is unclear whether he wants me or not. All other schools jump on me, haha. The reason I brought up my ranking was to see if admissions would put a lot of weight on that. If they don’t, I probably don’t have a shot at OOS admissions with my test scores being what they are. Looks like establishing Virginia domicile wouldn’t work either.
If there’s a way for me to get in, I’m willing to do it, but I’ve also come to terms that it might not be possible.</p>
<p>I think Admissions will likely view your tennis participation as they would any other demanding EC - but unless the coach specifically wants you on the team it won’t be a ticket into UVA.</p>
<p>Thanks runners, that’s the type of answer I’m looking for, although certainly not the specific answer I was wanting to hear, haha. Does anyone else agree or disagree with runners?</p>
<p>A full scholarship school wants your decision in the next 24 hours- before you’ve even spoken to the UVA coach? And one decision means grad early, the other means wait? Sometimes, when you’re out of time, you have to strip out the maybes. Do you like and want the offer you have? Sounds like you have doubts.</p>
<p>lookingforward - Downthread recruit2013 has a post “Applying Late” where it seems that he has been in contact with the UVa coach. Whatever negotiations that were going to take place regarding recruitment for this year appear to have already happened.</p>
<p>Recruit, I am going to give you the same advice I gave my son. Choose the school that is the right match for you and pay attention to the school’s academic programming. Athletics may or may not work out for the full 4 years due to any number of reasons. Go where you can be happy and get a great education.</p>