<p>Do I have any hope at getting in to UVA? I know it’s a big reach.</p>
<p>White male from public high school in NJ. </p>
<p>SAT I
1960 in one sitting (670 CR, 650 Math, 640 W, 11 essay)</p>
<p>SAT II
670 US History, 660 Math 1</p>
<p>GPA
87.7 UW, 93.3 W (upwards trend from freshman year)</p>
<p>Rank
School does not rank</p>
<p>Courseload
By the time i graduate i will have taken 2 AP’s (US History and Pysch). I got a 4 on my APUSH exam. Nearly all classes Ive taken are honors throughtout high school.</p>
<p>Sports
4 years of soccer (1 freshman, 3 Varsity)</p>
<p>EC’s
-Spanish Honor Society
-Interact Club member (community service club)
-Volunteered as Rec soccer coach throughout hs
-Volunteered at food bank every summer of hs
-Volunteered at local summer camp for mentally challanged children every summer of hs
-Volunteered multiple times at local homeless shelter
-Participant in multiple sports tournaments that donated proceeds towards charity (Volleyball, dodgeball, etc)</p>
<p>Awards
-Varsity Soccer MVP as jr
-Soccer All Area Honorable mention as jr
-Letter of Commendation from my town’s mayor for my community service actions
-Honorable mention in my school’s art calendar</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>GPA is low. How many APs/Honors courses are offered at your school? Are you taking the hardest possible schedule?</p>
<p>How are your essays? If they are phenomenal, they could possibly make up for other areas that are less than stellar (particularly for an OOS student).</p>
<p>It’s never a waste. There is always a chance.</p>
<p>Im not taking the hardest possible schedule but it is decently hard. I’ve only taken 1 “normal class” during high school and that’s math. Everything else has been honors and a couple AP’s. Our school offers a decent amount of AP’s, but not a whole lot. I wish we had AP Micro/Macro considering I’m interested in business (I have a 99% in my regular econ class as of now). I also like history/social sciences so I’ve taken the 2 offered in that category. As for the essays, my common app essay came out pretty good I think and my supplement essays I thought were especially good or at least better than I expected.</p>
<p>The out of state admission rate is less than 25% so the odds are against you. However, everyone needs a reach school. (The problem comes when almost all of a student’s applications are reaches.)</p>
<p>Yeah that’s true. UVA is the hardest school, admissions wise, that I’m am applying to. Of the 10 schools I’ve applied to, only 2 are real reaches in my opinion (UVA and Lehigh) so if I don’t get into UVA it’s not the end of the world, but it would be nice to get into such an awesome school. Thanks for all your opinions!</p>