I know you guys hate these...chance me?

9muses
Sat, 24 Aug 2013 10:04:51 +0000

First off, I’m really concerned about my SAT score, which I’m pretty sure is going to make or break my chances for admission. I’d love to study Persian and Middle Eastern studies, and since I go to school in Virginia, I can’t find very many schools offering that as a major, besides UVA. Anyways, here are my stats:

-Straight A’s throughout all of high school, except for a B one quarter in my Algebra 2/Trigonometry class during junior year. I also had a B+ in my sophomore chemistry class.
-Junior year, I took 5 AP classes. These include…
+AP Environmental Science (3) I know, its a low score
+AP US History (4)
+AP Human Geography (4)
+AP Language and Composition (5)
+AP Russian prototype (3)
+I also took Algebra 2/Trigonometry and Arabic
In Senior year, I will be taking
+AP Biology
+AP Lit
+AP Comparative Government
+AP European History
+I will also be taking Pre calculus and Philosophy
-My SAT score wasn’t great - I got an 1860 and am not sure if I will be able to retake it. However, my GPA was a 4.2.

With regards to extracurricular, I was
+President of Russian Club
+President of Slavic Honor Society
+I’m a Sunday School Teacher
+Gold medal in the national Russian essay contest, nationally
+Gold medal internationally in the Russian Essay Contest, awarded by the Pushkin Institute in Moscow
+Silver medal in Olympiada of Spoken Russian in sophomore year
+Gold medal in Olympiada of Spoken Russian in junior year, judged best nonnative speaker in state
+Recipient of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship to study Persian in Tajikistan. It’s a state department scholarship

I know this is quite a laundry list, but I’m afraid my SAT scores are going to ruin my chances. All feedback will be greatly appreciated, and once again, thank you!