Out of State Chances?!

eml2505
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:20:13 +0000

Sorry if I throw in a little criticism …

Yes, you evidently are a self-motivated person, looking at all your ECs. However, I have to question some of your decisions … I think you didn’t do a really good job in prioritizing your activities, not to say a poor job …

Evidently, you put in a lot of effort & time in all your different activities - but why didn’t you cut one or the other EC and focused a bit more on academics? I mean, your GPA and your SATs definitely have quite some room for improvement, and from an intelligent young person (which you definitely are!) I would expect a better judgement. Primary focus of colleges like UVA IS academics, and ECs are supplementary only …

Having said all of that, I still believe you have a chance of getting into UVA, but as the others already mentioned, nothing is guaranteed in the application process, that holds true especially for oos …