So don't even bother applying cause I have no chance?

blink0311
Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:15:30 +0000

Hi, my name is Richie and I am getting very nervous about my college chances. I would, from the bottom of my heart, appreciate any response and opinions on my chances of getting into UVA regular decision, which are probaly zero to none.

Ethnicity: White male

Location: NY…OUT OF STATE

GPA: Our school gives number grades out of 100 so my weighted average from 9-11 grade is 99.604. It would therefore be a 4.0 GPA.
Rank: Top 25% out of approx. 140 students (Very competitive grade)

SAT I highest composite: 570 verbal, 640 math, 670 writing (11 on essay)…1880 overall
Remember: UVA looks at writing just as much as math and verbal
SAT II: 700 US History, taking another one (not sure yet) in December

Activities: (All from grades 9-12):
Wrestling, baseball, chamber singers, interact community service club, students against drunk driving, newspaper club

Awards:
All-State Chorus
All-County Chorus (grade 9,10,11,12)
All-County Wrestling (grade 11)

Note: I will be emphasizing how much I want to sing at their school, it looks good to want to help out the music program as schools get a lot of recognition for winning choral competitions believe it or not.

Decent amount of community service hours; probably around 60-70 hours overall.

Work Experience:
General counselor at the Boys and Girls Club and have my own small business on eBay.

AP Scores:
AP European History: 3
AP American History: 3
AP Language and Composition: 2

Currently taking AP Government, AP Spanish, AP Physics, AP Literature

So therefore I took a combined 7 AP classes by the end of high school and the rest a majority of honors classes.