worried sick about getting in
Hi! I feel really bad joining the loads of people who post in here pertaining to their academics when it comes to applying to UVA, but it is my dream school and I feel dreadful anxiety because of my stats.
I’m a rising senior. I go to a small rural private school. Black female, only black student in the high school. (In state) My first year of high school wasn’t horrible but I could have done better. I was going through a lot at home and it was just really rough overall. My overall high school gpa is 4.19 weighted, but my junior year gpa was 4.5 and I think my sophomore year is somewhat around that. I didn’t take any honors my freshman year and it was due to how my small my school is and how they set things up. To be in honors english, you have to be in honors math because of how the schedule works and when the classes take place. I wasn’t really good at math in the 8th grade so that messed me up even though I’m really good at english.
Sophomore year I think enough of our parents complained to change that. I was in Honors English and History, though not in honors biology or math. Over that summer I took Algebra II so I could move up a class.
My junior year classes were: AP Lang, APUSH, Honors Chemistry, Spanish 3, Honors Pre Calc. and a special semester class dealing with Brown v. Board since one of the cases that makes it up takes place in our town. With that, I should be working on a project to distribute shoes soon. I want to try to get it done by November because I plan to apply early action. I’ve tried to take the best possible classes available to me.
My SAT score was a 1210 and the average score at my school was a 1000. I’m also a part of the Envirothon club.
I’ve been trying to brainstorm my common app essay but I’m really anxious when it comes to getting in. I want to major in engineering. UVA is my dream school in every sense of the word and would be the best choice financially for my family 100%.
What could I do to improve?? I’ve heard Early action is better.