My sister is trying desperately to get into UVA?

Question

I'm not so sure why UVA.

But anyways, here are her stats:
GPA: 3.5
weighted GPA: 4.2
SAT score: 2110
5's on all AP tests taken

ECs:
-volunteered at hospital, daycare, and a school--has over 200 hours. loves working with children.
-national honor society, spanish honor society, music honor society, VP of NHS.
-organized singing program where she taught little kids how to sing. the money eventually went to charity. she also organized several toy drives during the holidays.
-dance and singing lessons for 8 years, took several lead roles in plays.
-interned at NIH, and worked at starbucks for a year.
-debate team, ecology club all four years
-regional winner of vocabulary contest 3 times,--went to nationals.
-submitted an article to teenink, and story got published.
-winner of science regional science fair.
-published scientific paper.

Please be honest. I know her GPA isn't exactly where it should be, but her extracurriculars and SAT score seem to be impressive (to me, at least).

Oh, she doesn't live in VA. Which I know will make it harder for her to get in.

Answer 1

She has great test scores and a weighted GPA above 4.0 -- she is qualified to go to any university in the country. Being qualified isn't enough (a place like Harvard probably rejects about 80% of QUALIFIED students who apply).

She needs to stand out compared to the other qualified students. Extracurriculars are important -- but they are easy to pad and hard to verify. Interviews and her admissions essay are where she will have to make an impression.

She may not get into Virginia -- but will certainly get into some good university.

As for why UVA -- it is one of the best public universities in the US and in a beautiful location. It would be a great place to get a degree.

She should apply to other schools of similar quality. She has a shot at schools like Duke, Cornell, Michigan, Berkeley and Penn. Harvard, Stanford and Princeton are possible -- but unlikely.

Answer 2

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