***Official University of Virginia Class of 2015 Decision Thread***

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2220: 750M, 680CR, 790W

  • SAT II: 770 Math I, 660 USH
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 5 Eng Lang. 5
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Literature, AP Spanish, AP Psychology, Physics Honors, Mechanical Drawing 2
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student council, club officer of PALS, girls golf team, Johnson and Johnson Technology Awareness Program, and a few others

  • Volunteer/Community service: A lot.
  • Essays: I really didn’t think I did so well!
  • Teacher Recommendation: Great I’m sure
  • Counselor Rec: my guidance counselor likes me a lot
  • Interview: I only had interviews for the ivy league schools.
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey

  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: female
  • Income Bracket:
  • Hooks: female engineer if that helps?
    </code></pre>

<p>Decision: Rejected!!!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]

  1. Get accepted so as to escape the cold Pittsburgh winters
  2. ?
  3. Profit
    [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2030 740 Reading 670 Math 620 Writing
    [</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
    [<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21 of 269, 10 senior year
    [</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Respectable
    [<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): My mom thinks I’m special
    [/ul]Subjective:[ul]
    [</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming all the time (Captain)
    [<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard even though I never got to save anyone and swim instructor
    [</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Church lector for 5 minutes a week
    [<em>] Summer Activities: Swimming all the time
    [</em>] Essays: Not good enough
    [<em>] Teacher Recommendation: They seem to like me
    [</em>] Counselor Rec: She seems to like me
    [/ul]Other[ul]
    [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
    [</em>] School Type: Catholic
    [<em>] Ethnicity: White
    [</em>] Gender: Male
    [<em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
    [</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): overcame obstacles faced from growing up in the suburbs, engineering has high acceptance rate
    [/ul]Reflection[ul]
    [<em>] Strengths: can squat 1.5 time my bodyweight, doesn’t waste words while speaking, has kind eyes
    [</em>] Weaknesses: Grades, SAT’s, essays, white middle class, extracurriculars, any other measurable quality.
    [<em>] Why you think you were rejected: Competitive admission pool
    [</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UVA is the only rejection, accepted to Penn State Main, Drexel, Syracuse
    [/ul]**General Comments:**Can honestly say that I’m happy with my other choices. 8 hour drive would have been a pain anyway :/. Its a great school and I still love everything about it, but I think I’ll live through this one. Its whateves.</p>

<p>Template is great and of course I see them all over every acceptance thread on CC, EXCEPT: How do you actual USE the template? Do you copy into a “Reply” and then go in a fill in the what is the asterisks between the brackets? How do you use it? It has to be easy, as so many do (use it).</p>

<p>Son was accepted!! WAHOOWA!! A very happy day!</p>

<p>My D was accepted into the E School!</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): N/A

  • ACT:23
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.6
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/59
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 AP Human Geography
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    </code></pre>

<p>. . .</p>

<p>skipping the rest. I’m only in 3 extracurricular activities. Basically here’s my advice, you don’t need to be stressing out about getting accepted. Chill out. Smile more.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2170
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: Bio-760 Lit-700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/465 (I think)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5- Psych, Lang, Bio
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest at my school- AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Gov, AP Microecon, Honors Anatomy
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): GA Certificate of Merit, AP Scholar, (can’t remember the others, but not a great deal more)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Horseback riding, my main thing (25+hrs/week), Science/Spanish NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer horse camp
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Stuff I’ve done with Science and Spanish NHS
[<em>] Summer Activities: Working at horse camp, every summer for the past 5 years
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were good, main one about my dedication to riding horses.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One is absolutely wonderful (I imagine) and the other is slightly less wonderful but still excellent I think. Didn’t read 'em.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never met my counselor, probably pretty ok.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, large
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <70k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Strengths: I’m a good student? [/li][li] Weaknesses: Absolutely nothing. I’m perfect. (totally kidding) [/li][li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They liked my app? [/li][li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Clemson, Auburn, UGA, Wake Forest > All accepted. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Yay! Congrats everyone!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): M 620, CR 710, W 730
SAT II: 740 Bio M, 730 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.572 (Weighted 3.882)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 28/568
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (3) USH (4) Lang (4) Stat (3) Euro (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Comp Sci, AP Calc AB
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Presidencies in 10 major clubs
Job/Work Experience: Worked jobs part-time every year since 9th
Volunteer/Community service: over 200 hours of service at hospital
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender:Female
Income Bracket: 55,000 - 60,000
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It’s a miracle.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GW, VTech, and GMU (Accepted)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): lets not talk about that :slight_smile:
ACT: 25
SAT II: American History 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): err weighted is 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n.a
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Physics SL (5)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Topics HL, IB Visual Arts HL, IB Math SL, IB Chem SL, AP Language and Compositon, French 5, and a Teacher Assistant Period
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Volunteer Fairfax Nominee for Volunteer of the Year/100 Hour Benchmark?</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science National Honor Society (Secretary), It’s Academic (President/Historian), Key Club, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: SNHS, Key Club, Volunteer at my recenter
Summer Activities: Volunteer at my recenter
Essays: About FREAKING PROFESSOR SNAPE :smiley:
Teacher Recommendation: By my Physics teacher who claim it was “the best recommendation that I’ve ever written”
Counselor Rec: Yes
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Taking IB Physics SL II as a junior
Weaknesses: SATs/SAT Subjects/ACT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essay on Snape maybe? Or because I was one of three students in the Class of 2011 who took IB Physics II as a junior
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted into Penn State, James Madison, and George Mason</p>

<p>General Comments:
I am soooo excited! University of Virginia Class of 2015 :)</p>

<p>For anyone who read the early parts of this post, Jefferson Worthington Randolph the IV was rejected. He didn’t put any effort into the essays. </p>

<p>However, my son was admitted. From PA.</p>

<p>His two favorite colleges are UVa and Villanova. Unfortunately, Villanova offered much less aid than all of the other colleges.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 math, 690 reading
[</em>] SAT II: 700 Bio, 720 Math II, 720 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): weighted 4.2
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem(5), Bio(5), Psych(5), Eng. Lang.(3), US(4), World(3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: full of APs
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volleyball(All-County, Captain), Soccer, Lit Mag, Tennis, Fitness Team, Tae Kwon Do Black Belt
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at hospital for ~100 hours, shadowed proctologist
[<em>] Essays: Very Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): ny
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:~100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to nyu and bc[/li][/ul]General Comments: yay!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (760 M 740 R 760 W)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: US History 720; Literature 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7/4.0 4.67 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), European History (4), Environmental Science (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP French, AP Microeconomics, Calculus
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (President for 2 years); Environmental Education Club (Board Member and VP); Model UN (secretary as a sophomore; French Club; NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Weekend asst. manager at a horse barn
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer trips to Africa and Thailand
[</em>] Summer Activities: Summer trips to Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe; Work at barn; Grooming and riding at horse shows
[<em>] Essays: Really good! First one was about relationship with my horse (corny but really worked). Other essays were decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was fantastic! I’m sure the other one was great too!
[li] Counselor Rec: Awesome too!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other
[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250l+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[list]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, course load, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA (a little low for my school), SAT II
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Dont know but I’m ecstatic
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Boston College (Honors), William and Mary (Monroe Scholar), UNC (Honors), Michigan, PSU, Villanova. Deferred: Georgetown
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1370/1980
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 720 Math II, 740 Bio E, 720 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~293
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 English Language, 4 Physics & US History, 5 Calculus AB
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP US Government, AP Literature, Dual-Enrollment Intro to Engineering w/ Autodesk, AP Statistics, Latin II (lol), AP Computer Science A
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Honor Society (Student Founder and President), Club Soccer 9th grade, Varsity Track 11th grade, Varsity Academic Team 12th grade
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered in Neuro-Trauma Center in a hospital
[</em>] Summer Activities: UPenn Experimental Physics Academy June 5-31, 2010
[<em>] Essays: Both on Science, showed great depth in my interest for science
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 3 Teacher Recs, 2 I heard were good, 1 I don’t know
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Strictly Academic, but good
[</em>] Additional Rec: Rec from UPenn Professor
[li] Interview: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 60-100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Initiative and leadership during formation of Math Honor Society
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not much extracurriculars, only spent a day on essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I actually have no idea…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Drexel and Virginia Tech Engineering; Rejected from UPenn, UChicago</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Yay! =]</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>(This is copied from the USC decision thread - sorry for the different format)</p>

<p>Date applied: December 20th ish
Date decision postmarked/received: X
Accepted at which school/major at USC: Economics</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li] SAT Total: 2300</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: X</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: 800, 770</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW/W: 3.99</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: approx. 2/350</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: 3 junior year (5,5,4) and 4 senior year</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: 10/10. My UVA essays were awesome</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: saw one = excellent. Didn’t see other.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: didn’t see</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: President of a few clubs, typical volunteering, foreign exchange [/ul] </p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:

[ul]
[li] State or Country: Northeastern US</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: really competitive public school – our mean SAT is 1800</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: white</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: female</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: nope</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to USC…?: Got a likely letter for UVA in early March, so I expected to be accepted :slight_smile: I was invited to the Echols Scholars program. Also accepted to UCONN honors w/ half tuition merit scholarship, Tulane with $25k/yr merit scholarship, and University of Southern California (as a finalist for a full scholarship - results come out this week).</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 640M, 590CR, 640W, 10E (Horrible test taker)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 640Bio-E, 640US, 630Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish, give or take.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): I applied at 7/393 or 399, top 2%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Euro, AP US, AP Gov and AP Psych
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not in IB
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics, AP Gov, Pathophysiology II, Scientific Research and Writing, Honors English 12 (Slack compared to Junior and Sophomore year)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honors Society, Medical Honors Society, Science Club(Founder), Soccer (Captain), Interact Club, Chess Club, doctor shadowing, Athletic Trainer, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked since freshmen year about 15-20 hours a week.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 500 hours of community service…
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work 40-60 hours a week haha… KILLER.
[</em>] Essays: I thought one of my essays was really original, the other was probably just ehh. I really can’t rate my own essays though.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One word: Amazing (both).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know, but she seems to like me.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Magnet School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Uhh, don’t really know.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Anti-hook (Asian)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurricular activities, high GPA, difficult workload throughout high school, good ranking (2%), amazing recommendations
[<em>] Weaknesses: HORRIBLE SAT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was well rounded in everything, I did a little bit of a lot of things and also focused on some key things in my life.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, I’ve gotten into Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University (Honors), James Madison University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Waiting to hear back from William and Mary (Let’s hope I get 6/6 in college acceptance!)[/li][/ul]General Comments: I didn’t think I’d get in honestly. My SAT was just horrible compared to CC. I was hoping for a waitlist so I wouldn’t get totally rejected haha.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted: Echols Scholar</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740, 770, 710. 2220.
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 780, USH 770, Math II 740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/359
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Physics C: E&M, Calc BC, Eng Lit and Comp, Stat, US Gov’t, Chem (5), USH (4), Calc AB (4), AP Eng Lang and Comp (4), Physics C: Mechanics (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP courses listed above and a research class
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ISEF finalist
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming (Captain), Varsity Academic Team (2 year Captain), Varsity Tennis Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer lifeguard
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: work, Columbia Summer Program
[</em>] Essays: Satire and other decent ones
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: “Glowing”
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other
[list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Magnet and Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/White
[<em>] Gender: XY
[</em>] Income Bracket: A lot
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: 1st in class at public VA high school, attendee of VA magnet school, good objective, good subjective
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good application.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: W&M (Monroe Scholar), Washington University in St. Louis; Waitlisted: Rice; Rejected: MIT and Caltech[/li][/ul]General Comments: Actually considering attending since I got Echols.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (700 CR, 670 M, 750 W)
[</em>] ACT: 30 (35 E, 32 R, 28 M, 28 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 720 USH, 660 Math 1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5), EngLang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish, Econ & Gov’t Honors, College Calculus, AP Harmony, Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coca Cola Scholars Semi-Finalist
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis 4 years, Captain Tennis, All-State Tennis, Varsity Golf 4 years captain for 2 years, ALl-State Golf 3 years, Nationally Ranked Junior Golfer and Tennis Player, Yearbook Editor, Student Council Treasurer and Class Rep, Math Team High Scorer, School Musical, National Spanish Honor Society President, National Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Music Honor Society, Math Honor Society, AP Scholar with Distinction
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a Tennic Club for 3 years, Babysitter
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Organized a Musical Revue for a local charity for the past 3 summers, Volunteer at church every week, work at soup kitchen, teach religious education, work with local charity every single day
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work at Tennis Club, Play in National and International Golf Tournaments every weekend
[</em>] Essays: Common App= Comical and well-crafted, UVA = developed and on target
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: More than Great, she adores me
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul][ b]Other
[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private Catholic All-Girls
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: >200,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, Resume, Extras, Essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT score
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea…kind of confused because my friend from school got in with a worse resume and stats
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Boston College, Villanova, College of Charleston (full scholarship to Honors College), Fordham (Full Scholarship), St. John’s (Full Scholarship Honors College)[/li]Waitlisted-Medill at Northwestern
Waiting = ND, Georgetown, Vandy
[/ul][ b]General Comments:**</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (Echols Scholar)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (680R 800M 760W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36E 35M 30R 33S)
[<em>] SAT II: Physics (780), Chemistry (760), Math II (750), US History (700)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, weighted 4.26
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/121
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Physics B (5), English Language (4), US History (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Physics C
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): My literary magazine won national awards from Columbia Scholastic Press Association</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Literary magazine (layout editor)
Student Leadership Committee (academic prefect in dorm)
Science Club (president)
Music Club (founder/president)
School radio station (=music club)
Junior State of America (chapter officer)
Band (lead flute)
Theatre tech (only technician at school. Is this leadership?)
Yeabook
Debate Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: If I work, I get deported, ****<em>es.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at daycare in South Korea, Boys & Girls Club, environmental awareness team. Adds up to 200 something hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Nothing selective, one JSA camp
[</em>] Essays: Common App was good, supplement pretty generic
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[li] Additional Rec: No idea</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): high school in GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$60,000. That’s right. I can’t afford NYU.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I AM THE ANTI-HOOK</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA and rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurricular activities
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA and rank
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted at NYU Stern, Georgia Tech, American University, University of St. Andrews
Waitlisted at University of Chicago
Deferred Columbia ED
Waiting for Boston College, Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I want to see UVAorBust in real life. Which Day on the Lawn is this guy going to?</p>

<p>Lol, I’ll tell you guys which DOTL I’m going to. I think you’ll actually be pretty suprised by what I look like lol.</p>

<p>lol I’m going to the Scholars one on April 9th!</p>