Official University of Virginia Class of 2015 Decision Thread

SwedeToUS · March 25, 2011, 9:34pm

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math I: 710, Math II: 730
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 20.0): 19.66
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/151
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: 20 % expansion of Swedish curriculum
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): second best company in Sweden’s biggest young entrepreneurship contest (5500+ competing companies), third in Sweden’s biggest business simulation competition.[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founder of a few own companies (9th: sold candles. 11th-PG: beverage company that developed anti-stress drink, PG- ad agency)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities: various entrepreneurship camps
[] Essays: pretty good, not epic.
[] Teacher Recommendation: math- epic, history-great
[] Counselor Rec: epic/great
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): **Sweden[/]
[] School Type: top Swedish high school (probably the best?)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, recs
[] Weaknesses: not amazing SAT
[] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: good and unique business-related ECs
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: accepted @ UMich, Northwestern and NYU, waitlisted @ WUSTL, still waiting for Wharton, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Duke[/ul]
General Comments:

smoothieking · March 25, 2011, 9:55pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 32 composite, 33 superscore (34 E, 33 R, 32 M, 32 S, 10 E)
[] SAT II: 670 Math II, 680 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 90 (took a dip after an illness first semester junior year)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but top 15-20%?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3), Chem (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, AP Macro/Microeconomics, AP Comparative Government, Acting 2, Performance Theatre Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really…school doesn’t give out many honors awards
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN/Youth Legislature (10-12; President for 2 years), Principal roles in most school musicals and productions as an upperclassman (ensemble roles as an underclassman), Mock trial lawyer/witness (10-11), Football (9-11), Track & Field (9-11), Student gvt (9-10), Church youth choir (9-12)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 50+ hours with Habitat for Humanity, in addition to school service club and service learning projects
[] Summer Activities: mission trips, Vanderbilt PAVE, football
[*] Essays: It may sound clich

marathonman262 · March 25, 2011, 10:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120, 740 M, 700 R, 680 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 680 mB, 690 M2, 720 M1
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.7? 4.1 weighted, but a 4.7 midterm senior year probably pushed me over the edge
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4)
Comp Sci (3)
Language (4)
Pyschology (5)
Chemistry (3)
US History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio
AP French
AP Literature
AP US Government
AP Calc AB
Physics HN
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3rd in state science fair
national merit semifinalist
first in regional science fair
ap scholar with distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (Captain)
national honor society
french honor society
science Olympiad
[] Job/Work Experience:
shadowed anesthesiologist
shadowed pediatrician
interned at aerospace and defense firm
[] Volunteer/Community service:
volunteered at hospital
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Totally blew it. Literally. I uploaded the wrong essay for one of the prompts and submitted it…but my general essay was in the good-decent range
[] Teacher Recommendation: simply fantastic
[] Counselor Rec: probably really good
[] Additional Rec: decent
[] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:
[] Ethnicity: brown
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: upper
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): swaggerlicious
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, midterm senior year grades, teacher recommendation
[] Weaknesses: essay, lack of extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: had ok extracurricars, decent gpa and solid SAT score going in, and then the midterm grades (4.7 gpa) probably pushed me over the edge
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Virginia Tech, New York University, and Virginia Commonwealth[/li]rejected from Northwestern
Waiting for Duke, William and Mary, Johns Hopkins, and Emory
[/ul]General Comments:

durufle · March 25, 2011, 10:15pm

Decision: Accepted + Echols

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 total (800 CR, 750 M, 760 W)
[] ACT: Did not take
[] SAT II: 700 Latin, 750 Literature, 780 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in Latin (Vergil), Calc AB, Psychology, Music Theory. 4 in Physics B.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Lit, Econ, Civ Pro,
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National classical music awards (piano/composition).
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music, Latin teacher, founded nonprofit that produces multimedia for a local music school.
[] Job/Work Experience: Full time job to support conservatory lessons
[] Volunteer/Community service: Yes. Lots.
[] Summer Activities: Work full time in music-related fields
[] Essays: Wrote about an apple orchard, Common App essay about a composer
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not read or “ghost write” them.
[] Counselor Rec: She said it was glowing.
[] Additional Rec: Piano teacher of 6 years.
[] Interview: No.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New England
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Small Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: < 60,000/year
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because UVA is awesome.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at William & Mary w/ Monroe, Holy Cross, UMass. Will know on Wednesday for Yale and Hahvad.[/li][/ul]General Comments:

theRADtomato47 · March 25, 2011, 10:30pm

**Decision: Waitlisted **

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT I (by section): 2130 (CR 690, M 730, W 710)
[]SAT IIs: US History 770, Math II 710
[]ACT: 32 (Eng 34, Math 34, Reading 31, Science 27)
[]APs: Physics B 4, Eng. Lang 4, APUSH 4, US Govt, Calc AB, Stats, Eng Lit, Physics C Mech., Chem (all to come this year)
[]IBs: n/a
[]GPA (UW, W): UW 3.9, W 4.1
[]Rank: 7/386 (9-12), 3/386 (10-12)–ranked by weighted academic gpa
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[]Other stats: 3 AP’s + 1 honors (11th), 5 AP’s + 1 self study (12th), AP Scholar Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]ECs listed on app: Track (9,10,11,12), My Own Offseason Track Training (10,11,12), Community Service Club (11,12–12th Board member + small award 11th), Basketball–Just playing b-ball @ park, house, neighborhood (9,10,11,12)
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Library Tutor (11,12), Library Summer Volunteer (11)
[]Job/Work Experience: n/a
[]Summer Activities: summer school 1 year, library summer volunteeering 1 year
[]Essays: Main essay was pretty good. EC short answer was alright. My supplemental essays were creative but both alluded to or were about basketball.
[]Teacher Recommondation: I submitted two, one was pretty good, the other was probably generic.
[]Counselor Recommendation: Barely got her this year, so probably pretty generic.
[]Mid-Yr Report: 4 A’s and 1 B in 5 AP classes, W gpa went up to 4.21, rank=unchanged
[]Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[]State or Country: CA
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[]Gender: Male
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[]Strengths: Academics, Dedication/Passion (i.e. lots of hrs & years) to track and b-ball in my EC’s
[]Weaknesses: EC’s Overall (some of them weren’t official, but I was dedicated a lot to everything I did). None of my EC’s were school clubs. Not much leadership.
[]Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: As an OOS applicant, I wasn’t as qualified as those who were admitted. My SAT’s were in their range but not stellar. Academics were my strengths, EC’s were probably average to below average. I was hoping my essays could push me over, but they didn’t.[/ul]
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ** Overall so far, waitlisted at UVA and WashU. Accepted UCSD, UCLA, Berkeley, USC (Spring Admit), UC Davis, Irvine, Northeastern EA, and U-Dub. One decision left: Notre Dame. Right now, I’m deciding between Cal and UCLA. Also, i am accepting a spot on the UVA waitlist and it is a possibility that I could go to UVA if accepted off waitlist. Good luck to the rest of Class of 2015ers!!! :)

bigshot3008 · March 25, 2011, 10:37pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2190
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math I: 710 Biology M: 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Env., Law, 
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Way too many to list
[] Job/Work Experience: Nope
[] Volunteer/Community service: over 600 hours, Hospital, Community Center,
[] Summer Activities: LEAD SBI
[] Essays: Perfect. Literally they were Perfect
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[] Additional Rec: Nope just those two
[] Interview: Nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket: 200,000 +
[] Mid-Year Report: One B, the rest were A’s
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, SAT,Leadership, Legacy, Ethnicity,
[] Weaknesses: No Varsity Letter :(, Not a president of any school clubs.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I made my self a well rounded student. I worked very hard, and I thank God and my parents, teachers and family.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Umich, Penn State, Waitlisted: NYU (stern)
[/ul]General Comments:

I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time, ever since 9th grade I knew I wanted to attend a top ranked University. I am so blessed and thankful.

jgorman450 · March 25, 2011, 10:59pm

Decision: Accepted as Echols Scholar, intend to enter McIntire

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 780 M/790 CR/800 W
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II (if submitted): 790 Math II, 780 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99-ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8th/370? maybe a little higher? 6th maybe? I’m not 100% positive. anyway, top 3%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), Calc AB (5), Psych (5), USH (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Calc BC, Physics, US Gov, French, Lang/Comp, Stats. Along with Computer Info Systems
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Business Leaders of America (Pres/officer for 3 yrs), Senior Class Officer, Key Club (secretary), French Honor Society (VP), NHS, several other clubs… rec league basketball and baseball (lol, doesnt really count for anything…), and one last thing: I attended Virginia Governor’s Foreign Language Academy, a really competitive three-week full immersion French school.
[] Job/Work Experience: summer job w/ my dad’s company
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hrs with Habitat for Humanity
[] Essays: really nothing special in my opinion.
[] Teacher Recommendation: good, got teachers from diverse fields and they all really liked me.
[] Counselor Rec: meh. Don’t really know my counselor.
[] Additional Rec: nope.
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yup.
[] Intended Major: something in McIntire
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] School Type: competitive- in Loudoun County, consistently one of the richest counties in the country.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none. i’m a suburban white guy from NOVA. absolutely no hooks, unless you count the Foreign Language Academy thing, which I don’t really. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, Grades, Number/Variety/“Quantity” of EC’s
[] Weaknesses: Depth/“Quality” of EC’s, lack of hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see “strengths”, I guess… my essays probably weren’t kick-ass, so I wasn’t relying on them.
[] Other Schools: Accepted- Rice engineering, WUSTL Business (Olin Scholar), Vanderbilt Engineering (nearly full-tuition FA package), VA Tech Engineering. Waiting On- Stanford, Harvard, UPenn Wharton school, Duke engineering

[/ul]General Comments: CONGRATS to everyone who got in!

nattilee · March 25, 2011, 11:02pm

Choose One:
Decision: Accepted / ECHOLS SCHOLAR!
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Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 [only took once]
[li] ACT:[/li][] SAT II: Biology: 750; Literature 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5). AP History (5). Psychology (5).
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Not too impressive actually. Three DE classes, two APs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics team captain, drama club
[] Job/Work Experience: Currently work as a waitress at IHOP and at a daycare. Also have worked as a cashier and at an amusement park (basically been working steady since 15)
[] Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hours at a food giveaway place
[] Summer Activities: Girls state, working
[] Essays: Probably the best part. A current UVA student said my favorite word essay was the most amazing thing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Probably eh.
[] Counselor Rec: Probably bad
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public rural
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 20,000 and less
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Questbridge applicant
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My essays, my questbridge status, not sure what else
[] Weaknesses: My course list, maybe my scores, I dunno
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows really
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have been accepted to University or Richmond, and I’m still waiting to hear from everywhere else
[/ul]General Comments: YAYYYYYYYYYYYY :D

guillaume · March 25, 2011, 11:03pm

DS accepted!! I don’t have the patience for all the details but in brief:
WGPA 4.19
ACT 29
11 AP/IBs
Rank “1” but above 4.0 every one is ranked 1
Band
Lacrosse
jobs and internship in environment field
etc.
Oh my now he’s going to have to choose between VTech and UVA. We’ll see.

FallenAngel9 · March 25, 2011, 11:27pm

My first post had a typo because I was using my iPhone, then my second post (which was intended to fix it) seemed to replace it so I edited it, and now both are screwed up. haha Sorry guys. Anyway, yeah, I was accepted as an Echols Scholar but I really don’t have time to post details right now.

UVAhopeful · March 25, 2011, 11:28pm

Choose One:
Decision: Accepted (Echols Scholar)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270; 690 CR, 800 M, 780 W
[] ACT:35
[] SAT II: 770 MII, 700 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.7 out of 100 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%; school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): three 5’s and two 4’s
[] Senior Year Course Load: all APs (five of them)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse; captain of all three my senior year; German Club, Quiz Bowl, some other stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: math tutoring, some other stuff
[] Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer, some other stuff
[] Essays: I thought they were great.
[] Teacher Recommendation: never read
[] Counselor Rec: never read
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, although I do have legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, GPA, legacy
[] Weaknesses: few ECs outside of sports? 
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m in-state, have legacy, and my grades/scores are above UVA’s average. Not to sound pretentious, but I wasn’t too worried. I received a likely letter as well.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at UNC-CH (honors), George Mason (full ride), William and Mary (Monroe Scholar); waitlisted at WashU; I’m waiting on Duke, Brown, and Yale
[/ul]General Comments: UVA has been the school at which I have always envisioned myself. I’m still going to look at the other offers before me, and the ones that hopefully may come. But the fact that I’m an Echols Scholar and that I get in-state tuition will likely be the factors that contribute to my attending UVA.

BaconMan · March 26, 2011, 12:17am

what is an Echols Scholar?

malenonfare · March 26, 2011, 12:23am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (700,770,730)
ACT:
SAT II (if submitted): Math II(800), Literature (750), US History (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): 10 AP Classes, all A’s
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/274
AP (place score in parenthesis): American Gov’t (5), World History (4), US History (5), English Language (5), Psychology (5), Calc AB (5), Spanish Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Econ, AP English Lit, AP Stat, AP Physics B
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, MD Distinguished Scholar, NSCAA Scholar-All American

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Varsity soccer captain, student government class rep, captain of quiz bowl team, physics olympics, MESA effective communications competition (regional and state champion)
Job/Work Experience: Two part-time jobs
Volunteer/Community service: Assistant coach for youth soccer team
EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Pretty generic, but well-written
General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Pretty personal, really gave a good depiction of me and my life
Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Didn’t see, but I would assume very good. The teacher has taught me twice
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): My counselor doesn’t really know me besides numbers
Additional Rec (only if you saw it): None
Interview: None

Other

State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation

Reflection
Strengths: Transcript, rank, AP scores
Weaknesses: Average SAT scores, mediocre supplement essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My strengths, and no overbearing weaknesses.
Where else I applied: accepted: Notre Dame, Northeastern; still pending: Princeton, Yale, Duke, UPenn, Stanford, Brown, Columbia, Georgetown, JHU…let’s go March 30th!

brownboy87 · March 26, 2011, 12:26am

Decision: Accepted (+ Echols Scholar)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 770 M, 790 W
[] ACT: Didn’t Take
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Approximately 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 Taken (5 Lang, 5 Chem, 5 Spanish, 4 USH), Taking 4 now (Psych, Calc AB, Physics B,
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Finalist?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Student Council (Student Body Treasurer), Math Club & Honor Society, Debate
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Worked two summers at an Indian NGO for HIV/AIDS awareness
[] Summer Activities: The community service mentioned above, moving (switched schools twice during HS), and math camp one year
[] Essays: WORLD I CAME FROM- India, focused on extended families there; WORK THAT CHALLENGED ME- intense diophantine equation math problem
[] Teacher Recommendation: Business/Entrepreneurship Teacher (Stellar), Lang teacher (should have been good, didn’t read)
[] Counselor Rec: Decent, but I only knew him for a year and a month or two before he wrote it
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): Singapore
[] School Type: Private, American
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Higher end (no financial aid option)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m really attractive
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA and SAT score, essays
[] Weaknesses: In hindsight, I could have shown a bit more passion I guess
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My stats probably helped, and I think the essays were pretty personal
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACCEPTED at McGill and Northwestern so far, DEFERRED from Stanford early, and REJECTED by UChicago
[/ul]General Comments:

pd5102 · March 26, 2011, 1:02am

ACT 35
SAT II Math II 800, Bio M 800
GPA unweighted 3.95, weighted 4.7
AP-Calc BC (5), Eng Lit (5), Bio (5), Comp Programming (5), US Hist (5), Latin (4)
Senior schedule-AP Eng, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Art History, AP Stat
White male no hooks
Accepted Georgia Tech(scholarship), UGA(scholarship), Univ of FL, Vanderbilt, waiting for Duke, Harvard, Princeton

madviking · March 26, 2011, 1:25am

Accepted to Engineering

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2030 610/800/620 R/M/W

ACT: n/a
SAT II: Math II - 800, Physics - 800, Chem - 770
Weighted GPA: 4.102
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro - 5, Chem - 5, US History - 5, Russian - 4
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Eng (Lang), Physics, BC Calc
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim team captain, random positions in a few clubs
</code></pre>

Other

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

Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: SAT 2 scores, AP scores

Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well roundedness, good math/science test scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Got into VT
</code></pre>

fengyunxiaolu · March 26, 2011, 2:15am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 CR690 M780 W710
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: M2-800 FrenchListening-740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): unsure.around 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English language and composition (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Adv Func, AP Calc, AP Eng, AP Econ, Chem, Music, International Business, World History
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): numerous music awards up to national level, several math contest school champion awards, random other awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (president), Cancer Society (President), Flute Ensemble (President), School Band (Principal), School newspaper (Assistant editor), school prefect, peer mediator, peer tutor
[] Job/Work Experience: 2010 Shanghai Expo, summer in a chinese international trading company
[] Volunteer/Community service: 4 years in nursing home, canadian cancer society
[] Summer Activities: summer program at university of toronto, expo, jobs, volunteer, summer school
[] Essays: okay
[] Teacher Recommendation: one better than the other but both very good
[] Counselor Rec: very specific
[] Additional Rec: instrumental teacher- said i surely could have pursued a performance career
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): canada
[] School Type:public
[] Ethnicity:asian
[] Gender:female
[] Income Bracket:unsure
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): arts supplement
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:ECs, awards, some recs
[] Weaknesses: test scores, gpa
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ECs diverse but with depth in each, essays reflect whats important to me, arts supplement probably
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waiting on ivies +duke + umich, accepted: carnegie mellon, nyu stern, uva waitlisted: vanderbilt rejected: northwestern,chicago[/li][/ul]General Comments:

ny2phx · March 26, 2011, 2:28am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (one sitting) 720(WR), 770(CR), 790(M)
ACT: 34 (didn’t take)
SAT II (if submitted): US History-780, Math II-770, Literature-740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History-5, English Lit-4, European history-4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP AB Calculus, AP Literature, AP Economics, AP Comp Govt., AP Spanish 5, Philosophy
Major Awards National Merit Finalist
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Really nothing to speak of. Member in a couple of clubs
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Community Legal Services (1 semester)
Essays: Unique and I’d like to think excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see but would think excellent
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see but I would assume excellent
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: NO visit; no interview

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: History/Political Science; pre-law
State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private college prep (Jesuit; one of top 3 schools in AZ)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: over $200k
Hooks

Reflection
Strengths: SAT; perhaps geography
Weaknesses: GPA, no extras to speak of
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: I love the admission process. Last week I got into Wash U, a day or so ago into USC, and earlier today I got into Vandy and NYU. I had no interest in Virginia but my parents made me apply. I never visited or communicatd with the school in any way whereas I was in contact with, and went to events and interviews for, Wash U and Vandy. I listed myself as denied on my school’s Naviance and it looks so funny; my SAT and grades have me off the scale for the average accepted person from my school yet Virginia denied me. The other schools saw something about me that Virginia didn’t. I didn’t wan them and they didn’t want me - fate perhaps. Good luck to those of you who wanted this.

kph2011 · March 26, 2011, 6:56am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (1 sitting)
[] ACT: 34 (1 sitting)
[] SAT II: US History (800), Molecular Bio (780)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Euro (5), USH (5), Calc AB (5), Lit (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: most difficult
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-varsity tennis (captain, team ranked first, ranked 1st in doubles)
-school newspaper (founder and editor)
-school lit mag (founder and editor)
-local community service leadership board
-competitive argumentative essayist for school literary team (1st in state)
-Teen political organization (charter founder and chairman)
-FCA (leadership team)
-NHS
-Quill and Scroll
[] Job/Work Experience:
-worked at dad’s company’s warehouse for 2 summers
-intern for political office (can’t say which one for privacy)
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots, organized a lot of it
[] Summer Activities: creative writing workshops
[] Essays: great
[] Teacher Recommendation: counselor said they were good, i waived my right
[] Counselor Rec: great
[] Additional Rec: great
[] Interview: didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: ~200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, scores, leadership positions, did a summer activity at UVA
[] Weaknesses: lack of hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: hard to pinpoint a reason, but I’m glad!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: so far I’ve been accepted to Emory (Scholars), William & Mary (Monroe Scholar), Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest

[/ul]General Comments:
Congrats everyone! I didn’t even know decisions were available until my friend told me.

66472 · March 26, 2011, 8:22am

good luck and no offense, but you got vey lucky. those SAT scores are not competitive for UVA

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