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

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2200
[ *] ACT:didnt take
[ *] SAT II:math level2 800 physics 800
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):didnt take
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):didnt take
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:im an international
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):i hate translating…</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):head of campus radio station, swimming team, exchange student program. (i only put the ones i really enjoyed)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:librarian, tutor, sweeping the street
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:cleaning community center, counting votes (all boring)
[ *] Summer Activities:teaching in an elementary summer school(babysitting?), guiding tourists in the local museum, homestay family.
[ *] Essays:pretty weird
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: all the usual stuff
[ *] Counselor Rec:likewise
[ *] Additional Rec:none
[ *] Interview:i loved it</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): PRC
[ *] School Type:public(most schools here are public ones)
[ *] Ethnicity:pure asian
[ *] Gender:F
[ *] Income Bracket:???
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths:easily adapting to new environment
[ *] Weaknesses:overly radical and impulsive sometimes
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:i love uva
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:not saying that.</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:** cool asian from PRC who got deeply influenced by american culture.</p>

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<p>To all those who were denied admission to UVA, good luck tonight! The way I look at it, if you applied to UVA, you obviously have a great shot at any school!</p>

<p>Best of Luck!</p>

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<p>I just found out that I got a full ride to Uva also (update).</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 - 800 W, 780 CR, 770 M
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 US History, 790 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.845 (don’t have unweighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Microeconomics (5), Language and Composition (5), US History (5), Physics B (5), Calculus BC (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French Language, AP Literature and Composition, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; FBLA Parliamentary Procedures: 3rd regional, 4th state; FBLA Business Calculations: 1st regional, 5th state; FBLA Business Math: 2nd regional, 3rd state; Harvard National Invitational JV Public Forum Quarterfinalist; Borelli Memorial Varsity Public Forum: 6th; SIFE Enterprise Business Presentation: 1st; Le Grand Concours National French Contest: 6th; Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Grade 8 Piano Certification; Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lieutenant Governor Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (District Secretary, Lieutenant Governor), FBLA (President [2 years]), Forensics (Captain), Mu Alpha Theta (President), Board of Education (Student Representative), French Honor Society, Science League, Model UN. There were others I didn’t list on my application.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~250 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Congressional Student Leadership Conference - National Leadership Summit, Leadership in the Business World
[</em>] Essays: CommonApp (pretty good), Supplements (good)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Additional Rec: Great
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, recommendations, leadership positions, interview
[<em>] Weaknesses: Awards, though numerous, were okay
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]Accepted: Harvard, UPenn Jerome Fisher M&T, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, NYU, UVA Echols Scholars, Rutgers
Waitlisted: Princeton, Yale, Cornell
Rejected: MIT, Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

<p>Happier than ever!</p>

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<p>Geez misterkevinsun. You are a badass. Don’t know why you didn’t make every school you applied to. Congratulations though haha.</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown):2130 (reading 730, writing 770, math 630)</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT II: Bio E-790, US History 770, World History 750</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.7</li>
<li>Weighted GPA: N/A</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not totally sure but I believe top 15%</li>
<li>AP (place score in parentheses): 5 on APUSH</li>
<li>IB (place score in parentheses):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load:AP Comparative gov, english, spanish and art history, honors math</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
a few awards at harvard mun, princeton mun and national mun</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): MUN (secretary general, officer for three years of high school, five awards)
academic challenge (co captain)
JSA (regional director of logistics)
Autism walk-a-thon (organization director)
i may be forgetting some</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience:</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service:</li>
<li>Summer Activities:
Harvard SSP and Exeter Summer School</li>
</ul>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays (Include Subjects):
o Common App Main: 8-9, i made up my own question and wrote about how a piece of music relates to my life
o EC Short Answer: detailing in depth my accomplishments at mun
o Other(s): i wrote about a performance artist at MoMA and how her work inspired me to look at art differently. i thought it was nice! </li>
<li>Teacher Recommendations:did not see any recs</li>
<li>Counselor Rec:</li>
<li>Additional Rec:</li>
<li>Interview:</li>
<li>Art Supplement:</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Date Submitted App:close to the deadline</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): New Yawk</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Public, but we’re a really good public school</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Pasty and white</li>
<li>Gender: Hombre</li>
<li>Income Bracket: bastion of wealth</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
legacy</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: EC’s, hardest courses at my school, summer stuff</li>
<li>Weaknesses: SAT score (math, duh). More than a few applicants from my school</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
sigh. I don’t know. I am very un-happy right now, I have been completely boned by the college process. I was rejected from cornell, penn, georgetown, tufts, uchicago (deferred early) and columbia, got into BU, american, GWU honors w/merit scholarship, waitlisted at UVA and bowdoin college.</li>
<li>What would you have done differently?:
a few things with course selection, tried the ACT</li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): NA
[</em>] ACT: 33 (36 Math, 33 English)
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Bio, 720 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) USH (4) Euro (4) English Comp (4)…
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):NA
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s and Leadership Class
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer 2 years, Treasurer of Jr. Scope, NHS, SHS, more
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Soccer referee for 4 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A fairly good amount… tutored and mentored children of alcoholic parents for 4 years was probably my best
[<em>] Summer Activities: Counselor and Waiter at camp
[</em>] Essays: 8.5-9/10
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Got one from Bio teacher (intended major), APUS teacher (soccer coach and A in class), English teacher (gives great recs)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably great
[<em>] Additional Rec: Community Service
[</em>] Interview: NA
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: around 175k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: Essays maybe?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure at all. Quite shocked to be honest… If anyone thinks they can tell me…
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Binghamton (scholars), Miami (28k Honors), Tulane (28k Honors), UNC-CH, USC (10k Honors) Waitlisted- Vanderbilt Rejected- Duke[/li][/ul]General Comments: UVA was my first choice… Very depressing</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 710 M, 710 W) (Did not send)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 9 W) (34 R is from a different test date)
[<em>] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Lit, 700 MathII (Did not send)
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.41 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/425
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Calc AB (5), US Gov (5), Comp Gov (5), Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Architectural Drafting, AP Lit, AP German, AP Stat, AP US History, AP Advanced Physics (Physics C), AP Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist, German Honor Society, Several others</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I don’t feel like typing them all out, so I’ll just say that they were decent but nothing extraordinary at all.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Informal yard work, etc
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A pretty large amount, though it is not a strong point by any means. Maybe 300 hours or so as a rough estimate.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Went to an elite summer camp, worked, did homework, etc
[<em>] Essays: Pretty strong all around.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been amazing, as both teachers have known me and my family for 4+ years and both taught my favorite/best subjects.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been really good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] Country: United States
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends few grads to top schools (I’m the first to get into UVa :D)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Objective stats, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and similar areas
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my strong stats and recommendations; I’m convinced that my status as a QuestBridge Finalist definitely helped too.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Emory, Middlebury, Rice, Truman State, Tulane, Vanderbilt, and Wesleyan. Waitlisted at Brown, Dartmouth, Northwestern, and WUSTL. Rejected by Harvard, Princeton, and Yale (:'[).</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was admitted! You all deserve it; they picked you for a reason. To those who weren’t so lucky, I’m really sorry for the bad news, but I’m confident that you’ll end up where you should be - I got rejected from my dream school but I’m sure that I’m meant to be somewhere else and am already getting excited about my options.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>SEAS</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2110 Math 770 CR 700 WR 640
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 780 Physics 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/221, 6/221 mid-year
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Few offer at school till senior year. So none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem AP Calc AB AP Stats AP Physics C AP English Lit Peer Leadership
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none really
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 year varsity winter track(captain one year), 4 years of baseball, 2 years of soccer, CHA club (school trip to Europe), Snowboarded on my own, various club sports teams, NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: not much
[<em>] Summer Activities: slept and played sports
[</em>] Essays:I think they were very good. Unique
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Sophomore English teacher gave a phenomenal one and I assume my Calc teacher’s was good too
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good I guess, not much work with her
[<em>] Additional Rec:none
[</em>] Interview:none
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):USA
[<em>] School Type: Small competitive public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$200,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Eh I guess my recs, essay, GPA, and sports participation
[<em>] Weaknesses: SATs are average for UVA, no work or major awards , very little community service
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure compared to others on here. Guess they liked me! I did visit as an OOS if that helps.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rowan University, Villanova, Lehigh(waitlisted and did a crappy job on their app/essays), Cornell(rejected)[/li][/ul]General Comments: I am so excited that I got in! Looking forward to going back to cville!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): TOTAL-2150, M-690, CR-750, W-710, CR/M-1440
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] SAT II: Literature-720, Biology-690
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Gov-4 (small school, does not offer many APs)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Most challenging at my school-AP Lit, AP Calculus, Physics, Ethics, AP Euro, Spanish 4.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Serious violin study for ten years, orchestra for 8. Seriously involved in theater/dance for 7 years. Varsity cheerleader and MS cheer coach, member of peer tutoring program through NHS and note-taker for students with challenges.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Violin teacher
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: LOTS of church service (music, children’s ministry), Girl Scout Silver Award (planned program at theater/dance camp), volunteer for local food pantry, school service.
[ *] Summer Activities: Summer 2010-intern on Capitol Hill in congressman’s office.
[ *] Essays: very good–one was about how much I love my summer orchestra tour, one was about how I’ve enjoyed the challenge of calculus even though I am not a “math” person.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): OOS
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: small, private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ ] Income Bracket: fairly high
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: EXCELLENT essays, very well-rounded in terms of activities, congressional internship probably helped.
[ *] Weaknesses: lack of AP classes & subject tests (partly out of my control b/c of my school).
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Very well-rounded, and good essays!
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at UNC, accepted at Elon, UMD, JMU, Pittsburgh, waitlisted at Penn & Northwestern
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
SO excited, and still can’t believe it! Congrats to all!!</p>