***OFFICIAL University of Virginia Regular Decision Class of 2017 Decision Thread***

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>Decisions are out 530pm ET today. Only decisions here. Use the discussion thread to talk.</p>

<p>DON'T FORGET TO REMOVE SPACES</p>

<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:*</p>

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<p>Just my two cents: It means nothing when someone posts a GPA. GPA calculations vary from school to school. A “good” GPA at one school could be mathematically impossible at another.</p>

<p>Also, almost everyone will post that their essays and teacher recs are amazing. :)</p>

<p>And now I’ll step away to leave this thread to the students…</p>

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<p>Decisions are up. Rejected. Not surprised but congrats to all you guys accepted!!
Quick stats:
2040 sat
3.7 unweighted 4.2 weighted
OOS california
I’ll probably end up at lehigh unless I magically get into notre dame or duke. Congrats to everyone who got in and if you didnt, keep your head up (:</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (M740 R670 W790 E11)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: M2: 750, Chemistry: 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA, but excellent grades except one blip second semester junior year.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most demanding
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Debating Society (President), Environmental Society (President), History Society (Editor-in-Chief), Model UN (Secretary-General), Published Author (in leading newspapers and book on amazon), Substitute 10th Grade History Teacher
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a Foundation for ~200 hours regarding education development
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not really
[</em>] Summer Activities: Writing, travel, internships
[<em>] Essays: I liked them. CA about the value of college (Q2), Describe the World you come from (multicultural background) and the Engineering essay (innovative idea)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Chemistry and Advanced Math - would assume to be terrific
[<em>] Counselor Rec: would assume to be terrific
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering I think
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Out of State
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US citizen overseas
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Did not report
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Don’t really know, maybe leadership and well-roundedness?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing stellar on my profile
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Can’t really say
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Macalester ($15k merit) and Wesleyan; Waitlisted at WUSTL and Case Western; Rejected from Stanford REA and Swarthmore EDII
[/ul]General Comments: It’s a tough decision between UVA and Wesleyan! I guess Harvard will have to break the tie :)</p>

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<p>On my cellphone so it’s hard to copy the template.</p>

<p>Deferred—>Waitlisted
OOS</p>

<p>1550/1600, 2280/2400
3.89 UW top 3%</p>

<p>I’m not too concerned because I was accepted to WashU, which I find to be more preferable anyway. Good luck to everyone else!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (M680 CR680 W760)
[</em>] SAT II: Literature (800), Math 2 (770), French (720)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% for sure, not sure if I’m in top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (4), Lang (4), AB Calc (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP English Lit, AP Statistics, AP Psychology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Orchestra, Advanced Information Systems</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Treasurer), National English Honor Society, National French Honor Society, Asian American Students Association, National Honor Society, Environmental Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Had summer job before senior year at local restaurant
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Writing, travel
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were pretty great.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My teacher loved me, so I assumed she wrote a fantastic recommendation.
[li] Counselor Rec: Great, too, I suppose, even though she doesn’t know me as well.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Business
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low?
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Um, GPA, maybe. SAT II’s.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Math and CR of SAT II, maybe not enough extracurriculars, or unique extracurriculars.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Competition is harsh. And maybe I just wasn’t good enough, or not exactly what they wanted. Maybe I didn’t seem well-rounded enough, you know?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to GMU, UMW, Shenandoah.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: It’s a little disappointing at first, but I mean, I know I’ll end up where I’m supposed to be this fall. And there’s always transferring to UVA!</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone who got accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected :’(</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (800 Math, 700 W, 680 CR
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 770 Math 1, 650 USH
[<em>] Grades: 90% Freshman Yr, 86% Sophomore Year, 65% Junior Year, 50% Senior Year Midyears
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A for Fr / So, Top 25% Jr, Top 35% Sr
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): didnt send
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Indian CBSE Board
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Decent (no leadership)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 paid internships
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 50+ hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown (Jr. Year)
[</em>] Essays: Great (maybe the best ones i wrote)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great (one was a little generic tho)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: History
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): india
[<em>] School Type: No idea honestly but i think private
[</em>] Ethnicity: indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT, Essays, Recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Grades, Leadership, Volunteer Work
[</em>] Why you think you were rejected: coz im a piece of ____ it aint hard to tell
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Miami (accepted), Syracuse (accepted), Illinois (accepted), San Francisco (accepted), WUSTL (waitlisted), Chicago (waitlisted), Wisconsin (rejected), waiting on 14 more[/li][/ul]General Comments: i hate myself. congrats to every1 accepted. prospective students read post #2. death woulda felt better. not kidding. im seriously cryin. shoutout to dean j and admissions for reviewing my application. im out.</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>1550/2250 SAT
3.8 unweighted
Extraordinary Extra-curriculars
Great awards
Fantastic Teacher Recs
OUT OF STATE NY</p>

<p>UVa was very high up on my list. It’s quite unfortunate as I was a rather offbeat applicant and probably got weeded out before any holistic admissions could come into play. The unfortunate reality of State schools is that OOS students play a tough game. Oh well. You lose some, then you win others. I’m confident in my ability to succeed regardless of which school I go to. It’s unfortunate UVa will not be my alma mater.</p>

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<p>i was accepted, and i was about to fill one of those forms out. however, seeing others that were not accepted so upset reminded me of myself when i was deferred from penn during the early decision cycle. i refuse to gloat about my achievement while others are beating themselves up. i refuse to let others look at my stats and go like “if only i had done this…” i know that feeling of regret. it’s terrible.</p>

<p>i will leave the e-mail that my lit teacher sent me when she found out that i was deferred:
“I’m sorry - I’m sure you are feeling pretty down.
Feel better. Believe me, this happened for a reason; you will find a school that is the perfect place for you.”</p>

<p>this message truly uplifted me, and i hope that it will inspire others to keep on moving towards success.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.72
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):44/446 (10%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(3) Psych(4) APUSH(3) APWH(4) Stats(4) APHG(3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 Ap’s
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nah
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A solid variety + Published book
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150ish hours
[<em>] Summer Activities:Gavirtual school
[</em>] Essays: Meh 7/10-ish
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Solid
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Great
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[</em>] Intended Major:comp lit
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):GEORGIA (OOS)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:public
[</em>] Ethnicity:pakistani
[<em>] Gender:male
[</em>] Income Bracket:200k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:published book 32 act
[<em>] Weaknesses: everything else
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: UCSB! and like 11 other places[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m fine with it, I guess. I would’ve chosen UCSB anyways and I’ve already been accepted. However they did just end my perfect college acceptance streak :(</p>

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<p>2310 sat - 800 math, 730 writing, 780 reading.
3.98 GPA unweighted
4 years of baseball, soccer and indoor track</p>

<p>Would take too long to fill out the rest.
People who got denied, just relax a little. It’s not the end of the world i got deferred from princeton. Don’t worry you’ll end up where you should be</p>

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<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330
[</em>] ACT: 27 (didn’t send)
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 750, US History 760, World History 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.21
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Government (5), Psychology(5), Biology (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: French, English, BC Calc, AP Chemistry, AP US History, AP Stat, Physiology/Anatomy
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Asian Cultural Society (Treasurer), National Honor Society, STAND, Dance, Violin
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteering , cultural activities (over 300 hours total)
[<em>] Summer Activities: research/shadowingat hospital, forensics course
[</em>] Essays: 7/10 (not too bad, but not my best)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: both decent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good, GC knew me well
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, but won’t get any
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): instate
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):N/A
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Northern India)
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: test scores, senior year grades
[<em>] Weaknesses: overall GPA, essays
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was originally deferred, but I think they liked my senior year grades enough to accept me.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: safety schools, target schools; this is the first reach school I got into[/li] [/ul]General Comments:
I will almost certainly attend UVA. I’m just waiting on three more schools, but I don’t want to pay 60k per year for any of the those. I really love UVA and I will be thrilled to go there this fall! Congrats to those who got in, and to the others: don’t worry! You’ll likely be happy wherever you end up.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (M750 R710 W730 E11)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: M2: 800, US History: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86-3.93ish (I’m not totally sure what colleges saw…)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (US History), 5 (Lang)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, BC Calc, AP Stat, AP Lit, AP Spanish, Honors Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pascack-Volunteers (Founder and co-president), Debate (captain), Spanish NHS (President), iPhone App Design & Maintanence
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Tons… 150 hrs I think volunteering at a blood bank, and I made my own club…
Summer Activities: Crapload of tennis, chilling…
Essays: Out of all of my colleges, I think UVa (and Duke) got my best supps.
Teacher Recommendation: Pre-calc & Lit teachers - would assume to be satisfactory
Counselor Rec: would assume to be satisfactory
Additional Rec: Got one from a recent UVa alum (he’s my tennis coach now and kinda my “mentor”)
Interview: none</p>

<p>[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering I think
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 250,000+ (I think is was one of the driving factor for my acceptance…)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m Ukrainian (born in Ukraine??)</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Phenomenal ECs, great GPA (I got only one B for my first 3 years)
Weaknesses: Low SAT score for OOS applicant, tanked senior year grades haha
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I can pay the tuition (really important if you’re OOS), and my ECs I thought were pretty solid…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Villanova (5k per year merit scholarship), TCNJ (7k per year merit scholarship); Wait listed: WUSTL (Olin); Rejected: Cornell AEM (ED)</p>

<p>General Comments: I know when I was a paranoid junior/senior, I was looking at the previous year’s results to better see where I stand, and this is exactly why I want to post my stats. Please understand in no way am I trying to gloat… that’s all that needs to be said I think.</p>

<p>I’m out.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math: 670, Writing: 650, Reading: 590. 1910
ACT:
SAT II: Didn’t take ant
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (school only does weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):IB Business and Management SL: 5
Senior Year Course Load: 7 IB Classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):A couple school recognitions but no national awards
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Basketball (Captain), Varsity Track and Field (Captain), Varsity Golf, 8x scholar athlete award winner, national honor society, business honor society, VA DECA honor society, DECA State Champion, DECA International Finalist, DECA Vice President, FBLA Regional Finalist, FBLA Board Member, IB Advisory Board member, freshmen transition program member, best buddies, science fair winner, (thats all I can think of now)
Job/Work Experience: 2 summer sports management internships
Volunteer/Community service: 100ish hours
Summer Activities: Internship with the Washington Wizards
Essays: Were okay I thought. Prob a 7/8 out of 10 i’d say. Common app essay was pretty unique I thought.
Teacher Recommendation: Good
Counselor Rec: Great
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Applied for Financial Aid?:no
Intended Major: commerce
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia (in stae)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Top 50 Public school in the country (NOVA)
Ethnicity: White
Gender:male
Income Bracket:200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
Strengths: Extracurriculars and Essays
Weaknesses: Grades/ SAT Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:not sure. Was hoping for the waitlist but I guess it was not meant to be
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Clemson and Indiana. Waiting to hear from Wake Forest, Michigan, USC, VA Tech and JMU
General Comments: Definitely stung a bit at first but still have lots of schools to hear from. It was my first choice but after early decisions were released I lost a lot of hope… lol. Best of luck to all!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): superscore R610 M800 W 620 T 2030
[</em>] ACT:did not take
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 790 Math 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98, 4.39 weighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Cal AB 5, Physics B 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): na
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Cal BC, Chem, Biology, Gov, Stats; Brit. Lit., Religion.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):na
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ASB VP, some clubs, 11 yrs saxophone, 9 yrs keyboard
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:na
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:minimum school requirement 20 hrs per year
[<em>] Summer Activities: Stanford summer college. Math 51 Linear Algebra & Multi Cal, 4.0 GPA
[</em>] Essays:I made up the essay in 1 hour
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very Great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: One from Stanford math professor.
[</em>] Interview:na
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:na
[</em>] Intended Major:Electrical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA (but international
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):China
[<em>] School Type:Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket:100000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Can’t think of any. Math and science nerd?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:Nothing really.
[<em>] Weaknesses:Low SAT, average GPA, poor essay, no demonstration of interest.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my weaknesses explain everything
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:
It’s sad to be waitlisted. But I know it’s gonna happen to me because of my non-resident status+ low stats. Congratulation to those accepted! Best of luck to those waitlisted and rejected, more acceptances are coming to you!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Writing: 750 Math: 790 Reading: 740
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Math 800, Bio 720, Physics 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Statistics (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP BC Calculus, Chinese 4 Honors, Language and Media (English), Constitutional Law
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):…National Honor Society Member?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Environmental Field Studies Group (leader-thing), Art Magazine, Robotics Team, Young Adult Galley Group (vice president)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked with a scientist on saving local threatened species, job in a local bookshop
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Daycare Center, feeding turtles at my school, Chinese school, Rehearsal pianist for school musical, local organic food center garden thing
[<em>] Summer Activities: Taekwondo, piano, some camps, flute, sailing
[</em>] Essays: They were okay - not fabulous, but not too bad either
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup!
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology or Economics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: Concord Carlisle Regional High School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Parents are divorced
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I work really hard? I make friends well, and I help the community around me improve.
[<em>] Weaknesses: I’m kind of antisocial, so in a new environment I often just make a couple of friends and then distance myself. I don’t really do any sports, and my grades are just good - not the best. I am not that smart…
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had a lot of fun writing one of my UVa Essays! I bet that was it.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UMass Amherst, Brandeis, Wellesley. Waiting on a whole bunch of other schools[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone!!</p>

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<p>Posting for my son</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
•SAT I: did not submit
•ACT: 30 (highest composite), 32 (superscored)
•SAT II: Math 1 720, Biologgy 580
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
•AP (place score in parenthesis): did not submit (he is in the full IB diploma program)
•IB (place score in parenthesis): will take exams in May- estimated score around 40
•Senior Year Course Load: IB Math SL, IB Bio HL, IB Psych HL, IB English SL, IB Music HL, TOK
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State recognition in Latin Forum</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Biggest EC is his position as Young Adult Representative of Patient Advocacy Committe of the North American Thrombosis Forum (NATF), a national nonprofit organization; Latin Club (VP Academics), Central Florida Deep Venous Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism Support Group (Founder and President)
•Job/Work Experience: Summer internship with NATF in Boston
•Volunteer/Community service: over 500 hours
•Summer Activities: Summer internship in Boston
•Essays: Made some of his teachers cry- described how, despite his own medical problems, he has helped his autistic brother with his therapies and what impact autism has had
•Teacher Recommendation: Excellent; his math teacher showed us the letter (although my son had waived his rights to see them) and wrote that he mad never met any student with such passion in 25 years of teaching
•Counselor Rec: Excellent (likely)- she has known my son for 10 years
•Additional Rec: Letter of rec from a world-renowned Cardiologist at Harvard Medical School
•Interview: Son said it was likely the icing on the cake, as they got to see what makes him unique. It also helped that he met with a faculty member from the Classics Department, who likely gave a glowing review back to the ADCOM
Other
•State (if domestic applicant): FL
•Country (if international applicant):
•School Type: Private, IB Program (son is doing full IB diploma)
•Ethnicity: Asian, Indian
•Gender: Male
•Income Bracket: $500000
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my son is only one of 4 seniors in the country with a rare medical condition (about 100 in the world). He has been so involved with patient care advocacy and is working with two hospital to educate physicians about the dangers of blood clots.
Reflection
•Strengths: His “story”; IB diploma
•Weaknesses: SAT subject test scores
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I realize that I am biased, but I was surprised that he was waitlisted, as his story speaks for itself, especially when overcoming adversity. However, we acknowledge that getting into UVA as an OOS student is quite difficult, and we both congratulate those who got in. While those who decide to attend will make Mr. Jefferson proud, my son will also make his chosen school proud
•Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to University of Michigan, Boston College, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Florida, WUSTL; awaiting on decisions from Northwestern, Duke, Rice, Emory, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Penn, Yale, and Harvard
General Comments: my son will probably not accept a spot on the waitlist. He has some excellent acceptances. Good luck to all of you. If you were deferred or rejected, please do not blame the school. This is a real crapshoot, and the ADCOMS really try their hardest. You will all be happy at the school you eventually choose.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 single-sitting, 2340 super-score. (800, 740, 800)
[</em>] SAT II: Lit 770, USH 730, Math II 710 ← Lol
[<em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.99
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: All dual-enrollment
[</em>] Major Awards: NMF
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Econ & Pre-med
[<em>] State: WA
[</em>] Ethnicity: Really white
[<em>] Gender: Imma boi
[</em>] Income Bracket: 140kish
[<em>] Hooks: Doubt it.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Humorous essay, well-roundedness
[<em>] Weaknesses: OOS, hit-or-miss essays, weak SAT IIs, no APs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Northeastern EA (honors, tull-tuition), Fordham EA (honors, full-tuition). Deferred EA at Gtown. Waiting on six others.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck everyone! :)</p>

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<p>SAT 2300, 800math, 760 reading, 730 writing
GPA - 4.35 weighted
Subject tests - 800 math II, 780 Chem
Solid AP load in physics, Calc, History, Lit, etc.
AP - five 5’s and a 3 in history
Weak on extracurriculars I guess
I had good essays and I hope my teacher recs were good</p>

<p>I’m in state. How is this possible with a 2300 SAT</p>

<p>Is there an appeal process? This can’t be right.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: I’m in guys!!**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):2070 superscore – 680 cr, 690 m, 700 w
[ *] ACT: Did not take
[ *] SAT II: 620 Math II, 590 Lit (lol)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/approx. 390
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Government (5), Euro (5), Biology (4), Lang (4), Lit, Calc AB, US History and World History still pending
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s, leadership, spanish, chemistry and weights
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist and AP Scholar with Honor (not quite sure if that one would be considered major or not)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (class rep + committee chair), NHS (president/volunteer coordinator), a student advisory board, YMCA Youth Legislature (Senator), and LINK leadership. There is more, but I believe the rest of my activities section went to my work experience
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Camp counselor for the city, youth soccer coach, private tutor, computer tech/salesman
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: group leader for a large annual campus clean-up operation on Global Youth Service Day, a few volunteer groups/programs, some work with a local grade school and other organizations
[ *] Summer Activities: Working 3+ jobs
[ *] Essays: I thought they were pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: one was great, the other pretty much just listed all my activities
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably good
[ ] Additional Rec: none
[ ] Interview: none
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Political Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Non-competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: WASP
[ *] Gender: M
[ ] Income Bracket: ~55k
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, works several jobs
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths: Focus on government/leadership, work experience
[ *] Weaknesses: Test scores, lack of AP’s
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I fit in with the school’s averages and put a good deal of time into my app, but regardless, I cannot help but to feel incredible lucky to have gotten in!
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, accepted at U of O, Willamette and Pepperdine. Waiting on others.
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Congratulations to those who got in! Super excited to be meeting some of you at Days on the Lawn~</p>