Official UVA 2021 Early Action Results/Decision thread

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Here is the official decision thread.

Please don’t use this thread for questions or comments. Just results.

Copy the text below into your post, and then fill in the details.

Decision:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
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.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

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, legacy etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

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Decisions are absolutely not coming out around the 10th. Check last year’s posts for the timeline and keep in mind that we have more EA applications than last year.

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Decision: Accepted

ACT: 35C
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0; 4.75 weighted
AP (place score in parentheses): English (5), Spanish (5), U.S. History (5), Bio (4), U.S. Gov (5), Hum Geo (3)
Senior course load: AP Psych, AP Chem, AP Lit, AP Calc AB.

Hooks: OOS Legacy

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Copped that deferral :confused:
OOS/1st Gen
2000 SAT, 4.2 GPA weighted
Good amount of ec’s, all I’m very passionate about.
Had some rockin’ essays (if I do say so myself), and hope I get in RD as being at UVA is the dream!

UVA21?

Congrats to everyone who got in, hang tight those who are in my boat, and to all who got denied, you’ll do rad things somewhere else. Everything happens for a reason people!!

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Decision:Accepted

Objective:
[]ACT: 34C (36S 34E 33M 32R)
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[]AP (place score in parenthesis):
English Lang (5)
Psychology(5)
Biology (4)
Calc AB (4)
Chemistry (3)
[]Senior Year Course Load:
AP English Lit
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
AP Spanish
Anatomy and Physiology Honors
SUPA Economics
[/list]Subjective:
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Class Council (Secretary)
National Honor Society (Vice President)
Fundraising Club (Founder and President)
Math Team
4 year varsity lacrosse player
[]Job/Work Experience:
Lifeguard
Swim Lesson Instructor
Front Desk Secretary at Gym
Soccer Referee
Babysitter
[]Volunteer/Community service:
Nursing Home Volunteer
Peer Tutor
[]Summer Activities:
Intern at Surgical Center
Intern at Virology Lab in Hospital
Rutgers Mini Medical School Honors Program
Lifeguard
[]Essays:
Common App - about passing out in the OR while watching a surgery, spent a lot of time on it (10)
Supplements -literature/book - Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (9)
-favorite word - “like” how I use it as a filler (10)
[ ]Teacher Recommendation:
Calc AB and BC Teacher and math team coach - knows me very well (10)
History and econ teacher (9)
[]Counselor Rec: put a TON of effort into it, wrote it for me even though she was leaving on maternity leave (10)
[/list]Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[]Intended Major: Arts and Sciences (neuroscience)
[]State (if domestic applicant): NJ (out of state)
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: female
[]Income Bracket: $170k
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female in STEM
[/list]Reflection
[]Strengths: high test scores, very involved in school and in local community, strong essays
[]Weaknesses: out of state applicant, sophomore year grades noticeably lower than other years because of change in high schools mid year
[*]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I thought it could go either way because I am OOS, but overall, I had strong scores and GPA, but I think the biggest thing I have going for me is my involvement in ECs, volunteer work and my job

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Decision: DEFERRED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2090 SUPERSCORED
ACT (breakdown): 32 (33 SUPERSCORED)
SAT II: Did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/260
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov (5), Bio (4), English Lang (5), Calc AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 1, AP Calc BC, Medical Interventions, Spanish 4, AP English Lit, Statistics, Biomedical Innovations
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really outside of the norm

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout), School Board Representative, NHS (President), Quiz Bowl (Captain), High School Swimming, Club Swim (National Qualifier), couple other small clubs at my school
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, 2 summers
Volunteer/Community service: Mainly in Scouts and altar serving, with over 200 hours each
Summer Activities: Work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I thought the common app essay was great, as I wrote about how my first lifeguarding save transformed me from a child to adult. The UVA essays I though were pretty good, but I guess not good enough :frowning:
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Honestly, no clue. Got recs from my Calc AB teacher, Bio teacher, and Lang teacher and they all likes me.

Teacher Rec #1: See above
Teacher Rec #2: see above
Counselor Rec: I had three counselors over the course of high school. It was hard establishing connection with the new one, who arrived this year, but I thought I did a good job. Probably generic.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Rural medium sized public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.):
None
Reflection

Strengths: Essays, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Test scores, state, counselor recs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I am a normal applicant, as in nothing special to bring to the table. I truly do not believe I will be accepted regular decision as AP Physics has been an extreme challenge and I have gotten subpar grades. UVA was my dream school, and I’m sure it is for lots of other people!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Delaware (Honors), NC State, and Saint Louis U. Waiting on UNC, UMD and Wake Forest.

General Comments: Congratulations to all who were lucky enough to be a part of such a great university! I wish I could be joining you! :))

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Decision: ACCEPTED!!!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1340 (690 Reading, 650 Math)
ACT (breakdown): 35E, 31M, 32R 31S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/460
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Gov (4), World History (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Psych (4)
Senior Year Course Load: IB (Math SL, English HL, Business SL, History HL, Spanish HL, Enviro SL, ToK)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):NHS, Key Club
Job/Work Experience: Work for my mom
Volunteer/Community service: Help out at the Food Bank
Summer Activities: Did mentorship through CGS
Essays (rating 1-10, details):9, they were both really good and to the heart)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): (9)- I know my Spanish teacher wrote me a really awesome one but I’m not sure about my ToK teacher.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): URM

Reflection I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!!!

Strengths: ACT, Full IB
Weaknesses: GPA maybe… Rank.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had a great ACT, full IB student
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted to Bama and Ohio State
General Comments: I’M ECSTATIC!

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Accepted Out of State

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT 34
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank 4 0f 260
AP Numerous 4’s:
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s and 1 honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars NHS VP, Captain Varsity Golf, Peer Mentor:
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 250 hrs plus
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Recs had to be very good

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Pre med
State NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity:
Gender: M
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, ACT, Recs, Extra Curriculars (Over 250 hrs helping out) I have worked hard and treated people with compassion and kindness my whole life. The teachers in my school saw that through 4 years of watching me. I’m sure they supported me
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Notre Dame, Georgetown, Boston College, waiting on Princeton, Harvard and Duke

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Accepted Out of State

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1220 out of 1600!! (crazy right?)
ACT: N/A
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8/4
Rank 9 0f 268
AP (11 AP’S)
IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 - religions
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s and 1 honors
Major Awards (multiple)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars NHS , FHS, ASA Founder and pres, NAACP Youth, State dept of education member, etc
Job/Work Experience: Mediocre food jobs
Volunteer/Community service: 300 hrs plus
Summer Activities: Georgetown
Essays (rating 1-10, details): i think they were lit obviously
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Recs had to be very good

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: no

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Politics:foreign affairs
State Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: PUBLIC
Ethnicity: nigerian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $90000
Hooks (URM, etc.):

Reflection

Weaknesses: sat’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected at Notre Dame,
Deferred: Georgetown, Boston College, Northeastern,

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul][] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR/780M/730W
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: 790 US History, 800 Literature, 800 Math 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/69
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (5), US History (5), Latin (5), Language and Composition (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Latin 5H, AP Literature, AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, Western Philosophy (unranked), AP Government
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper 9-12 (Editor 12), Student Government 12, Drama Club 9-12 (President 12), Debate 9-12, Moot Court 10-12
[] Job/Work Experience: Website Content Writer for a Construction Company Website 11
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring Underpriveleged Children 10, Memory Project (drawing portraits for orphans) 9-12, Organizing Red Cross Blood Drive (10-12)
[] Summer Activities: Emerson Summer Writing Program 10
[] Essays:
Common App: About my love of rap music/relating it to my life (9/10?)
UVA Specific:
Art That Challenged Me: Wrote about On The Road by Kerouac encouraging me to take risks (8/10)
Flash Seminar: Is the Universe a Simulation? (8/10)
[] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, think they were good
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good. It’s a small school so he knows everyone well.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other

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[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Classics
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: My grades and test scores
[] Weaknesses: My weak extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I had a 36 and a great GPA
[/ul]General Comments:

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I suggest not posting information that your parents would not want public, such as family income. With so much detail provided, it is not hard for someone you know to figure out who is is who.

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Copped that deferral :confused:
OOS/1st Gen
2000 SAT, 4.2 GPA weighted
Good amount of ec’s, all I’m very passionate about.
Had some rockin’ essays (if I do say so myself), and hope I get in RD as being at UVA is the dream!

UVA21?

Congrats to everyone who got in, hang tight those who are in my boat, and to all who got denied, you’ll do rad things somewhere else. Everything happens for a reason people!!

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Decision: ACCEPTED WOO!!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1250
ACT (breakdown):29
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):44/676
AP (place score in parenthesis):Didn’t send them in
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP~Physics C, Comparative Government, Calculus AB, and Literature ~ Chorus, Bio ll and Econ/Finance
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):2nd place at MLK Oratorical Contest

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Volunteer at Hospital, Started Non-profit school for under-privileged kids, Adopt-A-Teacher, Really everything…I have over 150 hours
Job/Work Experience:Tutor at Kumon
Volunteer/Community service:see Extracurriculars
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10, I really though it portayed me asa person and I edited it for days
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10- AP Biology, Physics and AP Physics C teacher ( I had her for 2 years in 3 classes so she knew me very well)
7- Functions/Trig teacher (He really like me but nothing outstanding)

Teacher Rec #1:See above
Teacher Rec #2:See above
Counselor Rec:6, knows my goals but nothing personal
Additional Rec:none
Interview:none

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yas
Intended Major: biology
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: Bengali
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 150,000>
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): Nada

Reflection: Im still shaking omg

Strengths:Essay, Recommendations, My non-profit school
Weaknesses: Test Scores, GPA I guess
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted because I really showed my self in the essays but also in the volunteer activities I did. I had a clear focus point of wanting to help people and my actions showed it.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:First One!

General Comments:Really excited to go to UVA next year!!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
ACT : 35
Rank 5% at competitive high school
AP Took 6 AP’s all 5’s and one 4
Senior Year Course Load: All AP’s
Major Awards: Natl Merit Commended, Varsity Football, Founder of club, lots of Student Government

Subjective: white

Essays (rating 1-10, details): teachers thought they were good and personable/funny

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): OOS legacy
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: “no financial aid anywhere” bracket
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): legacy

Reflection

Strengths: gpa, course rigor, EC’s, essays
Weaknesses: Not straight A student (4 B’s during High School with the most rigorous classes available)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Surely legacy helped, without it my chances would have been 50/50 at best. From my high school, usually only Valedictorians that are non-legacy get accepted.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Considering acceptance to UT Business Honors, deferred at MIT & U Chicago, waiting on others, still too early for rejections but I am sure some are coming

General Comments: excited and something to think about – OOS tuition an issue.

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Decision: Accepted OOS
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1490 (760 MATH, 730 EBRW)
[] ACT: NA
[] SAT II: 700 MATH 1, 650 MATH 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):like 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/28
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: PA Hist/Econ, Engineering Principles, Calc, Stats, Religion, Spanish 5, Brit Lit, Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no
[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Bowling, Band, NHS VP
[] Job/Work Experience: no
[] Volunteer/Community service: church mainly
[] Summer Activities: videogames :stuck_out_tongue:
[] Essays: they wanted unique essays and thats that I gave them
[] Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher, pretty good, i think
[] Counselor Rec: She loves me haha, p good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/list]Other
[li] Applied for Financial Aid?: not yet[/li][] Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Black/Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: lol
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/list]Reflection
[li] Strengths:essays[/li][] Weaknesses: SAT II
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: essays [/li][/list]General Comments: Gonna be tough to choose between UVA, UMich, PSU, UIUC and hopefully ga tech

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Decision: Accepted OOS
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1490 (760 MATH, 730 EBRW)
[] ACT: NA
[] SAT II: 700 MATH 1, 650 MATH 2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):like 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/28
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: PA Hist/Econ, Engineering Principles, Calc, Stats, Religion, Spanish 5, Brit Lit, Physics
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no
[/list]Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer, Bowling, Band, NHS VP
[] Job/Work Experience: no
[] Volunteer/Community service: church mainly
[] Summer Activities: videogames :stuck_out_tongue:
[] Essays: they wanted unique essays and thats that I gave them
[] Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher, pretty good, i think
[] Counselor Rec: She loves me haha, p good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:
[/list]Other
[li] Applied for Financial Aid?: not yet[/li][] Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Black/Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: lol
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/list]Reflection
[li] Strengths:essays[/li][] Weaknesses: SAT II
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: essays [/li][/list]General Comments: Gonna be tough to choose between UVA, UMich, PSU, UIUC and hopefully ga tech

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Decision: Deferred :frowning:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 superscored - old SAT
ACT (breakdown): 32 (33 superscored)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 / 4.08 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), AP World History (5), AP Lang/Comp (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AB Calc, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Art, Human Anatomy, PoliSci
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ honors, a few local ones

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Crew, NHS, NArtHS, NSpanishHS
Job/Work Experience: summer lifeguard job (full-time)
Volunteer/Community service: 2 Dominican Republic mission trips, NHS volunteer tutoring elementary schoolers during school year
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App (9/10, was told it was great by many people, showed my creativity and well-written), UVA personal essays (7/10 & 8/10, wasn’t too confident in the first one as it was a bit quirky)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: (10/10, APUSH teacher, teacher of the year, engaging class)
Teacher Rec #2: (10/10, Lang/Comp teacher, english department head, knows me well)
Counselor Rec: (7/10, new counselor for my senior year, don’t know him well)

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Economics (Liberal Arts)
State (if domestic applicant): VA in-state
School Type: large, competitive NOVA public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: ACT, SAT, Common App essay, teacher recs, a lot of hours into my extracurriculars/volunteering
Weaknesses: GPA for sure, competitive in-state school, maybe personal essays?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly thought I had a good shot at getting in, UVA accepts ~40 students each year from my school and I assumed I had the stats for it to be a match, my GPA was a pretty big weakness. I’ve written better personal essays to other schools; after applying to my RD schools I am confident I could write better ones to UVA now that I have the experience.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UMich (EA, deferred), Dartmouth (ED, rejected)

General Comments: Pretty upset… I had my hopes up, being in-state, where I thought I had a good chance since the acceptance rate inside VA is around 45%. Another deferral since my UMich letter is a kick to the confidence, for sure. I hate the wait. Hopefully this is helpful for any prospective applicants reading this!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 35, Math (34), Science (34), English (36), Reading (36)
SAT II: Math II (740), Lit (750), Chem (740), US (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), APUSH (5), Lang(5), Gov (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP CSP, Latin IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): softball (captain, 4 year starter), basketball, NHS, book club (secretary), choir + acappella, band
Job/Work Experience: dog sitter
Volunteer/Community service: cultural society volunteer
Summer Activities: camp counselor, club softball
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app (8, very me - simple, funny, light-hearted), College of arts + sciences (7, wrote about Song of Solomon and how was unsettling but I liked it), 2- community of quirks ? (8, about how being Filipino has shaped me)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: apush teacher (9, likes me a lot and was also my bball coach)
Teacher Rec #2: calc teacher (8, know her very well and personally)
Counselor Rec: counselor (6, she’s nice and probably wrote something decent)
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: bio, chem, premed
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private catholic all girls
Ethnicity: white/asian
Gender: f
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): cousins all went to UVa, relative was member of seven society

Reflection

Strengths: grades, extracurricular leadership, recs
Weaknesses: job and volunteer experience
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my grades and essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A- BC, villanova, Deferred- Uchicago

General Comments:

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Decision: Deferred - In-state

Objective:
[ ] SAT I (breakdown): 1520
[] SAT II: 800,800,760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): History: 5,5 English: 5
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/list][ b]Subjective:**
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mediocre [/li][] Volunteer/Community service: Strong
[] Summer Activities: Meh
[] Essays: CA: 8/10, UVA specific: 9.5/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: 9/10, 9/10
[] Counselor Rec: 9/10
[/list]Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but never turned in the complementary paperwork.
[] Intended Major: Undecided/History
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] School Type: Med/large Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, low income?
[/list]Reflection
[] Strengths: RECS!!!, GPA, Scores, Hooks, Volunteer work
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, leadership, potentially course rigor
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I’m an under-qualified in state applicant? Potentially Tufts syndrome? See General Comments[/li][/list]General Comments: I was accepted SCEA to one of HYPS (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford) so I was quite surprised at my deferral. I don’t regret applying at all and I’m thankful that UVA took the time to look over my application and is willing to consider me for the RD round. Most of all I’m SUPER grateful that my best friends were accepted and have the opportunity to attend one of the nation’s premier public institutions.

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Accepted OOS for engineering

Old SAT: 2270

SAT II: 770 Bio-M, 780 USH, 790 Math2
ACT: 34
Rank: 1/92
APs: two last year (both 5’s), taking 6 this year
ECs: varsity tennis captain, golf, leadership in a couple of clubs, research shadowing
Summer work (bussing)
I thought my UVA essays weren’t the best, but I guess they were fine
I assume teacher recs were great
Major: BME
School: small public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Female