Official UVA 2021 Early Action Results/Decision thread

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Decision: Accepted OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II:n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH(5) APLANG(4) APPSYCH(3) APSTAT(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
none
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HOSA (president) College Ambassadors (President)
Student Government (treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: 1.5 years working in a small pharmacy
Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout
Summer Activities: N/a
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10, I’m an extremely good story teller, I can convey my thoughts and emotions best on paper
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
10, coming from a small NC school, I know all the teachers personally and they know how unique a student I am, especially for the area
Teacher Rec #1: English teacher, knows my family and I very well, she said I was a “once in a lifetime” student.
Teacher Rec #2: APUSH teacher, helped w/ my Eagle Scout project, had a good concept of my abilities as a student, aced his class
Counselor Rec: This one idk about, guidance and I have had some problems through the years but the fact remains the same that I am set far apart from my peers
Additional Rec: N/a
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, 60k aint no joke
Intended Major: Bio
State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (broke)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.):
Perhaps being from such an underperforming school/area?
Reflection
I don’t know why I got in, but I’m glad I did. UVA is great. I would have to say that the overall admissions process is very holistic, my numbers weren’t the best but I feel as if other aspects of my app may have made up for that.

Strengths: Transcript shows a desire to challenge myself beyond what school typically offers
Weaknesses: Standardized tests
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted because of my essays and the obvious amount of opportunities that I have taken in order to challenge myself in the classroom when the school couldn’t.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: South Carolina Honors, ECU, Campbell, Morehead-Cain Finalist (UNC presumably)
General Comments:
If you feel like you have a low test score, it’s not the end of the world, supplement it with a killer essay.

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Decision: ACCEPTED

Hi everyone! Congrats on the acceptances and for those who were deferred I really hope you get in during the regular decisions round! I too was accepted out of state (OOS) and I’m from Connecticut. I am actually really speechless about my acceptance. I am new to CC, but I see that a lot of people posted their stats so I’ll post mine too:

SAT (New): Math: 590 (Yikes!) and Reading 610 (Ehh) – Quite frankly I am truly shocked especially due to these really mediocre scores

GPA: 3.8 (un-weighted), 4.34 (weighted)

Senior course load: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus, AP English Literature, Piano (elective) Biomedical Innovations, and AP Government and Politics

Black Female

First generation

Top 10% at a public magnet school

Great community service (Examples: STEM Mentorship Program, Pathfinders Club Co-Guide, Interact Club, Mayors Youth Leadership Council, Club Francophone (a club that I created on my own) etc.)

Extracurricular activities: Dance, Swim, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, volunteer at my local congregation (ex. usher, children’s bible study)

My Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior grades remained consistent (Freshman year I got only two B+ and got straight A’s during sophomore and junior year)

I don’t think my guidance counselor sent my first quarter grades of my senior year (But if she did, then my grades were just A’s)

I’m guessing my essay was really good! I thought it told my story well, but I didn’t think it was that good.

I really am still shocked

Although I made it past the regionals in the Jefferson’s Scholarship, I just looked at my status yesterday and unfortunately I didn’t advance on (which sucks, because I’m out of state and I could have really benefited from the scholarship financially, but oh well!! I hope other nominees have better luck with the Scholarship!!)

Anyhow, good luck to everyone!! :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted (Out of State)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 650 CR 560 Math 600 Writing
ACT (breakdown): 26 (Did not send)
SAT II: 650 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 108/250
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
English 12 AP
Theater 1
Buisness Calculus
Student Aid
Photo 1
Work Release
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Student of the month (3 times)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Video Game Club Founder/President
Job/Work Experience:None
Volunteer/Community service: Community service for fake ID arrest
Summer Activities: Video Games, Swim Team, Fishing
Essays (rating 1-10, details): CA: 10, knocked it out of the park, I wrote about my dog.
Suppliments: 9 Wrote about the Mona Lisa, 8 Flash course about video games
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:Theater teacher (7/10) got a C in his class
Teacher Rec #2:English Teacher (10/10) he’s a good writer
Counselor Rec: Not sure, no interaction with him
Additional Rec:
Interview: Did’nt

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International Relations and Affairs
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Rural
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: I identify as a bigender
Income Bracket: 50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.):

Reflection: Super happy I got in, good thing my Dad is on the admissions comitee, I dont think he helped though.

Strengths: Bench: 130 Squat: 210
Weaknesses: Deadlift
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays were really strong and my Math 2 score was very well.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: John Jay College College of Criminal Justice.

General Comments: See you all there!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1480 (790 reading, 690 math) – didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91/4.23
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Government (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Math Studies (6)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Topics HL, IB Spanish SL, IB TOK, IB Physics SL, IB English HL, IB Anthro HL, Journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Study Body, Junior Class VP, Sophomore Class Senator, Freshman Class Treasurer, Editor-in-Chief of newspaper (2 years), Varsity cross country (3 years), varsity indoor/outdoor track (3 years), travel soccer captain (4 years), VA state rep for national voter registration organization (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: Assistant manager of a pool snack bar (2 years)
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring 4 times a week (1 year), NHS (3 years), community youth philanthropy board committee chair (3 years)
Summer Activities: Took a class at UCLA
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I’m biased but I put a lot of time in them and I was told they were good.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I have no idea, but I picked the teachers because I knew they could say something really good about me (obviously).

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: idk
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: Common app and supplemental essays, full IB
Weaknesses: GPA and test scores, possibly.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: VCU so far. I haven’t heard back from anywhere else but I’m waiting on USC, Berkeley, UCLA, BU and others.

General Comments:

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ACCEPTED - IN STATE
New SAT - 1300 (680 M, 620 CR)
UW GPA - 4.0
W GPA - 4.55
Class Rank - 12/321
Indian Female

SO SO HAPPY! CONGRATS TO ALL WHO GOT IN!

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ACCEPTED
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 31C (30 math, 34 english, 35 reading, 26 science)
SAT II: 770 US history, 790 literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/420
AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) human geography, (5) european history, (5) US history, (5) language and comp, (4) art history, (4) environmental science
Senior Year Course Load: AP biology, AP calculus, AP literature and comp, AP US government, AP macroeconomics, AP chinese language and culture, AP psychology, yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national security language initiative for youth scholarship (through the state dept.)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
XC
track
habitat for humanity (secretary)
rho kappa (vice president)
yearbook (2 year editor)
math, english, art, journalism, and national honor society
model un
youth in government
chinese club (vice president)

Job/Work Experience: non
Volunteer/Community service: i volunteer at the humane society
Summer Activities: i went to a governor’s school for international studies
Essays (rating 1-10, details): this is hard to tell but writing is definitely one of my strengths so id say an 8?
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): definitely very strong i know my recommenders well so 9.

Teacher Rec #1: my junior year english teacher who was honestly the best teacher I’ve ever had. he won’t allow me to view the letter so who knows what he wrote but I’m assuming it was favorable
Teacher Rec #2: my yearbook advisor who has known me since i was 14
Counselor Rec: i go to a school of 2,000+ kids so my counselor doesn’t know me very well I’m assuming she wrote me a form letter but again favorable.
Additional Rec:
Interview: none

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: international relations
State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): i wrote my essay about growing up as a third culture kid and growing up all over the world

Reflection

Strengths: i would say my course load mostly. I’m pretty lucky to go to a school thats going to allow me to graduate with 13 AP’s. also the supplemental essay that i sent to UVA was my favorite of all the essays i wrote for other schools.
Weaknesses: definitely my ACT and also the fact that my school is incredibly competitive so i knew a lot of kids competing for only 2 or 3 spots
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i honestly don’t know why i got in I’m pretty shocked
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted michigan, wisconsin, indiana. deferred georgetown

General Comments:

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OOS — Denied - not even deferred
Act 34
GPA 4.64
11 APs by graduation - competetive school
Strong ECs, mulitple leadership positions, long term volunteering experiences, great recs, (at least enough to get into other great schools), solid essays, legacy

I guess her personality didn’t shine through to make her stand out of the pack from all of the others who looked just like her on paper. Confused. :frowning:

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 34 highest sitting (36 E, 36 M, 36 R, 28 S), 35 superscored (the other time I took it the only subject that was higher was science with a 30)
SAT II: 800 U.S History, 770 World History, 700 Bio E (didn’t send)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.6 UW/ 100.46 W (so a 4.0 UW on that scale then?)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/307
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), U.S History (5), English Lang (5), Physics 1 (3).
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP English lit (it’s pretty lit), AP U.S gov, AP Spanish lang, AP psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish exam gold medalist (9th, 10th, and 11th), National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Honor, regional Spanish writing contest first place (10th and 11th grade)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Literary magazine (president and editor in chief), Drama (participated all years and am senior officer), pit band, founded chamber orchestra that played at community events, various youth orchestras across my region including counties on violin (bleh, didn’t make it into all state), Poetry out loud regional competitor, NHS president and a bunch of other honor societies, yearbook (head editor — basically just corrected people’s mistakes)
Job/Work Experience: tutoring organization where we donate a portion of our earnings to a charity
Volunteer/Community service: Local museum and an organization that my dad is on the board of (basically a boarding school that gives kids who were in really bad home environments a primary and high school education) didn’t stress these too much in my application because I didn’t spend too much time in either
Summer Activities: performing arts camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app: Honestly, I’d say 10/10. I worked my butt off on it and writing has always been my strong point. I used an extended metaphor to explain how words went from being my greatest weakness to my greatest strength.
Supplements: Really really good. I liked them a lot, thought they were really original. My advice: think outside of the bo

Teacher Rec #1: AP English teacher (also my 9th grade honors teacher) idk how to rank it because I didn’t read it but she definitely witnessed my growth between 14 y/o and 16 y/o me and she knows that I love writing more than anything… said she’d “take care of me”
Teacher Rec #2: Honors Spanish teacher (10th and 11th) also didn’t read. I had less of a connection with her than my English teacher but I was really dedicated in her class and stuff. I hope it was good.
Counselor Rec: lol I really hope it’s good because I’ve had way too many meetings with him so I figure he knows me pretty well.
Additional Rec: none

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: International Relations and English
State (if domestic applicant): NY (so OOS)
Country (if international applicant): ‘murica
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: didn’t apply for fin aid sooooo
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my parents are immigrants but they went to college in the U.S so idk if that counts???

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, ESSAYS, maybe recommendations
Weaknesses: lackluster extracurriculars. I have no regrets that I pursued the arts, but I wish that I went deeper.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: so far accepted to Hofstra (local safety) and was deferred by Yale SCEA.

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Decision: Accepted OOS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 790 Reading 780 Math 780 Writing
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 800-Math II // 800-USH // 780-Latin // 780-Bio E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on AP Chemistry, US History, Psychology, and Statistics.
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP BC Calculus, AP European History, Honors Latin, English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Several fairly major writing awards, perfect scores on National Latin Exam.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editorships at several national literary magazines, President of Classics Club, officer at school literary magazine.
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Math and English Tutor, Docent at Children’s Museum, volunteered at a special ed center for a few summers.
Summer Activities: Writing mentorship program, traveling, summer gym.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10-wrote about literary activism and social justice.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 8/10-11th grade English teacher; got to know her pretty well but never participated in class.
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10-Pre-Calc teacher; said she’d write a positive rec, but I didn’t know her that well.
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Classics, comparative literature
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: large, competitive public
Ethnicity: East Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Too high to qualify for financial aid anywhere.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): lol

Reflection

Strengths: objective stats, strong essays, compelling narrative, unique and focused interests.
Weaknesses: Lack of diversity in my interests/narrow extracurriculars; generic recs (?), B+ in AP Chemistry
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Princeton University

General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted OOS

Objective:
ACT : 36 - one and done
SAT II: 800 Math 2 780 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish (5) French (5) AP Calculus BC (5) English Language (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, Honors French Lit, Multivariable Calc, AP Enviromental Science, AP Gov, Theology, and Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Commended, NHRP, state level music awards, sports awards…

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: International Relations
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): URM

Reflection
Strengths: Course Rigor, Test Scores, GPA and Extracurriculars.
Weaknesses: Being Out of State.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores and the well-roundedness of my application.

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35 Math, 34 other 3) One Take
SAT II: 770 US History 790 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/297
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1 (5) Physics 2 (4) US History (5) US Government (5) English Language (4) Chemistry (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Spanish, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, Symphonic Band, Econ151 through Local Community College
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol Leader), School Newspaper (Editor-In-Chief), Spanish Club (VP), Model UN (VP), Marching Band (Section Leader and Equiptment Manager), Sumphonic Band, NHS, National English Honors Society, Church Youth Group and Mission Trips
Job/Work Experience: Worked the past two summers at the city Pool
Volunteer/Community service: 3 Mission Trips, NHS service opportunities, Boy Scout service activities including Eagle Scout Project
Summer Activities: Not School.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 - I think they were pretty good. Common App essay was really good and I think the specific UVA essays were very well written too.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): See Below. I read the First Letter and it was phenomenal.

Teacher Rec #1: Physics Teacher 10/10 One of my favorite teachers and she loved me as well.
Teacher Rec #2: English Teacher 9-10? Also enjoyed her class and she liked me. I believe it was well written but this one I didn’t see.
Counselor Rec: 8? Lots to write but developed a good relationship
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150,000-200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: I think the GPA, Class Rank and Test Clres were my strongest attributes alongside my Extracurriculars.
Weaknesses: Being an Out of State with no real hook (Not URM, Legacy etc.)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the well-rounded was of my application was helpful. Strong objectives with good ECs and good writing.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Miami University (Honors Program), Kentucky (Honors Program), Deferred at Princeton.
Waiting on decisions from Case Western and Vanderbilt

General Comments: I feel very blessed and thankful to be accepted to the University!! For anyone who reads this tomorrow or next year, don’t worry too much about college. You’ll end up somewhere great!! Finally, Congrats to Everyone accepted and to everyone rejected or defered, Don’t get too down. You’re all incredible, extremely qualified people.

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I haven’t been able to find a thread with this discussion yet, so I made one. I think we find out late January (It says online the 31st, but I heard it comes out like the 10th-31st). Later, post in the format:

(Don’t forget to remove spaces from the first of each tag!)

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]

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] 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:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]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, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection
[ *] Strengths:
[ ] Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted!!!

Objective:
SAT I: old- 2020 (can’t remember subscores) new- math 690 English 740
ACT: 32
SAT II: History (660), English (680)
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/320
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 on World History, 3’s on Stats, English, and APUSH… lol
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 9 AP courses
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nope

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Key Club (secretary)
JV Volleyball (fresh/soph)
Club Volleyball (fresh/soph)
Volunteer @ local hospital
Class Officer (SCA rep)
NHS
Prom Committee (junior)
Basketball Manager (soph/junior)
Spanish Club (founder/VP)
Independent research

Job/Work Experience:
Have been at the same part-time job for almost three years now, work roughly 25 hours a week (usually more during the summer)

Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteering at hospital every summer, school club activities in the community

Summer Activities:
Was a People to People student ambassador a few years back, volleyball during freshman and sophomore years, volunteering at hospital, research project, work A LOT

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Really proud of my Common App essay, talked about how I think political parties are damaging our political culture, 10/10
UVA essays both came from my heart, I talked about how my favorite word is “community” and my extreme love for the band ABBA. Neither really came off as pretentious or trying to sound smart and I really showed my interests through both, I would give both a 9/10 simply because the word limit was a sort of barrier

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: We’ve been neighbors/family friends for years, had her for two years in a row, knows me well and has always liked me, 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: Spanish teacher, most well-behaved kid in the class but I was always pretty quiet, also the Spanish club adviser, probably 8/10
Counselor Rec: Loves me and I go to her pretty frequently, but I’m sure she’s written countless this year so doubt it’s too personal, 7/10
Additional Rec: nope
Interview: nope

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah but won’t get anything
Intended Major: political science (or something of that type)
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): Yeah right, I guess being in state helps though?

Reflection

Strengths: Grades, Class Rank, Test Scores, Activities, overall I’m a well-rounded student and my application stressed my strengths and passions
Weaknesses: AP scores, no major awards, subject test scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred from University of Pennsylvania, accepted UVA, only two I’ve heard back from

General Comments: Considering I’m in-state, one of the top students at my school, and my school generally sends about 10 people to UVA every year, I wasn’t too surprised to be accepted but I’m excited nonetheless! I plan on waiting to see where else I am accepted before making a final decision.

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OOS(Missouri)/International
Accepted

Asian Male
All boy Catholic school

GPA: 4.44/4.0, no.1 in the class
(unweighted–our school is weird and 4.5 is the highest possible GPA)
ACT: 35
SAT II: Math II:800, Chem: 800
5APs: All 5 and 1 A in Calc III from Stanford Online.

OK essays: not a fantastic writer honestly.
Strong EC:

  1. Started and organized a pretty big local community service. Had the local government apartment leader write an recommendation for me. She knows my project really well.
  2. Other services.
  3. Learning art for around 13 years. Part-time artist with a personal website (fun fact: I missed the art portfolio deadline)
  4. Self-designed biomedical research
  5. I used to be an exchange student from China. I came to US and became the first one to transfer in the program.
  6. Admission Ambassador, NHS student leader, school newspaper staff artist, school magazine art editor etc.

What else: I was deferred last December from Harvard and wasn’t happy about it. The UVA decision came really suddenly today and really cheered me up.
Good luck to everyone! Ya’ll will get to wonderful schools!

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@----------
I honestly forgot I had applied in the swing of things… I declined my offer as soon as I received it, though, so luckily someone will be able to take my spot in the regular round. :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not take
ACT (breakdown): 36 English, 35 Science, 35 Reading, 29 Mathematics (33 Composite, 34 superscore)
SAT II: did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Environmental Science (5), AP English Language (5), AP World History (5), AP Latin (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP US Government, AP Art History, Honors Chemistry, Creative Writing, World Mythology
Dual Enrollment: took Pre-Calculus I and II at local community college, got A’s and top rank in both classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): swam 20+ hours a week for most of high school on USA swim team with multiple team records, was a two time Eastern Zone competition attendee, and bronze medalist at 2014 NASA Jr Nationals in Clearwater, FL. Also a proud member of my high school’s Friends of Rachel club.
Job/Work Experience: worked as a junior swim coach for my swim team in ninth and tenth grades.
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer occasionally for my swim team and local church’s Vacation Bible School
Summer Activities: swimming, working on my container garden.
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App - on my container garden (7)
Work that has impacted me - essay on the masterfully crafted epic poem, Aeneid (10)
Favorite word - harbinger! (10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Virtual AP World History teacher (10)
Teacher Rec #2: Dual Enrollment Pre-Calculus professor from local community college (10) - I know my math score on ACT is a little low, but I’m pretty sure this teacher helped convince admissions that I can definitely succeed in a college math class.
Counselor Rec: I don’t know my counselor too well because there are only 8 counselors at my school for 1600 kids and I am not even in the building regularly because I am a full time virtual student, but I think my recommendation was good.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: no interview

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Classics, History
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia (southside)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: full time Virtual Virginia pilot program student.
Ethnicity: white
Religion: Roman Catholic
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): First generation college student, will be 1st full time Virtual Virginia pilot program graduate of my school district

Reflection

Strengths: I had great ACT and AP Scores, succeeded in two dual enrollment math classes, will have taken 8 AP classes and 10 Honors classes by the time I graduate, and am a full time Virtual Virginia pilot program student. I also am a nationally ranked competitive swimmer and spent a lot of time at practice throughout high school.
Weaknesses: My ACT math score was on the low side, need a lot of help financially
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think they really liked my scores, participation in Virtual Virginia, and commitment to USA swimming.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Pennsylvania (rejected), Catholic University of America (accepted), Bridgewater College (accepted) - I still have many more to come! :slight_smile:

General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted - maybe I’ll see you next year! Good luck to everyone who was deferred or denied as well - you are going to find the right place! :slight_smile:

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Classics rock - maybe see you next year!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1400 (690 math, 710 reading, essay score was straight 7’s across the board but not sure if they looked at that)
ACT (breakdown): 32 (28 math (ew), 28 science (ew), 34 reading, 36 english, essay was an 11/12 or something like that
SAT II: didn’t send it in, but 670 in Bio E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00 unweighted, 4.53 weighted as of the end of junior year
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4th (technically 3rd because our val is studying abroad in Germany; He doesn’t even go here!!!)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World history-4, Gov-4, Human geography-5
IB (place score in parenthesis): Have not taken any exams yet but see below
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology HL, IB German ab initio, IB History of the Americas HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Environmental Science, IB Math HL, IB English HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): highest gpa in a few classes over the course of high school years not really important, silver maxima cum laude on the national latin exam, state titles for gymnastics, nothing spectacular

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive gymnastics for 14 years (kinda the unofficial team captain since it’s club), scholastic bowl, I’m on my city’s youth commission which is like a city council appointed board, , CAS stuff for IB, random clubs, random honor societies
Job/Work Experience: worked at the gym I train in over the summer as a gymnastics coach
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at my church and at the SPCA
Summer Activities: served as a student ambassador for two summers in Europe and Australia. Ultimately got to travel to 9 countries doing a bit of community service, learning about government systems, and having homestays in Germany and Australia
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10??? pm me if you want details
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9 and 10. Super close with the teachers I asked them for. One I’ve known since I was a kid because they worked at the gym and so I knew them before they taught me and the other is like a really close mentor who I talk to all the time

Teacher Rec #1:see above
Teacher Rec #2:see above
Counselor Rec:10… knows me super well
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: lol yes
Intended Major: politics-foreign affairs
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, really underfunded and only like a fraction of the students go to college but we have the IB program
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: <100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): first gen, adopted if that counts???

Reflection

Strengths: my school background, IB, essays, EC’s are kinda unusual???, lots of volunteer hours lol thanks CAS
Weaknesses: scores maybe?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was my own person and my essays were kind of unusual and risky, but I guess it worked in my favor
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: University of St. Andrews in Scotland
Still waiting on Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, University of Pennsylvania, Brown, UChicago, Stanford, Georgetown, William & Mary, University of Richmond
General Comments:

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (670 CR, 800 M, 730 W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: Chem: 760, Bio: 800, Math II: 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71 (weighted: 4.01)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis):

  • Euro: 4, Lang: 5, USH: 4, Calc AB: 5, Psych: 5, Bio: 4
    IB (place score in parenthesis):
    Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, Advanced Research in Synthetic Biology, Honors String Orchestra
    Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): meh… AP Scholar with Distinction, Honor Roll, WFA Certification

Subjective:

Extracurricular- Varsity Cross Country, Stu-Gov, iGEM, Environment Club Co-Founder
Job/Work experience- Infectious Diseases Lab Intern
Volunteer- Thailand Health Service Trip
Essays- I had a good Common App essay but the supplements I kind of winged.
Teacher recommendations- Don’t know… I waived my FERPA rights. I got an A+ in my psych class and I got my psych teacher to write one of my recs- maybe it was pretty good. The other was written by my senior year AP Lit teacher- I’m a decent student in his class (A-) but I’m not his most brilliant.
Counselor recommendation- Don’t know… I waived my FERPA rights.
Country- Taiwan
Ethnicity- Taiwanese-American
Gender- Male

Applied for Financial Aid: No
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Taiwan
School Type: Private International
Ethnicity: Taiwanese-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): None

Reflection: School was a reach for me… sure wish I had applied during the regular round because this screwed me over for time. Oh well, at least I tried.

Strengths: SAT II
Weaknesses: SAT I, General lack of interest in the school, International student
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: International student, Not enough interest in school, meh…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Waitlisted: UMichigan
Rejected: Columbia, UNC Chapel Hill

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[B][size=4][color=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size][/b]

[B]Objective:*
SAT I (breakdown): 800 math 750 reading/writing
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 710 Math I 730 literature :confused:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA:4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP Bio 5 Psych 5 Language and Composition 5 APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Economics, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, AP US Govt and Politics, Chemistry
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ?

[B]Subjective:*
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Historian), Freshman class president, Political Club (President), Mock Trial (Lawyer), Yearbook (Sports Editor in Chief), L.E.O. (Vice President), Student Government, Model United Nations, Football (Captain), Lacrosse (Captain), School spirit group (Captain), School Newspaper, Science Club
Job/Work Experience: Volunteer Counselor in Training for 2 years - waterfront lifeguard 1 year - swim instructor 1 year
Volunteer/Community service: Local Soup Kitchen, Local food pantry, youth football league, local relay for life (captain), salvation army fundraising, school orientation, local special olympics
Summer Activities: (the jobs) also lacrosse team
Essays (rating 1-10, details): why Umich - 7 could’ve def. been better - commonapp - 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 10
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8
Teacher Rec #3 (rating 1-10, details):7
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details):

[B]Other:*
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: undecided - business to ross
State (if domestic applicant): CT
School Type: small public elite
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: $150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not many

[B]Reflections:*
Strengths: my test scores are great - my extracurriculars are solid - my recommendations are solid
Weaknesses: I should’ve put more effort into having a hook they could define me as - in my application it is unclear “what” “type of student” I am - I’m all over the place - my school is also very competitive which deflates my gpa and rank
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: they didn’t get to my application or cause I’m OOS and not a “special interest” student
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred - UVA rejected - UPenn and UNC accepted -Villanova and Northeastern