Official UVA Class of 2014 Decisions Thread

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<p>feel free to post your stats...</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal:650
SAT Math: 600
SAT Writing: 670 (Essay: 11)
SAT Total: 1250/1600 and 1920/2400
SAT II: US History: 720, World History: 670
ACT: 29
AP/IB taken/scores: World History- 5, US History-4, Eng. Lang- 4
GPA weighted: 4.10
GPA unweighted: 4
Rank or % estimate: 1 out of a class of 297</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Strong
Counselor Rec: Incredible
Hook (if any): VA House of Delegates Page</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: VA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs:
VA House of Delegates Page
HOBY Alum
NYLF: NS Alum
Varsity Golf Team
Relay for Life Volunteer
Co-Pres. DECA Club
FBLA Historian
Leo Club
Beta Club Member
Valedictorian
Gifted Program
Johns Hopkins CTY
ELCA National Youth Gathering
Active in Youth Group
2010 DLC Champion in Marketing Management(headed to states this weekend)
Top 172 in Profile in Courage Essay Contest</p>

<p>Deferred Yes/No: N/A</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!! </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 800
SAT Math: 770
SAT Writing: 660 (Essay: 8)
SAT Total: 1570/1600 and 2230/2400
SAT II: US History: 780, Japanese: 780
AP/IB taken/scores: World History- 5, US History-5, Eng. Lang- 4, Psychology 5, Japanese 5
GPA weighted: 4.10
GPA unweighted: 3.9
Rank or % estimate: 10%</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Strong
Teacher Recs: Strong
Counselor Rec: Good</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: VA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/Asian
Gender: F
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/738000-i-guess-its-time-chancing-now.html#post1062821486[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/738000-i-guess-its-time-chancing-now.html#post1062821486&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I won’t be going though.</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>OOS
Good Stats all around!!</p>

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<p>Decision && School: Accepted UVA CAS</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>In-state status even though i live out of state.
* SAT Verbal:640
* SAT Math:770
* SAT Writing:660
* SAT Total:2070 - didnt send
* SAT II:800 Math II, 720 US history
* ACT:32
* AP/IB taken/scores: four 5’s two 4’s two 3’s
* GPA weighted: 5.1
* GPA unweighted: 3.8ish
* Rank or % estimate: 12/195</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Awsome

  • Teacher Recs: Great
  • Counselor Rec: Dont know
  • Hook (if any): none
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country:SC

  • School Type: Full IB school
  • Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
  • Gender: Male
  • Legacy Yes/No: No
  • Recruited Yes/No: No
  • Important ECs: A lot of good non-generic activities
    </code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: Full IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: wow i am sooo happy right now!</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED - Engineering</p>

<p>SAT: 800M, 640CR, 750W
ACT: 33
SATII: 780 Math II, 670 Physics, 660 Lit
GPA: 3.92 UW, 4.1 W
Rank: 7/350ish
4 APs this year</p>

<p>I guess my essays and recommendation letters were good.</p>

<p>Female
Asian
Pennsylvania
Public School</p>

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<p>Decision && School: Accepted UVA Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>OOS

  • SAT Verbal:650
  • SAT Math:720
  • SAT Writing:690
  • SAT Total:2060 - didnt send
  • SAT II:620 Math II, 650 US history
  • ACT: 29
  • AP/IB taken/scores: one 4, one 3
  • GPA weighted: 3.5
  • GPA unweighted: 3.2
  • Rank or % estimate: no rank</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Worked Hard on Them</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: She likes me a lot </li>
<li>Hook (if any): URM, competitive private school and area means that UVA can try to steal me from rivals like UNC CH, Duke, NC State and Wake Forest</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country:NC</li>
<li>School Type: Solid Acredited Private School</li>
<li>Ethnicity: African American</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Legacy Yes/No: Yes</li>
<li>Recruited Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Important ECs: Community service has been the thing that has won me over with admissions counselors at most schools. I have a good amount of it and it is a big part of my life.</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: It feels amazing to be in. It will be hard to go because of the price but I will now never regret not applying which was what my mindset a year ago.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 770
SAT Math: 760
SAT Writing: 680/ essay 8
SAT Total: 2210
SAT II: Bio E 780; Math II 800; English Lit 750
ACT: didn’t take
AP/IB taken/scores: 5’s in APUSH, AP World, AP Psych, & Calc AB
GPA weighted: school doesn’t weight, but took most rigorous schedule possible at my school
GPA unweighted: 3.99
Rank or % estimate: 2/500-600</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: wrote about Hiroshima by John Hersey and music for the short takes, overcoming major health problems grades 9-11 for the common app one
Teacher Recs: didn’t see
Counselor Rec: Got lucky, since I have scheduling problems every year the counselor actually knows me well and wrote a decent rec
Hook (if any):</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: WA state
School Type: public, large (for WA), sends students to top schools every year
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Legacy Yes/No: nope
Recruited Yes/No: nope
Important ECs: Science Olympiad (team captain, wrote and proctored tests for junior high, medals at regional/state/national level), Marching Band, clarinet choir, rec. soccer… </p>

<p>Other Factors: National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: scores/GPA/rigorous classes</li>
<li>Weaknesses: ECs- nothing that unique and no community service</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea.</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations everyone else accepted- and good luck to all those waitlisted. Probably won’t be going since I didn’t hear from the Echols Program. Hopefully next week will be good news… I keep waiting for my luck to run out since I’m 4 for 4 now.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Engineering)</p>

<p>instate</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (800M 700R 630W</li>
<li>ACT: 30 (34M 33E 29R 26S</li>
<li>SAT II (if submitted): Math II: 710 US Hist: 700 Physics 660</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75U 4.075W</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):n/a</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): 11 total: comp sci (3), world hist (3), euro hist (3), us hist (4), microecon, macroecon, physics M, physics E&M, calc BC, us gov, comp gov</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: hist (4), ap microecon, ap macroecon, ap physics M, ap physics E&M, ap calc BC, ap us gov, ap comp gov, reg english, engineering physics 2</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):n/a</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): track captain, VP of a club, NHS, SNHS</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: worked at Dairy Queen and a remodeling company</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: lots, went to New Orleans to help out too.</li>
<li>Essays: ok i thought</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: idk, probably mediocre</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: idk, probably mediocre</li>
<li>Additional Rec:</li>
<li>Interview: n/a</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: yes</li>
<li>Intended Major: Engineering</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): VA</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: public 2100</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: 100K-150K</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: lots of APs?</li>
<li>Weaknesses: wrote one of the cheesiest essays ever. lol</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!!</p>

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<p>YES!!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 800
SAT Math: 800
SAT Writing: 800
SAT Total: 1600/1600 and 2400/2400
SAT II: US History: 740, Bio - E: 760, Math II: 790
AP/IB taken/scores: World History-5, US History-5, Biology-5, + taking AP Econ, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Comp Sci
GPA weighted: 4.36
GPA unweighted: 4
Rank or % estimate: 16 out of a class of ~400</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Nifty
Teacher Recs: Spiffy
Counselor Rec: Groovy
Hook (if any): National Merit Scholar?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: VA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Debate</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT Verbal:680/690</li>
<li>SAT Math:580/590</li>
<li>SAT Writing:620/660</li>
<li>SAT Total: 1880/ 1940 << sent BOTH of these by accident! haha</li>
<li>SAT II: 630 chem, 660 bio, 770 world history, 710 spanish, 740 USH</li>
<li>ACT:31 & 11 E</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: 3 fives… taking 5 this yr.</li>
<li>GPA weighted: 97-98</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: 94ish.</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate:top 10% </li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Really really really good.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Excellent.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Bland.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): None. I’m white, middle class, and from New York.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country:NY</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Legacy Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Recruited Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Important ECs: Stuff that i don’t feel like listening</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: None</p>

<h2>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: i’m taking the waitlist as a compliment, considering i’m out of state and from a really competitive area (NYC suburbs) and sent them my disastrous 1260 SAT score by accident and that i have no other redeeming qualities except my ability to write damn good essays. i’m surprised i wasn’t outright rejected! good luck & congrats to everyone who was accepted!!</h2>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted (OOS)</p>

<p>Stats:

  • SAT Verbal: 610
  • SAT Math: 760
  • SAT Writing: 690
  • SAT Total: 2060
  • SAT II: 750 Math II, 670 US history
  • ACT: n/a
  • AP/IB taken scores: 5 (Human Geography), 4’s on (US History, Environmental Science, English Language, and Statistics)
  • GPA weighted: 4.82
  • GPA unweighted: 3.86
  • Rank or % estimate: 10/610</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: I thought they were great; unique!</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Amazing; said I was one of the best students they’ve ever had</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Amazing; she has nothing but good things to say about me</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: NC</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Legacy Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Recruited Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Important ECs: Co-President of Habitat for Humanity Club, 100+ hours volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, Historian National Art Honor Society, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I expected a rejection being OOS with decent stats. I won’t be accepting a spot on the waitlist, even though this was my DREAM school!! It sucks to not get in, when you work so hard for four years - but at least I can say that I will be attending UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall! Congrats to everyone who got accepted: UVA is an outstanding school!</p>

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<p>Decision & School: Accepted UVA CAS</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>OOS</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT Verbal:720</li>
<li>SAT Math:720</li>
<li>SAT Writing:780</li>
<li>SAT Total:2220</li>
<li>SAT II:720 Spanish, 720 Literature</li>
<li>ACT:N/A</li>
<li>AP/IB taken/scores: N/A</li>
<li>GPA weighted: 3.76</li>
<li>GPA unweighted: N/A</li>
<li>Rank or % estimate: top 10%</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: teacher who used to work for UChicago admissions said they were fantastic.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: 1 very strong, 1 good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Fantastic.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): URM</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: PA</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Legacy Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Recruited Yes/No: No</li>
<li>Important ECs: Student Council VP, Captain of Debate, Model UN and Varsity Field Hockey (MVP + all-league honors)</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: I go to a really rigorous school… sends like 10-15 kids out of 100 to the ivies each year…</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: really, this is fantastic. though the likely-esque emails kind of were a giveaway… UVA is one of my top 3 choices and I’m so excited that I have it as an option for next year.</p>

<p>congrats to all who were accepted. if you were rejected or waitlisted hang in there! i’m sure you have great news coming your way :)</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 640
SAT Math: 770
SAT Writing: 670
SAT Total: 2080
SAT II: 720 Math I, 800 Math II, 560 Lit
AP/IB taken/scores: not good but whatever
GPA weighted: 4.62
GPA unweighted: 3.95
Rank or % estimate: 17/308</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays:Really really good
Teacher Recs: Great =]
Counselor Rec: don’t really know
Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MD
School Type: Small Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Varsity Soccer (All-State,All-County,State Champs), Varsity Basketball, Math Team, SGA,
Special Olympics of MD</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
5 for 5: UVA, UNC, Carnegie Mellon, UMCP, VT. Still UPenn annd Hopkins to go. Tough choices ahead</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted plus Echols Scholar!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 670 Math, 690 Critical Reading, 760 Writing (2120 superscore)
ACT: 31(not submitted)
SAT II: 670 World History, 690 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/190
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): Recieved IB Dimploma Junior year
Senior Year Course Load: Ap Government, Ap Calculus, 4 classes at JMU, Yearbook, Hon. World Civ., IB Latin V, Latin Aid
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tons of theater, Forensics, Varsity and Rec Volleyball, Swimming, President and Founder of our school’s GSA, Senior Class President, et cetera
Job/Work Experience: Soccer Ref and Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: 400 or so hours though church services and such
Summer Activities: Summer Plays, Work, Chilling :smiley:
Essays: My pride and joy
Teacher Recommendation: Glowing
Counselor Rec: Mediocre
Additional Rec: none
Interview: Did not have one
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Umm, none that I can think of
Strengths: Um, essays, passion, and in-state advantage?
Weaknesses: Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am not too surprised I got in, but Echols was a surprise. :smiley:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to JMU, CNU, and University of Chicago, deferred by Dartmouth
General Comments: This is a hard opportunity to turn down. :/</p>

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<p><em>Accepted</em></p>

<p>SAT: 1460/2250
SAT II: 800/800/770
ACT: 33
AP: 7 classes by graduation
GPA: ~3.75/4.2
Rank: ~ Top 15%</p>

<p>State: MS
Essays/Recs: Great</p>

<p>Most Important ECs: Studied abroad for a year, theater, choir, community service, etc.</p>

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<p>has anybody heard from echols?</p>

18

<p>Accepted w/ Echols :)</p>

<p>Highly likely to attend. Yay for no debt, no required classes, and priority registration!</p>

<p>Niiifty.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!
SAT: 2270
SAT II: 730, 720
GPA: 4.65 weighted
Rank: Top 4 % (ELC in California)
Essays: Pretty good!
OOS
Wahoooo!</p>

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<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): took ACT instead
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 US History, 650 Literature, 640 Math Lv. 1
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] APs: 5 US History, 4 Macroeconomics, 4 English Language & Composition
[<em>] GPA: 85/100
[</em>] Rank:does not rank
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: founded summer program at Middle School, founded quiz bowl team, founded political discussion group, business manager/staff writer of school newspaper, attended four years of Johns Hopkins CTY and Harvard SSP 2009.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: catering company staffer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote Common App essay on my strained relationship with family and books; wrote supplement on Milton Friedman’s “Capitalism and Freedom”
[</em>] Teacher Recs: both amazing, one from homeroom teacher/3 year Spanish teacher; other from European History/US History teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>] Applied on: regular decision (like everybody else lol)
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Maryland (hahaha)
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private preparatory school with low median/mean GPA (hahahahaha)
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: </p>

<p>I figured this would happen since I am an OOS and due to my seriously-deflated GPA. But I was admitted at Vanderbilt, where I would choose to go instead anyway. Congratulations to all who were admitted, UVA is a great place to go.</p>