Official UVA Class of 2014 Decisions Thread

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<p>** REJECTED! **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 760
[</em>] SAT Math: 720
[<em>] SAT Writing: 770
[</em>] SAT Total: 2250
[<em>] SAT II: 710 US History, 690 Math II
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: US History 5, Calculus AB
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.03
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.74
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Average
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really good
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: San Diego, California
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: really good, lots of leadership</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): n/a
SAT IIs: Spanish 790, US History 760
GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.9 UW, 4.43 W
Rank: 4 of 350
ACT: 35
APs (including this year’s): Spanish Language (5), English Language (5), English Literature, US History (5), European History, Calculus AB, American Government
IBs (including this year’s: n/a
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP European History, Creative Writing, two religion classes required by my school, Honors Biotech, AP American Government, Film, Art II
Number of Apps from Your School: at least 2 EA
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: literary magazine EIC, Spanish Club president, 400+ hours community service, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Varsity Track, Varsity Scholastic Bowl, school book club Executive board, SADD, several leadership teams…and a few others. I’m too excited to think right now.
Job/Work Experience: none
Essays (subject and responses): I think that they were good. Memorable to say the least…
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: didn’t see…assume it was good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): did not interview
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F</p>

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<p>WAITLISTED</p>

<p>2390 SAT I
SAT II: 800, 800, 790
rank: 1/~400</p>

<p>tons of ECs, volunteer work</p>

<p>female, asian, pennsylvania</p>

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<p>**ACCEPTED: College of Arts & Sciences **
Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] SAT Verbal: 780
[</em>] SAT Math: 690
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT Total: 2180
[<em>] SAT II: Biology: 710 US History: 680
[</em>] ACT: nope
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: English Language: 5, Biology: 4, APUSH: 4
[</em>] GPA weighted: 3.8ish
[<em>] GPA unweighted: school doesn’t calculate
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 10/230+</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good, about travelling around the country in a van with my family. related it back to major and whatnot
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didn’t read but i’m guessing they were alright
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same as teachers’ recs
[</em>] Hook (if any): had lots of direction in my app; related travelling around the country and seeing the US through it’s natural parks and how that makes me want to do environmental law. Plus, I also stressed that I did a lot of travelling about the country/world. </p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: small, public, and average by NJ standards
[<em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: nope
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: nope
[li] Important ECs: Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout, SPL, the works), NJ Governor’s School on the Environment, XC (Captain), Track, Key Club (Treasurer), Art Club (Secretary), Boys State, NHS, Ski Club, Peer Leaders, Venture Scouts, Theater Program. Just about everything my school offers</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: so happy! :D:D:D! i really can’t believe it!</p>

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<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Date applied: January 1
Date decision postmarked/received: Online 3/26
Applied at which school/major at UVA: College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 1400/2070 M: 800, CR: 600, WR: 670,
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: n/a
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 94.7/97.4
[<em>] Rank: 4/126
[</em>]AP/IB classes: 2 APs, 1 College Class, and the rest were honors (my school has a limited curriculum)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul][<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[</em>] EC highlights: swimming and tennis captain, mock trial team, president of one club, 100+ hrs of community service, and much more[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: small urban catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors, hook?: n/a</p>

<p>General Comments, scholarship chances, status info, going to UVA…?: UVA was probably the toughest school I applied to, so I’m not too disappointed. There is still hope. Good luck to everyone else on the waitlist!</p>

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<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:

  • SAT Verbal: 580
  • SAT Math: 640
  • SAT Writing: 610
  • SAT Total: 1830
  • AP taken/scores:World Hist-4, US History-5, currently taking govt, calc AB, lang, chem, economics
  • GPA weighted: 3.96
    *Rank or % estimate: 39/401</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: well-written (not much peer editing though)</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Very good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): what?</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:

  • State or Country: Northern VA
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: Male
  • Legacy Yes/No: No
  • Recruited Yes/No: No
  • Important ECs: Travel soccer, and clubs like NHS, FBLA, etc.
  • Deferred Yes/No: No</p>
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<p>Accepted!!!</p>

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<p>@Fuze21, I truly mean no offense, but are you sure you were waitlisted? What did your letter say?</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 670
SAT Math: 760
SAT Writing: 6770
SAT Total: 2200
SAT II: 740 : took 4 AP courses<br>
GPA weighted: 4.11
Rank or % estimate: 9/287</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: strong
Counselor Rec: don’t really know
Hook (if any): Attend UVA Into to Engineering program</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: VA
School Type: Small Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No </p>

<p>General Comments:Will attend Notre Dame</p>

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<p>MattLeinartFan, do you attend Francis Parker?</p>

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<p>Sons results:</p>

<p>REJECTED! </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 790
SAT Math: 780
SAT Writing: 700
SAT Total: 2270
SAT II: 740 Physics, 750 Math II , 740 Literature
ACT: N/A
AP/IB taken/scores: eng 4, 5 taken this year
GPA weighted: 4.21
GPA unweighted: 3.75
Rank or % estimate: N/A</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: great common app so so Va essay
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: really good, lots of community service, clubs with leadership, sports. NHS. Fench NHS, National Merit Commended</p>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<p>Never visited, was kind of al st minute app so maybe that showed through!</p>

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<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal:780
SAT Math: 770
SAT Writing: 800 (Essay: 8… I know, doesn’t make sense)
SAT Total: 2350
SAT II: Math I: 730, Math II: 800, Lit: 750
ACT: didn’t take
AP/IB taken/scores: didn’t take
GPA weighted: school doesn’t weight
GPA unweighted: 9.8/11
Rank or % estimate: not published by school</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Very good common app, mediocre Virginia essay
Teacher Recs: Decent
Counselor Rec: Glowing
Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MA, go to school in NH
School Type: Private (boarding)
Ethnicity: White and Asian
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: No
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: Lots of community service and several leadership positions. I also ride horses and am very passionate about it. I started a competitive team for horseback riding at my school.</p>

<p>Comments: Honestly, I’m a little bit surprised. I really liked UVA and thought I had the stats to attend. However, I think my Virginia essay probably hurt my application. I am a little bummed, but I will be removing myself from the waitlist, as I have already received acceptances to several other schools that I love.</p>

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<p>Accepted! College of Arts and Science.</p>

<p>US Citizen living in Pakistan.</p>

<p>SAT: 2050 (730M 640CR 680W)
SAT II: 780 Math II 670 Physics
Essays: I didn’t have anyone read them, other than a few people on the internet, but I thought they were pretty good.
Teacher Recs: They were pretty good. My teachers really liked me and I was one of their favorite students.
Counselor Rec: Amazing. She said she put special effort in mine.
Grades: Had a couple of pretty bad grades but explained the reasons for them, which were reasonable.</p>

<p>Comments: UVA was one of my reach schools since I am OOS and had decent-only stats, so I wasn’t expecting to get in. I guess they really liked my essays, even though they were written last minute. I’m really happy. Just hoping for a good financial aid award now. Also got into Syracuse and Boston, with an excellent aid package from the former.</p>

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<p>Decision: Wait-Listed-and fine with it :)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 660
SAT Math: 600
SAT Writing: 620/ essay 9
SAT Total: 1880
SAT II: None (prob should have taken some LOL)
ACT: Did not submit score
AP/IB taken/scores: taken all this year (no scores yet) did not submit chem score
GPA weighted: 4.2
GPA unweighted: 3.5<br>
Rank or % estimate: top 25% </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: wrote about love/hate relationship with math, my “law of conservation of effort” theory, and the importance of a multicultural learning environment. I assume they were pretty strong
Teacher Recs: I assume they were great :slight_smile:
Counselor Rec: Have a great relationship with her so assume it was good :slight_smile:
Hook (if any): No eartly clue</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Md
School Type: public, sends kids to top schools every year
Ethnicity: African American/ Carribean
Gender: female
Legacy Yes/No: nope
Recruited Yes/No: nope
Important ECs: Swimming (team won states), Band (clarinetist), Girl Scouts(13 years bronze and silver), Officer in NEHS
Other Factors: </p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: writing (essays) long term ECs</li>
<li>Weaknesses: average scores, no SAT II</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no earthy clue (but pleased none the less) </li>
</ul>

<h2>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations everyone who got accepted- and good luck to my fellow waitlistees. I’m still really suprised and proud of my wait-list status. I’ve been accpeted into great schools and and waiting on decisions from other programs so I’m not sure how UVa will play into all that. We shall see :)</h2>

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<p>Decision & School: Accepted, College of Arts and Sciences!!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>In State

  • SAT Verbal:700
  • SAT Math:610 (I really thought that this would be my downfall.)
  • SAT Writing:780
  • SAT Total:2090
  • SAT II: 710 US History, 730 Literature, 630 Biology (Molecular)
  • ACT: 31
  • AP/IB taken/scores: World History 4, Biology 4, US History 3, Calculus AB 3
  • GPA weighted: 3.9
  • GPA unweighted: I have absolutely no idea.
  • Rank or % estimate: My school does not rank, so the top ten percent would be three people…I might be a part of that group and I might not be.</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: I worked extremely hard on them. I thought my Common App essays were a little less interesting than my VA ones, but that’s to be expected, I assume.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: My history teacher and my biology teacher. My school is small so I am rather close to my teachers, especially these two.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: She knows me extremely well and could provide a lot of insight to my personality, and my academic ability (she’s my AP English teacher too…shh!).</li>
<li>Hook (if any): URM. Also, I come from a partially rural area of Virginia often considered underrepresented. Had I been from farther north, I most likely would have had a harder time.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country:VA</li>
<li>School Type: Very small and 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: Worked at the SPCA for two years (and a member of my school’s community service organization for four years), Varsity Field Hockey for four years, Business Manager of the Yearbook for two years, Virginia Residential Governor’s School for Humanities (summer 2009), Virginia Girls State (summer 2009), Theater for three years, and a member of my school’s team for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl Regional Competition (Blue Crab Bowl) for three years.</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I don’t want to play myself up or congratulate myself. I just want to say that everyone who applied to UVA worked extremely hard, and whether you were accepted, waitlisted, or denied, it showed. My personal opinion is that anyone can thrive anywhere. It doesn’t matter if you go to a well-known Ivy League or a community college. There are so many opportunities available to students at every campus across the country and what really matters is whether or not you plan to take advantage of them. I wish I had taken the time to really enjoy this process, because it taught me so much about my own self-worth and confidence. Trust me, you all are fantastic, and no college should EVER convince you otherwise.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!! Arts & Sciences, Math Major</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: N/A
SAT II: Math II (780), US History (770)
ACT: 35 (36 Math, 35 Science, 35 English, 32 Reading, 10 Writing)
AP/IB taken/scores: US History (5), Biology (4), taking this year: Physics C Mechanics, Physics C E&M, Calculus BC, Computer Science, Statistics, English Literature
GPA weighted: 4.35
GPA unweighted: 3.8 (bad freshman grades)
Rank or % estimate: school doesn’t rank</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: excellent
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: probably very good
Hook (if any): female in math?</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Georgia
School Type: top private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Legacy Yes/No: no
Recruited Yes/No: no
Important ECs: science research, summer math/business programs, published writing, swimming, yearbook, service, tutoring, etc.</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: ACT, EC’s, essays</li>
<li>Weaknesses: bad freshman grades–>mediocre overall gpa</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: maybe because i’m a girl going for math?</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted! I honestly did not think I was getting in since I’m from an overrepresented state and sooo many people from my school applied. I still have no idea where I’m going; I’ve also been accepted to Northwestern, Michigan, and Georgia Tech, got a likely letter from Cornell, rejected from Stanford, and waiting from Princeton, Penn, Duke, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, and Vanderbilt. I’M SO EXCITED though :D</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!! Undecided major- College of Arts and Sciences
Highlight: I got a HANDWRITTEN note !!! :slight_smile: :)</p>

<p>finished my IB, and received a diploma with a score of 38.
English HL- 5
Business HL-6
Economics HL- 6
Math SL- 7
french SL- 7
Biology SL- 6
and one bonus point for my EE (B) and TOK. (D)
my average is just over 6 on 7. and my rank was 3.
transcripts for grades 8, 9 and 10 are close to perfect. 11 and 12, are ok. fairly decent.</p>

<p>Extra curricular:

  • Student council for 4 years, even though i switched schools for my junior and senior years
  • Head of Administration for the MUN organised by my School
  • Varsity Basketball (5 years)
  • State and National Scrabble Player (newspaper coverage included)
  • A lot of MUN, : even went for GYLC at New York and D.C.
  • State Awards for Social Service and fund raising </p>

<p>Ive taken a gap year, purely for pursuing other non academic interests.
Justification of Gap year:

  • currently doing a certificate course in 3DS Max animation
  • Himalayan expedition of 8 days
  • Worked with the All India Institute of Local Self Government ( Regional Centre for Urban and Environment Studies)
  • Worked with the Mayor Of Mumbai on a huge environmental project (newspaper coverage included)
  • French courses at Alliance Francaise, Mumbai
  • currently working at Oxfam India </p>

<p>School:
Good letters from Biology teacher(also head of the IB in my school ) and the head of dept for humanities
Additonal rec letter from the Mayor of Mumbai</p>

<p>No financial aid.</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2200
SAT 2: Theyre horrible- hope they look at the top ones- 680,680,700
Bio: 570, later 700
Lit: 550
Math 1: 680
Math 2: 680
French : 570</p>

<p>Essays- pretty good</p>

<p>Also accepted : UCLA, Middlebury College</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!! Arts & Sciences, Commerce/Math Major (oos)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: M:740 CR:600 W:610
SAT II: Math II (670), Physics (630)
APs taken this year: AP Macro AP Gov AP Lit AP Calc BC AP Physics C AP Stats
GPA unweighted: 4.3 out of 4.5
Rank or % estimate: school doesn’t rank top 1%</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: great!
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: decent
Hook: Missions trip to Guatemala</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: new york
School Type: public suburban
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Legacy Yes/No: no
Recruited Yes/No: no
Important ECs: student council, Masterminds, Math Team, dance, musicals, choir, town youth board, youth group, volunteering</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Math</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Low verbal score</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am not sure</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations to everyone who got accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 750 R, 740 M, 740 W
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II:760 Math II, 770 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.85ish. 4.22 weighted, and my school has serious grade deflation compared to nearby schools.
[<em>] Rank: 6/57 (not reported by school)
[</em>] AP: 5- US History. 5- US Government. 5- Comparative Gov.
[<em>] IB: None, college prep school.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Calc BC, AP Literature (taking both English exams), AP World History, AP European History
[li] Major Awards: National Merit Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Model UN (President), Philosophy Club (President and founder), Student Government (VP of school senior year, VP of class sophomore year), Mock Trial (President, Awards), History Fair (State 3rd place). Other smaller ones
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: met graduation requirements, not much more (probably 75 hours)
[</em>] Essays: Excellent. Probably biggest strength.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both were from history teachers, for whom I scored 5’s on AP exams. Should be good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I’d imagine that it is shining.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None. </p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, leadership in ECs, scores aren’t bad, quality of high school.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA maybe
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays were pretty unique, demonstrated my interest in business (which I made clear was my intended major, even though you don’t actually enter the undergrad b-school until junior year)[/li][/ul]General Comments: Just waiting for Penn now.</p>

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<p>woohoo accepted ! :-)</p>

<p>QUICK STATS:
Gender: F
Location: Wisconsin
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Public
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:
Class Rank: top 5%
Class Size: 371</p>

<p>Scores:
ACT: 34
SAT II Literature: 680
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 710
SAT II Spanish: 710</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Significant Extracurriculars: Distance running, Student Council, formal piano lessons (12 years), Newspaper, NHS, School Jazz Band
Leadership positions: National Honor Society Class Secretary/Treasurer,
Co-Editor of School Newspaper
Athletic Status - 7 Varsity letters, 4 track and 3 XC. School record holder in 3200 m relay.
Volunteer/Service Work: Appalachia Service Project, 1 week each summer.
Honors and Awards: National Council of Teachers of English national winner, among others.</p>