<p>Jefferson scholarships are awarded by the Jefferson Foundation for excellence in "leadership, scholarship, and citizenship." They're not actually from UVa, but the Jefferson Foundation works very closely with the University.</p>
<p>I'm guessing that all the Echols Scholars had 2300+ :(</p>
<p>i had 2240... and my 3 SAT IIs amounted to 2090 and I got in...
I read up on it though, and apparently one of the biggest deal breakers for getting echols scholar is your essays, just as much (if not more) than your scores and stuff.
I'm just psyched to not have course requirements if I go... wow bye bye math and science..</p>
<p>3 hrs for the normal people!</p>
<p>is it really in three hours?
i thought it was at 6?</p>
<p>o right im an idiot
forgot about the time difference
jeeez</p>
<p>no I'm wrong. best of luck to all</p>
<p>2 hours best of luck</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Arts and Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M/CR/W 770/630/620 (2020 combined)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC:800 Biology E: 720 Chemistry: 630
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: unweighted: 3.96, weighted: dont know (probably about 4.5)
[</em>] Rank: 6/23
[<em>] ACT: NA
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Calc AB, Calc BC, US Hist, English, Bio
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: full, all IB classes
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1, side-note on school small IB school with that is in the start up stage
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): won a local math contest (2x), attended state math contest, won AMC 10 at school, AMC 12 runner-up
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: intern at congressman office, baseball, skiing, leadership VP, honor society treasurer, math club president, fellowship of christian athletes officer, student rep to IB school board...
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were pretty good
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): not really (none)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Oregon (it is on the West Coast)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[<em>] Ethnicity: 1/4 Puerto Rican
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ethnicity?
[<em>] Strengths: curriculum, essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were denied: low SATs, and out of state[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Kind of frustrating because I actually worked hard on this application. Whatever, I am going to the US Naval Academy anyways!! Oorah</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED ENGINEERING!!!!</p>
<p>omg i cant believe this...</p>
<p>quick stats 1400/1600, 2060/2400 - 650r 750m 660 wr
i will edit post later!~</p>
<p>ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh waitlisted =[</p>
<p>i got waitlisted...funny cuz i got a likely letter</p>
<p>thingsfallapart... thats REALLY weird.. you should call admissions office and tell them to confirm... tell them you got a likely letter. Either they made a mistake, or what you got wasn't a likely letter.</p>
<p>^that is really strange...I am really sorry that happened to you! you should appeal your decision!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! YES! </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Arts and Sciences, chemistry major
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I: ~2000
[</em>] SAT IIs: around 700 for math and chemistry
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.96UW, 4.8W
[</em>] Rank: 8/~490
[<em>] ACT: not take
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 6
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: hardest
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: at least 120
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): bunch of science fair awards, mock congress and forums of the like, economics camps, leadership camps, math awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: too many, I'm nhs president. medical club treasurer. group leader in key club. battle of the brains. robotics. spanish club. etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: ref soccer games
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): had my voice.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): 500+ service hours
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: VA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very competitive public with magnet for math and science
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian Indian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not sure, I was pleased with my essays.
[</em>] Strengths: science and history
[<em>] Weaknesses: girls
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: lucky, SAT scores were weak
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Sehr gut! Good luck to all!</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES</p>
<p>quick stats 1390/1600, - 740r 650m 770 wr
gpa: 3.92
i will edit post later</p>
<p>yup i got one in the first wave it read
"The Committe on Admission has reviewed your application and found it impressive. Your academic record, ...." </p>
<p>and so on and so forth</p>
<p>AHHHHHH I GOT IN WOOOt!! UVA is second on my list of schools behind Georgetown Yes im so done w/ skool</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! </p>
<p>I'm actually down at Georgetown right now for their Accepted Students Weekend, but I'm in my hotel room and am soooooo pumped. I'm driving down to UVA tomorrow to see it for the first time!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Yeah thats definitely a likely letter... i got one in March and i got echols... lol... very strange. Like I said, call them!!!!!!!!</p>