<p>Hopefulhoosdad:</p>
<p>that was a wonderful post, thanks for keeping it in perspective-for all of us, admitted or not.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Arts and Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730CR 680M 740W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730Lit 750USHist 700MathI
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.11 W, UW no idea
[</em>] Rank: Somewhere flirting between top 10% and top 15%
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP world (4), APUS (4), AP Lit, AP Psych (independent study), AP Calc AB
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: IB Honors Chem (first year only), IB SL History, IB HL Theatre Arts
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 3 APs (incl. IS), 2 IBs, choir, film studies
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I'd guess between 5 and 10
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Theater (hundreds of hours + Thespian VP), Forensics, MUN, Cheerleading, Key Club, Tri-M, and I'm sure others that I can't recall right now.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer job at commissary, voice recording
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were pretty good (doesn't everyone? haha). CAS essay was about If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): American living overseas for most of her life. I tried to play that up a lot.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Malaysia
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small private international, usually pretty good at getting some students into top schools (last year we had Harvard and UPenn, among others)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I used to live in VA? haha
[</em>] Strengths: CGPA, test scores
[ <em>] Weaknesses: I had a dip in grades junior year that really hurt my nearly perfect record (a couple of Bs, and a C+ 1 semester)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: They like me I guess.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I probably won't be going to UVA, but good luck to everyone who will be!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Arts/Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Didn't submit; sent ACT (33)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Didn't submit
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.01; 3.98
[</em>] Rank:10/498
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 10
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: 0
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Gov, AP Calc BC, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon, AP Bio, AP English Lit, Human Anatomy
[<em>] Number of APs from Your School: about 16
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): numerous for Model UN, AP Scholar with Honor, lots of community service, multiple regional science fair awards, multiple taekwondo awards, some other stuff</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Model UN, Indian Dance, Taekwondo, Key Club, multiple honor societies, tutoring, volunteering at a homeless shelter, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked over the summer, NIH internship
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I was quite proud of these. wrote them all in 2 hours haha. for work that unsettled/surprised you, i wrote about the creation of the artificial bladder, for something you pretend to like/dislike, i wrote about the idea of love being shunned in the indian community but embraced in indian film, and for the pick your own topic one, i wrote about my car accident, my best friend (who was there) and how dance helped me overcome that obstacle
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): i don't think so
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, Just built but vast majority will be going to college. send a few to ivies last year.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: too high for aid
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: recommendations; i wish i saw them before i submitted them
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: My essays were really good (in my opinion), being instate also helps :)[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to those who were accepted. To those who weren't: let life run its course. it usually runs the right way. Best of luck to all in their college endeavors.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted! </p>
<p>Stats:
College/Major Applied To: College of Arts and Sciences, foreign affairs
Fee Waiver Used?: no
SAT I: 780 (CR), 740 (M) 750 (W)
SAT IIs: 700 US, 750 Lit, 640 Spanish
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8UW, 5.8W
Rank: 24/800 something
ACT: 32
APs (including this year's): 13
IBs (including this year's: none
Senior Yr Courseload: AP world, ap human geo, ap stat, ap gov/econ, ap english lit
Number of Apps from Your School: unsure
Other stats (Awards, etc.): don't feel like listing
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: see above
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Essays (subject and responses):
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
Location/Person:
State or Country: Fl
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very competitive public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: f</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Arts & Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): M: 600 CR: 630 W:620 = 1850
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature: 700 Math II: 600
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W:4.1 UW:3.7
[</em>] Rank: 20/487 top 5%
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] APs (including this year's):
AP English Literature, AP English Language, AP US Govt, AP Chemistry II, AP Statistics, and AP Spanish V...also Bio II Dual and US History Dual
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Full strong courseload, 5 AP's
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: A lot I believe
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: well rounded...NHS secretary, Newspaper, Varsity Tennis, Hospital Volunteer
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Food Lion cashier!
[</em>] Essays: Probably my strong point...
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): My essays, being on the newspaper staff makes me a good writer!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Virginia!
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. It is accredited and a great school. Last year sent about 5 grads to UVA.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Did not have the greatest SAT scores, to put it nicely.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I think my personality came through. I am a hardworker and a genuine person, despite some fall backs (SATS and parents not attending college).
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I just want to congratulate everyone and to those who did not get in, keep your hopes up! Also I would like to say that chances threads are helpful...but only take them with a grain of salt! I would spend days worrying over my SAT scores and honestly I did not expect to get in. Anyway, I am looking forward to what is up ahead!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Arts and Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 740 CR/800 M/750 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 Latin, 710 US History
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.41 weighted, approx. 3.85 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: 24/650
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs (including this year's): Calculus AB (5), U.S. History (5), English Language (4), English Literature, Latin: Virgil, European History, Statistics
[<em>] IBs (including this year's): None, not offered
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Honors Meteorology, AP English Literature, Economics (No AP offered), AP Latin: Virgil, Psychology (No AP offered), AP European History, AP Statistics
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Dunno, 5-10, maybe?
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): ...
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Junior Classical League, National Honor Society, Key Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote the Arts and Sciences essay about "Lua" by Bright Eyes. I was very proud of that one. The other two essays were good, but not quite as solid.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, but I have no idea about average stats. It's a very competitive and large school, though, I suppose.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ...
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Err, legacy from my father?
[</em>] Strengths: Stats, essays
[li] Weaknesses: ECs[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Well, I'm frankly thrilled to have gotten in, and very possibly will be attending, unless financial concerns weigh in. General congratulations to everyone who got in and condolences to those who didn't</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biology
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2020 (didn't report)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 eng/700 spanish/ 730 bio
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW: 4.0, W: 4.8
[</em>] Rank: 1/44
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs (including this year's): APUS-4, Euro-4, Bio-5, EngLang-5, Physics B, AB Calc, Eng Lit, Spanish Lang, US Gov
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Hardest
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Cum Laude, Harvard Book Award, Science Olympiad, a few others
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Lots of volunteer work, Student Gov (4 years), Lit Mag, Science Olympiad, writes for newspaper
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): They were pieces that I really enjoyed writing; I think they really revealed my morals/thought process.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Louisiana
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I think my essays really revealed who I am. I feel like I allowed myself to appear like a real person in my application, not just a name with numbers and stats.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'm SO excited! Congrats to everyone accepted!</p>
<p>D waitlisted, accepting the waitlist spot....</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: SEAS
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 750 M, 620 V, 700 W (1370/2070)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2, 690 Phyiscs
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.26 W
[</em>] Rank: top 10%
[<em>] ACT: 34 (36 math, 34 science)
[</em>] APs (including this year's): All available
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Calc, Physics 2, English Lit, Spanish Lang., Econ (macro + micro)...all AP
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5ish
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): nothing special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: ones of significance: legit summer jobs, many hours of baseball, football, captain of sports, NHS officer
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: just in summer
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): good, esp. for E-school I believe
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Rec. from E-school board member (neighbor) and interview with a Dean; also, brother goes to school
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, avg. SAT around 1250/1600, not sure of avg. gpa; many go to great schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): listed above
[<em>] Strengths: math and science test scores and grades (surely helped with SEAS application)
[</em>] Weaknesses: UW gpa, AP scores, had a 510 US hist. SAT2 but it was my 3rd
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Along with qualified stats and my math + science scores/grades, my name is the name of one of the greatest UVA basketball players ever.....especially in this time of bball talent need, they drool over names like mine.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: YESSS and YAY!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Cellular Biology
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 790,800,680
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 Chem, 720 Bio, 770 Math 2
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0, 4.212
[</em>] Rank: 1/355
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 7 (WH-2, Bio-4, CalcAB-5, Eng11-4)
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: 0
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 3 AP 2 Art 1 Honors sci
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Jefferson Scholar nominee, national merit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Drumline, swim team, nhs, science club, beta club, student council
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 15 hrs/week
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Favorite word=juxtaposition
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): lol none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: GA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~105000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): lol none
[<em>] Strengths: all around
[</em>] Weaknesses: vain
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: i had a good gpa, balanced extracurriculars, good essay[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>*Decision: Wait List *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Art and Science
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[<em>] SAT I (by section):M 680 CR 680 Wr 570
[</em>] SAT IIs:na
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.64 uw 4.0 W
[</em>] Rank:9/35
[<em>] ACT:na
[</em>] APs (including this year's):10
[<em>] IBs (including this year's:na
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School:2
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):Top 500 USTA ranking. National honors society. bla bla bla
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:bla
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): decent
[ ] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):Brother went undergrad and law. Sis is in phd program
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NoVa
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender:m
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT WR section . MY FREAKING SMALL SCHOOL WHERE TOP 10 PUTS YOU OUT OF THE NEEDED TOP 10%
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Because im stupid.
[/ul]Other Factors:*
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Im not getting off the waitlist. Its just not going to happen...This is kinda sad. Exp because i thought i had a chance. If only I transfered schools into a public school, and worked a little harder on the writing section of the SAT, then all might have been ok, but alas. Im a retard.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>stats will be posted later, now its time for a partay!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!!!!!</p>
<p>Sex: Male
Race: Black
Unweighted GPA: 3.5
Uc Gpa:: 4.4 ( full IB) ( elc)
Class Rank: 20/504</p>
<p>SAT I: 700 Cr, 700 Writing, 490 math ( took once)
SAT II: 720 Literature 740 Us History 630 World History
ACT: 28</p>
<p>Awards: Alice Walker essay contest winner, Questbridge College Match Finalist, bunch of letters from senators, california youth think tank leadership award winner, martin luther king youth of the year award, coke scholar, other ish
Employment:
Barnes and Noble booksellers ( 15+hours a school week)
Students in Prevention Peer Educator- traveled to local schools telling kids to say no to drugs.<br>
Extra-curriculars
Minister to local congregations/motivational speaker to schools
ASB President/secretary
Black Student Union Co Founder/ Vice President ( 2 years)/President ( 2 years)/ State Trez
Franklin Tennis caption-numer one doubles/singles
reporter for local newspaper
reporter for local television station
bunch of city committees...
State Youth Ambassador
City Youth Advisory Commission Chairman ( 2 yrs) </p>
<p>Hooks: Low income, 1st gen, father incarcerated...beastly essays lol</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Arts and Science
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800M/670CR/670WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC 800/Physics 800/Literature 800
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: A little below 95/100
[</em>] Rank: 12/250
[<em>] ACT: NA
[</em>] APs (including this year's): School doesn't offer
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: NA
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: NA
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Don't know... Guessing under 5
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): one national televised competition, several provincial awards in many areas.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Literature Club, Student Government, Media Club, Dance Club, Track & Field Team, ect. Held important position in all
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: One summer working at an English post main office as editor and reporter, one summer at city musuem as guide
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): ... i can only say they were pretty good
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): very well-rounded? But i guess lots of ppl are too.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: China
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, one of the most famous in China.
[<em>] Ethnicity: purely Chinese (i'm really sad...)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: umm... did not apply for FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): as an international student, i've lived in the US for 3 years.
[<em>] Strengths: ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATI scores (first time i forgot to fill 9 questions of the answer sheet, second time i was really really sick....)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: strengths match with those of UVA (at least that's what Parke Much wrote)[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I'm glad i got into UVA, but so did around 100 ppl in China... so I guess congratulations to all who did, and good luck to everyone else... UVA isn't really my top choice but i think i'd be okay there.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2280, 720 CR, 780 M, 780 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chinese w/ Listening 770, Biology E 720, Math 2 740
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 89 unweighted (92-94 highest in class)
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Very good, except UVa essays were awful
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't see them, but assuming very very very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't see it, but assuming very very very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: private boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]*Other Factors: *[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper, President of China Care Club, Head of all-male a Capella group...
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Poor UVa essay
[li] Other thoughts: Very much expected[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Echols
Applied as International (China)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Pre-Commerce
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800M, 780R, 660W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800MIIC, 800 Chem, 790 Bio
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.01W/3.89UW
[</em>] Rank: School dosn't rank
[<em>] APs (including this year's):10, all 5's on ones taken (7)
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Looks great on paper, pretty easy in reality
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: ~Everyone who didn't ED somewhere
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Don't wanna list</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Don't wanna list
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lets just say I make $$$+
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): hilarious, got email from adm office
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): yes research</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NoVA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): TJ
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~700,000+ converted to US Dollar
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: Biceps
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lats
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: test taking skills[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone, and all those chinese applicants, hope you guys attend.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: SEAS
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800M, 670CR, 720W - (1470/2190)
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.96 , 4.71
[</em>] Rank: idk. top 5%
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 10
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: 1 but no exam.
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: MV Calc, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Comp Sci,AP Lit
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: idk
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Science fair winner x 2. lots of awards from cia, nrc, us army, yale, etc...
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: president of two clubs...a lot more were listed..too lazy to list them here.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: job in india
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): i think they were ok
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. new school.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): idk..none
[<em>] Strengths: Math, sci
[</em>] Weaknesses: English
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: nice numbers.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I dont know about uva right now...Cost is too much and my state school is much cheaper and i got scholarship there. Will consider uva if fin aid/merit aid available. But i doubt it.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Arts and Sciences, Int'l Studies/Asian Studies
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 640/650/600 (1890)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Spanish 750, Math I and Bio E/M 640
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.9 W
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[<em>] ACT: 29
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 5
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Physics 12, H English, AP Span Lit, AP Calc AB, History and English Electives, Peer Leadership
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: At least 3, two of which got in (not including me)
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Questbridge NCM Finalist, AP Scholar, scholar athlete award, honor roll
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: honor council, lots of community service, upper school council, prez of asian awareness and black cultural workshop clubs, drama/musicals, peer tutoring
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Kroger (they fired me because I went on too many college trips haha) and Breakthrough/Summerbridge Math teacher
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I wrote on imagination, describing my communities, and my interest in asian culture/why i want to do asian studies
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Questbridge, Breakthrough/Summerbridge
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: OH
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private school. in the past year 2 ppl got 2400 on SAT I. if you really want to see school profile go here: <a href="http://www.countryday.net/files/CCDSProfile0708.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.countryday.net/files/CCDSProfile0708.pdf</a>
[li] Ethnicity: african-american[/li][</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: pretty low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): minority, first generation
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>waiting to hear from fin aid. gonna visit soon hopefully.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: College of Arts and Sciences
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 800M, 660CR, 770W - (1460/2230)
* SAT IIs: MATH IIC-700; Physics-619
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.93 , 4.49
* Rank: idk. 29/331 UW, 31/331 WG
* ACT:33 Composite
* APs (including this year's): 6
* IBs (including this year's: not offered
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc AB, Physics Electromagnetism AP, Physics Mechanics AP, Euro His. AP
* Number of Apps from Your School: 20+ prolly
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): certificate of merit, distinguished scholar,honor roll, scholar athlete award, athletic award (boys bbball), 3 varsity letters
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Varsity cc, varsity bball team captain, assistant coach (helped out in drills @ practice, also in game coaching) during two years i sat on the bench w/ injury (two blown acls in two years) JV bball, FBLA, cofounded ping pong club @ school (one of the largest clubs @ my school in its 2nd year) homecoming float, internship @ marketing agency, two cultural groups, community service @ red cross, volunteered @ basketball camp during summer for 4 years, helped out neighbor while he was recovering from heart surgery
* Job/Work Experience: internship @ marketing agency
* Essays (subject and responses): really personal, talked about how i suffered two season and likely career ending knee surgeries, but perservered and became starting pg as well as being voted team captain during senior year even though i havent played since freshman year
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: MD
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public. national blue ribbon, very prestigious in state of md and area (27 state championships in 10 years, naer top in state-wide exam. year after year)
* Ethnicity: Asian American (Indian)
* Gender: M
* Income Bracket: ~100k
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation u.s.
* Strengths: Math, Science, History, Athletics
* Weaknesses: English
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: maybe numbers were low?
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<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Kind of bummed because I got 3 acceptances in feb. (umd business, souther cal business, nyu business) but since have gottena string of rejections (MIT, Northwestern, GW (waitlisted), Stanford, Berkeley, and now UVA) still waiting on upenn, columbia, and dartmouth though</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Arts & Sciences
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR 760 M 720 W 720
[</em>] SAT IIs: US Hist 760 W Hist 760 Bio M 770
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW only 97.07
[</em>] Rank: 3/135
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 8 (5 on 4 so far)
[<em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc AB US Gov Physics BC Eng Lit
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3, 1 to engineering who was accepted
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NYSSMA, NLE, few others
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Rotary Interact, Varsity Golf & Awards, Orchestra and other music stuff
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Year-Round work at local shoe store
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): unsettle - 2 Cormac McCarthy books; world I come from; 500 wd common essay
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: eastern Long Island (N.Y.)
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small rural school; few kids to top schools each year
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): If any, Dad went to UVa Law.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: When we traveled to Charlottesville in May and talked to some people in admissions, they said having a graduate legacy gives a big boost to out of state students. I think that helped my otherwise unremarkable (for Virginia) application. [/ul][/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Happy that I got in but had no idea decisions would be out yet!</p>