**Official UVA Early Action Class of 2017 Decisions***

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(btw, I'm a longtime lurker and first time poster of CC so I'm not sure how to code this, so if anyone could help me that'd be fantastic)</p>

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

<p>General Stats: **[ul][<em>]UWGPA:
[</em>]WGPA:
[<em>]Rank (if applicable):
[</em>]SAT (1600/2400):
[<em>]SATIIs:
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]APs:[/ul]
**Others:[ul][</em>]Courseload:
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]ECs:
[<em>]Jobs/Internships/Other Activities:
[</em>]Essays:
[<em>]Recommendations:[/ul]
Background:[ul][</em>]Gender:
[<em>]Race:
[</em>]School Type:
[li]State:[/ul][/li]Reflection and General Comments:

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<p>um. no. that’s a lot of personal info.</p>

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<p>This is the one we used in 2015. You just remove the spaces.</p>

<p>Choose One:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] 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:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**</p>

<p>If you don’t feel comfortable filling it out then don’t or exclude identifying information. These threads are normally purely for curiosity of people on these boards and can be helpful to students who are looking toward applying to the University to see what previous students “stats” were.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350
[</em>] ACT: Never took
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 USH, 800 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 IB classes, 3 AP classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A couple but nothing as major as USAMO or Intel
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Outdoor activities (biggest EC) and a few other ancillary interests
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot of tutoring (I want to be a part of Teach for America some day) and some volunteering
[<em>] Summer Activities: No fancy programs or anything. I just did what made me happy and wrote about it :slight_smile:
[</em>] Essays: Best part of my app no doubt
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was excellent, didn’t see the other
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I assume it was pretty good
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Academics, ESSAYS!
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs (I have moved around a lot so it was hard to find continuity in my ECs. Nevertheless, I did what I cared about and I think it showed in my essays)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred from Harvard and accepted at a couple of safeties
[/ul]General Comments: I really think that your essays and recs are the most important parts of your app after your transcript. If you have a good transcript relative to the rest of your school and your SAT scores are within range (of course, higher is better, but that should not be your biggest focus), then you really need to reflect your personality in your essays. I have a few friends who got deferred or rejected. Some had better “stats” than those who were accepted. Future applicants, I advise you to begin the writing process in the summer. I hate to see fellow classmates work so hard for 4 years but procrastinate on writing a couple of essays. Through your ECs and essays, you should show who YOU are. I can’t stress this enough</p>

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290: 760 CR, 770 M, 760 W
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Math IIC</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.47
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/438
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci (5), WH (4), Calc AB (5), Calc BC (5), Chemistry (5), APUSH (5), Physics B (5), Biology, Lang/Comp, US Government, Comparative Government, Physics
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Multivar Calc, Diff Eq, Biology Research, AP Biology, AP Lang and Comp, AP U.S Gov, AP Comparative Gov, Art I (fine art credit needed)</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, Chemistry Olympiad State Finalist, Girl Scout Gold Award</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (breakout athlete award for undefeated season, USTA player), County Board (board member and representative of 3 county high schools), Girl Scouts, national honor society, spanish honor society, science honor society, tutoring programs at my school
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: various girl scout/nhs related activities, over 300 hours service; advocate for new upcoming library in my community, designing some of its early literacy programs</p>

<p>Summer Activities: learning C++ programming, CTY physics, UPenn engineering summer program, Girl Scouts gold award project, advocating for early opening of community library, USTA club tennis</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: pretty bad and cliche: small EC Essay: Library; Big Common App essay: tennis and perseverance; World You come from: born in Charlottesville, then moved to northern Virginia to new high school where knew no one: difficult change; Small engineering idea: complicated-cancer detection with DNAzymes</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: idk
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): in state-VA
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: f
Income Bracket:$250K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I spend most of my childhood in UVA hospital (I was very sick and was born with several birth defects)</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: objective so far
Weaknesses: subjective
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: stats
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: GTech, deferred=rejected: MIT, anticipate a lot more rejections in March/April or beyond because I only applied to reach schools after getting GTech EA</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200. CR: 780, M: 700, W: 720
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t take
[</em>] Weighted GPA: 4.39
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):8/425
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): WH (5), Bio (5), Calc BC (5, AB subscore - 5), Psych (5), US Gov’t, Comp Gov’t, Chem, Stats
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US & Comp Gov’t, AP Chem, AP Stats, Dual Enrollment Multivariable Calculus, Physics, English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Future Educators Association (Executive Leader), French Club (Secretary, Historian), Key Club, Science National Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Piano, Dance
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: STEM summer camp counselor, Kumon teaching assistant
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at physical therapy center, Key Club, FEA tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities: STEM summer camp counselor, took a college class at community college
[</em>] Essays: Good, I guess. They weren’t amazing or anything. I’m not the best writer in the world, so essays were definitely my least favorite part of the application to complete. I just wrote about things that meant a lot to me.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read, but I assume it was good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but I assume it was good
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Definitely my transcript. SAT scores, in state
[<em>] Weaknesses: My extracurriculars. They weren’t impressive and I only had a few leadership positions, but I did show commitment. I guess as long as you show that you do other activities besides studying all day, you’re good.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Challenging course load, stats
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: JMU EA</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I am sooooo excited!!! I literally started sobbing when I read the letter! Congrats to everyone who got in and good luck to those who got deferred or denied. To future applicants, definitely keep your grades up, because your transcript is the most important part of your application! Also join extracurriculars that you care about. Don’t join things that you think are impressive. Believe me, writing the extracurricular essay is so much easier when it’s something you genuinely like. Write your essays early! Start thinking about them over the summer, because it takes a while to brainstorm some ideas. Don’t stress too much about the application. As long as you have the right stats, write good essays, and have some extracurriculars, I think you’ll be fine.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2050
SAT II: 780 US History, 760 BioM, 710 Italian, 800 spanish
TOEFL iBT: 117/120</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.11 (4.0 scale)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/20
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4) European History (4) Art History (5) English Language and Composition (5) US History (5) Biology (5) Italian (5) - Self Studied for World, Art Hist, Lang, Us Hist, and Italian </p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Spanish Lit, calculus, econ, sociology, physics, forensics - self-studying for AP Calculus AB and AP comparative gov</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Quiz Bowl (captain) , Operation Smile , NHS (president), peer tutoring, varsity squash
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer internship at a local Georgetown SEED Program office, assistant in local hospital, NHS activities, Operation Smile activities, etc.</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: Awesome: small EC Essay: Quiz Bowl - very creative; Big Common App essay: my academic passions;Other essays: Great as well</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Sent 2, I am sure that they were awesome
Counselor Rec: awesome… she really likes me
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): - International
School Type: private religious
Ethnicity: -
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Didn’t ask for aid…
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I am aware of</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: GPA, APs, subject test maybe, Essays had my soul and personality in them
Weaknesses: Small senior class, low SAT, I guess that no regional recognition or award?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:self-studied APs, essays, recs
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred from Princeton. The rest of my schools are RD
Comments: I am so happy and I feel stress-free. I have a place to go! We will see what happens with other schools that I applied RD</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED! to the College of Arts and Sciences.</p>

<p>Major- Undecided/Economics/Biostatistics</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 740M 720CR 690W (9 Essay)
SAT IIs: 780 Chem, 770 Spanish, 760 US History
ACT: 30 (33M, 29Eng, 27 Reading, 29 Science)
APs: US(5) Chem(4) Spanish Lang(4) Environmental Science(5)
IBs: None/not offered
GPA (UW, W): 3.75, 4.75 /6.0
Rank: 22 of 578
Other stats:
Subjective
ECs listed on app: XC (varsity), Indoor Track (Varsity), Track (Varsity), Church Youth group (no leadership)
Job/Work Experience: None mentioned
Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about getting lost on El Camino de Santiago de Compostela. I also wrote about phi/the golden ratio.
Teacher Recs: Good I assume. Didn’t ask to see it. Said she mentioned how I skipped Spanish 4 and 5 and the way she taught the AP Spanish class.
Counselor Rec: Good I assume. Didn’t ask to see it.
Applied on (EA?): EA
Hook (if any): URM?
State or Country: NC
School Type: New large public
Ethnicity: White Hispanic (Argentine/Cuban)
Gender: Male
Other Info: High income family (>$300k), no financial need. Moved junior year, so maybe my 1st high school’s national reputation helped.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
ACT: 34
SAT II: Didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does use 4.0. ~97.5 on a 100 scale.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 percent
AP (place score in parenthesis): World, Physics, Stat, Lang, Lit, French, Calc, Psych, Art History.
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs, 1 on-level course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w Honor. National Hispanic Scholar, Nationally placed in le grands concours french contest three years in a row, won a state french competition, honor roll all 4 years. Also was accepted to my state’s major public university’s dual enrollment program but didn’t attend due to scheduling conflicts.
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NEHS, NFHS, French Club, President and Founder of a club that raises awareness and provides support to those victimized by human trafficking.<br>
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered in my region of the US both summers after we were hit by several destructive tornados. A lot of other activities (fundraising, tutoring, educational presentations, etc) through my ECs.
Summer Activities: see above
Essays: My favorite place to get lost was in translation - I come from a bilingual family and my parent’s have 2 different first languages, so it was essentially about my love for my family. Other essay was about Colin Turnbull’s research and the limits of our knowledge based on our experiences.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see either, but one was from my club sponsor who taught me french for three years, and the other was from a math teacher who has a framed picture of me in his class… so i’m assuming they’re solid.
Counselor Rec: Probably decent. I go to a large public school, so we’re not super close or anything.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): OOS
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Trilingual, founded my own club.
Reflection
Strengths: Nothing particularly stands out.<br>
Weaknesses: My GPA wasn’t stellar, but i did have a positive grade trend with harder classes each year.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck?? Honestly I’m still in shock.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UMich. Haven’t heard from anywhere else yet!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: C36; 36E 36M 34R 36S 10E
[<em>] SAT II: 730 MII 750USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (5) English Lang and Comp (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Spanish, AP US Government/AP Macroeconomics, English 4, baseball
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Umpire in the local youth league, clerk at a law firm
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: President (11-12) of a service organization that raised $25k in the last 3 years; tutor; 4 years baseball, 3 on varsity. I have more, but I want to remain as anon as possible.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Work full time at a law firm; baseball; community service
[</em>] Essays: Common app (8/10) about the role culture plays in my life; community (6/10), a little clich</p>

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<p>I’m not spending my time writing up everything but I was rejected with a 1730
Sat and a 3.5 gpa. Yeah it was a high reach, but it was worth a shot.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.80
GPA - Weighted: 4.00
Class Rank: top 10%</p>

<p>Scores:
Didn’t Send SATs
SAT I Math: 540
SAT I Critical Reading: 690
SAT I Writing: 560
ACT: 28
SAT II Literature: 640
SAT II U.S. History: 620</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Regional Youth Leadership Organization
Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
The Buddy Program ( Tutoring)
Varsity Volleyball
Spanish Honor Society
National Honor Society
Leadership positions: Teen President of My Chapter of Jack & Jill of America, Inc. two consecutive years
Team Captain of my Fundraising team for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society</p>

<p>Athletic Status - Varsity Volleyball - Captain Senior year
Volunteer/Service Work: Tutor elementary school students every Tuesday for an hour
Raised over $12,000 for Leukemia and Lymphoma society as Captain of my Fundraising team
Honors and Awards: HOBY Delegate
Scholastic Athlete
Distinguished Teen for my Chapter of Jack & Jill of America, Inc.</p>

<p>I’m really surprised! I don’t have that strong of courses and I wasn’t expecting to be admitted as an out-of-state applicant</p>

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<p>Rejected
3.8 UW GPA (Mostly Honors/AP classes)
2120 SAT (720 CR, 680 M, 720 Writing)
A couple of leadership positions
690, 670 on Subject Tests (US History, Literature)</p>

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<p>My cousin rejected
IS, great GPA and very nice ACT
:(</p>

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<p>DS rejected - 1950 SATs (680M, 660CR, 610W), 3.9 W GPA, top 15%, 10 APs, leadership (started a very impactful club), long-term activity commitment, great letter of reference, very good essay, unique background, double legacy, in-state. And, truly, an incredibly nice, good, well-rounded person. I’m bummed, but not surprised. We knew it was a reach. I’ve heard similar horror stories in the recent past. I’m only posting here so that future applicants can have a frame of reference. It always stings a little more when your own alma mater rejects your child, but we have many other wonderful offers in hand and are still waiting on a few more decisions so I have every confidence it will all work out in the end. Sigh.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math ii 800 chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.63 weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):euro (5) english language (5) chem (5) ush (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP: bc, physics b, spanish, english, us&comp gov.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF (if that counts?)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A good amount, nothing awesome
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Yes. I believe this was a selling point
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A good amount, mostly through girl scouts
[<em>] Summer Activities: working and training for xc
[</em>] Essays: My favorite word is “you’re welcome” <- sorta broke the rules there, wrote about sula. I put alot of heart into them, if not skill.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good I believe
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be pretty great
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul] Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: large private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy :slight_smile:
[/ul]
** Reflection:**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: ACT, grades, strength of courses, legacy
[<em>] Weaknesses: no huge awards or crazy ec’s
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stats, well-roundedness and a love of learning that I tried to reveal in essays.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred Princeton.[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1790 - didn’t send
ACT: 29/30 superscore
SAT II: Really low 600’s - didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 6 IB Classes, one regular art class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key Recipient (2), Community Service award by Rotary Club, Best in Show Youth FotoWeek DC
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SGA (pres), National Art Honor Society (pres), Interact Club (pres), School magazine (logistics coordinator), science honor society, mu alpha theta, varsity lacrosse (11th grade)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: long-term volunteer at Torpedo Factory Art Center, STEM mentor/elementary school mentor, lots of tutoring and honor society work
Summer Activities: Governor’s school of Humanities and Girl State
Essays: Pretty disorganized, but the topics were interesting.(Talked about my politically oppressed Vietnamese grandfather and how I thought the book Othello made me see evil in people)
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see it, but I’ve known him since 9th grade and he is teaching me again this year.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it. Probably sub-par.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: I actually have no idea what my strengths were. Maybe my leadership or my innovation in my essays, but even the essays were poorly written. It could honestly be due to random human variance that I got in.
Weaknesses: Scores/Grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea how I got accepted.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred from Tulane; Accepted to George Mason and James Madison Universities.
General Comments: I honestly believe that being from Northern Virginia boosted my chances and the fact that I had decent EC’s. However, I am not sure why they chose me because honestly, anyone I know could get into UVA (this is by no means meant to undermine the admissions counselor or the school). I think that if you’re choosing to apply you have a decent metacognition of your capability at this school. It could have been a bad day for your application, and honestly, I believe those that got deferred and rejected are equally smart as those who got accepted. Don’t think too much of my scores or anything here, because really, it’s the holistic review that really counts. However, to those applying (juniors!), do look at my scores to realize that a 2400 is not necessary to be accepted to UVA. All you have to do is be yourself and wait it out.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:• SAT 2270
• ACT: n/a
• SAT II: 750 math ii 750 spanish
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (4.6 weighted)
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
• AP (place score in parenthesis): chem (4) ush (4) spanish 4 ,
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: AP: bc, physics , statistics, english, us&comp gov.
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF
Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NASA intern • Job/Work
• Volunteer/Community service: not much
• Summer Activities: shadowing a doctor
• Essays: Education rights
• Teacher Recommendation: Good I believe
• Counselor Rec: Should be pretty great
• Additional Rec:
• Interview:
Other• State (if domestic applicant): VA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: large public
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: 200k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection:• Strengths: sat , gpa
• Weaknesses: maybe essay
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stats, research work
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accept UPitt engineering</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>I’m excluding some information for privacy’s sake, but I hope this helps anyone who might be looking through in the future.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[</em>] SAT II: 750+
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Mixture of 4s and 5s
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most challenging
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar with Distinction, some creative writing ones
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars and summer activities: I did what I loved to the best of my ability, but by CC standards it wouldn’t be enough in either quantity or quality! Haha. Just a normal girl here. However, I always refused to buy into the resume-building game, and I’d say following your passions works pretty well :slight_smile:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Out-of-state
[<em>] School Type: Good public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada![/li][/ul]General Comments: I thought I was set quantitatively, but I worried about a deferral or waitlist because when I read my Common App essay after submission, I was like, “Wow, this is terrible! It has no point!” even though I had tried to perfect it. And although I tried my best for the UVA supplements and really liked them, I decided later that they were way too flowery…and I also feared that my ECs would seem mediocre or that my recs wouldn’t be strong enough (since I never saw them). I’m so happy that everything turned out so great! Good luck to everyone else!!</p>

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<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href=“Engineering”>/size</a> </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li]SAT I (breakdown): 2260 - Math: 770, Reading: 760, Writing: 730[/li][li]ACT: N/A[/li][li]SAT II (if submitted): Math2: 800, Biology(M): 800, US History: 800[/li][li]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0[/li][li]Rank: 1 out of 305[/li][li]AP: BC Calc (5), Euro History (5), US History (5), Biology (5), English Lang (5), Spanish (5)[/li][li]IB: N/A[/li][li]Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Chem, AP Eng Lit, AP US Gov, College Physics, College Stats, Differential Equations, College Enviro Science, Mentorship[/li][li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/distinction, National Merit Semifinalist, VA Boys State, West Point Leadership award, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Spanish Honor Society, Chinese Honor Society[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive air rifle, 8-12, Junior Olympic silver medalist 2012; 4-H Patriot shooting club (treasurer, 10, president 11); martial arts, 1-12, black belts: 4th degree in tae kwon do, 2nd degree in combat hapkido; Scholastic Bowl, 9-12 (JV co-captain 10, Varsity co-captain 12); Science Bowl, 11-12;[/li][li]Job/Work Experience: instructor for tae kwon do and combat hapkido[/li][li]Volunteer/Community service: Hospital and physical therapy volunteer, greyhound rescue volunteer, MathCounts head coach,[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li]Applied for Financial Aid?: not yet[/li][li]Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering[/li][li]State (if domestic applicant): VA[/li][li]Country (if international applicant):[/li][li]School Type: Public[/li][li]Ethnicity:[/li][li]Gender: M[/li][li]Income Bracket: middle/upper middle class[/li][li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li]Strengths: Subject tests, APs, rigorous course load, interesting ECAs (air rifle, martial arts)[/li][li]Weaknesses: essays, not sure I stood out among many qualified applicants[/li][li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: strengths??[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:: Posting for DS</p>