<p>“Admissions decisions, including decisions for students who were deferred from early action into regular review, are not available at this time. Please check back on April 1, 2013.” </p>
<p>Does this mean I was deferred?</p>
<p>Just to clarify: For US students, UVa is need blind for admissions. That means that the row entitled “applied for Fin. Aid” is irrelevant to the UVa admissions decision. It can matter for some other colleges, particularly for students on the wait list of another college.</p>
<p>“Admissions decisions, including decisions for students who were deferred from early action into regular review, are not available at this time. Please check back on April 1, 2013.” </p>
<p>Does this mean I was deferred?</p>
<p>Did you apply EA? If not it means decisions for all RD applicants and deferred EA candidates won’t be available until April 1st.</p>
<p>I did apply EA. I used my questbridge application however. It’s a scholarship program for low income families. Should I email them?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (720: CR, 760: Math, 770, Writing)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 800 Chemistry, 780 Biology E
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): (Predicted score): 7 in Chemistry HL, 5 or 6 in Math HL, 6 or 7 in Biology HL, 7 in History SL, 6 (or 7) in English Lang and Lit SL, 6 in SL German AB initio
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: (IB subjects): Chem HL, Bio HL, Math HL, English SL, German SL, History SL
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None that I can think of
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A bunch, actually: chess, tennis, drama, martial arts etc. etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Author, Teacher at a school for the underprivileged
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Part of community service club, raised funds for Association for the mentally challenged, helped raise funds for the victims of the Haiti disaster by organizing a bake sale at school, chess teacher at a humanity foundation and a couple of others.
[<em>] Summer Activities: EPGY summer school (did genetics there), Biotech program at Roxbury Latin School in MA.
[</em>] Essays: Good, I guess
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t get to see. Guessing they were ok.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno, actually
[<em>] Additional Rec: 2 Additional Recs, both were very good.
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): domestic applicant living in India
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My essays, my subject SAT and SAT scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: Recos, I’m guessing
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My second supplemental essay was very unique (I talked about how ‘defenestration’ is my favorite word and the reason why it appeals to me)
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m really excited 'cause not only is U.Va an amazing university, but this was also my first acceptance</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted :)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown)
ACT: 30 (Yikes)
SAT II: 760 USH, 740 Chem, 740 Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9999
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 6 or 7
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4) lang (3) BC (5) USH (5) Psych (5)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: (IB subjects): AP Stats, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP French, AP Government, AP Biology, Calculus III
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All State Musician </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band, Choir, Drama, Model UN(VP), Mock election, math team, academic team, NHS (president), lots of little things
Job/Work Experience: I work part time in retail.
Summer Activities: E2@MIT, Illinois Leadership Seminar, Work, Volunteering, Cancer Society Program, Marching Band, various other activities
Essays: Awesome
Teacher Recommendation: Really awesome. I read one of them.
Counselor Rec: Probably awesome
Additional Rec: NAda
Interview: Didn’t have one</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 90,000-100000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, URM</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Lots of extracurriclar activities and my essays.
Weaknesses: TEST SCORES
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays really stood out (Atheism, Literary based, and music based) and I’m Hispanic.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Tulane, waiting on a bunch of others.
General Comments: I’m just hoping the financial aid is okay!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 math, 800 writing, 780 CR)
ACT: Never took
SAT II: 750Math II, 800 USH, 800 Bio E, 720 Bio M, 720 World
Unweighted GPA: 4.0, Weighted: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5 students
AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5’s (Stats, World, Euro, US, Lang, Calc BC, Bio)
IB (place score in parenthesis): 7 Math SL, 5 Music SL
Senior Year Course Load: 5 IB classes, 1 AP class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A couple but nothing as major as USAMO or Intel
Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity golf, orchestra, MUN, lots of leadership (Student Government, president of 2 clubs, VP of 2 clubs, exec board member 2 others)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: involved in 5-6 clubs
Summer Activities: UCI Multivariable Calculus Class, volunteer with Breakthrough Collaborative, beaches and soccer
Essays: i enjoyed them
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them
Counselor Rec: probably solid
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: half white, half korean
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): dunno
Reflection Strengths: Academics, well-roundedness, leadership, essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: committment in several areas
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred from Harvard, accepted to Michigan (Ann Arbor), Berkeley, USC</p>
<p>General Comments: start thinking about essays early, be genuine, pursue what you love, but don’t forget to concentrate on school! enjoy high school, it’s something I somewhat regret-- spend time with friends and family, have a good time</p>
<p>For DS:</p>
<p>============
Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (CR 760, M 760, W700 )
ACT: n/a
SAT II: I don’t recall – I think maybe French 760, Math I 740, Biology 690?
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unavailable – school reports weighted only (4.5/5.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 11-12% (more than 90 IB kids in a total senior class of maybe 360?)
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): Biology SL (3) – his worst subject. He can’t take any other IB exams until this coming May.
Senior Year Course Load: 6 IB classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV and Varsity soccer, 10 years of rec league soccer, 6+ years of piano (including 2 years participation in Piano Guild), French Honor Society/French Club
Job/Work Experience: Certified soccer referee - officiates games for U19 and below
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: soccer / refereeing
Essays: ?? (I didn’t read them, but DS has a strong vocabulary and writes well, if not poetically – he’s just not the type)
Teacher Recommendation: No idea, but I assume they were favorable
Counselor Rec: Again, should have been favorable
Additional Rec: None
Interview: n/a</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): In-state
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Public / magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Didn’t ask for aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>
<p>Strengths: Academics
Weaknesses: Lack of community service chits, class rank
Why you think you were rejected: Objectively speaking, I have no idea. I suspect class rank was determinative. </p>
<p>Where else were you accepted: Alabama (EA - offered full tuition scholarship), still waiting to hear from others (RD)</p>
<p>General Comments: <em>shrug</em> Easy come, easy go. Given the administrative shenanigans in C’ville over this past summer and Degas’ press release essentially outlining all of the problems UVA faces, I personally think it’s for the best.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2320/2400 M-800, CR, W-720
[ *] ACT: did not take
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 of ~560(5 at time of admit)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Calc AB, Calc BC, Statistics, Human Geography, Environmental Science, English Lang, and Physics C: E and M, 4s on World History and Physics C: Mechanics
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP US History, AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Chem, Honors Orchestra, Studio Art, Advanced Math Research, Advanced Research and Development
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (semifinalist at time of admit), AP Scholar</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Orchestra (principal viola), Jazz Band, National Honor Society (VP), Tri-M National Music Honor Society (VP), It’s Academic club, Mathletes, Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestra (principal viola), Londontowne Symphony Orchestra, [ *] Job/Work Experience: music teacher (3 years), math tutor, (7 years), statistical modeling internship at Johns Hopkins School or Medicine
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scout Gold Award
[ *] Summer Activities: internship, see above
[ *] Essays: decent I guess. I wrote about the STEM program that I am in at my school for my common app essay, my musical community for my supplement essay, and a mobility cart for my engieering essay
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good I would imagine, but did not see
[ *] Counselor Rec: same as teachers
[ *] Additional Rec: from the researcher I worked with at my internship
[ *] Interview: n/a</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public, semi-competitive, has magnet program
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket:</p>
<p>[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): science research, girl in prospective engineering field</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: scores, grades, extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: essays and possibly recs
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hopefully a combination of the strengths listed above.<br>
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to University of Michigan, University of Maryland, and UMBC, deferred at UChicago
[ /list][ b]General Comments: Rodman scholars! UVa is probably my second or third choice, but I would be happy to go here!</p>
<p>I think they need to make the SAT harder. Too many of these students have close to perfect scores.</p>
<p>Haha, keep in mind that the pool of people who post on this site is not exactly representative. 
As I understand it (but I’m by no means an expert), the SAT was “recalibrated” several years ago so that 500 would be the mean on each part of the test. There’s no question that this inflated scores on the upper end. Here’s one conversion chart: [SAT</a> Score Conversion Chart](<a href=“http://www.greenes.com/html/convert.htm]SAT”>SAT Score Conversion Chart)</p>
<p>I remember a Q and A from the College Board that was dispelling “myths”.</p>
<p>Q: Is it true that a student receives 600 points for signing their name?</p>
<p>A: Definitely not true… if a student doesn’t answer any questions, the score is not reported… blah blah blah… </p>
<p>(It turns out you need to TRY to answer one question to get a 600).</p>
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<p>:rolleyes: That almost made me angry. </p>
<p>This is CC, as you know. It is a stacked sample pool.</p>
<p>It certainly reflects positively on UVA.</p>
<p>Jr Mint - Charlie is a long time poster and alumni. The Internet lacks body language, tone of voice, etc, which is over 50% of how most of us actually communicate. I’m going to take a guess he wasn’t being serious, just noting a lot of high scores. You’re absolutely correct, this is a skewed sample of high achieving EA students. Having said that, UVa turns down both instate and OOS students with sky high scores each year. It always helps, but it’s just one part of the puzzle.</p>
<p>Can anyone show me how to add a smirk icon?</p>
<p>Yes, I was kidding.</p>
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<p>;) I knew and actually love his posts. If only I could rep him…</p>
<p>I was joking too, but from now on, you will know when I truly get angry, because I will use this :mad:.</p>
<p>charlie, the :rolleyes: emoticon is :rolleyes : with the space removed.</p>
<p>Ahhh, I should have known you could read between the lines Jr. Mint. One would think I was a middle child. :o You and Charlie were obviously doing fine without my help. <slides back="" into="" the="" woodwork=""></slides></p>
<p>No need, iggy. Friends forever? :)</p>
<p>Ok, so off the OP’s topic, but all the same… where DO you all find the little lesson in making the faces on here? I’m emoji-challenged. :rolleyes: I can learn though, see?</p>