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<p>SAT 2300 (800math, 770CR, 730WR)
SUBJECT tests (800 mathII, 780 Chem)
4.3 GPA weighted
AP - Physics AB(5), Physics BC (5), CALC (5), Hist (3),
Not a lot extracurriculars I guess</p>
<p>Don’t know what happened. Really bummed.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 29- 33M, 27S, 30E, 26R, 10E
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Chem, 670 ML1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-3.8 (93/100)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/241
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP calc, AP Govt, AP Eng Lit, Robotics, Psychology, Spanish 4, Sociology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QuestBridge Finalist
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Technology Entry Program (Student Ambassador + Science Bowl Team Captain), Robotics Club (President 11/12), FIRST robotics (Student rep 11/12), Science Club (President 11/12), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (President 12), Marching Band (Treasurer 11)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting for 3 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Medical Explorers
[<em>] Summer Activities: E2@MIT, CURIE Academy
[</em>] Essays: Honestly, my UVA essays were horrible, but my QB/common app essays were pretty great.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good/Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: didn’t have one.
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Puerto Rican)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <30K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, QuestBridge
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Subjective stuff, minus my UVA essays XD
[<em>] Weaknesses: Numbers.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue 
I expected a rejection, to be honest.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell (likely) and Wellesley. Rejected at MIT, UChicago, and Northwestern.[/li][/ul][ b]General Comments:**
Probably going to Cornell so far, but such a great option!! congrats to everyone else who got in!</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 1980 580CR/740M/660W
[</em>]ACT:29
[<em>]SAT II: US History 680 Physics 620
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/490
[</em>]AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), APUSH (4), Psychology (4), Environmental (4)
[<em>]IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AB Calc, AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Gov, Dual English, Leadership skills
[<em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of cross country (captain), 4 years of winter track (captain), 4 years of spring track (captain), National, Math, Science, English, and Spanish Honor societies (executive board).
[<em>]Job/Work Experience: Life guard during summer
[</em>]Volunteer/Community service: 4 years of key club
[<em>]Summer Activities: life guarding
[</em>]Essays: two mediocre essays and one excellent essay
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see
[</em>]Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[<em>]Additional Rec: didn’t see
[</em>]Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>]Intended Major: biology
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: large
[</em>]Ethnicity: white
[<em>]Gender: male
[</em>]Income Bracket: >100,000
[<em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>]Strengths: EC
[<em>]Weaknesses: SAT/ACT
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: instate and midyear report
[li]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Virginia Tech, Clemson, JMU, and Uconn [/li][/ul]General Comments: After getting deferred in early action, I am surprised I got in. It’s not impossible to get in with lower than average SAT’s; someone has to be at the lower end of admissions.</p>
<p>Charlie – you are totally right. The SAT is much easier today than it was back when we took it (during the mesozoic era).</p>
<p>First, they have in fact changed the curve from the olden days. A 700 is a lower percentile today than it was way back when. Changing the SAT curve is just one more example of today’s woosie-fied culture – participation ribbon and a juice box for everyone – good job!!</p>
<p>Second, we all used to take the SAT stone-cold and just once. None of this mamby pamby tutoring and retaking and super-scoring. No option to go ACT if the SAT wasn’t to your liking. No paid surrogates to take the test for you. No boost from your friend’s adderall stash. You just stepped up to the plate and gave it one big rip.</p>
<p>Third, we were all cold and tired when taking the test (since we walked in the snow uphill to get to all testing sites).</p>
<p>So Charlie, be proud of your old school SAT score! And be glad you applied to UVA back when you did, because there’s no way you’d get in today (me either).</p>
<p>Repost from the other thread:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>College and Program: Arts and Sciences (Theatre, intending to double up with International Studies)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800, 670, 790. Top 25% on two, Bottom 25% on one.
[</em>] ACT: 35, 29, 36, 30 and 35, 27, 35, 36. Both come out to a composite of 33, with a 34 superscore.
[<em>] SAT II: 800 on US History and Molecular Biology
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) Biology, U.S. History, European History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Language.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calculus, Student Assistant (think like a high school T.A.), AP Psychology, Chorus, AP US Gov, AP Latin, AP English Literature, Honors Physics.
[</em>] Honors: National Merit Commended, National Honor Society, National Latin Honor Society.</p>
<p>[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Extracurriculars: Theatre/Drama Club (Officer), Male A Capella Group (Founding member/Secretary), Young Democrats (Vice President), Latin Club (Officer)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Community Theatre and Political Volunteering. Presidential Service Medal recipient for Sophomore year.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Northwestern Pre-College Program
[</em>] Essays: CA was quite good. Supp was about Calvin and Hobbes.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I assume they were pretty good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Absolutely incredible. She read me part of it and I was floored. She herself said it was a top 5 one she’d ever done.
[<em>] Additional Rec: One from my Drama director of four and a half years.
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[li] Supplementary Material(if any): Theatre Supplement</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Whiter than wonder bread. My melanocites are lazy.
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000. Applied for financial aid. A lot of that money is eaten up by medical bills and home repairs.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single Parent, estranged from my father. My Mom’s a Legacy.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Verbal Scores, Essays, Legacy, Counselor Rec, broad transcript.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Math Scores, White Male, Out of State.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably a mix of all factors. The Legacy factor probably helped.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far Accepted at Northwestern and William and Mary as a Monroe Scholar. Waiting to hear from Williams, Yale, Brown, Columbia, and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I had a feeling I’d get in, but I know that with a school as tough as UVA, nothing is for sure. Good luck to everyone else in your future endeavors!</p>
<p>LOL, Northwesty–love this. My parents went out of town the night before my SAT and I decided to have a few friends over after the football game…turned into a huge party that included the cops. I probably should have taken the SAT a second time…LOL. Not my best, I’m sure!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
General Stats:
UWGPA: 3.95 in Florida, 38/45 in IB in Hong Kong
*Repeated Junior year in Hong Kong when awarded Scholarship
SAT (1600/2400): 2130, 720 math, 700 reading, 710 Writing
SATIIs:770 US history, 720 Math 2
ACT: 33
APs:(5) AP US History (5), AP European History(3), AP English Literaturel(5), AP Human Geography(5)
Courseload:Took IB, HL’s Economics, History, and English. SL’s= Math, Environmental Science, and Chinese Abanicio
Awards:UWC Davis Scholarship (full ride to UWC Hong Kong), NSLI-Y State Department Scholarship, South Tampa Chamber of Commerce Student of the month, etc.
ECs:Captain of tennis team in tampa and HK, Director of Charity Race, Leader of English Class, Soccer Keeper, DJ,
Jobs/Internships/Other Activities:Intern at Children Across Borders
Essays:About experience running charity race and attaining corporate sponsorships in unfamiliar city, supplements on Tennis and Romantic Comedies
Recommendations: Both Great
Background:Won’t get Financial Aid
Gender: Male
Race: Half Asian/ Half White
School Type: IB
State: Florida/ Hong Kong
Reflection and General Comments:</p>
<p>This thread is from 2013. If you’d like to participate in posting your decision for Early Action 2014 the active thread is here:</p>
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