<p>WOW, im so happy i can't even describe it..</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>CR: 600 MATH: 680 WRITING: 610
GPA UW at mid year: 3.86?
GPA W: 4.019</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT II: History: 550 Literature (Bad, I know) 630 History
* ACT: 29
* AP/IB taken/scores: AP History, English I & II, Government, and Calculus
* GPA weighted: ~4.376
* GPA unweighted: ~3.94
* Rank or % estimate: Top 1%</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I felt strong about both of mine.
* Teacher Recs: Got two teachers to write recs. They were both uva alum and both were great recs.
* Counselor Rec: I thought it was a great rec.
* Hook (if any): None
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Virginia
* School Type: Public, extremely rural
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: male
* Legacy Yes/No: Yes
* Recruited Yes/No: No
* Important ECs: Boy's State, People to People Leadership Summit
* Likely Letter Yes/No: No
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<p>Other Factors: None</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Very Excited!!! Congrats to Everyone and good luck!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 730
SAT Math: 740
SAT Writing: 780
SAT Total: 1470/2250
SAT II: Math 2: 790, US History: 720, Chemistry: 750
ACT: n/a
AP/IB taken/scores: US (5), World (4), Psychology (4), Chemistry (5), Calc BC (5)
GPA weighted: 4.31
GPA unweighted: no clue
Rank or % estimate: 10/490</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Fairly good I’d say. One about my work on the Obama campaign and how it changed my life, another about my favorite word (its a long, joke word in Dutch, so it emphasized by bilingual…ness). I think my essays were quirky and not cliche.
Teacher Recs: One was definitely very good, the other was probably just fine.
Counselor Rec: Counselor loves me 
Hook (if any): Probably my bilingual/foreigner status (Im a permanent resident, but Dutch citizen), and my dedication to my intented major of political science.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Loudoun
School Type: public, decent
Ethnicity: white
Gender: femal
Legacy Yes/No: no
Recruited Yes/No: no
Important ECs: Academic Team (President), Forensics district and regional winner, Math club (president), Obama campaign (intern, extensive work/hours), Jim Martin campaign, John Bell (33rd district) campaign, many clubs, NHS, Smithsonian Institute volunteer, won a couple of art competitions, piano competitions (12 years of piano), very active within the community.
Likely Letter Yes/No: Nope!</p>
<p>Other Factors:
I think the thing that helped me the most was my community service and leadership, I have lots of volunteer hours and that kind of stuff. </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Obviously congrats to everyone that got in, and for those who didnt, don’t get down. (if anything, i’ve heard of some pretty weird decisions already)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 550
SAT Math: 670
SAT Writing: 620? ish
SAT Total: 1220/18something,
SAT II: Math 2: 610, US History: 600, Biology: 590
ACT: 27
AP/IB taken/scores: US (2), World (3), Biology (4), English (3),
GPA weighted: 4.1
GPA unweighted: ha!
Rank or % estimate: not sure. </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: it was aiight. the two supplement ones, wrote in like 1 hour
Teacher Recs: I think they were okay. nothing too impressive
Counselor Rec: not sure.
Hook (if any): Chinese Canadian living in America? thats all i can think of</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: VA!
School Type: public, decent
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Legacy Yes/No: no
Recruited Yes/No: no
Important ECs: some stuff like Beta and Key club VPs, some stuff around the community, and some music junk.
Likely Letter Yes/No: yeah! (wonder why)</p>
<p>Other Factors:
uhh… i sent in an arts supplement? (it was not that good. my teacher said it kind of sucked. no really.)</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Okay, looking at other peoples stats, ** CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW I GOT IN?!?!?**</p>
<p> b]Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>] SAT Math: 700
[<em>] SAT Writing: 770
[</em>] SAT Total: What, you got into UVA and you can’t add? 2270.
[<em>] SAT II: 770 (chem), 720 (lit)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Chem (5), AP Lang (4), AP World (5). Enrolled in AP Calc BC, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP US Gov
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.3? Something?
[li] GPA unweighted: 3.91</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[<em>] Essays: Stellar. I was brutally honest - it’s hard, and it makes you vulnerable, but it’s usually worth it. I’m a writer, I can’t do anything else.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Never saw them, but I asked teachers who knew me well and liked me. I chose a math teacher and an English teacher so as to present myself as academically balanced.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it, but I know my counselor told colleges I had mono to excuse my poor grades 2nd quarter senior year. She’s really great like that.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I’m an outspoken jewish lesbian who wants to study chemistry. I’m cool like that.</p>
<p>[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Fairfax, VA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Ashkenazi
[</em>] Gender: Unicorn
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[<em>] Important ECs: Gay-Straight Alliance (secretary, public relations, 3 yrs), Amnesty International (2 yrs), Science Olympiad (competitor, tutor, 1 yr), Science Fair (competitor, 2 yrs)
[</em>] Likely Letter Yes/No: nah</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I told you, I’m cool. Also, I won an academic award in physics, was a national merit commended scholar, and took fun summer classes at CTY.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: For years, everyone told me I’d never get into college because I wasn’t involved in enough after school activities. So, ***** you guys. I did get into college, because I’m smart, and I worked my ass off, and I’m driven to succeed. You and your honor societies and student leadership groups know where to shove it.
And if you got in, well, congratulations. You are obviously a pretty bright kid. Can’t wait to meet you! I’ll be the one with the purple hair and the bell bottoms.
To those applying for next year: Just be yourself. Don’t join a club just to beef up your resume, and whatever you do, DON’T write what you think a college wants to hear. Just write who you are. Honesty is rare, and I think they can tell - it makes your portfolio a lot more interesting. Those poor admissions staff members have to read a lot of essays, you know?</p>
<p>You have something UVA wants, which speaks louder than test scored. Relax.
Probably, they really liked your reccomendation or essay.</p>
<p>This is the year of the Asian, they say. Plus, they are not weighting the SATS so hard either. Congratulations!</p>
<p>If you are at at the top of your class, in a particlualry rural, not college prep type of high school - that probably is a help too.</p>
<p>haha. so apparently, i am now considered an ‘international student’ at UVA, because of my visa. so i’m curious, did that have anything to do with my acceptance? would if be harder to get in as an international or an in-state student?</p>
<p>harder as international, I’m pretty sure. Because you’re considered in the out of state pool.</p>