I figured it would be a good idea to start this now, just about a few week or so left until we get the results!!
Once you are accepted please name the school you applied to, test scores, rank, ethnicity, state, senior year grades, etc. (all that good stuff)
Good luck guys!
By the way, does anybody know the exact date that we will get notified? Thanks!
I believe there already is a thread for EA results!
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/1843394-uva-2020-ea-results-discussion-thread.html
On another note, I think it has been mentioned that there is no “exact date” that we will get notified of our decisions. The one guarantee is that we will receive our decisions “by January 31st.” In the past, however, the decisions seem to be released in the Fridays before the 31st. My guess would be the 22nd or 29th latest for this year around. Best of luck!!
from the UVA Admissions blog: “January 31st is the official (EA) Notification day. If you log into SIS on that day, you will be able to see your status by hitting “View Decision.” That being said, we have always been able to finish a little early and post decisions before January 31st. When we are done, we release the decisions. If there are updates, I will announce them here, on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.”
Last year results came out on Friday, January 23 after 5:00 Charlottesville time. Good luck everyone!
;))
Results are out now. However, my suggestion would be that we turn this into a purely results & stats thread that future applicants can use as a tool.
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 superscore (730 M, 690 WR, 670 CR)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 660 US Hist., 670 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.8 unweighted, 4.19 weighted. school only send weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 APs through junior year, looks like a bell curve. mostly 2s, 3s, 4s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Entrepreneurship Dual Enrollment, AP Physics 1, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Environmental Sci, AP Calc AB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): US geography olympiad and US history bee national level qualifiers in both. also the Dartmouth Book Award – only book award winner in my school[/li][/list]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (President) 9th-12th
Young Democrats (President) 10th-12th
Quiz Bowl/It’s Academic (Captain) 9th-12th
Black Student Union (Founder and President) 10th-12th
Rap music writing/production 9th-12th
Skateboarding 9th-12th
[] Job/Work Experience: work at MCDONALD’S 24 HOURS A WEEK! I absolutely love it though, and I wrote my common app essay about it
[] Volunteer/Community service: community org. that is super important to me and the rest of my community 3hours/week 52 weeks/year 9th-10th
[] Summer Activities: work, volunteering, took 2 summer classes for credit after 9th and 10th grades
[] Essays: Common App (8/10): about work. formatting got messed up but whatever. CAS Supplemental (8.5/10): compared Bob Dylan to Jay-Z and tied it into my passions. CAS Fav Word (7/10): marzipan. it was short and rushed but creative.
[] Teacher Recommendations: my recs were definitely super strong. forget which teacher turned it in because most colleges asked for 2, but both were definitely amazing. both have told me I was the best student they’ve seen in their careers.
[] Counselor Rec: 10/10. my younger sister and I are the only people my counselor recognizes by name and face in an impersonal public school. she knows me really really well.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A. i wish UVA had these though. [/li][/list]
[ b]Other**
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: of course
[] Intended Major: African American Studies? interest in McIntire.
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA. fairfax county.
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: small for NOVA, big for anywhere else in the country
[] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): Black, African-American, Ethiopian, whatever
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): AA
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: household income below $40k
[] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, low-income. i suspect skateboarding/rap had something to do with it lol
[/list]
Reflection
[] Strengths: extracurriculars, recs, GPA/SAT were above average for instate
[] Weaknesses: GPA/SAT?
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: pursued my passions without college motivation. didn’t even start thinking about college until junior year.
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: N/A
[li] Where else are you applying for RD: hmm i know there’s some kids at school looking at this so I won’t say where lol[/li][/list]
General Comments: LET’S GET IT I’M READY TO EAT
**Decision: Deferred **
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2280, 790CR, 750M, 740W
ACT (breakdown): 35C
SAT II: 770 Lit, 720 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/348
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Gov & Politics this year
IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Psych (5), SL Spanish (6), SL Chemistry, HL Math, HL History, HL English
Senior Year Course Load: SL Chemistry, HL Math, HL History, HL English, AP Gov, Theory of Knowledge, Personal Finance (S1), Mythology (S2)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist (anticipated Finalist)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholar bowl - nationally qualifying (captain), NHS (president), Varsity golf (captain), Yearbook (multiple state/national awards), Student Gov’t, Theatre through school
Job/Work Experience: Hostess/waitress 25-30 hrs/wk junior year
Volunteer/Community service: Anti-poverty group, tutoring middle school kids 6-8 hrs/wk
Summer Activities: State governor’s school, working 30-35 hrs/wk
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App was probably 8/10, I’ve since done a bit of editing, my UVA essays were honestly probably terrible
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 11/10, amazing
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10
Counselor Rec: probably 9/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: of course
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Urban public, ~1600 students
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $40-50k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
Reflection:
Strengths: standardized testing, demonstrated activities in my intended major, recommendations
Weaknesses: grade drop second semester junior year, not a lot of effort in essays
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My grades dropped second semester, plain and simple.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at U of Missouri, Northeastern; applied to five others
General Comments:
Um, well, this was frustrating. I have a Jefferson Scholar interview on 1/30 and it would have given me some peace of mind going in. But overall, it’s just really difficult to get in from OOS and any reason you provide to defer or deny, it will happen. Good luck to all, and I can’t wait until April 1!
Decision: Accepted
College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 35 C (36 S, 36 R, 35 E, 32 M)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Literature (780) Latin (720)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (5) WH (4) Latin (4) BIO (4) taking 6 more this year
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: All honors and APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some smaller ones but no major national awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Don’t want to list all of them but I definitely have dedicated a lot of time to the things that are most important to me. I do a lot of community service because I really enjoy it and I think I showed that in my essays.
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
Volunteer/Community Service: A lot
Summer Activities: My main ECs, I never went to any of those college camps or anything like that
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: Common App (8/9) Supplement for College of Arts and Sciences (10) Favorite Word- I thought it was a little cheesy but pretty good (7/8)
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: 10, I’ve had this teacher all four years of high school 
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: Probably good, she’s super nice and I think she likes me
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? No
Intended Major: Politics- Foreign Affairs
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 350,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, GPA, Recs, Essays
Weaknesses: No hook, no major award, OOS, historically UVA only accepts 1 or 2 from my school every year
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure! I’m sure it helps that I applied EA.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UMass- Amherst (accepted), UMichigan- Ann Arbor (accepted), Harvard (deferred), and a bunch of others I won’t hear from until March/April 
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I’m really excited because a lot of people from my school applied and they usually don’t accept a lot so I wasn’t expecting much! It feels good to know that I have a few options now no matter what happens in the RD round.
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290- 800 Reading, 790 Writing, 700 Math
[] SAT II: 780 US History, 790 Literature, 750 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.3 Weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but probably 4/250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP US Gov (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Environmental, Choir, Select Choir
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Merit Scholar, Governor’s Scholar, Yale Book Award, Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award, some school-level awards[/li]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model Congress (President), Student Council (President), Class of 2016 Social Chair, Choir (Soprano section leader), Spring musical (Lead roles), Varsity Sailing Team, Student Board of Education representative
[] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at a summer camp, work at an ice cream shop during the school year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Intern for a political campaign this year, lots of community service through choir, several hundred hours from volunteering at camp before I worked there
[] Summer Activities: Working at camp
[] Essays: Common App (8/10): about camp again (lol), not very unique but very passionate, talked about how it inspired my passions for democracy/people CAS Supplemental (9/10): talked about my favorite novel (Sirens of Titan) and how it forced me to let go of idealism. CAS Quirks (8.5/10): Talked about my love of reading since a young age and how now I have a large vocabulary but I always pronounce words wrong because I’ve only ever read them
[] Teacher Recommendations: Both really strong! From my French and History teachers. One who knows me really well inside the classroom and one who is the advisor for some of my activities and spoke to that.
[li] Counselor Rec: 10/10. She really likes me for some reason! We have a good relationship.[/li]
[/list]
[ b]Other**
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[] Intended Major: Political Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Pretty normal size- 1100
[] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): White
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Around $40k
[] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): Nope
[/list]
Reflection
[] Strengths: SAT scores, well-rounded, strong writer
[] Weaknesses: No real hook/pointiness
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably my essays?
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Northeastern (Honors) and Fordham! Deferred from UMichigan and Georgetown
[li] Where else are you applying for RD: Yale, Brown, Columbia, Vanderbilt, Tufts, William and Mary [/li][/list]
Super happy and excited! Love UVA! Congrats to everyone!
Decision: Accepted
Political Science major
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): na
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 700, 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/530
AP (place score in parenthesis): 6 5’s, 2 4’s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: HL: English, Anthropology, Biology SL: Calculus, Economics, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national ap scholar, national merit, political science pathfinder nominee
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): intern on 2 political campaigns, president of rho kappa, president of eagles for israel, lobbying in DC with AIPAC, NHS, captain of cross country and soccer, etc
Job/Work Experience: art museum receptionist
Volunteer/Community service: coordinated a service trip to the bahamas, along with 300~ hours of other service projects
Summer Activities: sailing mostly, lobbying conferences
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App essay was very good, not great but my UVA supplement was the best essay I’ve written. On a pieta sculpture that provokes thought on faith, family, and education
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Also helped a ton.
Teacher Rec #1: Anthro teacher. 10/10. Wrote that I was the best and most promising student he has taught.
Teacher Rec #2: English teacher. 8/10. Wrote specifically about my political involvement.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read.
Additional Rec: Didn’t submit.
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Don’t remember
Intended Major: Political Science and Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: large public school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none!
Reflection
Strengths: ACT, GPA, Rank, Essays
Weaknesses: not anything extraordinary, very specific resume, little demonstrated interest
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My UVA supplement, hands down.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Boston College (Honors Program) and deferred from Georgetown. Also applied to Vandy, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UNC, UF, Emory, Stanford, Harvard,
General Comments: Beyond excited and shocked! We’ll see what is in store for regular decision but definitely happy to be accepted!
Decision: Accepted
School: CAS PoliSci
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2360 - 800 CR, 770 M, 790 W
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 800 USH, 740 Chem, 720 Lit
Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 5.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% of 378
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography, World History, US History, Chemistry, Comparative Government (all 5’s)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Statistics, AP Physics 1, Spanish IV H, Juvenile Law H/Homicide H,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, NHRP, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Four year Varsity and Club soccer (1 year as captain) - top nationally ranked teams, Spanish Honor Society (President), Pre Law Society (electives every semester and internship), NHS (Treasurer), Rho Kappa
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Sailing Instuctor every summer (~400 hours)
Summer Activities: sailing, soccer. Did an 8 day program on IR at GU.
Essays: Common App about teaching sailing, supplement about immigration
Teacher Recommendation: first was a teacher who taught me 3 classes last year and gave me 2 awards, definitely really liked me probably 9/10. Other was my English teacher last year, probably good but not amazing.
Counselor Rec: 10/10 great relationship
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: top ranked private school
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Spain, Mexico)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: test scores, grades, URM
Weaknesses: course load could have been more challenging. Never took AP Calc, AP Lang, AP Physics C, or a few of the other more difficult courses at my school.
Where else accepted: Georgetown, BC
Why you think you were accepted:
Decision: Accepted
School: CAS - Biochem
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
ACT: 35 composite
SAT II: 760 USH, 740 Math II
Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/420 (top 2%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Stats (5), US History (5), Calc AB (5), Lang (5), Micro (4), Macro (4), Chem (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics 1, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, senior English electives, required art class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity soccer player (captain), Student Volunteer Program (President), youth mentoring program (program coordinator), leadership conference planning committee member, Mu Alpha Theta (secretary), NHS, club soccer, a few other minor ones
Job/Work Experience: worked at a vet hospital for one summer
Volunteer/Community service: prestigious volunteer program at a top hospital in the nation (120 hours), many other volunteer hours through other EC’s (about 250-300 hours in all)
Summer Activities: soccer, volunteering, working.
Essays: Common app was about learning a valuable life lesson; CAS was about a Kendrick Lamar album, other supplement I chose the favorite word prompt… all were very good i thought
Teacher Recommendation: from two of my favorite teachers who both loved me, should have been amazing, 10/10
Counselor Rec: 9/10, large school but she likes me and is in charge of the youth mentorship program I run so I’m assuming it was good!
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Biochem (premed)
State (if domestic applicant): OH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: top ranked, competitive public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: relatively high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing really haha
Reflection
Strengths: test scores, grades, essays
Weaknesses: no major awards, not really diverse haha
Where else accepted: Ohio State and Miami (OH), both of my safeties (haven’t heard from anywhere else yet)
Why you think you were accepted: Not sure, I guess my strong grades/scores, decently good EC’s, and essays made me a strong candidate!
General Comments: I’m so happy to be accepted to UVa!! Not sure if I will be attending since I’m still waiting to hear back from 7 other schools, but this is a huge relief! Congrats to everyone else who was accepted, and to those who were deferred or rejected, I wish you the best of luck!
Omg I’m Ethiopian and I live in Fairfax County too! What school do you go to?
Decision: Accepted
School: CAS - Bio (but I’m still unsure, might change later)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 superscore (750 W, 700 CR, 660 M)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): probably around 3.7 or 3.8 (4.35 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: HL Math, HL English, HL Biology, SL Spanish, SL Geography, SL Anthropology, Theory of Knowledge (S1)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing worth noting here
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Key Club (VP), Math Honor Society (Secretary), Science National Honor Society, Big Atom Little Atom (mentoring freshmen), Just World Club, Black Cultural Awareness
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community Service: Tutoring low-income kids (K-7) every Saturday (10-12), other activities that were reflected in my essays
Summer Activities: Vacations I wrote about my trip to Ethiopia for the Common App essay, I think that one really helped
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: Common App (8-9, talked about my background and how it would contribute to UVA) Supplement for College of Arts and Sciences (9, wrote about a new show I watched over the summer) Quirks (7, honestly felt like this essay was some BS)
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10, I’ve had her for 2 years and she writes really good recs
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): Maybe an 8 or 9, just got her this year but I think we really bonded
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9, he knows me pretty well but I’m not sure how he writes recs
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Of course
Intended Major: Politics- I applied as Bio but I’ll probably change
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, Suburban (~2500)
Ethnicity: Black (Ethiopian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 30k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen, URM, low-income, probably my essays about being an “ugly black woman” and about how personality traits associated with Ethiopian heritage would help me contribute to the UVA class of 2020
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, GPA, Recs, Essays, ECs
Weaknesses: No major award
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Applying EA, being a black female, my grades
Where else you are applying or have already applied: George Mason University (accepted), UMD-College Park (I hear back in February)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: UVA is my top school so I’m really glad I got in! I can’t wait to move in and meet all my fellow Wahoos!
[ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color]
Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 superscore (780 M, 770 WR, 800 CR)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II:800 Chinese, 780 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.96 unweighted, 4.40 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/614
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(4), Lang(5), Micro(5), Macro(5), Gov(5), Calc AB(5), Lit(5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP Computer Science, Advertising/Promotion, AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry, Spanish V, English 254
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): DECA 1st in state[/li][/list]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS Board, Spanish National Honor Society, Awareness to Action, Model United Nations, Science National Honor Society, Cross Country, DECA, Swim, Band
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked as a math tutor at a small company, briefly worked at Fred Meyers
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at the library, and food bank, and throught NHS
[] Summer Activities: work, volunteering, working, nothing special here.
[] Essays: Common App (8/10): about my little brothers. somehow the essay was cut off like 3/4 of the way through…
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[] Teacher Recommendations: Good, one was a teacher from my business club that really liked me, the other was a lit teacher that I don’t really know about.
[] Counselor Rec: 8/10. A new counselor this year that knew nothing about me other than my schedule and ECs
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A.[/li][/list]
[ b]Other**
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public school
[] Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): Chinese
[] Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: household income below $40k
[] Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): Nope, ORM actually
[/list]
Reflection
[] Strengths: Test scores, interesting essays
[] Weaknesses: Lack of Awards and No hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Scores definitely, having my sister accepted last year probably helped too. (Even though she ended up going somewhere else)
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: We’ll See
[li] Where else are you applying for RD: NYU, Boston College, USC[/li][/list]
Decision: Deferred
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 31C
SAT II: 710 Mat 1, 710 Mat 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send but predicted 43/45
Senior Year Course Load: IB HL Psychology, HL English Lit, HL Art, SL French B, SL Math, SL ESS
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre club, Head of Organisation at school’s MUN club, president of 2 other conferences at school, have my own food blog
Volunteer/Community service: Started my own club at school to help unprivileged children all around Turkey, working with Make-A-Wish, spent a week in a war zone helping children near Syria
Summer Activities: Spent 3 three weeks at a prestigious summer camp in my country, counselling 10 year-olds, spent 2 weeks at an internship
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App was probably 9/10, UVA essays were 9/10 too
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, amazing
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10
Counsellor Rec: probably 10/10 (we were pretty close with both of my teachers and counsellor)
Additional Rec: 8/10 (my employer knew me since kinder garden)
Interview: not available in my region
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: undecided
Country (if international applicant): Turkey
School Type: Urban private, ~400 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
Reflection:
Strengths: Reccs, extracurriculars, very strong essays
Weaknesses: GPA and test scores, no major awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Low GPA and test scores
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected from Northwestern ED
**Decision: Accepted **
Arts & Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2220;
SAT I superscore (breakdown M700/CR770/W750/Essay9):
ACT (breakdown): N/A
ACT superscore N/A
SAT II (subject, score): No thanks
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.3 (my calculation based on English system; A* GCSE = 4.0, A* at A level/ A at AS Level = 5.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
English system:
11A* GCSE
4A AS Level
A* Extended Project
3A* Predicted A-Level
IB (place score in parentheses):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: A-Level econ, maths, biology
Number of other EA applicants in your school: N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Not clever enough
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Cambridge Chemistry Challenge Silver Award, BBO Year 12 Biology Olympiad Silver Award, RSC Chemistry Olympiad Bronze Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): Run Oral history website, working on founding tutoring agency, writing for school paper, organising talks for school history society,taking lessons for PPL (Private Pilot’s License)
Job/Work Experience: Summer job as sales assistant (1mo); Saturday job as waiter (2mo), internship at Standard Chartered Bank as analyst (1w)
Volunteer/Community Service: set up volunteering programme between my school and a veterans’ home, volunteering at local Synagogue, teaching at local school, teaching at school outreach programme
Summer Experience: most of the stuff above; travelling a lot with family
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Good (9?) I think, Common App about interviewing WWII veterans, UVA supp about a book. (Message me if you want to read!)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 I hope, was by my school’s headmaster who is a history professor!
Teacher Rec #2: never saw but should be v. good
Counsellor Rec: never saw but should be v. good too
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Nope
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: econ
Country (if international applicant): UK
School Type: Urban private, ~180 students/ year
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No
Reflection:
Strengths: Grades/ECs/essays
Weaknesses: Testing?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ten percent luck, twenty percent skill ,fifteen percent concentrated power of will, Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain, 100% reason to get into UVA
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Oxford University (UK), Denied: Stanford REA
This site has been so helpful, pls feel free to contact me if u have questions/want to discuss (esp.other UK applicants!)
Decision: Accepted
College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses) Math II (790), US (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): APUSH (5) WH (5) Spanish (4) English (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 7 AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, Coca Cola
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): not going to go into detail
Mun (Leader)
Forensics (Leader)
3 Sport Varsity Athlete
Started up an online business
Spanish Club
Fbla
NHS
Job/Work Experience: have had 5 jobs throughout HS
Volunteer/Community Service: Church, hospital, Red Cross ~ 400 hours
Summer Activities: Work… Have fun
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: Common App (9.2/10)
Supplement for College of Arts and Sciences (9/10)
Favorite Word- Not good (7/10)
Teacher Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):: 9, known for a long time
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): (5/10) Probably decent, she’s nice and I think she likes me, probably still pretty general
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):N/A
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Intended Major: No clue
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, GPA
Weaknesses: OOS screws people
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure, but I’m excited.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: A bunch of Cali schools, Penn, Nova, BC, Darty, Wash U