UVA Class of 2018 Admission Decision Thread

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<p>My son just got the news so I thought I'd start this up.</p>

<p>It's time to start the Class of 2018 Admission Decision Thread!!</p>

<p>Here's the basic format - you know what to do:
Try to include your college in the title too!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:
ACT:
SAT IIs:
GPA:
Rank:
Other stats:</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays:
Teacher Recs:
Counselor Rec:
Hook (if any):</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Try to include your college in the title too!</p>

<p>Example</p>

<p>Accepted-Patterson College of Business</p>

<p>Stats:[list]</p>

<p>SAT: 2400 800CR 800M 800W
SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math IIC, 800 Global History
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/250
Other stats: 5's on every AP available
Subjective:
Essays: perfect
Teacher Recs: outstanding
Counselor Rec: superb
Hook (if any): triple legacy, recruited athlete, nobel laureate
Location/Person:
State or Country: Arkansas
School Type: Private
Ethnicity/Race: Eskimo
Gender: male
Other Factors: Elected mayor of a small town
General Comments: I'm so psyched to major in under water basket weaving!</p>

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<p>Posting on behalf of my son.</p>

<p>Accepted Major: Chemical Engineering</p>

<p>SAT:
SAT IIs: Bio-M 770 Math 2-700
ACT: 34 (single sitting)
GPA: 4.786 weighted
Rank: 1/147
Other stats:</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: He worked hard on them. Essay for the common app had interesting and creative opening. He also wrote an essay for the “additional comments section” of the common app that I thought was good too. He enjoyed the engineering essay prompt about what would he do if he had money for a small engineering project. He also answered the prompt about his “quirks” and what else do you want us to know as we look over your academic record, wrote about the disadvantages of a small rural high school and what he’s done to overcome.
Teacher Recs: Probably good.
Counselor Rec: Probably good.
Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country:North Carolina
School Type: Public, small and rural
Ethnicity:W
Gender:M</p>

<p>Other Factors: Lots of extracurriculars and volunteer work. Taekwondo (tkd) Blackbelt 2nd degree, tkd junior leader, tkd instructor, goat shearer for local farmers, processed donations at a community thrift store that funded a food pantry, flutist Sunday services at his church, guest flutist for a church in a neighboring town, youth representative on church administrative council.
Comments: Hoping for some good aid because being OOS, he’s going to need it. But happy and excited to be accepted. Loved the school when we visited last month. Honestly, we thought he might not get in when we looked at the stats for OOS students last year but now we’re glad he applied.</p>

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<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (720 CR)
ACT: Didn’t take.
SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 Bio-M and USH.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.923 (did poorly freshman year, 3.96 excluding it)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 BC Calc
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Linear Algebra, IB History, Neuroscience, World Lit, Research
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, numerous MUN awards, research award in regional science fair, several other academic comps</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Model United Nations (Captain/President of our traveling team, Secretary General of one of the largest regional HS conferences)
Cancer Research (3 years, submitted an abstract as a supplement)
Varsity Cross Country (4 years)
Founder of a local science fair for middle schoolers
NHS
SNHS
Job/Work Experience: Internship at global top 20 pharmaceutical company, internship at virology lab, worked at an accounting office
Volunteer/Community service: 100 hours at a library
Summer Activities: volunteering, internships/jobs, research
Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendation: One was great, the other was subpar
Counselor Rec: Awesome
Additional Rec: didn’t submit
Interview: NA</p>

<p>Other
Intended Major: Development Studies
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Uber-competitive magnet school (30% of 200+ class goes to Ivies)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): dual citizenship from obscure country and generally a very distinct background in terms of my experiences and upbringing, so my essay was unique in that sense. </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. I moved on to the next step of the Jefferson Scholarship, which is 100x more competitive than admission. All I can say is lol.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UPitt Honors College, Deferred Princeton…this is not going to be my year</p>

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<p>On behalf of my D: ACCEPTED
Stats:
SAT:2250
ACT:
SAT IIs:750 750 760 (Bio, Engl, US hist.)
GPA: 4.43 weighted 4.0 unweighted
Rank: top 5%
Other stats: APUSH 5, AP Engl 5, AP bio 4 (not going into science)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: stellar, she’s a really good writer.<br>
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: don’t know. Jefferson Scholar nominee
Hook (if any): legacy, 150+ volunteer hours, </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender:F</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: varsity rowing, national honor society</p>

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<p>Decision: DEFERRED </p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2190; 690 R 720 M (1410 CR+M) 780 W
[ *] SAT II: 710 Bio-M, 740 MIIC, 730 Bio-E
[ *] Un-weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW, 4.4 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (4) – didn’t report
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Lang, AP Italian, AP Macro/Micro Econ, Honors Physics
[ *] Awards: International DECA Finalist (12th in the world), 2013 Johnson & Wales State Scholarship, NJ DECA State Finalist (2nd Place), National Honor Society, Italian National Honor Society, “The Parent Paper” Art Competition winner, The Mary Ann Kinoian Scholarship winner, The Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, President’s Education Awards Program, NAGC - Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award Winner</p>

<p>[ *] Extracurriculars:
[ *] Founder - website and app development company. Currently developing a social networking application evaluated at $138,000.00 by a mobile app design company – 3 yrs
[ *] Cofounder of a company that helps grow teenagers’ ideas, businesses, and charities. Partnered with Australian Business Week. Currently in contact with Google, State Farm, Macy’s, and certain celebrities (e.g. Ludacris) for potential sponsorship. We hold expos where students from around the world enter into competitions for the best business or charity ideas. We then take the top ideas to angel investors and venture capitalists for investments, making deals with them for each student, putting them in contact with consultants – 2 yrs
[ *] Vice President -cofounded and served as vice president of an investment firm/club gauged specifically for teenager investors.
[ *] Marketing Affiliate at Google – 3 yrs
[ *] Biomechanical research - bio-mechanics and kinematics study using motion capture systems and software to identify key locomotion traits. Research is getting published in a peer journal.
[ *] Volunteering: Project Manager - led fundraisers through a local church-raised $20,000 for the needy; organized Barclay’s Golf Tournament fundraiser and ran state-wide rummage sales – 4 yrs
[ *] Founder & President - STEM Club - had a Wharton MBA graduate - VP Medco, VP eCommerce, and a biomedical engineer come give lectures to the club – 2 yrs
[ *] DECA Board of Directors and Member – International Finalist – 3 yrs
[ *] Varsity Basketball - 4 yrs
[ *] JV/Varsity Tennis – 2 yrs
[ *] Work as a Computer Technician at Staples – 3 yrs
[ *] Worked as a Basketball Coach – 1 yr
[ *] Worked as Tutor/Grader – Kumon ½ yr
[ *] Interact Club -2 yrs
[ *] Lead Guitarist of a Band – recorded and performed at some gigs – 6 yrs
[ *] Treasurer - Italian National Honor Society & Italian Club – 4 yrs
College Courses:
[ *] Stanford University Online Course –Game Theory I
[ *] NJIT Web Development - on campus</p>

<p>[ *] Essays: Weak for UVA idk…my other ones were better
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: One is probably phenomenal, other is good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good, knows me pretty personally.
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Jefferson Scholarship Nominee with interview next Sunday -___-
General Comments: I think it’s because I had eh essays and my scores are low and my course load is weak….but I don’t know.</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT: 2230 (770 reading, 770 writing, 690 math)
ACT: 32 (36 english, 35 reading, 29 math, 27 science)
SAT IIs: 740 us history
GPA: 3.95 UW
Rank: 1 or 2 out of 114 </p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs: Varsity Swim Team (captain), NHS (president), Photography Club (founder and president), Best Buddies (VP), Class Treasurer, other fun things I actually enjoyed doing.
Essays: I guess they were alright. I really liked my common app essay. I didn’t think my supplements were all that great. I wrote about things I cared about but I was not satisfied with how I wrote them. But I guess they were enough!
Teacher Recs: From my AP Lang teacher: probably really great!!
Counselor Rec: I love my guidance counselor: probably great!
Hook (if any): um. lots of leadership? I submitted a 5-piece portfolio.</p>

<p>Location/Person: what does this mean.
State or Country: Florida
School Type: small, religious private; very rarely sends to top schools.
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

<p>Other Factors: I don’t even know. How people with 2300s get deferred or rejected and I got accepted is beyond me. I have been accepted already to Notre Dame, and until I find out RD decisions I will try to visit both UVA and Notre Dame. Congrats to everyone accepted! The UVA campus seems really beautiful, and their architecture program is a lot different than Notre Dame’s… in a good way! Can’t wait to visit! Yay!</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT: 2270 (750 R, 770 M, 750 W)
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT IIs: 760 Math II, 780 Chemistry
GPA: 4.47 / 4.00 (Weighted obviously, probably around a 3.8 or 3.9 unweighted
Rank: Top 10% (School doesn’t release ranks, I’d guess around 15 / 340)
Other stats: 5 on AP Chem, Physics I, Calc AB, English Lang. (Currently taking BC, Spanish,Comp Sci, Comp Gov, US gov)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Pretty meh to be honest. I think my "small engineering project"one was good because I personalized it. They were pretty good, but not my best.
Teacher Recs: FERPA Waiver so IDK but my math and english teachers both liked me
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty solid
Hook (if any): NADA</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Shouldn’t we do an extracurriculars / awards section?
Extracurriculars: Debate (Speech captain senior year), Babysitting every day, Peer Tutoring, Peer Mediation, Interact Club (volunteer club)
Honors: NFL Triple Ruby, Lots of debate awards, National Merit Commended, Honor Roll freshmman - junior year, NHS,
Community Service: Really just what I needed for NHS<br>
Other Factors:
General Comments: Great way to end out a stressful midterm week. Was worried because I was out of state and a lot of good people in my school were applying.</p>

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<p>Stats:deferred
SAT:2230 cr710 math780 wr740
ACT:didn’t take
SAT IIs:math level 2:800 chemical:800 physics:800
Location/Person: china, PRC
State or Country:china
School Type: public high school<br>
Gender:male</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted–College of Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2290 (770 M, 720 CR, 800 W)
ACT: 34
SAT IIs: 790 M2, 780 Chem
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
Rank: 1/371
Other stats: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist, I’ve taken all honors and AP in high school; I have the most rigorous transcript in my school</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: competitive dance, competitive figure skating, ice skating instructor, Mock Trial (lead attorney), student government, NHS
Essays: My common app essay was about a summer program I did at the FBI; it was unique, and I received many compliments on it. My engineering essay was practical and well-written. My other essay was about my quirk of texting “Potassium” instead of “K”.
Teacher Recs: From my French and AP Chem teachers. Both were phenomenal.
Counselor Rec: Also quite good.
Hook (if any):</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: PA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female</p>

<p>Other Factors: also a Jefferson scholar nominee (though this had no bearing on my application)
General Comments: This is exciting! Yay college!</p>

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<p>accepted to systems engineering</p>

<p>SAT: 2100 (math 800 - cr 630 - wr 670) one sitting
ACT: n/a
SAT IIs: 800 math2 - 780 math1 - 750 french - 700 physics
GPA: (out of 5) UW: 3.8 W:4.2 I am an international student from Istanbul . My high school is a franco-turc school, we take science-math lessons in french . There are many students from my school in UVA .
Rank: %20
Other stats: diploma equivalent to french baccalaureate </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Strong , Determinent , Innovative .
Teacher Recs: Awesome
Counselor Rec: Awesome
Hook (if any): I dont really know if they consider something of mine as hook … I think they maybe could =) when I see people with 2300 sats got deferred .</p>

<p>Location/Person: Metropolitan ? Rich/Educated Areas ? What does this question mean ?
State or Country: Turkey / Istanbul(City)
School Type:I am an international student from Istanbul . My high school is a private franco-turc school(very famous for its low grades), we take science-math lessons in french . There are many students from my school in UVA . One of the top high schools .
Ethnicity: Turkish
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Extracurriculars :
Alpha Leo for 3 years ( club president ) -Lions International 13-18 y.o.-
Omega Leo for a year . -Lions International 18-30 y.o.-
President and founder of school s futurism club , won some awards nationwide.
MUN delegate (in french conferences )
etc

  • the most solid ones …</p>

<p>got accepted to Georgia Tech , University of Michigan , University of Illinois , Perdue . (applied to either Industrial or Systems engineering in all schools )
deferred from Columbia SEAS .</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted - Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (720 CR/750 M/780 W)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (36 English, 35 Math, 34 Reading, 35 Science, 10 Writing)
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II, 750 Chemistry, 760 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.321 (weighted, school doesn’t report unweighted), estimated/self-calculated 3.78 unweighted (bad freshman year)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/348
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), US History (5), Biology (4), US Government (5), Calc AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Environmental, AP English Literature, Anatomy and Physiology, Java, Latin V honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit semifinalist, AP scholar with distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-FBLA (secretary 11th, president 12th), also won state awards and competed nationally
-Band (section leader in marching band 12th), involved in marching band, winter guard, symphonic band, wind ensemble
-other small stuff (NHS, Mock Trial, etc.) where I was just a member, not a leader or anything
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: paid research internship at a research university over the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at local hospital 4 hrs/week
[</em>] Summer Activities: CTY, research
[<em>] Essays: realized a month after submission that I omitted an “s” (so the singular/plural didn’t match) in the first line of the second paragraph of my common app essay and freaked out but looks like they overlooked it :), it was a good piece other than that though…as for the UVA ones I took a more serious approach, my engineering project was specifically related to my goals in cancer research and my quirk was really heartfelt
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: probably just okay, one from my math teacher which was pretty general and another on which I didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I believe it was good, she seems to like me but it was probably also on the general side since she deals with 400 kids and I see her about 1-2 times per year.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: n/a
[</em>] Supplementary Material: I included my research abstract in the “additional information” section on the common app…does that count as supplementary?</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Northern NJ
[</em>] School Type: Medium Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Not a candidate for financial aid.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, standardized tests
[</em>] Weaknesses: freshman/sophomore year grades, lack of proofreading/typo in common app essay, lackluster EC’s
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays pulled me through. There haven’t been any acceptances at UVA from my school for 3 years and being an OOS student you never know. I took risks in my essays and I think they paid off.<br>
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Rutgers and UMich</p>

<p>[/ul]**General Comments: ** Yay! Perfect way to make Friday night even better. Not sure if I’ll attend (OOS tuition = meh) but it is a top choice. Congrats to all who got in, stick it out to all who got deferred, and to those who were rejected: don’t dwell on it, there are tons of great schools that will accept you, the admissions process is such a crapshoot nowadays for the most part so keep your head up high! :)</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT: 2090 as of recently. (But the score I sent in was a 1980…) CR: 640 M: 690 W:650
ACT: 30 (I didn’t sent this score.)
SAT IIs: Physics: 660 Chemistry: 630
GPA: Weighted: 3.93
Rank: Top 15%
Other stats: N/A</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I think they were okay… I have short-term memory so I can’t remember exactly what I wrote but I remember doing the “tweet” essay and writing some really quirky. I underestimate myself sometimes but I don’t think my CommonApp essay was spectacular.
Teacher Recs: My AP Computer Graphics teacher wrote a really strong one. My AP Chem teacher wrote a generic one.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it.
Hook (if any): I sent in an art supplement of my work in computer graphics…</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Public school with prestigious science and technology program
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors: I actually can’t believe I got in, especially after seeing everyone with these high test scores and GPAs. Affirmative action may be at hand here but I want to say that my art supplement helped and maybe my grades in my AP science classes. My ECs aren’t great either but I’ve done some volunteer stuff and internships over the summer and I’m currently developing and conducting a study at a university.</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT: didn’t send
ACT: 28
SAT IIs: didn’t send
GPA: 3.97
Rank: 3/250
Other stats: OOS</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: pretty good
Teacher Recs: not sure
Counselor Rec: probably generic
Hook (if any): pretty good EC</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: F</p>

<p>Other Factors: legacy (grad school)
General Comments: Pretty surprised I got in with my low ACT scores… So excited to be accepted at UVA! Congrats to those who were accepted! And best of luck to those who were deferred!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:

  • ACT: 36 (35 on Math, 11 on essay)
  • SAT II: 800 US History, 760 Bio E, 740 Math II (didn’t send Math)
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/app. 320 - #1 already got into MIT EA
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on World History, US History, AP Eng Lang, AP Eng Lit, Psychology; 4s on Bio, European History, Human Geography
    IB: 7 on Geography SL, 6 on Spanish B SL
  • Senior Year Course Load: IB Spanish V, IB Biology IV HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas HL, IB English HL, IB Mathematics SL/AP AB Calculus, AP Macroeconomics/AP United States Government and Politics
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, Scholastic Art and Writing Gold and Silver Keys, some History Fair stuff, school stuff</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars/Volunteer/Community service (place leadership in parenthesis):
    300 hours of volunteering, mostly in animal rescue
    NHS, Co-President
    Spanish NHS, Co-President
    Academic Team, School and County, President
    Literary Magazine, Editor-In-Chief
    Drama Club/International Thespian Society, Publicity Team</p>

<ul>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Essays: Personal essay 10/10, UVA-specific essays probably a 9-10/10</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: 1st was Bio teacher and NHS sponsor who loves my animal rescue work, probably 9-10/10, second probably a 9/10</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: no idea, probably a 7-8/10</li>
<li>Interview: N/A, obviously</li>
</ul>

<p>Other

  • Applied for Financial Aid?: No
  • Intended Major: Economics
  • State (if domestic applicant): FL
  • School Type: Public with high-performing IB program inset
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: F
  • Income Bracket: do not need FA
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none.</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Strengths: 36 on ACT, very passionate about my ECs, essays were great - my CA essay was about an activity that probably made me stand out. Not a sport or anything that could sway my decision or bring attention to the university, but it was funny and probably made me memorable because I doubt many teenagers do it.
  • Weaknesses:
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong academic base for my application with great essays on top.</p>

<p>General Comments: Work on your essays, especially your school-specific ones! I was deferred from other top schools EA and I’m sure it was because I wrote their essays at the last minute and they were terrible. Granted, I didn’t exactly write my UVA essays ahead of time, but I had been thinking about them and formulating ideas for months. And be honest! Mine were straightforward, not really about anything tremendously unique or that had a twist/hook at the beginning or end, but I think they represented me very well even though they were plain. And finally, congratulations to everyone else who was admitted! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted into Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (750 M, 680 CR, 670 W)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I’m in the IB DP programme so we don’t really have a GPA but my predicted grade was 41/42, I got 4 A<em>'s, 4 A’s, a B, and a C (self study course) in my IGCSEs
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/150
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t take
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 41/42
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB English Lit SL, IB Spanish AB, IB Math HL, IB Physics SL, IB Chemistry HL, IB Biology HL
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, and a couple of school awards
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Archery (1st place in local competition), Martial Arts (8 years), Hindustani Classical Music (8 years), I started a club to raise awareness about issues around Bangalore, I co-founded a Life Skills program for a local community school and the local chapter of Rotary Club for Under 18 year olds, MUN (senior delegate, placed in a couple conferences)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Research Assistant over the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: over 300 hours of CAS (about 170 hours in service)
[</em>] Summer Activities:Research in Biotech, Intern at TERI, Stanford OSHx course
[<em>] Essays: Alright
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I know at least two out of the three were really good, the other was probably good as well
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She told me she wrote a really nice one, but I didn’t see any of my recommendations
[</em>] Additional Rec: I got it from my boss when I was doing research
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India (US Citizen living in India)
[<em>] School Type: International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:Strengths: IB score, I did research in high school (that was what I focused on in my essays)
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT wasn’t the best, and my essay could have been better.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no clue, maybe because I am an in-state applicant but living in India, doing IB?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Case Western Rejected: Cornell
[/ul][ b]General Comments: AHHH! I’m so happy that I got in! For the others who got in Congrats! And good luck to everyone still waiting for decisions.**</p>

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<p>For all the early applicants, can I get in early decision?
I have a 29 ACT and a 4.29 gpa and 3.75 unweighted gpa. I got straight this semester with 5 ap classes so my gpa is now a 4.4 weighted and 3.8 unweighted. I’ve taken 9 ap and ib classes my Junior and Senior year. My two teacher recommendations are awesome. One of the recommendations is from a teacher who attended UVA. I have a lot of leadership positions and extracurricular. I would say my essays are pretty darn good. Thank you so much (:
I’m also instate!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted–College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2370 (800 CR, 770 Math, 800 Writing- 12 Essay)
ACT: Did not take
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 790 USH, 780 Bio M
GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.60 Weighted (13/14 AP Exams by end of Sr. year) Top 1 Percent
Rank: 2/350
Other stats: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist, State Champion KMO, State Finalist SKB, Coca Cola Finalist, DECA 2nd Place International Competition</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Founder of two sustainable community service projects aiding ~400 underprivileged children in developing nation I visited and worked with, NHS- President and project leader, Mentor Program- Executive, Relay for Life- Chair, Team Captain and Head Event Chair for top 10 Event in nation ($128,000), founder of Neighborhood snack store during summers, Soccer Referee and Coach, Tutor, Manager of successful Stock Market Portfolio, Youth Court prosecuting attorney, 500+ hours community service, Bank of America Student Leader, US ambassador via State Dept. sponsored trip, 2 Sport Varsity athlete and captain w/ state awards (Recruited by Ivy/ Elite d3), etc…
Essays: My Common App was well-written and poignant. Supplements were not particularly meaningful, but writing is my strong point.
Teacher Recs: Submitted two- both very good based on teacher’s comments
Counselor Rec: Very good
Hook (if any):</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: OOS
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male</p>

<p>Other Factors: Jefferson Scholar Nominee, No legacy and no hooks, middle-class family
General Comments: Excited to be accepted! Hoping to move on in Jefferson selection process.</p>

<p>Other results: UNC-CH (Morehead Cain Finalist), NC-State (Park Scholarship Semi, Awaiting Finals), UGA (Foundation Fellow Finalist), Alabama (UFE semifinalist, awaiting finals), UT Dallas (McDermott semis, awaiting finals). Applied to all “elite” schools RD. Best of luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 superscore (CR:750, M:630, W:710)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): did not send
[<em>] SAT II (place score in parentheses): World History (740), US History (730)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99/4.0 (depends on how A-'s are factored in, I had straight A’s and one A- on my transcript.)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Psychology (5), World History (5), US History (5), English Language (4), Chemistry (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP Spanish Language, AP Human Geography, Advanced Composition 2 (Writing Center class)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regional science fair awards, some running awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Dance for 13 years (ballet, modern, pointe, some contemporary and jazz, had classes with some prominent dance figures, sent supplement)
Assistant for a kindergarten and first grade ballet class
Writing Center tutor & leader, representative at local conferences (9, 10, 11, 12)
NHS member (10, 11, 12)
Some extracurricular running (not with the school team, entered local races)
Church youth group
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at local gardening center
[</em>] Volunteer/Community Service: ballet assistant, tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities: traveling, dance lessons
[</em>] Essays: 10/10 for all of them. Some of my best writing.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: 10/10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 10/10
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): northern VA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: large public, typically send about 10-15 students to UVA every year
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Writing, GPA, course load, recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: math score from SAT?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: essays
[li] Where else you are applying or have already applied: deferred from Princeton, everywhere else is regular decision[/li][/ul]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: So happy!!! :)</p>

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<p>My school was the College of Arts and Sciences.</p>

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<p>Rejected. 2380 SAT, 790&800 Subject tests, average grades and ECs.</p>