UVA Class of 2018 Admission Decision Thread

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<p>Accepted: Nursing College <:-P</p>

<p>Objective
SAT I: (Reading/Math) 1280
SAT II: 760 US History
GPA: 4.42 W, 3.8 UW
Rank: 5/350
AP Scores: US Hist. (4), European Hist. (4), World Hist. (4), Eng. (3)
Senior Year: AP Calc AB, AP Eng., H. Anatomy & Phys., AP Bio., AP Spa., AP Gov., H. Physics</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: wrote them last minute
Counselor Rec: didn’t read/wouldn’t know
Teacher Rec: from my two favorite teachers! (History & English)
Extracurriculars/Job/Volunteer: (VP) Dancing Group, (VP) Spanish HS & Spanish Club, (Manager) Boys Varsity Team, (Co-Secretary) tutoring club, Volunteer @ Children’s Museum, Playing Piano & Guitar @ Nursing Homes</p>

<p>Other
State: VA
School Type: Medium Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >100,00 </p>

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<p>I was accepted but I haven’t received any email yet about my decision, is this a problem</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted (Deferred EA)</p>

<p>Objective:
•SAT I (breakdown): 2150 didn’t submit (660CR, 730M, 760W)
•ACT: 33 (36E, 34M, 31R, 30S)
•SAT II: 760 Chem, 720 M1
•Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
•Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/340
•AP (place score in parenthesis): World (2) Euro (2) Chem (4) Spanish Lang (4) USH (5) Lang (5)
•IB (place score in parenthesis):
•Senior Year Course Load: Math Functions & Analysis, AP Lit, AP Micro/Macro, AP Gov, Hon Physics, Engineering Design, Computer Skills
•Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really.</p>

<p>Subjective:
•Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of a few major clubs at school - really passionate about those. I’m also an avid photographer.
•Job/Work Experience:
•Volunteer/Community service: going to the same retreat center for 5 years to volunteer
•Summer Activities: 2 internships (dentist and engineer)
•Essays: Common App - ehh it was alright. Supplements were pretty good.
•Teacher Recommendation: AP Chem teacher and AP Lang teacher, didn’t read either.
•Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, probably good though.
•Additional Rec: Volunteer center mentor
•Interview: Didn’t get one</p>

<p>Other
•State (if domestic applicant): FL
•Country (if international applicant):
•School Type: Private
•Ethnicity: Hispanic
•Gender: M
•Income Bracket: 200,000+
•Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>

<p>Reflection
•Strengths: not sure.
•Weaknesses: haven’t taken calc yet - I’m going to take it this summer. Scores could’ve been better.
•Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
•Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - UofMiami (merit scholarship), UF, Georgia Tech (merit scholarship), UMich CoE. Waitlisted - NU, UVa. Rejected - MIT (deferred from EA).</p>

<p>General Comments: I really liked UVa. Oh well, we’ll see what happens. Congrats to all of those accepted! You deserve it :)</p>

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<p>Waitlisted :(</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2000 (700CR, 710 Math, 700 W)
ACT: 3
SAT IIs: Math II 680, Chinese 640
GPA: 3.92 / 4.62
Rank: 3/158
AP: AP Calc AB (3)
Senior Year Course load: AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Microecon, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, Spanish 3 H, Speech and Debate H
Throughout high school, I have taken 8/9 AP courses that my school offers. </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Speech and debate (3 years-captain), varsity tennis (4 years), NHS, Varsity swim (2 years), slam poetry team (2 years), drama/theater (3 years-secretary/historian), local talent shows and plays
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard at local spa, hostess/busser/dishwasher, community service with peer mentorship programs.
Teacher Recs: 2 of the best teachers in my school did my recs, my english 3 h teacher who has been at our school for decades and calc teacher who graduated from Oxford in physics.
Counselor Rec: No idea. New counselor who I’ve only had for 2 years.
Essay: My common app essay seemed a bit cliché to me personally but everyone who read it said it was amazing. Revised the drafts about 13 times total, pretty personal story of my life about growing up as the only chinese student in a hispanic/mexican community.
Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>State or Country: New Mexico
School Type: Public school with about 700 kids total – very non competitive, several kids drop out every year, the community in general doesn’t particularly care about academics, about 85% of my class is going to UNM about 2 hours away.
Ethnicity: asian (chinese)
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Strengths: Lots of ECs, high GPA, come from an underrepresented state (about 3 kids from my town total applied to UVA)
Weaknesses: Low ACT/SAT/APs
General Comments: Fun story, I actually applied to UVA on kind of a whim on January 3rd and my essays were SUPER last minute and I never sent in test scores… Applied cause I got a fee waiver and I had a fun idea for the essay topic.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied to 17 schools total – Accepted into: Tulane, CW Reserve, DU, Drexel, UCSD, UCI, UNM. Rejected from: UCLA. Waitlisted at: UVA.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!
Stats
SAT: 1970 (690 reading, 670 math)
ACT: did not take
SAT IIs: 670 Bio (M) 780 US History
GPA: 4.1 (weighted) 3.8 unweighted<br>
Rank: N/A
Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, MS Word 2010 certified, NOCTI Customer Service certification, </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Thought they were decent, I said my favorite word was “supple” and somehow made that work
Teacher Recs: Not sure, asked last second
Counselor Rec: Good
Work experience: Work at a local bread store
Extracurricular: VP of Environment Club, President of Diplomacy Club (game), VP Its Academic (regional game show, was on TV twice!), Amnesty International, Young Dem/Repubs volunteering
Senior year courses: AP Econ (Micro+Macro), AP Environmental Science, AP Government, AP Calc AB (worst decision of my life), HN English 12, Combating Intolerance, Entrepreneurship 1
AP test scores: 5 AP US, 5 AP World, 5 AP Psychology, 3 AP Biology (only got to one half of the chapters we had to learn before the AP test), </p>

<p>Location/Person: Northern Virginia
State or Country: VA
School Type: Medium Public, top 100 ranked in country
Ethnicity: Black/Asian
Gender: Male
Income bracket: 175k+
Strengths: Must have been my essays, because my grade/test scores were below average for the usual acceptance at my school
Weaknesses: SAT scores (not a good standardized test taker)
General comments: Very surprised I got in especially after reading some of the resumes on here (WOW).
Where else were you accepted/wait listed/rejected: ACCEPTED: St. Johns, UVA || WAITING ON (not wait listed): Georgetown and JMU </p>

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<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2010
ACT: 29
SAT IIs: 800 US History, 700 math 2, 690 Lit
GPA: 3.75
Rank: 15/100
Other stats: uhhh idk</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I chose to describe the time you transformed from child to adult? Haha
Teacher Recs: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: average
Hook (if any): …None?</p>

<p>State or Country: Charlotte, NC
School Type: Early College
Ethnicity: Asian- Chinese
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors: I did a ton of extracurriculars in enviro sci and yearbook
General Comments: Not going, actually considered but decided NC State because I got a full ride scholarship there</p>

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<p>Stats: ACCEPTED
SAT: 2280 (1560 math and reading)
ACT: 34 (forgot my individual scores…sorry)
SAT IIs: 800 math II, 800 chemistry
GPA: 3.8 uw, 4.4 w
Rank: top 4% of 400 students
Other stats: AP scores: 5 US history, 5 chemistry, 5 language composition.
Current senior course load: AP calc BC, AP Stats, AP Literature, AP Psychology, French, Economics
Awards: some athletic awards, minor academic awards, AMC 12 award, AIME qualifier, AP Scholar
EC: only a few things, but very devoted to them (leadership, time, passion) I.e. Captain of a varsity team for 2 years, etc.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recs: 7/10 and 9/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Hook (if any): I’m an international student so yeah right.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income: <100K
Strengths: I think my standardized testing scores are pretty good, good ECs, alright essay, good recommendation from one teacher.
Weaknesses: my counselor rec is probably generic (he has too many students), international student (been in the states for over 14 years so screw the immigration laws)</p>