UVA EA Results/Decision Thread Class of 2022

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Here is the official decision thread.

Please don’t use this thread for questions or comments. Just results.

Copy the text below into your post, and then fill in the details.

Decision:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

MODERATOR’S NOTE: This thread is for decisions ONLY. Any comments/questions without results will be deleted without comment.

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Decision: Deferred

SAT I (breakdown): 1530- 780 Math, 750 CRW
GPA: 4.3 Weighted, around a 3.7 unweighted
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4) (lol i forgot to sign up for them my junior year rip)

Senior Year Course Load:
AP French
AP Statistics
AP Language & Comp
AP US Government
AP Environmental Science

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, National Honor Society

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (President), Speech and Debate (Secretary/Extemp Captain-- finalist in my league last year), Mock Trial (VP), NHS, Guitarist/Vocalist at the School of Rock in FW, PA, Winter & Spring Track for all of HS (JV/Varsity)
Job/Work Experience: Free Lance Makeup Artist
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer at my church and at a camp for people with disabilities called Joni & Friends

Essays:
-Personal: 8/10- well-written I guess (lots of edits from other people and I got some feedback from adults lol) and it says a lot about my personality and how I interact with people
-Supplementals: 9/10- I really liked my supplementals and was told they were the best I’ve written from my editors.

Teacher Recommendation:

  1. 8/10- I wasn’t his favorite, but he was mine, and I think he sees me pretty well.
  2. 9/10- I was one of his favorites last year and we bonded really well and he saw me interact w/people in the same ways I described in my personal essay (so it was consistent)
    Counselor Rec: 10/10- even told me it was glowing. I love my guidance counselor.
    Additional Rec: n/a
    Interview: n/a
    Other

Applying for Financial Aid?: no
State (if domestic applicant): out of state
School Type: Public- very competitive. over 90% of each graduating class continues their educations. very white and suburban lol.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy- Dad attended UVA Med

Reflection-- Kind of expected this since my grades aren’t up to par, but I am a legacy. This was in my deferral note:
“We regret that we are unable to offer you admission at this time, especially since we understand that you are the child of a University of Virginia graduate.”

Strengths: ec’s, essays, legacy status ((elitist, i know))
Weaknesses: GPA, ethnicity, school (a lot of people applied), OOS
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UMich LSA!
No WL/Rejects (yet lol)

General Comments: a little disappointed since UVA is a really great public school and it’s closer to family/home than UM. It would’ve been nice to have it under my belt, but I am grateful I wasn’t flat out rejected. Looking forward to April 1st now. Congrats to everyone who got in!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1530
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, hosa, quiz bowl

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): hosa, quiz bowl, rotary, tennis, track
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): quirky af, which is what they like
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: generic
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: engineering/business
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian(Indian)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Quirky ESSAYS
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Umich, Purdue engineering, MSU

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 33 (not superscored)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, weighted 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP world, 5, AP Chemistry, 3, AP Lang, 5, AP US, 4, AP Calculus AB, 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, Art, Current Issues
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, Key Scholar, and some other things that I can’t remember

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cello, violin, piano, commissioned artwork, National Honor Society (Secretary), art club
Job/Work Experience: Antique Store floor manager
Volunteer/Community service: Writing tutor (trained, 2 hours a week)
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I had many people review my essays, and I was consistently told they were very good. They were also unique and a bit quirky, so I give them a 9.5/10

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 from my AP Calculus teacher who I am very close to.
Teacher Rec #2: 9.5/10 from my AP Lang teacher, who really liked me and said that I was one of the best writers she has ever had.
Counselor Rec: 8/10, I don’t know my counselor very well–it was just a formality, really.
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English
State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): For my dad’s family (my primary parent because my parents are divorced) I am a first-generation college student.

Reflection

Strengths: My essays, recommendations, and grades were all very solid
Weaknesses: I guess my test scores weren’t high enough? Or maybe out-of-state hurt me?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure. I guess I just didn’t make the cut.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to University of Michigan and UGA Honors

General Comments: I’m not too disappointed. It wasn’t my dream school, but it did sting a little to see a flat-out rejection. I got into the University of Michigan EA, and since they have a lower acceptance rate I assumed that my odds were pretty good.

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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34 Super score: M:33, S:33, R:34,W:34
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.99 Weighted 4.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):7/400
AP (place score in parenthesis):Human Geography (4), World History (3), US History (4,) Lang (5), AB Calc (3); Currently taking AP: Lit, BC Calc, Psychology, Econ and Physics 2.
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Econ, AP Psych, AP Physics 2, Yearbook, Intro to Investments
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Student

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief), Varsity Tennis (Captain), Varsity Field Hockey, mentor to two classes of freshmen, twice per week
Job/Work Experience: Snowboard instructor in winters, camp counselor in summer
Volunteer/Community service: Not a ton, a couple of hours/week and summers
Summer Activities: work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Nothing groundbreaking, but authentic
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): My Physics 1 teacher loves me. My guidance counselor knows me pretty well, so I think it was decent.

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant):CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large, urban, low income
Ethnicity:White
Gender:F
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:GPA, rigor and standardized test scores, leadership
Weaknesses: Volunteer hours, AP scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:I was lucky
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted U Michigan, PITT Honors, Northeastern Honors

General Comments: I am very humbled and proud to have been accepted to such a great school. Good luck to everyone!

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Decision: Accepted!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1560 - 790 Math 770 CRW
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: 730 Bio E, 770 World History, 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94 unweighted, about a 4.10 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): At least in the top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APWH
IB (place score in parenthesis): 7 Bio SL, 6 Psych SL

Senior Year Course Load:
IB Math HL
IB Literature HL
IB Economics SL
IB French HL
Regents Physics
Theory of Knowledge
Orchestra

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, National Honor Society, NYS Seal of Biliteracy

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I’m in a few advocacy groups, educators rising (VP), and honor societies for math, French (President), science, and history
Job/Work Experience: Internship at my county legislature for the past 7 months
Volunteer/Community service: Various charities and food collection events
Summer Activities: The previously mentioned internship, was a page for my county legislature
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Probably a 9? My common app was Ivy League level according to a professional and my supplementals were about just as good

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10
Teacher Rec #2: Not sure since it was done a bit last minute, probably 8-10
Counselor Rec: 10
Additional Rec: 10
Interview: NA

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Public Policy and Leadership
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Under $30k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): Probably my essays, letters and dedication to public service,

Reflection: I’m very happy!

Strengths: Grades, internship, essays
Weaknesses: Not many extracurriculars or awards, but what I do I dedicate everything to, also OOS
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ve wanted to go for years and I think it shows in my supplementals
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to SUNY Stony Brook and Albany, Deferred to Princeton

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1400 (790M, 610 RW)
ACT (breakdown): 32C/33SS (34E, 35M, 28R, 34S, 11W)
SAT II: 750 Math 1, 760 Math 2, 630 Physics (lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1, English Language, APUSH, Government, CompSci (Didnt send any)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, BC Calculus, IB Compsci HL, AP Physics C, English

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Decent, not bad but nothing amazing
Job/Work Experience: Worked at pool for 2 years
Volunteer/Community service: Decent too
Summer Activities: Decent too
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Essays felt good but maybe they were bad idk. Best essays I wrote for a college though
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Idk probably good both teachers and counselor like me

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Guy
Income Bracket: A lot
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: ACT scores, standardized math scores, course load, leadership in ECs
Weaknesses: GPA, only took 1 hard english class, dont do IB program
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my GPA and they seem to not accept as many kids that dont do IB at my school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Gatech, accepted to ohio state and penn state

General Comments: Really upset as this was my #1 and it was a match :confused: Hopefully I can get in the RD round though, because all the other schools are big reaches that I honestly dont have a great chance in. Congrats to everyone that got in!

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DD was rejected

SAT: 1550
GPA: 4.0 UW/4.88 W
RANK: School doesn’t rank
Out of state

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Decision: Accepted (in state)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1530 (760M / 770CRW)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96, effectively a 4.0 since I had straight As in high school (lone B was a HS course in middle school and they only consider your high school work)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/380ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Calc BC
IB (place score in parenthesis): English HL, History HL, Bio HL, Math studies SL, Spanish SL, Econ SL (6), ToK
Senior Year Course Load: Marketing advanced, IB Spanish SL B, IB English HL B, ToK B, IB Math Studies SL, IB bio HL, AP calc BC, History of Americas HL
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Placed first internationally in DECA competition, placed first and third at state DECA competitions, a few smaller awards through my school

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (International 1st place, school VP, published author), School Writing Center (tutor), Mentorship program (student mentor), lacrosse, Key Club, Math Team, Spanish Honor Society
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Young Life Work Crew - 200 hours, Mentoring program through IB, various activities with NHS, Beta, Key Club, etc.
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Probably around a 7. I’m a decent writer but didn’t take any huge risks.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Around an 8 or 9, I’m guessing

Teacher Rec #1: English teacher, had me for three classes
Teacher Rec #2: Marketing Teacher, oversaw my DECA project
Counselor Rec: I guess decent
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: College of Arts and Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): In state
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): legacy, in state

Reflection

Strengths: Strong Academics
Weaknesses: Other than DECA, ECs were sort of bland, didn’t take huge risks with essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied to W&M and JMU but will be withdrawing my applications – just paid my UVA deposit!!

General Comments: WAHOOWA!!

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Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1310 (650 CRW, 660 Math)
ACT (breakdown): 25 (not sent)
SAT II: Math II - 510 US History - 540 Literature - 490
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/349
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish B - 4
Senior Year Course Load:6 IB classes 1 AP class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:Work at BK
Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutoring, etc.
Clubs: National Honors Society, National Art Honor Society (became VP after I submitted), Beta Club, Interact Club, Art Club, Marching Band
Summer Activities: Future Scientists and Technologist Leaders of America (or whatever)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 - I talked about my experience as an artist and challenges that I face and want to overcome.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 - she knew me very well and watched me grow as a person last year. Was always very supportive.
Teacher Rec #2:8/10 - I was always quiet in this class, but I think the teacher still liked me.
Counselor Rec: 10/10 my counselor probably went above and beyond in my essay because she likes the top students the most and connects with us more.
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: psychology
State (if domestic applicant): in state
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 10k - 20k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): first generation college

Reflection

Strengths: Straight A IB student, Recommendations, Female, Race
Weaknesses:Test scores, no leadership roles
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My art portfolio and consistent grades in IB classes
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to George Mason Honors, James Madison Honors, Seton Hall, Bridgewater College, and University of Richmond. I haven’t been declined anywhere yet.

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Decision:Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): C 31 M 29 R 32 S 32 E 30
SAT II: Biology M- 690 Math 2-700 Literature-680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):4/118
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish Language and Culture (5), AP Biology (3) AP Chemistry (3) AP English Language (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP World History, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Physics 1, Philosophy, Spanish and Literature, Technology and Innovation
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Hispanic Recognition Program, other common awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Basketball( co captain)
Model United Nations (Committee president)
Program for Potential Med Students in a local medical school
National Honor Society member (done over 40 hours in community service)
One of main Saxophones in school band
Volunteer Leader at a Local Hospital (done over 80 hours)
Play Tennis, won some local tournaments
Play the Piano
Tour Guide of my school to parents (Leader)

Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Done over 100 hours through NHS and in a local hospital.
Summer Activities: Translated a play to english for a local theatre
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 9/10

U Virginia Supplements: 7/10

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Didn’t read any of them but guessing I think

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Can’t because I am an international student.
Intended Major: Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Colombia
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: less than 60k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): Not sure if URM or if being international helped

Reflection:

Strengths: Essays, Grades, some ECs
Weaknesses: ACT and subject test scores, other ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted until now by FIU, West Virginia, applied early to Princeton but got deferred, and still waiting on the rest

General Comments: I didn’t think I would get in considering my ACT score and the fact I was an international. Applied to UVA and to the Jefferson scholarship to see if I could attend. Excited to be accepted, but considering UVA is too expensive for me and was told yesterday I didn’t pass for the Jefferson scholars’ next round, I don’t think I can attend.

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Decision: Rejected

SAT I (breakdown): 1570 (800 M/770 R, single sitting)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 800 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4UW, 3.9W with a t h i c c upward trend
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AB Calc (5), Stats (5), Physics (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP CompSci, AP Spanish Lang, Honors History, Regular English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF, AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community service club (leader), Car club (leader), STEM club, Math Teacher’s Assistants, rowing (8-11, 46 weeks/24 hrs a week)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: ~850 hours, split between volunteering as a receptionist at the local charity and tutoring kids in math
Summer Activities: Competitive rowing (9-11, 8 weeks/24 hrs a week) Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovations (12, got college credit)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Thought my Common App essay was rather good (maybe an 8/10?), nothing groundbreaking, but it gave a lot of insight into how/why I loved cars and how it has shaped who I am. Thought my supplemental essays were quite good and original (9/10 on one, 8/10 on another)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Solid recommendations from (coincidentally) the two teachers who wrote my older brother’s recs: 11th grade English teacher (did well in her class, had a good relationship) and my 6th/10th/12th grade math teacher who is also my advisor and like a mother to me. I’d say 8/10 for both

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CT
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): Uncle went there for undergrad

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, upward trend, EC’s, essays, recs
Weaknesses: GPA/lack of awards. Freshman/sophomore year was trash (3.57 W), junior/senior year was peaches (4.32 W)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA. It’s as simple as that.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred from Northwestern and Case Western, accepted by Clemson

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1500 (760R, 740M)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (forgot breakdown but I remember 36E and 32S with another 35 and 34 or something)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.38W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/500 (a bunch of people have same rank, it’s weird)
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US Gov (5), BC Calc (4) AB Subscore (5), Stats (n/a yet)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Philosophy (5), Biology SL (6), Math SL (6)
Senior Year Course Load: IB French HL, IB Psychology SL, IB English HL, AP Statistics, IB Biology HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, chamber orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist, national essay scholarship recipient

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LD Debate (captain/coach 2 years), viola, quartet, university orchestras, youth orchestras, started 2 volunteer organizations (founder/president)
Job/Work Experience: Work as veterinary assistant, manage a quartet and play in it
Volunteer/Community service: Started 2 volunteer organizations (raising money for hospital and providing free music lessons), hospital volunteering
Summer Activities: Medical camps, music camps, work at vet clinic
Essays (rating 1-10, details): For the arts and sciences essay, I talked about my first debate topic and how it inspired my interest in biomedical ethics (it was ok, probably a 7 or 8/10). For the other essay, I chose to write about a quirk and talked about the viola and its imperfections (better, 8 or 9/10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: IB Bio teacher (7/10). I did two small independent research projects with her, so she knew me pretty well, but not very well.
Teacher Rec #2: From my former debate coach (8/10) who offered to write me the rec before I even asked. I stepped up a lot after he retired and led the team in his absence, so he had a lot to write about, I think.
Counselor Rec: 7/10. I’ve talked to her a decent amount, so she knows me fairly well, but I go to a large school.
Additional Rec: Orchestra teacher, 9/10. He’s known me for almost 4 years and has been involved in my 2 organizations, so he can talk about initiative and all that jazz.
Interview: Didn’t do

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: I think so but I won’t get it
Intended Major: Biology or Philosophy
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large, public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Won’t get financial aid lol
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): nada

Reflection

Strengths: Scores, courseload, IB status
Weaknesses: Essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: IB student from reputable school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted URichmond, deferred UChicago. Waiting on William & Mary, Rice, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Yale, and WUSTL.

General Comments:

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Decision: Deffered

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1550 (780-RW and 770-Math)
ACT (breakdown): NA
SAT II: 770 Biology, 750 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc BC (5), AB subscore (5), AP Bio (5), AP Lang (4), AP world (4), AP Macro (5), AP Micro (4), AP US Gov (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: Weight Training, APES, AP Lit, Mulitvariable Calculus/Differential Equations, AP Physics 1&2, AP Stat
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT Commended Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Honors Society, WEB Du Bois award of academic achievement, Best Delegate at the AmeriMUNC model U.N conference

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (Captain), Model U.N (Captain), Track, Chesapeake Bay Coalition (Vice-President), Green Club (Secretary), Junior Class SGA (President)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at MedStar Washington Hospital Center Last Summer, Lifeguarding Summer of 2016 and 2015
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Holy Cross Hospital, local library, and summer swim team
Summer Activities:Literally my job experience and volunteer service
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10/10 about being a muslim in the U.S
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Bio teacher 8/10. I goofed of in class by my teacher got to know me pretty well and I did well both in her class and the AP
Teacher Rec #2: World History teacher 8/10. I was a little more reserved but I think my World teacher thought I was a hard worked
Counselor Rec: 10/10 I’ve gotten to know my counselor really well and she really likes both me and my older sister
Additional Rec: 9/10 Model U.N sponsor
Interview: NA

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Biology (Pre-med)
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, magnet
Ethnicity: White Middle Eastern
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): First-generation American

Reflection

Strengths: I thought everything looked good for UVA
Weaknesses: Uhhhhh
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think possibly because I was out-of-state?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UMBC, deffered from UChicago, waiting on everything else

General Comments: Pretty bummed, ngl

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1580 Superscore (790 M, 790 RW)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Bio E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics 1 (4) AP Statistics (4) APUSH (4) AP Biology (4) AP Gov (5) AP Lang (5) AP Physics C
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics E&M, AP Chemistry, AP Economics, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP French, Wind Ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Semifinalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain) Marching Band (Section Leader) Volunteer Organization (President), Jazz Band, Pit Orchestra, French Exchange, Officer for Math, English, and National Honor societies, Physics Olympics (Captain)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Organized school blood drive, president of student-run coding camp for elementary-school-aged kids
Summer Activities: Chemistry online, Run coding camp, Summer gym (to open up schedule spot)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): UVA Supplements: 10, I used a unique approach and they turned out really well.
Common App: 8, Solid but not spectacular.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10, French Teacher who I traveled to France with
Teacher Rec #2: 10, English Teacher I had junior and freshman year
Counselor Rec: 7, Counselor doesn’t really know me
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, Medium size
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): N/A

Reflection

Strengths: Test Scores, Course Load, Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Job Experience, Community Service
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good essays and test scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred Yale, Accepted Pitt, a lot more to come.

General Comments:

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Decision: ACCEPTED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 29/31 (32 SUPERSCORED)
SAT II: 710 on Math I. Who knows if I sent
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 ish 4.1W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 8%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 7 Total
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Lit, AP US History, AP CSP, Pre-Calc Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some bible award, in honor societies, yea.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): AFJROTC, In alotta groups, leader of none. JV Basketball MVP and Team Captain though. Had my own little free tutoring service for underprivileged minorities. Probably the biggest thing.
Job/Work Experience: Worked at Weis for a summer.
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ Hours, tutoring service, AFJROTC service, not too much. 8/10
Summer Activities: Yall ask the same stuff a lot. Worked a job and tutored little kids for free.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9.5/10, Not confident enough to give myself a ten. Both were rap-oriented, and really good. A&S one was about Young Thug’s Halftime, and how it was first unsettling and my how my appreciation for the song grew.
Favorite Word Essay was about the song “Regardless” - Lightshow and how it inspired me to overcome my circumstances, which were not the best. I spoke about how I use the word “Regardless” everyday to encourage me to persevere. 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9.7/10
Teacher Rec #1: Math Teacher/Basketball Coach. He exaggerated the hell outta me, it was honestly A1. He liked me alot because how good I was at basketball and math.
Teacher Rec #2: N/A
Counselor Rec: Probably generic, i’m one of her 100 recs she probably has to write.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: International Relations/ Poly-Sci
State (if domestic applicant): MARYLAND BABYYYY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black as night. (S/O MY NIGERIAN-AMERICANS)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: poor as hell
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): URM, with my essay, life story, EC and rec letters, still probably woulda got in if I was white, idk about asian.

Reflection

Strengths: Story, Essays, Recommendation, Service
Weaknesses: GPA (maybe?), ACT, etc.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They liked me, my story, and ngl, im probably in the top 25% of their black applicants.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Howard,
Waiting on: Duke, Georgetown, Columbia, Brown, Hopkins, Miami, NYU, USC, Dartmouth, GW, and AU (I applied to hella reaches cause I was bored over christmas break. Really wanna goto Georgetown.)

General Comments:
If you were deferred don’t even worry about it tbh. There are other schools in the country. Shoutout to all my accepted friends, #UVA22!! (maybe)

Edit: Misspelled bored. I’m not as dumb as y’all think, just ecstatic.

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 35 Overall: 36 English and Math, 35 Science, 33 Reading
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 unweighted, 4.5 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Language and Composition (4), AP Calculus (4).
IB (place score in parenthesis): School offers none
Senior Year Course Load: English, AP Biology, Zoology, Biotechnology, Senior P.E. Leader, Government, American Problems, Calculus 3 (through local college), Forensics, Spanish 4 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Non-profit for sending food globally and locally (main leader, successful club), Varsity Softball (4 years), Varsity Cross Country (3 years), Community Service Club, Church groups
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting and Job at a restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: Non-Profit Food Fight and Community Service Group along with Church Volunteering
Summer Activities: Softball, Work, Cross Country, Volunteering
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Interest in Biomedical Sciences 8/10, talked about the impact on my family and family background. Essay #2 on the philosophy behind how I became the person I am now (original and would say 9/10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Coach/Teacher, very close so the essay was completely based on my character and the impact I made on my team and classmates over the years, 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: Coach/Teacher, highlights leadership skills and high achievement in the classroom, 9/10
Counselor Rec: 7/10, talked about my academics and extracurricular achievement but not very personal because I never really went down to my counselor for help.
Additional Rec: Principal, personal but also highlighted all of my achievements very well, 10/10
Interview: Out of range from UVA interviews.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No, I don’t qualify
Intended Major: Biological Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, about 1,400 students total
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Leadership, academics, many awards for sports, very involved in my community.
Weaknesses: Senior year schedule, I already took almost every hard class at my school and didn’t have many challenging options for this year.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, OOS, and background (town is well-off, high income, not much diversity in the town or schools)
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred: Princeton. Accepted: University of Georgia, Indiana University, University of Alabama, University of Oregon, University of Arkansas, University of South Carolina

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1530, Verbal: 730, Math:800
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math Level 2: 700, World History: 630 (Trash, but I wanted to send two)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92, Weighted is 4.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
AP (place score in parentheses): AP World History: 3, APES: 3, AP Government: 4, AP Psychology: 4, AP Statistics: 4
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Intermediate Spanish II, Philosophy, Public Speaking, Critical Thinking, Latin
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really just AP Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Started a business this past summer, Beta Club (President), Manager of Personal Investment Portfolio, Academic Bowl Team Captain, Spanish Honor Society, Local college Math Club (President), Local college Psychology Club (President)
Job/Work Experience: Peer Tutor at local college
Volunteer/Community Service: Just Beta Club
Summer Activities: Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies, Columbia Venture Creation
Essays (rating 1-10, details):: 9, Wrote about how peer tutoring has given me increased confidence in my abilities.
Teacher Recommendation 1 (rating 1-10, details):: 8, Didn’t see but he is my quiz bowl coach and we have a pretty good relationship
Teacher Recommendation 2; 7, pretty straight-forward
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 8, We’ve gotten pretty close over the years.
Additional Rec (rating 1-10, details):: 7, Didn’t see but he was my math club advisor so we worked together a lot
Interview: None

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yup
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant): America
School Type: Magnet
Ethnicity: Caribbean (Haitian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Mid 60K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and First-Gen. Dad died of cancer before I started high school so I included that in the additional information section.

Reflection
Strengths: Personal Statement, I tried my best to show my ambition and drive. Extracurriculars, recommendations, and hooks also helped.
Weaknesses: Those trash SAT II scores, AP scores to an extent, I did get a couple of 3’s.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly not quite sure but maybe the right combination of scores, extracurriculars, essays, and hooks.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to GA Tech, UGA, and USC
Where else you are applying or have already applied: All ivies except Dartmouth, Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, NYU, Duke, Vanderbilt and some others. I don’t really recommend applying to a bunch of schools like I did. It could be pretty stressful especially if you procrastinate like I did haha.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I am truly grateful. To those deferred, Hang in there. It’s not over yet! Good luck everyone!

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Decision: Accepted!

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (750R, 800M)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Math 800, USH 750, World History 730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.5W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), USH (5), BC Calc (5), AP LANG (5), AP PHYSICS 1 (5), Microecon (5), Macroecon (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP French, AP Computer Science Principle, Theology (mandatory)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAD Gold Medal for Math, AP scholar with distinction

Subjective:


Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team co-founder and captain, NHS fundraising committee head, Volleyball Team Manager, Class President at SFLS, Honor Violinist, Vice President of Volunteer Union
Volunteer/Community service: Middletown Youth Association school representative (3y), School Ambassador and Transfer Transition Team manager
Summer Activities: bank internship, Harvard Pre-College Program
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App is about my personal growth over the years with my host family (I don’t really like it)
I wrote about a physics experiment and how my understanding of the theory can be applied to other disciplines and how it fits the essence of UVA (LOVE it 10/10)
Second one is about my Harvard public speaking class and how my growth initiates a message that I want others to know (9/10) 
Teacher Rec #1: AP English teacher who has taught me for two years, absolutely likes me. I did not get a chance to read but I heard from counselor that it made her cry. (10/10)
Teacher Rec #2: From my math teacher and also moderator of math team. We had a caring and friend-like relationship (9/10)
Counselor Rec:9/10 She knows me fairly well and has provided me so much help throughout my high school
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: Economics

State (if domestic applicant): CT

Country (if international applicant): China

School Type: Small private Catholic school 

Ethnicity: Asian

Gender: Female

Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): nada

Reflection


Strengths: Scores, course load, essays

Weaknesses: Ethnicity? 

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed our match from the essays and convey my understanding of UVA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Northeastern Honor, Deferred UPenn, UMichigan, still waiting for others
General Comments: I thought I would be deferred but the result really surprised me. To those who are still waiting, the best is yet to come. “You are more than you know.”