State Residency: yes
SAT/ACT: 1520
GPA: 4.2W 3.6 UW
Rigor: very strong, attend top 2 state governor’s school for science and math
Rank: top 10%
Ethnicity: white but i don’t think i put it lol
Gender: female
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: i had a job, girl scout for my whole life, japanese exchange program, not much else
Demonstration of Good Character: idk???
Any hooks? definitely attending gov school, UVA acceptance rate for kids from my school is about 95%.
Straight up rejected. 1500 sat. 4.3 gpa and 4.7 junior year. Ib classes and everything. High level sports and orchestra. Also legacy. My heart is broken. Wasn’t planning on attending but i have cherished this school for my whole life and to see this happen is devastating
EARLY ACTION DECISION: ACCEPTED
Planned Major/College: Architecture
State Residency: Out-of-state
SAT/ACT: 35 ACT
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.77W
Rigor: Medium, large Texas public school, but best public school in the near area, and I took all the APs I could and did well
Rank: 22/784
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Marching band leadership, symphony orchestra, internship with city, fast food job
Demonstration of Good Character: Rec letters from teachers who regard me very highly
Any hooks? Not that I know of
Thoughts on why you received that decision: I think my essays were very well-written and obviously GPA and the ACT score helped, but I’m still shocked and very happy as this is my first acceptance outside of auto-admit from UT Austin.
EARLY ACTION DECISION: DEFERRED
Planned Major/College: Arts and Sciences (Prospective Business Major)
State Residency: VA (in state)
SAT/ACT: 1490 (700 RW, 790 M)
SAT Subjects: Math 2 (710), USH (700)
GPA: 4.2 W, got a few Bs junior year.
Rigor: 9 APs (including senior year)
Rank: no rank at my school, but I’m guessing top 10-15%.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Started my own business, president of few clubs, head language instructor, etc.
Demonstration of Good Character: I don’t understand what this means.
Any hooks?: First generation
Thoughts on why you received that decision:
Sort of disappointed, but I will get over it. I kind of expected it though…I really wish I applied regular decision instead. The essays I did over winter break were x3 better than the ones I submitted for UVA EA. My stats were borderline, and my essays were just average. If I submitted my later, better essays, I believe I would’ve had a better shot.
I got a good amount of Bs junior year so that probably brought me down. However, my senior year grades are straight As and one B, so I’m hoping my first semester grades will help me out. I’m really hoping for the best.
To wrap up, I don’t feel too down. I applied to 15 schools, so this is just one decision. I believe that what is for me will be for me
Good luck to everyone who got deferred, and a big congrats to everyone who got in! Go do big things!
EARLY ACTION DECISION: DEFERRED
Planned Major/College: Nursing / School of Nursing
State Residency: Virginia
SAT/ACT: 1290
GPA: 4.1
Rigor: 8 APs, the rest nearly all honors, one university class
Rank: Top third at top high school. Would likely be about top 15% elsewhere.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Varsity sports, lots of volunteer work, two year internship, interesting part-time job, completed quite a bit of medical-related curriculum out of school, accepted to and completed leadership summer program at major university, sports coach to younger kids
Demonstration of Good Character: Peer Mentor, self-started own charity program, in selective leadership program at school, at least one of her recommendations stressed character as being perfect for nursing, NHS, awards in sports, various clubs
Any hooks? All the extras above, plus demonstrated interest in medical field, plus lots of shadowing medical professionals.
Thoughts on why you received that decision:
She has solid academics and outstanding extras and is a good candidate for the program (middle 50% for UVA nursing SAT was 1230-1440 last year), but there are a LOT of good candidates and she is competing for one of only about 40 spots allocated to in-state nursing students. Hoping that her class rank doesn’t prevent her admission.
Her first semester GPA will likely be a 4.7 with four APs and two honors classes, so that should help. Fingers crossed for later admission.
EARLY ACTION DECISION: Accepted!!!
Planned Major/College: Pre-Med/Arts and Sciences
State Residency: North Carolina
SAT/ACT: 35 ACT (Superscored)
GPA: 3.9 UW 4.6 W
Rigor: 10 APs including senior year
Rank: School doesn’t rank but definitely top decile
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Co-President and Co-Founder of Social Justice Club, Captain of Quiz Bowl, Senior Honor Council Member, others ECs; worked at a warehouse during the summers
Demonstration of Good Character: Good letters of rec I guess?
Any hooks? Legacy
Thoughts on why you received that decision: I think the legacy was a big help, as it put me in the same pile as in-state students. I really loved the essays I wrote and I’m so happy that this was one of my first decisions!
EARLY ACTION DECISION: Accepted!!
Planned Major/College: Human Biology
State Residency: VA
ACT: 32 composite
GPA: school doesn’t calculate but around 3.8uw 4.3w
Rigor: 9 AP’s, college prep hs
Rank: N/A
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Female
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Hospital volunteer for 3 years, tutoring for a long time, summer camp counselor, leader/involved in a bunch of different clubs, 2 sports all through hs, diversity conferences
Demonstration of Good Character: very involved in diversity programs,
Any hooks? URM in stem, college prep highschool, very rigorous courseloads
Thoughts on why you received that decision: My school is a huge feeder for UVA, also UVA is really lacking black students, especially female and in stem. I think my essays were pretty good and unique, but honestly I thought I would get deferred or even rejected bc so many people from my highschool applied, including a girl who is like an exact copy of me, and my grades were good throughout hs, but junior year I ended with two B’s. I’m incredibly thankful though, so excited!!!
Accepted
Planned Major/College: CS/Engineering and Applied Science
State Residency: VA
SAT/ACT: 1600
SAT II: Math II (800), Physics (800), Latin (780)
GPA: 3.99/4.4
AP: CS(5), Cal BC(5), Physics C(5), Latin(5), History(5)
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Summer Intern In College(paid), Varsity sport, Captain of CS team, VP of Latin, 1000+ volunteer hours, AIME twice, lot state level competition awards
EARLY ACTION DECISION: ACCEPTED
Planned Major/College: Commerce/Economics/Business (College of Arts and Sciences)
State Residency: In-state
SAT/ACT: 1500 (760 r/w, 740 m); no subject tests
GPA: 4.0 uw; 4.3 w
Rigor: hardest available at my HS; 13 APs upon graduation
Rank: 6 out of roughly 500, so top 1%
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Played two sports in HS (was nationally ranked in one of them with partner) and competed at club/national level in one of them, worked a job all four years of HS during summer, stereotypical clubs and student council in HS, and managed own business regarding tech and the elderly during junior and senior summer. All in all I’d say 9.5/10 EC’s
Demonstration of Good Character: Good? Lol this seems entirely too subjective.
Any hooks? URM, low-income
Thoughts on why you received that decision: No doubt in-state status helped. I was deferred from Stanford REA and accepted to UTK thus far. I know that UVA loves those in the top 10% of their class so I think my rank certainly helped in my decision as well. Ultimately, so excited to be apart of the C/O 2023 and feeling super thrilled with this decision!!! WAHOOWA!!
State Residency: no
SAT/ACT: 1310
GPA: 3.5 UW
Rigor: very strong, attend top private school in the nation
Rank: no rank
Ethnicity: black
Gender: male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: boy scout, lots of internships, and more leadership positions in school,
Demonstration of Good Character: two character awards
Any hooks? low income, first gen, been to three different high schools, refugee immigrant
EARLY ACTION DECISION: Accepted
Planned Major/College: Computer Science/ School of Engineering and Applied Science
State Residency: California
SAT/ACT: 35
GPA: 4.6 W, 3.98 UW
Rigor: took calc ab + bc my sophomore year, have taken three college math courses, took 4 APs sophomore year, 5 junior year, 6 senior year. I am from a public school.
Rank: school doesn’t rank, at least top 9% due to automatic acceptance to one UC
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: varsity sports all four years, internship for the navy doing CS, lots of volunteer work through local charities, NHS, no clubs
Demonstration of Good Character: volunteer work
Any hooks? nope
Thoughts on why you received that decision: Strong test scores and demonstrated passion in math/computer science.
I’m no expert but if anyone has any questions feel free to ask and good luck to you all!
EARLY ACTION DECISION: DENIED
Planned Major/College: Bachelor of Science in Commerce
State Residency: California / OOS
SAT/ACT: 33
GPA: 4.1 weighted
Rigor: 6 AP’s, 1 IB, 4 honors courses
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: 2 years Class office, club leadership positions, job, regional and state awards, sports, youth group leader, community service
Demonstration of Good Character: Founder of journalism project focused on highlighting diversity’s importance in my community
Thoughts on why you received that decision: Had too many B’s maybe?
EARLY ACTION DECISION: ACCEPTED
Planned Major/College: School of Engineering and Applied Science (CS)
State Residency: VA
SAT/ACT: 1570 SAT, 34 ACT
GPA: 4.0 (UW), 4.18 (W)
Rigor: All IB Classes (CS HL, Math HL, Eng. HL, Econ. SL, Spanish SL, Global Politics SL, Physics SL) plus BC Calc junior year (5), AP Gov junior year (5 - didn’t take the class), and AP Spanish Lang. and Culture (5 - also didn’t take the class)
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Mock trial, band, job tutoring at STEM tutoring center, student council, HS and city young democrats
Any hooks? Not really.
For my son (older kid at VT hence the screen name)
EARLY ACTION DECISION: accepted
Planned Major/College: Public Policy/Arts and Sciences
State Residency: VA
SAT/ACT:1540
GPA: 3.86/4.37
Rigor: IB Candidate
Rank: doesnt rank
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Fellow on gubernatorial campaign, baseball, guitar - county wide selection, many honor societies, head writing tutor at school
Demonstration of Good Character: Nice guy? Did not save any kittens from drowning.
Any hooks? Did not request financial aid. We can afford it. (Can’t afford 70,000 + for private school however)
Thoughts on why you received that decision: Took all the hardest courses available - even if did not always get A’s
State Residency: Michigan
SAT/ACT: 1560
GPA: 4.3/3.9
Rigor: IB School, 6 IB classes
Rank: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs:
Travel/High School Baseball
coach a basketball team
work two jobs (officiating sports and a restaurant)
Internship with MLB team (plus rec letter from their GM)
science olympiad
worked as election inspector
NHS and French Honor Society
Demonstration of Good Character: not sure, but rec letters were strong
Any hooks?
legacy at UVA (both maternal grandparents and mom went to UVA)
Thoughts on why you received that decision:
honestly pretty surprised, being 3rd generation legacy, with a very strong SAT score and academics and a great internship, but I think it might have been due to no leadership roles held, and not much community service. However, I’m not too upset because I’ve already gotten into some other great schools.
EARLY ACTION DECISION: Deferred
Planned Major/College: school of science (math)
State Residency: Washington (state) OOS
SAT/ACT: 33
GPA: 3.76 UW, 4.15 W
Rigor: 11 APs along with the most advanced classes offered
Rank: Top 40% (school does not weight GPA for rank)
Ethnicity: 1/4 Hispanic, 3/4 White
Gender: Male
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Worked as a park manager, team captain of a travel baseball team, Boy Scout leader, fair amount of community service in the national parks
Any hooks? Maybe URM, leadership experience
Thoughts on why you received that decision: Low test score for OOS and class rank isn’t very good
EARLY ACTION DECISION: Accepted!!!
Planned Major/College: African & African American Studies
State Residency: Virginia
SAT/ACT: 1330
GPA: 4.117
Rigor: 10 APs (scores all 4 &5s), 7 honors classes
Rank: n/a school doesn’t rank
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: female
Extras/Volunteer work/Talents/Jobs: Four-year varsity softball letterman, Student coach for annual softball clinic, Stage Manager for theater department, Director for the theater department, President of International Thespian troupe, member of International Thespian Society, member of French Honor Society, member of NHS, works at a Haunted House and works for the school district.
Thoughts on why you received that decision: I had a really thoughtful essay, lots of extracurricular activities, and rigorous course load
