I was waitlisted 
Anyone know how hard it is to get off of UVA’s waitlist for biomedical engineering?
I’m a female and instate.
Anyone else get waitlisted? and if you don’t mind please share what major you applied for.
I also got waitlisted to the bio-medical engineering at UVA. With that said, I am an instate student as well
if its not too rude, would you mind sharing your stats with me?
I have:
GPA: 3.85 (unweighted)
SAT (super scored): 1390
ACT (superscored): 32-33
Class Rank: 45 / 361
Honestly, I think my strong suits for my application were my extra curricular activities, essays, and my background.
Can you also tell me yours?
GPA: 4.27 (weighted), 3.8 (unweighted)
SAT: 1380 (one sitting)
Class rank: 39/410
Excuse me for asking but is it okay for me to ask for your gender?
Strong points:
- The amount of rigor I put into my coursework (7 AP’s, 28 college credits at an accredited university)
- extracurricular activities (Basically all honor societies, VEX robotics, TSA, community service clubs), -recommendations ( I took duel enrollment classes geared towards math and science that are taught by actual professors, I managed to snag a recommendation from my calculus and physics professor )
- My gender (since females going into stem majors seem to depressingly low)
Weaknesses: - My essays (They were okay, seemed a bit generic to me since I went the traditional route of being an immigrant blah blah blah, although everyone who read them and said they were great and told a story)
- test scores were low
If we both happen to get off the wait-list, I hope to see you on campus! Best of luck to both of us (We’re going to need ALOT of it)
I got waitlisted after getting deferred. And I’m in-state… must say I am very disappointed.
Full Stats:
School of Engineering, Biomedical/Bioengineering
[B]Objective:*
SAT I (breakdown): 700 Math/760 CR (1460 Total)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 620 Math II, 660 Biology M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA: 4.37
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 205
AP (place score in parenthesis): 8 APs so far, and 4 more this year (12 in all)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics AP US Govt and Politics, AP Comparative Govt, Discrete Math Honors, DE English 111/112, Honors Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, won a bunch of awards at district level (science fairs, etc.) and I am almost done with Associates in Science Degree at NVCC
[B]Subjective:*
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, BETA Club, FBLA (Historian), Mu Alpha Theta (Treasurer), Scholastic Bowl (Captain), Medical Club, FreshSTART Mentor, VEX Robotics (Captain), SeaPerch (Vice Captain), DECA
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 250+ hours of community service through various volunteering activities
Summer Activities: Leadership Intern @ Camp Invention, Volunteering at hospital, NASA VSCS Summer Academy, taking courses at local community college (around 30 college credits accumulated w/o APs)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): 7
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): 8
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 10
Interview (if any) (rating 1-10, details): N/A
[B]Other:*
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): VA
School Type: small competitive public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Thank you!
@HonorStudent0 Thanks! Lets just hope for the best! With that said, my application in comparison to yours is very similar. My Common App general essay was about my journey as an immigrant to America as well as my progression into fitting in. I am actually a male
im surprised you got waitlisted. Holistic review is a mystery isn’t it :-/
@honorstudent0 haha it sure is.