<p>mother dearests....since u are all mothers with children i figure many of you know what you're talking about when it comes to college. sooo im asking for your advice. i applied early to UVA and was deferred, and my guidance counselor spoke with an admissions counselor who told her that i am indeed qualified, but it was just the whole out of state competition thing that screwed me over. anyway, i've been working really hard my senior year, straight A's first marking period and most likely straight A's second marking period. im taking 4 ap's and 1 honors class at a VERY competitive public high school. SAT is 1450, weighted gpa by the end of junior year was a 93.3 or something, i believe thats between a 3.7 and a 3.8. Good leadership, pretty good ec's, good recs. i have been showing a lot of interest in UVA by emailing the admissions office about once a month, and im sending them a letter this week about my interest and devotion for the school. what i want to ask you : how much do senior year grades count? and what is going overboard? i've sent a few emails, my guidance counselor called on my behalf after i was deferred, and im sending this letter but i also want to send an additional essay. too much? let me know! thanks</p>
<p>You're not going overboard but you still need to "move on" and get engaged with other possible choices, treating UVa as a happy surprise should your ship happen to come in.</p>
<p>(When my ship comes in, there will probably be a dockworker's strike.)</p>
<p>Can the essay. You are right on the line between sincere and stalker.</p>
<p>I don't know how an additional essay will help unless it's concerning something you have acheived since you applied. By all means let them know if you've been nominated for some award or had a life altering experience since your application, but to just write another essay doesn't seem helpful. Get your straigt A's & let them know that if you are accepted you will DEFINITELY be coming to UVA. Out of state is tough, especially if you've been deferred. The 2 girls that I know that were deferred were then waitlisted, & not admitted. Not to paint gloom & doom, but I agree with TheDad that you need to move on.</p>
<p>I agree with the previous posters. You have done what you should and more than that is probably going beyond the useful. And The Dad is right about moving on; admission after deferral happens, but not often. Getting great first-semester grades should help you at your other schools; make sure you and your conselor do not neglect those schools--if possible your counselor should be in touch with your second and third choices to make sure they know you are very interested. You have good numbers but in my experience out-of-state applicants to UVa with even somewhat high stats don't necessarily get in.</p>
<p>I'm going to agree with the above posts. Send them the e-mail if you must that UVA is still your # 1 choice but after that, there's not much more you can do. We were in a similar situation with UVA last year. It was a school my d fell in love with. We visited it Spring Break 10th grade and also a year later as she seriously considering applying there ED. which she did and was also deferred. She was also Natl Merit commended student so she was also able to designate them as a top choice school so UVA was certainly aware of her serious interest. She also e-mailed them 1 or 2 times. Trust me her grades-class rank-SAT's were above their norm. She also had great EC's and recommendations. There were 2 other kids at her hs who also applied ED. Their rank-SAT's etc were similar so they were all above the norm. A 4th boy whose rank was a bit higher applied RD. All 4 were ultimately denied admission. But you know what-it was UVA's loss not their's. All 4 are now in wonderful schools and very happy. My d and 1 of the ED boys is in Cornell-one at Tufts and the other at UNC-Chappel Hill. When my d received the rejection letter, in some way she finally seemed unburdened as she was actually able to start making the decision as to what school she would attend. I think she had so much time and emotion invested in waiting for her UVA decision, that she did not seriously consider her other choices until she got the Rejection letter. Within 1 week of that Rejection letter, she re-visited Cornell and decided that was where she truly wanted to be. So please- I know UVA is your # 1 choice & I do hope you get in- but start to look beyond UVA and I'm sure a year from now you'll feel that you are at the right school for you. Good luck.</p>
<p>Not to hijack or anything--Marny, interested in knowing how your D is liking Cornell. You can email or pm me if you have time and want to respond...Thanks!!</p>
<p>Hi Ezduzzit. The quick answer is my d loves Cornell. I just pm'd back with more info.</p>