**Official UVA Early Action Class of 2017 Decisions***

Dominar
Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:29:18 +0000

For DS:

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Decision: Rejected

SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (CR 760, M 760, W700 )
ACT: n/a
SAT II: I don’t recall – I think maybe French 760, Math I 740, Biology 690?
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Unavailable – school reports weighted only (4.5/5.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 11-12% (more than 90 IB kids in a total senior class of maybe 360?)
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): Biology SL (3) – his worst subject. He can’t take any other IB exams until this coming May.
Senior Year Course Load: 6 IB classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV and Varsity soccer, 10 years of rec league soccer, 6+ years of piano (including 2 years participation in Piano Guild), French Honor Society/French Club
Job/Work Experience: Certified soccer referee - officiates games for U19 and below
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: soccer / refereeing
Essays: ?? (I didn’t read them, but DS has a strong vocabulary and writes well, if not poetically – he’s just not the type)
Teacher Recommendation: No idea, but I assume they were favorable
Counselor Rec: Again, should have been favorable
Additional Rec: None
Interview: n/a

State (if domestic applicant): In-state
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Public / magnet
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Didn’t ask for aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Strengths: Academics
Weaknesses: Lack of community service chits, class rank
Why you think you were rejected: Objectively speaking, I have no idea. I suspect class rank was determinative.

Where else were you accepted: Alabama (EA - offered full tuition scholarship), still waiting to hear from others (RD)

General Comments: shrug Easy come, easy go. Given the administrative shenanigans in C’ville over this past summer and Degas’ press release essentially outlining all of the problems UVA faces, I personally think it’s for the best.