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

anon757
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:52:04 +0000

Decision:Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 1980 580CR/740M/660W
[]ACT:29
[]SAT II: US History 680 Physics 620
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/490
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), APUSH (4), Psychology (4), Environmental (4)
[]IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[]Senior Year Course Load: AB Calc, AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Gov, Dual English, Leadership skills
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years of cross country (captain), 4 years of winter track (captain), 4 years of spring track (captain), National, Math, Science, English, and Spanish Honor societies (executive board).
[]Job/Work Experience: Life guard during summer
[]Volunteer/Community service: 4 years of key club
[]Summer Activities: life guarding
[]Essays: two mediocre essays and one excellent essay
[]Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see
[]Counselor Rec: didn’t see
[]Additional Rec: didn’t see
[]Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[]Intended Major: biology
[]State (if domestic applicant): VA
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: large
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: male
[]Income Bracket: >100,000
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[]Strengths: EC
[]Weaknesses: SAT/ACT
[]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: instate and midyear report
[li]Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Virginia Tech, Clemson, JMU, and Uconn [/li][/ul]General Comments: After getting deferred in early action, I am surprised I got in. It’s not impossible to get in with lower than average SAT’s; someone has to be at the lower end of admissions.