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

mgporter
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:59:19 +0000

Repost from the other thread:

Decision: Accepted

College and Program: Arts and Sciences (Theatre, intending to double up with International Studies)

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): 800, 670, 790. Top 25% on two, Bottom 25% on one.
[] ACT: 35, 29, 36, 30 and 35, 27, 35, 36. Both come out to a composite of 33, with a 34 superscore.
[] SAT II: 800 on US History and Molecular Biology
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): (5) Biology, U.S. History, European History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Language.
[] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Calculus, Student Assistant (think like a high school T.A.), AP Psychology, Chorus, AP US Gov, AP Latin, AP English Literature, Honors Physics.
[] Honors: National Merit Commended, National Honor Society, National Latin Honor Society.

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Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars: Theatre/Drama Club (Officer), Male A Capella Group (Founding member/Secretary), Young Democrats (Vice President), Latin Club (Officer)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Community Theatre and Political Volunteering. Presidential Service Medal recipient for Sophomore year.
[] Summer Activities: Northwestern Pre-College Program
[] Essays: CA was quite good. Supp was about Calvin and Hobbes.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I assume they were pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: Absolutely incredible. She read me part of it and I was floored. She herself said it was a top 5 one she’d ever done.
[] Additional Rec: One from my Drama director of four and a half years.
[] Interview: N/A
[li] Supplementary Material(if any): Theatre Supplement [/li]
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[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Whiter than wonder bread. My melanocites are lazy.
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,000-150,000. Applied for financial aid. A lot of that money is eaten up by medical bills and home repairs.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Single Parent, estranged from my father. My Mom’s a Legacy.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Verbal Scores, Essays, Legacy, Counselor Rec, broad transcript.
[] Weaknesses: Math Scores, White Male, Out of State.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably a mix of all factors. The Legacy factor probably helped.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far Accepted at Northwestern and William and Mary as a Monroe Scholar. Waiting to hear from Williams, Yale, Brown, Columbia, and Dartmouth.

[/ul]General Comments:
I had a feeling I’d get in, but I know that with a school as tough as UVA, nothing is for sure. Good luck to everyone else in your future endeavors!