Official UVA RD Decisions - Class of 2011

srk_fx · March 30, 2007, 6:13pm

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[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: **[/color][/size]

[ b]Stats:[ list][ *] Fee Waiver Used?:
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs:
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats:[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list][ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ list][ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Hooks:
[ ] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:**

srk_fx · March 30, 2007, 6:30pm

**Decision: Accepted!!! **

Stats:[ul][] Fee Waiver Used?: NO
[] SAT I (by section): 710 M,570 V,650 W
[] SAT IIs: 750 Math II,680 Chem
[] APs: Chem - 3,US history - 4
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.96 UW,4.1 W
[] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Bio,AP Calc BC,AP stats,AP Physics C,English 12,US/VA Govt
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 20
[] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] ECs listed on app: Volutnteering,Key Club,Science Olympiad,Math team,
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Essays (subject and responses): i thought they were decent
[] Teacher Recs: no clue…but the teacher liked me
[] Counselor Rec: no clue
[] Hook (if any):[list]Location/Person:[/ul][] State or Country:VA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks: none
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: weaknesses - low verbal score,EC’s; strenghths - GPA,courseload
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: high GPA and challenging courseload [/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am just too happy to be accpeted by UVA.I’ll most likely attend it.

SigmaCentauri · March 30, 2007, 6:43pm

Decision: Accepted!

Stats:
SAT I (by section): 700 CR, 660M, 650 W

SAT IIs: 700 Lit, 690 Math I, 560 US History(lolz)

APs: Lang(3), Psych(5), Physics C, Calc AB, US Gov.

GPA: 3.92 UW, 4.04 W

Rank: School doesn’t rank but estimate would be top 5%

Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics C, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Gov, Guitar Ensemble, Music Theory

Number of Apps from Your School: A lot.

ECs listed on app: A whole bunch of stuff. Most notable would be Katrina aid, various volunteering, and VP of NEHS.

Awards: 3rd place on AMC12 Junior year(AIME qualified), Magna Cum Laude on 2 National Latin Exams, Outstanding student awards from various teachers, Community serivce award from NHS, winning Mr Centreville.

Essays (subject and responses): Favorite word was marshmellow. Piece of art was In A Gadda Da Vidda (compared it to The Telltale Heart and other things). Personal essay was about my love of creating music.

Teacher Recs: Two great ones. I started an effort to keep my physics teacher from returning to Iraq which she may or may not have written about. My World History 2 teacher also liked me a lot.

Counselor Rec: I believe it was good. He wrote about me winning Mr. Centreville among other things.

Hook (if any): Well rounded maybe…?

Location/Person: Fairfax County, VA

School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public

Ethnicity: White

Income Bracket: Upper middle class.

Gender: Male

Strengths/Weaknesses: Strength: Only 2 B+'s and 1 B all of high school. Weakness: History

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Who knows. I was fearing a waitlist but I guess they saw something special. Strong essays and recs definately helped.

LizzieE · March 30, 2007, 6:53pm

Decision: Accepted!

Stats:
SAT I (by section): 690 CR, 690M, 730 W

SAT IIs: 630 Lit, 720 Math I, a couple bad ones! haha

IBs: IB Physic 2 HL, IB Sr. Science Inv. Physics, IB Spanish II, IB Math II, IB English II HL, IB Topics HL, Journalism 4, TOK

GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.1 W – will go up after IB exams

Rank: School doesn’t rank but top 1%

Senior Yr Courseload: see above

Number of Apps from Your School: A lot.

ECs listed on app: tons . . . newspaper managing editor, nhs president, tons of volunteer work, etc.

Awards: Multiple english awards and journalism awards, quill and scroll, Jeff Scholar nominee, argg im too excited to think now!!

Essays (subject and responses): really good . . . i wrote about purses!

Teacher Recs: great!

Counselor Rec: didnt read, but probably good

Hook (if any): jeff nominee, well rounded

Location/Person: Fairfax County, VA

School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public

Ethnicity: White

Income Bracket: Upper middle class.

Gender: Female

Strengths/Weaknesses: Strength: high grades, solid ECs, essays Weakness: standard sat IIs

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I dont know, im just soooo excited!!!

thesiren72102 · March 30, 2007, 6:56pm

Accepted!!! Will post stats later. Congratulations to you all!

Haberdashery · March 30, 2007, 6:58pm

Waitlisted and OSS applicant

overall, i was surprised because UVA was my super duper reach and i thought that i was going to get rejected for sure

what’s the acceptance rate for out of state applicants?

masticore99 · March 30, 2007, 8:39pm

"Some quick numbers (more to come)
18.053 applications (16,298 last year)
6,073 offers of admission (6,019 last year)

7,073 applicants from Virginia (6,530 last year)
10,928 applicants from out of state (9,768 last year)"

Last year the acceptance rate was approx. 36.9%
This year it’s approx. 33.6%

These are prelim. figures, there’s a 10.8% increase in applications from last year from just this data. idk if the figures include ED or if the waitlist was accounted for.

congrats to those who made it. but if you didn’t, it’s okay coz it seems to get harder to get in since last year.

jeez, i dont wanna know how this process is gonna be like for our kids

MDT89 · March 30, 2007, 8:42pm

[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision:[Accepted] **[/color][/size]

[ b]Stats:[ list][ *] Fee Waiver Used?:
[ *] SAT I (by section): [1440/2200]
[ *] SAT IIs: [760 Italian, 760 MathI, 630 Math I]
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs:[5 i think 4 and 5’s]
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: [3.4 Uw/4.2]
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:[all honors ap advanced]
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:[20 or so]
[ *] Other stats:[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list][ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:[not anything special]
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):[pretty good]
[ *] Teacher Recs:[very good]
[ *] Counselor Rec:[superlative]
[ *] Hook (if any):[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ list][ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:[public]
[ *] Ethnicity:[spic]
[ *] Gender:[m]
[ *] Hooks: [hispanic, dedication]
[ ] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:**

I SSSWEEAR i am never gonna figure out this HTML crap…

vieestbelle · March 30, 2007, 8:49pm

Accepted! OOS. I’ll post stats later, but i honestly did not expect this! i really have to make some tough decisions this month… congrats to all!

SigmaCentauri · March 30, 2007, 9:05pm

Jeez. It’s gonna be super hard to get in 5 years down the road.

cavalier302 · March 30, 2007, 9:18pm

I doubt it. The University has had about the same acceptance rate for the past 15-20 years, and they’re not doing much to drum up new apps or attract more top applicants.

tb2588 · March 30, 2007, 9:37pm

Decision: Accepted

Stats:[ul][] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[] SAT I (by section): M-750, CR-740, W-650
[] SAT IIs: USH-770, M2-690, PHYS-650
[] ACT: N/A
[] APs: (9) AP USH-5, AP Lang-3, AP CompSci A-5, AP Lit, AP Govt, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics
[] IBs: N/A
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.455/3.405
[] Rank: N/A Top 20% maybe?
[] Senior Yr Courseload: very rigorous, all AP’s
[] Number of Apps from Your School: A lot, in-state
[] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] ECs listed on app: Only a few that I was very dedicated too.
[] Job/Work Experience: Freelance web development
[] Essays (subject and responses): I thought they were excellent, can’t say if they were any better or worse than average UVa applicant.
[] Teacher Recs: Very good recs from very reputable teachers.
[] Counselor Rec: N/A
[] Hook (if any):[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: Fairfax County, VA
[] School Type: Upper Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks:
[] Strengths/Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My GPA was only low because of a 2.7 in 9th grade, had a much higher GPA in 10th and 11th.[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

theduckie07 · March 30, 2007, 9:53pm

I got in!!! :)

jaw · March 30, 2007, 10:24pm

ACCEPTED!!!

Stats:
ACT:27
SAT IIs:Biology:600 Math II:560 Spanish:500
GPA:4.21(weighted)… 3.75 (unweighted)
Rank: well within top 10%
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any): URM
Location/Person:
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Private School in D.C.
Ethnicity:African American
Gender:Male
Other Factors:
Extracurriculars:Member of School’s Accredidation committee, Spanish Club president, Nat’l Hn. Soc., Span Hn Soc., Track and Field, Many science summer programs, Helped start a recycling program @ my school, Multicultural Student Alliance, Yearbook ummmm…cant think about what else

Why I think I was accepted/deferred:URM with decent grades…plus I showed a lot of interest
Other thoughts: Yay!!!

novice07 · March 30, 2007, 10:32pm

Accepted! Too tired to post stats but OOS, top 5% of class

seuferk · March 30, 2007, 11:21pm

**Decision: Waitlisted **

Stats:[ul][] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): m 670 v 670 w 650
[] SAT IIs: m1 730 phy 600
[] ACT: n/a
[] APs: all available at my h/s: calculus AB, calculus BC, US history
[] IBs: n/a
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: w 4.73 uw 3.93
[] Rank: 3/~175
[] Senior Yr Courseload: ap calc bc/ap us history/college expository writing (eng 111), college eng. 131, eng. 113, hon. eng. 4, hon. physics, college psychology, college german : ger 111 & ger 113
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] ECs listed on app: equestrian sports: 12 yrs, some comm. service
[] Job/Work Experience: self-emplyed: gave riding lessons for the past three years
[] Essays (subject and responses):
[] Teacher Recs: ap calc teacher: great , us history teacher: great, & physics teacher: great
[] Counselor Rec: shoudl be great
[] Hook (if any):[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: NC
[] School Type: public/rarely sends grads to top schools
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Hooks: …
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: not in-state
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/ul]Other Factors: I think if i’d been in-state i’d be accepted. I wasn’t in love with UVa and that probably showed through.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: congratulations to everyone who got in!

cornell but not uva? oh well, I guess whatever I need to do will work out for me.

mikethemench · March 30, 2007, 11:32pm

Male-Fairfax County Public Schools, Northern Virginia.

3.75 GPA Weighted

junior year- AP BIO:5; AP U.S:4

senior year- AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish, AP Stats, AP US Gov, AP Enviro

SAT 1: 2100

800 reading
690 writing
610(and I’m proud of this ok) math

SAT II’s: Bio-M:770; U.S. History: 750

decent e.c.'s/work experience…but not that great

varsity tennis

Datkid · March 30, 2007, 11:37pm

Race/Ethnicity: Asian
State: VA

GPA: 3.93
Class Rank: Top 5%
SAT I:
Reading - 730
Math - 650
Writing - 620
SAT II:
US History - 720
Literature - 630
Course load: 6 APs by graduation: AP US History, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature, AP Government, AP Computer Science A, AP Latin: Vergil.
Extra-curriculars: nothing special… 2 years of a varsity sport, one year of a club sport, National Honor Society, lots of community service
Recommendations: My guidance counselor recommendation was probably generic. My teacher rec was probably good… he likes me. I never got to read either.
Essays: I thought they were rushed. They were all fairly creative though, I thought.

NoFX · March 31, 2007, 12:29am

**Decision: ACCEPTED **

Stats:[ul][] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[] SAT I (by section): 690/670/670
[] SAT IIs: 720/720/620/420
[] ACT:
[] APs: Self studied 2 because school offers 0. Took them in another country.
[] IBs:
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: No gpa
[] Rank: Top 5-10%
[] Senior Yr Courseload: National curriculum
[] Number of Apps from Your School: 2+
[] Other stats: Awards in school - mostly academic awards.[/ul]Subjective:[ul][] ECs listed on app: Soccer all through HS (MVP in 1 year), HFH, Girl guides brownies leader, lots of other things, nearly all of them w/ leadership positions (pres/founder, co-capt, co-pres, secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: only volunteering
[] Essays (subject and responses): North korea/south korea divide, diarihea (sp!!!). I liked them but they were kinda rushed. I think they really represented ME. I didn’t show anyone though…
[] Teacher Recs: So bad… My teachers didnt know how to write recs since they’ve never written one for US colleges. My teacher showed me one and it had 2 sentences. My other teacher who knew me for 2 years (also my soccer coach for 1 year) wrote a good one though (i think?) - wrote about my enthusiasm in biology
[] Counselor Rec: Generic. Said stuff about my service to the school. He hardly knew me because he was the vice principal… We dont have counselors here.
[] Hook (if any):[/ul]Location/Person:[ul][] State or Country: New Zealand
[] School Type: Competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Korean
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks: None
[] Strengths/Weaknesses: Good grades, ok ECs, lots of leadership; bad SAT scores, mediocre applicant, might’ve sounded boring on paper?
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Wouldn’t have a clue :)[/ul]Other Factors: International applicant.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats everyone accepted. Hope it works out well with others rejected. I hope to see some of you’s at UVa!

honuwebd · March 31, 2007, 7:43am

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**Decision: Accepted **

Stats:[ul][] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[] SAT I (by section):M 700, R 580, W 580
[] SAT IIs:MII 630, MI 630, BIO 560?,
[] ACT: 27 (M 31)
[] APs: Taking This year (Chem, Calc)
[] IBs:?
[] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.1/5.0 (weighted), 3.35 (Unweighted)
[] Rank: 49/398
[] Senior Yr Courseload:AP Chem, UCT(ECE)/Honors Biology, Creative Writing Honors, AP/UCT Calculus AB, Contemporary Literature, Writing for Publication (Yearbook), Discrete Mathematics at Fairfield University, IS Web Design
[] Number of Apps from Your School:3, i think
[] Other stats:[/ul]Subjective:
[ul][] ECs listed on app:
[] Job/Work Experience: Honu Web Design - own web design company
[] Essays (subject and responses):
** S: ** Work of music, art, math…
** R: ** Surprising that after I completed Discrete Mathematics, I used what we had learned and applied it to Calculus if I was stuck
** S: ** Describe the world you come from and how that world shaped who you are.
** R: ** How I was brought up determined what my goals are and what I want to do as a career
** S: ** Topic of your choice
** R: ** An experience watching my grandfather (heartfelt)
[] Teacher Recs: 2 and principal…I picked these 3…I had a total of about 13-15. Make sure you get as may as possible. Then, you can choose the best.
[] Counselor Rec:1, very good…because we had formed a relationship - college questions, scholarship applications, etc
[] Hook (if any):[/ul]
Location/Person:
[ul][] State or Country: Northeast…Fairfield County
[] School Type:Public
[] Ethnicity:Hispanic / Puerto Rican
[] Gender:Male
[] Hooks:?
[] Strengths/Weaknesses:Strength: Math, Science, Hard headed, confident, excited for what may come Weaknesses: writing, a tad cocky, homebody
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/ul]
Other Factors: I am sorry, I have no idea
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats all! If you haven’t been accepted, it’s okay! Everything happens for a reason. When one door closes, another one opens.

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