Official UVA RD Decisions - Class of 2011

Colleges & Universities University of Virginia
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<p>Daughter Accepted!! Go 'Hoos!</p>

<p>Fee Waiver Used?:no
SAT I (by section): v:630 M:660 W:650
SAT IIs: Bio:640, Math 1:740
ACT:n/a
APs: 8 (US History, World History, Eng Lit, Eng Comp, US Govt, Bio, Env Science, Calc A/B)
IBs: n/a
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.95, 4.15
Rank: top 10%
Senior Yr Courseload: 4APs (Env Science, Calc, US Govt, English), Physics and Sports Medicine (mid year GPA was 4.2)
Number of Apps from Your School: tons!
ECs listed on app: National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, 4 years varsity crew (team captain as junior and senior; also did summer and fall crew with a club for 2 years), 4 years varsity gymnastics (team captain and MVP as senior); JV Dance Team Captain (sophomore year); Taekwondo - 3rd degree black belt and instructor, state champ and 2nd nationally; marching and concert band 3 years (flute); piano since age of 5 and rated “superior” in VA Music Festival for 9 straight years; National Youth Leadership Forum in Medicine participant last summer; honor/athlete ever eligible quarter; Champions of Character Award Nominee (for athletics-Braddock District); US-Rowing National Honor Roll.
Job/Work Experience: Tekwondo instructor, but not emphasized and not a paid position
Essays (subject and responses):wrote about the principles of taekwondo and how her understanding had evolved since the age of 5 - it was really personal, insightful and interesting
Teacher Recs: good I am sure but didnt read
Counselor Rec: expect good, but too many students to write about for it to have been terribly personal
Hook (if any): will be doing varsity crew at UVA - they took her stats to admissions ahead of time to get a “pre-read” on her chances of acceptance before they would even recruit her…I’m sure that didnt hurt to have her highlighted ahead of time, but they assured us she was given the thumbs up by admissions on her own merit, without needing help from coaches.
School Type: public
Ethnicity: cauc.
Gender: F
Strengths/Weaknesses: S: Very well-rounded, numerous leadership positions, dedication to her chosen pursuits, recruited by crew team, a couple of unique extracurriculars that are outside of school (taekwondo and piano); W: SATs certainly aren’t bad, but scores aren’t exceptional
Why you think you were accepted: see strengths above
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: UVA is tough to get into in or outside VA - many of my daughter’s classmates (top notch students) did NOT get in.</p>

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<p>…also…her high school is ranked very high and her course load was rigorous</p>

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<p>…sorry…one last comment - acceptance to UVA is considered a real “feather in your cap” if you are from northern VA - very few students here consider UVA a “safety”</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!! </p>

<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: Yeppers
SAT I (by section): 680 M, 630 V, 640 W
SAT IIs: 620 Math I, 620 Math II, 730 US History
APs: Calculus BC - 4,US history - 5
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 UW,4.41 W
Rank: 1/200
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eng,AP Govt,AP stats,DE GIS Tech , Latin 3
Number of Apps from Your School: 5, maybe a few more that shouldnt have applied</p>

<p>ECs listed on app: Varsity Soccer Captain, 14 years ballet, Scholastic Bowl, NHS, Latin Club, Youth Soccer Coaching, Virginia Schooner, EVMS Medical Explorers, etc. etc.
Job/Work Experience: none
Essays (subject and responses): 1 - about me eating grass when I was little, 2 - about my “diversity”, 3 - Bikini Kill’s song “Double Dare Ya” (enough said)
Teacher Recs: I am stupid and sent the worst generic one in
Counselor Rec: uber generic and not showing truth to my bad school
Hook (if any): from the 2nd worst school district in the state
Location/Person: Tidewater VA, brothers went to UVA as recruited athletes full rides
State or Country:VA
School Type: Horrible Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Grrrl
Hooks: I’m a beast j/k
Strengths/Weaknesses: vale. instate brothers crappy school weaknesses - SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: transcript and whole package
Other Factors: went to UVA SEP for three years if that counts for anything
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: waitlisted at Emory, Cornell, Columbia,and Yale so UVA looks pretty good, I loved it when I used to go to camp there, I wonder how much I have changed?</p>

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<p>Is coming from a bad school a good thing?</p>

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<p>For some reason, they tend to admit 3 people from my school every year, regardless. I think schools like to see kids that overcome the odds of their backgrounds (probably why I wasn’t flat-out rejected at Yale).</p>