<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 650V, 720M, 700W
[</em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 690 Lit, 610 US Hist
[<em>] ACT: none
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Gov’t 4, IB Math Srudies SL 7, IB Physics SL 5
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.16
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.76
[li] Rank or % estimate: 1/~400 (all above 4.0 are given rank 1)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I guess they were good. I wrote the work of literature one the day the app was due because I had the wrong app date, but I really liked my favorite word essay.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should be awesome. I sent my English 9/IB English 11 teacher and my newspaper advisor. Both have known me for four years and both love me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably not so great. She’s new this year and doesn’t really know me.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Umm, my extracurricular involvement? IB student? I dunno really.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Northern VA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Yes
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Newspaper for 4 years (Ed-in-Chief: 11-12, Lifestyles Ed: 10), Marching Band/Color Guard for 3 years (captain: 12), Varsity/JV/Freshman Basketball manager/scorekeeper for 4 years, Greater Washington Youth Philanthropy Initiative for 2 years, Summer Enrichment Program at University of Virginia for 2 years, and other various programs and honors</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: umm, in-state?</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: excited I’m accepted somewhere, even if it’s not official!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 790 M, 760 CR, 720 W (2270)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 U.S. History, 800 Math 2, 700 Physics
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5’s on World History, US History, Computer Science, English Language, 3 on Physics (blah). This year taking AP Spanish, Calc BC (probably), Gov’t, English Lit, Biology
[<em>] GPA weighted: About 110 on 100 point scale so whatever that is
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[li] Rank or % estimate: 1/276</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty Good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Both excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Rural Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Varsity Tennis Captain, Band section leader and first chair top band, Eagle Scout, State Runner-up in Academic social studies contest, youth group member for church, etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I guess my overall well-roundedness combined with grades helped out quite a bit.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
To all those with the likely letters and all those already accepted earlier…CONGRATS. To all those awaiting decisions…GET PUMPED and GOOD LUCK!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330 (780CR 770M 780W)
[</em>] SAT II: 790 USH 700 Chem 700 Lit
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Euro 5, USH 5, Eng. Lang 5, Chem 5, Stats 5, Gov’t, Macroecon, Lit, Calc AB
[<em>] GPA weighted:98ish
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 102.2
[li] Rank or % estimate: 2nd when I turned in the midyear report.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: These were my favorite, probably really good.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Only sent one, but I’m sure it was great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She wrote a really good letter
[</em>] Hook (if any): TASP, Mississippi</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Mississippi
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: mo
[li] Important ECs: Speech and Debate, Mock Trial, Independent Research</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
This made UVa a much more exciting choice in my mind.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Wasn’t expecting this, don’t worry if you don’t get one.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 690V, 690M, 730W
SAT II: 720 Math II, 630 Lit, 600 Math I (blahhh)
ACT: none
AP/IB taken/scores: Full IB Diploma, IB Psych SL: 6
GPA weighted: 4.2
GPA unweighted: 4.0
Rank or % estimate: 1/460 (everybody above 4.0 gets #1 rank)</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Really good and unique
Teacher Recs: Really good. i read one of them and it was amazing
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Hook (if any): Umm, well rounded, lots of leadership</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Northern VA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Legacy Yes/No: Yes
Recruited Yes/No: No
Important ECs: newspaper (managing editor for 2 years), NHS President, a lot of volunteer work including being marketing manager for a local company, and some other things that i dont feel like writing, haha
Other Factors: in-state</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: congrats to everyone!!</p>
<p>You all should really put your GPAs, rank, and course work above SAT. You spent four years getting the GPA and four hours getting the test score, after all!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.80
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 4.00
[<em>] Rank or % estimate: 1/47X but since county doesn’t weight it’s top 1%
[</em>] SAT: 2350 (800M/790CR/760W - single sitting)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 MathII, 740 Bio-M, 710 Chem, 750 Lit
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 (English Lang, Calc BC, Bio, Stat, World, USGov) taking EnvSci, Psych, English Lit this year</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Amazing. Favorite word was “Poetry,” challenging piece of music was “Dead Flag Blues” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, personal essay was what got me in though… it was about my addiction to lawnmowing and how it’s a personal catharsis, and it was this metaphor comparing me to a druggie
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great. Didn’t read but the teachers loved me and my personality/what I added to their classes
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Prolly decent. She’s an airhead
[</em>] Hook (if any): JeffScholars nominee (2nd rounder)? and NIH Internship</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland (MoCo)
[</em>] School Type: Public, 2200 kids, not competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: maleeeeeeeeeeeee
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: dont think so
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: HAHA yeah riiiiiight. I’ma start up competitive lawnmowing though. D1!
[li] Important ECs: Lots of leadership, public speaking, a year of research at NIH</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I’m purty.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Glad I got in, sorta bummed I didn’t make the third round for Jeff Scholars and so I don’t know if I’ll be considering UVA in the upcoming months. I’ve heard iffy things about the honors program and whatnot so I’m gonna try and visit with a friend to see if the atmosphere really is that frat-driven and conservative. I neeeed my liberal artsynesss!!! Oh. And lots of shopping malls <3 <3. Congrats to everybody who got in though!!!</p>
<p>Fengshuibundi: My daughter got into UMDCP Honors with an invite into Honors Humanities, and where she really wants is UVA…She was also a Jeff Scholar interviewee, first round. I know you really want Maryland…take it you made it and is that where you are going??</p>
<p>Hahaa no I don’t really want maryland I really want brown. I got into UMDCP Honors but no invite for Gemstone, which was a total surprise to me. Even with possibly getting Banneker Key I wouldn’t want to go to College Park. I would like to experience life elsewhere. UVA has a lot to offer, which is why I want to visit and see if it’s a good fit.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 800, M 710, W 720
[</em>] SAT II: Math II 770, Lit 750, Spanish 730
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 on AB Calc Subsection, English Lit, Politics and Government, 4 on BC Calc, Spanish Language. IB Diploma Candidate, Chemistry SL: 6. Will take English/Math/Spanish/History HL and ITGS SL this year, as well as AP Psychology and possibly AP Euro.
[</em>] GPA weighted:4.64
[<em>] GPA unweighted:3.96
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Top five percent, county doesn’t rank (Also Moco Maryland)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Jackson Pollock challenged me (piece of arts/music/etc), wrote about my love for independent music in my main one, and about my hippie hometown for my environment and how it has influenced me. I’m a good writer, they were fine.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One of them told me that she wrote something along the lines of “in my twelve year career only four/five students have challenged me to expand my mind and become a better teacher, intellectually curious, blah blah.” I don’t know what the other one wrote but she looks very highly upon me, so it was fine.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Nope.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Maryland
[</em>] School Type: 1600 students, extremely competitive public high school, in the IB program within it.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Yes
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Theater, Music, Work as horseback riding instructor, Special Olympics</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: My aunt wrote a recommendation for me (she also attended UVA and is a pretty important alumnus)</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I’m really excited. Still holding out for Brown though.</p>
<p>I would never want to go to Maryland. . Just got accepted to the Journalism school with Honors Humanities and Gemstone. College Park is a dump and the school, while it has some strong programs isn’t really that great. Too close to home.</p>
<p>Stats:
GPA weighted: 3.04
GPA unweighted: 3.79
Rank or % estimate: Top 40% (Yeah yall probably think I’m ■■■■■■■■ or lazy)
SAT: 2090 (800M/650CR/640W - combined)
SAT II: 800 MathII, 770 MathI, 630 BioE, 750 Lit
AP/IB taken/scores: AP Psychology, AP BC Calculus this year
Subjective:
Essays: I liked my essays. I don’t know if they did.
Teacher Recs: Didn’t read. Probably really nice.
Counselor Rec: Probably nice. Me and that dude are tight.
Hook (if any): Im BLACK and BEAUTIFUL!! and have a learning disability
Location/Person:
State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: Public, 1700 kids, competitive
Ethnicity: African/Nigerian American
Gender: Male
Legacy Yes/No: Nah
Recruited Yes/No: Nah
Important ECs: Track, Piano, Karate…dont wanna list them all
Other Factors: I’m a really good person
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Yeah…I suck at life but w/e, I tried, eventhough I didnt get an official rejection letter yet. I’ll be lookin out for i though lol</p>
<p>Congrats all !
How did you find out you were likely if you applied RD at UVA? I called they said they were not sending anything until early April?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] GPA weighted:4.2
[</em>] GPA unweighted:4.0
[<em>] Rank or % estimate:16/195 (GC stated in his rec that it is the best class ever graduating from school, for what it is worth)
[</em>] SAT:M:800 V:690 W:730 SS:1490/2220
[<em>] SAT II: M2:800 USH:660
[</em>] AP taken/scores: USH:5 Taking: Calc AB, Phys B, Lit/Comp (block sched and about 7 total offered makes it tough to schedule them in)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good, probably not good enough to be the best of the week for the adcom.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: same as above
[<em>] Counselor Rec: a bit better than above
[</em>] Hook (if any): possibly IS (im about 90% positive)</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: Negative
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: Negative
[li] Important ECs: First Robotics, 7 varsity letters (soccer tennis), peer leaders</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
um i applied for the engineering school General Comments/Congratulations/etc: must be a weight off your shoulders all likely applicants. cant wait til the 1st :)</p>
I really want brown. I got into UMDCP Honors but no invite for Gemstone, which was a total surprise to me. Even with possibly getting Banneker Key I wouldn’t want to go to College Park. I would like to experience life elsewhere. UVA has a lot to offer, which is why I want to visit and see if it’s a good fit.</p>