The Unofficial (aka likely letters) Results of UVA RD Admissions

Colleges & Universities University of Virginia
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<p>blueazulim06: Receiving a likely letter means you will most likely be accepted. Not receiving a likely letter does not mean anything. They only send likely letters to a small percentage of the people who will be accepted.</p>

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<p>Oh ok, so it’s about 10% of the accepted applicants.</p>

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<p>The question was:

My answer was:

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<p>That’s a rough percentage but you get the picture. Dean J said the letters were only sent to people who stuck out early- something about a “wow” factor within their application. It stinks to wait any longer but at least all the decisions will be out in about three weeks!</p>

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<p>where is the 10% coming from… is it an accepted statistic, or is there an actually released number some where…</p>

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<p>WAG.</p>

<p>Sorry if you took it literally.</p>

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<p>Basically what DeanJ and everyone else is saying is that if you got a likely letter that’s awesome and great for you…if not…don’t freak out, worry, or anything, its NOT important. All it means is that you will have to wait until April 1st (Or probably sooner) to hear back. Stop over-analyzing and diagnosing the process, it’s very simple. Sit Back. Relax. And Let’s wait out these 19 or so days and hope they go quickly</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Likely Letter!![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: V 700 M 690 W 700
[ *] SAT II: US hist 720 Bio 690
[ *] ACT:
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: World hist 5 Bio 5 Us hist 4 Eng lit 3
[ *] GPA weighted: 3.98
[ *] GPA unweighted: 4.13
[ *] Rank or % estimate: school does not rank but top 1%</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good i think
[ *] Teacher Recs: only one from hist teacher but proly good
[ *] Counselor Rec: excellent
[ *] Hook (if any): hundreds of hours of volunteering maybe</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: northern VA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: south asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Legacy Yes/No: No
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: Model UN, Chess Club, NHS, volunteering </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors: not that I know of[ /b]</p>

<p>[ b]Im so excited =) good luck to every one else[ /b]</p>

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<p>Decision: Likely Letter!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2090 (730CR/690M/670W) (kinda sucky, oh well)
SAT II: 700 Lit, 730 Math II, 790 Biology E
ACT: n/a
AP/IB taken/scores: n/a
GPA: n/a
Rank or % estimate: top 10% </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I wrote about my peranakan heritage (miscegenation of the two main races in my country), Giuseppe Samartino’s ‘the Veiled Christ’ sculpture, and an analogy about art, and how it resembles the act of painting my own tabula rasa.
Teacher Recs: pretty good.
Counselor Rec: Great!
Hook (if any): I love writing, probably good essays. Also, my dedicated involvement in art. </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Malaysia
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian (Malaysian Chinese)
Gender: Female
Legacy: No
Recruited: -
Important ECs: </p>

<p>1) Won various awards for art at various levels:

  • The 30th International Children?s Art Exhibition, Japan (Silver Award)
  • Shankar?s International Children?s Art Competition, India (Gold Award)
  • Japan Airlines World Children?s Haiku Drawing Competition (Consolation)
  • Malaysia?s Representative to the International Exchange Exhibition of Children?s Eco-Pictures in Asian Countries March-April 2000
  • International Children?s Art Exhibition LIDICE 2000, Ministry of Education and Culture in cooperation with Unesco)
  • Career Carnival Art Competition, District Level (Champion)
  • Career Carnival Art Competition, State Level (Champion)
    -?Welcoming the New Era? Art Competition, State Level (2nd Runner up)
  • National Day Art Competition, State Level (Champion)
  • ?Malaysia, my Country?, State Level (Champion)
  • Anti Drug-Abuse Art Competition, State Level (1st Runner up)</p>

<p>2) Very active in school Ultimate Frisbee Team, represented team in many tournaments</p>

<p>3) Got essay published in an anthology</p>

<p>4) Editor of School Magazine, active role in production</p>

<p>5) Member of Chinese Orchestra</p>

<p>6)Obtained distinctions in the New South Wales English Competition for Schools, and several academic awards at school.</p>

<p>7) regular volunteer at animal shelter</p>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I LOVE UVA!!! GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE OTHER APPLICANTS OUT THERE! Don’t get dishearted just because you didn’t receive any likely letters! It’s the end results that matter!</p>

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<p>are they still coming in??</p>

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<p>I doubt it, seeing how decisions come out in a matter of days.</p>