UVA 2020 EA Results/Discussion Thread

kellyleong236
Sat, 05 Mar 2016 15:53:34 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2190 (700 CR | 770 M | 720 W)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 710 Math 2 & 780 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/253
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (3), AP Psychology (5), AP Chemistry (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, Anatomy & Physiology, Honors Physics, AP Statistics, AP Language and Composition, AP European History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing special just mainly AP Scholar Award & President’s Education Award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (Leadership):
Philosophy Club (President and self-started)
Habitat for Humanity (Publicist)
Student Government (Executive Vice President)
Interact Club (President)
National Honors Society (Vice President)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service:
American Red Cross, Christine’s Hope for Kids, Autism Speaks, SAIL, Tutoring etc.
Summer Activities: None
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7
they were okay… kind of generic so you could just substitute Purdue for any other college.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10 - English Teacher loved me.
Teacher Rec #2: 9 - History Teacher loved me
Counselor Rec: 7 - new guidance counselor idk
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Civil Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college

Reflection
Strengths: scores, recs, and extracurriculars
Weaknesses: essays were meh
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Purdue (Accepted), Stanford (Deferred), Northeastern (Accepted w. Honors and Scholarship), University of Southern California (Accepted w. Presidential)

Waiting: UCB, JHU, Cornell, Duke, UCLA, NYU, WUSTL, Georgia Tech, BU, Stevens

General Comments:

Good Luck/Congratulations to everyone!