UVA 2024 Early Action Discussion

chloh1
Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:24:39 +0000

Accepted to School of Architecture
OOS Asian Female
SAT (superscore): 1530
SATII: 800 Math II (only took one)
GPA: 4.607/5
Rank: Top 7 / 73
APs: 2 in Junior year (got a 5 and a 4), 8 in Senior year
Decent art portfolio, essays, ECs and recs

TBH I only applied to UVA as a safety school and I didn’t know much about this school. I was taking a nap and the email notification waked me up. I was so mad by being waken up in the middle of my sleep. I literally felt nothing when I found out that I got accepted and I just wanna quickly go back to sleep before I was too awaked lol. Super chill process, no celebrations, no nervousness lol.

Comments:
I’d say my stats are definitely not the best, but I am pretty confident with my art portfolio, essays and ECs. I don’t do any sports, nor do I develop any other academic fields for ECs except for art. But I would say that I devote myself into doing art, and I try to do the best that I can in this one field.
I’ve won multiple national art awards, had my solo art exhibition, received request from a professional sculptor to use my idea as a public sculpture project in China, done several public art projects in my community (asked by the city government), and have had people buying my art pieces with decent prices ($450+). For prospective applicants, I wanna say that hey you don’t have to be super good in 1000 areas, just find something that you are interested in, and try to make big achievements in this one particular field!
I think my essays and supplements are really what made my stand out.
Also, I haven’t seen anyone having interests in majors that I am interested in, definitely not a combination of the three (urban studies, anthropology, art). Maybe a less popular major also helped with the chance.

Hope this would help! Congrats to everyone who got in!