UVa Class of 2019 Regular Decision Results Thread

butterfreesnd
Fri, 20 Mar 2015 21:24:35 +0000

Decision: Waitlisted

Prospective Major: Psychology

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (800 CR 690 M 780 W)
ACT: 34 (34E 33M 35R 32S Essay:10)
SAT II: Biology E: 740 US History: 800 Literature: 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92 UW/4.46 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang Comp: 5, APUSH: 5, Psychology: 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, CP Calculus, AP Spanish, AP Lit, Honors Abnormal Psychology, Advanced Creative Writing, AP Enviro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ranked in top 20 in nation for marching band

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Marching Band (Color Guard): Many regional level awards, top 20 in nation and winner of Esprit de Corps award
Fencing (4 years)
Gymnastics (3 years)
Stage Crew (4 years) - co-head of lighting
Fencing Club (3 years) (Treasurer and Founding Member)
Ski Club (4 years)
Peer Mediation (4 years)
some other misc. stuff
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 100-120 hours over the last three summers at a horseback riding camp for children with disabilities
Summer Activities: College class in ASL at Rutgers, Volunteering
Essays: I picked the flash seminar essay, and chose to make my flash seminar about affirmative action at the Kamehemeha Schools in Hawaii. I thought it was a cool topic, and I never asserted my opinion one way or the other, but said that it was important to take everything into account, and everyone I showed it to liked it. Also sent it to Pomona and Emory, so um, yeah, kinda nervous about that now… 8?/10
Work that has challenged you essay - I picked the Milgram obedience experiment and wrote about how it influenced my perception of people and taught me about how even the illusion of power is enough to make people listen to you. A little dark, but I felt that the prompt warranted it. 7/10
Common App Essay: About challenging people’s beliefs by being physically strong. It focused on my ability to do a lot of push-ups even though I’m a petite, nerdy girl. It was kind of humorous, and I spent a long time on it. Everyone who read it liked it. 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: Not sure. I picked this teacher because he saw me help out other students in his class, but it’s impossible for me to say if he wrote a lot about that in his rec.
Counselor Rec: She likes me, but it was probably kind of bland. She has 239 other kids to worry about.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NJ (OOS)
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Very large public
Ethnicity: White, but chose not to respond
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores (except SAT Math), marching band awards, maybe essays?
Weaknesses: Not a resident of VA, course load rigor could be better, only one substantial EC, the other kids who applied from my school were more competitive than me
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Mostly because I’m OOS. I also think that my ECs probably didn’t set me apart, so my app kind of blended in with the pack.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Rutgers and the University of Alabama EA, accepted to WashU RD

General Comments:

I was deferred from EA, and honestly, I was more torn up about that. I think now that I have WashU, I just sort of feel better going forward. I’m not sure if I’ll accept my WL offer, I have to think it over, especially considering I have some other decisions coming in over the next few days. Congrats to everyone who got accepted - UVa is a fantastic school. For the rest of us, I know that we’ll all end up some place that we can thrive, even if that place isn’t UVa.