UVa Class of 2019 Regular Decision Results Thread

rhea23
Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:08:21 +0000

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): -
ACT: 33 (35 Reading, 35 English, 33 Math, 28 Science)
SAT II: -
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t calculate GPA, but I’m doing IBDP, and my score is 36/45.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): HLs: English Literature (6), Biology (6), Business Management (6)
Senior Year Course Load: The full IBDP + CAS, TOK and Extended Essay
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Gold in the Commonwealth Essay Writing Competition 2014

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

A Capella club for 4 years (Founder, co-leader)
Piano (played in large venues numerous times, am currently a grade 6 practical and grade 4 theory, Won a few competitions)
Regular columnist at an online magazine, editor
Singing, both choir and solo (won a bunch of competitions)
Songwriting and composing music
Executive Board Member of Faunus 2014 (like an MUN but for the environment)- Assistant Director

Job/Work Experience: -

Volunteer/Community service:

Unpaid tutor for English and mathematics

Summer Activities:
Interned at a preschool as a kind of TA? Basically helped out there, taught some kids

Essays:
Common App: It was about how two of my friends and I built a refrigerator out of clay for a Google Science Fair Competition, and went through a bunch of crap just to fail miserably. I think it was pretty amusing, and the theme of the essay tied in pretty well with the prompt without being really preachy and generic. 9/10

UVa Essay #1: I chose the favorite word prompt, and I used the word sillage (which is used to describe the scent of perfume left behind by the wearer as they walked past) to talk about how people leave parts of themselves behind as they walk through the world, and how they lead to infinitely small connections between everyone in this world. Didn’t describe it very well here, but I’d give it an 8/10

UVa Essay #2: Here I talked about Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and how the pressure the Vicario brothers faced to redeem their familial honor was similar to what students face in society today. 8/10

Teacher Recommendation:
English Teacher: I think it was really good. She’s written me a letter of recommendation before for a summer camp, and it was really good so I’m figuring this one will be similar. 9/10

Spanish Teacher: I’ve improved a lot in Spanish during the entire time I was in her class, and I’m hoping that will reflect in her letter. I’m pretty sure it was really well written and personal. 9/10

Counselor Rec: Amazing. the counselor’s known me since 7th grade and he’s also my biology teacher. I’m pretty sure I have an advantage over the rest of the people in my grade. 10/10
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India, but I’m a US citizen so i qualify for OOS.
School Type: International, Private?
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >180,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: ACT scores (barring science), Essays, Letters of Recommendation, Depth in extracurrics

Weaknesses: Not in-state, science ACT score, GPA

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There are people with much better stats who got rejected, so I’m trying not to take it too hard. UVa wasn’t my TOP choice, but I was still seriously considering it and I’m kind of disappointed I didn’t get in.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: UMass Amherst, UIUC, Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Baruch, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Most of the CUNY campuses, Purdue.

Rejected: UCLA

General Comments: I’m disappointed, but UVa wasn’t my first choice. I’m still waiting on BU, UMich and NYU.