UVa Class of 2019 Regular Decision Results Thread

Kassra17
Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:14:25 +0000

Decision: Rejected

SAT I (breakdown): 2110, M: 770, R: 730, W: 610
ACT: 34, E: 32, M: 32, R: 36, S: 34
SAT II: Physics: 800, Math II: 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/56
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem: 3, English: 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Most challenging courses available
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society secretary
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity soccer 4 years, Varsity track, 2 years, Youth Court (Peer to peer judging)
Job/Work Experience: Shoe store for 3 months, Coffee shop for 1 year (presently employed)
Volunteer/Community service: Not sure how to answer
Summer Activities: Nada
Essays: Favorite word essay - Thought I did a good job, but I can understand why they may have found it poor. Thought I had a clever little thing for engineering supplement
Teacher Recommendation: Great Recs
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White (Persian)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, community service is interesting and shows community devotion
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Most likely GPA too low.