UVa Class of 2019 Regular Decision Results Thread

mirandastern
Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:57:37 +0000

SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (CR: 720 M: 650 W: 750)
ACT:–
SAT II: Literature: 710 Biology E: 670
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school only reported weighted, 4.21
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/423
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4), AP Stats, all other APs during senior year
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Government, AP Lit, AP Psychology, French 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, besides a couple of local awards

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Founder and President of high school’s UNICEF Club–TONS of work put into this, lots of leadership experience gained through this club
-Ambassador for local underprivileged children’s organization–huge commitment–became close to the founder, she’s sending an additional letter of recommendation
-Mentor to foster kids in an educational program at the children’s organization just mentioned
-Volunteer swim coach to mentally disabled elementary students
-NHS–tons of hours involved in this, on several committees
-PKOM (mentor to incoming freshmen)–elected position
-High School Student Committee (works with school board members and superintendent to discuss student issues)
-Founder of tutoring program for school district
-volunteer at local library
-Club Med
Job/Work Experience: some babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: already mentioned above
Summer Activities: some volunteering
Essays: Common App: it was really personally and I worked for hours on it, so it showed my best writing abilities 9/10 ; Favorite Novel: I wrote about the powerful impact of The Kite Runner and how it’s affected my views 8/10 ; favorite word: this was kind of interesting, I wrote about a story and kind of worked the word in there,very lighthearted 7/10
Teacher Recommendation: one was from a teacher who also is my mentor for a major extracurricular (10/10), another was from a teacher I’ve had two year who knows I’m a very serious student (9/10)
Counselor Rec: she knows that I’m really involved in the school and we talked about my goals before she wrote my rec, so it can’t be too bad!
Additional Rec: from the president of a non-profit I’m heavily involved in and I have a great relationship with her (10/10)
Interview: none

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium-sized public
Ethnicity: white
Gender:female
Income Bracket: 70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen

Reflection

Strengths:my extracurriculars for sure! I was very busy about things I was really passionate about during high school, and I think that really paid off.
Weaknesses: test scores. As an out of state applicant, they’re pretty average.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly, I’m so shocked! It had to have been my essays and extracurriculars. I think they saw my personality through my application, and that’s clearly important to them.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted to Ohio University Honors Tutorial College, University of Washington, Wellesley College (Early Evaluation:Likely). Rejected from UChicago. Still waiting to hear back from 6 schools.