UVa Class of 2019 Regular Decision Results Thread

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Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:53:41 +0000

Decision: Waitlisted
Planned major: Computer Engineering

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown out of 2400: 790 M, 750 R, 730 W = 2270
SAT II: Math 2 800, Biology Molecular 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.753
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5), AP Calculus BC (5), AP English 11 (5) AP Computer Science (5), AP Biology (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Choir, AP Physics C, AP English 12, College Sociology, College Multivariable Calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit finalist? AP Scholar? All state chorus? (major in my heart, minor to anybody else)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school publications club, school musical, chorus (all county, all state, solo and ensemble), used to run track and cross country and played basketball, attended the University of Maryland Computer Science Competition
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Not much service; I volunteered for a couple hours at a dog shelter, an elementary fun and fitness day, and some music events, but never had much time or energy to volunteer many hours.
Summer Activities: Summer internship
Essays: I wrote an essay on how I worked out all summer to play basketball and then sprained my ankle at tryouts, rendering me ineligible, and how it gave me a changed mindset on approaching failure and hard work. I answered a short response "to tweet or not to tweet" and wrote some BS about how tweed jackets are pretty cool clothing articles.

Teacher Recommendation: My AP English teacher recommended me. I assume she wrote a good recommendation because I was always doing extra in her class ,like making videos for projects that just asked you to write some dialogue on paper. My Calculus AB teacher that I had a year before the typical STEM schedule also wrote me one. She seemed to respect my work ethic and motivation to excel. Plus, she's head math teacher.
Counselor Rec: I have a very close connection with my counselor.
Additional Rec:
Interview: none

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Poor
Ethnicity: Chinaman
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Would you consider Asian males under represented minorities in college?

Reflection

Strengths: Standardized testing, personality, social
Weaknesses: GPA, Volunteer Hours, BS high risk essay about tweeting tweed jackets
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: out of state regular decision application with subpar effort put into the application
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: deferred from Cornell ED, accepted to UMD Honors EA