UVa Class of 2019 Regular Decision Results Thread

FoolsRule
Sat, 21 Mar 2015 01:19:38 +0000

SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (740/780/760 CR/M/W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank, but ~5/180
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), US History(5), Chem(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too out of the ordinary

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity tennis 4 Years (captain), NHS, science NHS, science league, computer league, freshman mentoring, tutoring, won some piano awards on the side as well
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Tutored underprivileged kids, soup kitchen experience, helped at church with CCD program (~100 or so total hours)
Summer Activities: Nothing spectacular
Essays: Thought this was one of my better essays
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t get to read
Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to read
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Strengths: Scores and grades established me as qualified, and essays probably got me the rest of the way
Weaknesses: Didn’t have an astounding number of EC’s, but I also feel that mine mattered more to me than others’ EC’s mattered to them
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred Yale SCEA, Waitlisted Wash U, Accepted to Rutgers and Villanova, waiting on rest

General Comments: Good luck everyone!