UVa Class of 2019 Regular Decision Results Thread

mdcmom
Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:46:18 +0000

SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (780 M, 680 CR, 720 W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 US History, 760 Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/155
AP (place score in parenthesis): School only offers 3, and only 1 is available before senior year, but 5 in APUSH, AP English and A Bio pending
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Bio, College Calc, state Req’d courses in Health and Econ, Chorus, Select Chorus, Band, Jazz Band, Photography
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM commended, All State/ All Eastern Chorus, State Football Scholar/Athlete of the Year, Odyssey of the Mind Worlds 6th Place
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years starter on varsity football (3 years both sides, Tri-Captain Senior year), 3 years varsity track, 4 years school musical (3 years lead), 3 years Odyssey of the Mind (3 Ranatra Fuscas including one at States, 6th at Worlds), multiple school bands and honors musical groups, Key Club, youth group, church worship team
Job/Work Experience: Maintaining several lawns each summer
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours of church volunteering, plus Key Club
Summer Activities: Mostly summer camp and car camping with the fam, but build a nuclear fusor in the garage last year
Essays: Good
Teacher Recommendation: Probably Excellent
Counselor Rec: Probably Excellent
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Rural
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: GPA, Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: For an engineering major, extracurriculars weren’t STEM (but our school doesn’t have any STEM ECs so maybe they took that into consideration)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected MIT, Accepted University of Buffalo, University of Binghamton, RPI, waiting on Cornell