Decision: Accepted!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 35 (36S, 34 everything else)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 (Weighted is 4.39)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 42/485
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro Econ, AP Micro Econ, AP Comparative Government, AP US Gov, AP English Lit, AP Bio, AP European History, AP Stat (8 APs this year for a total of 16)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, freshman year 2nd place in a state debate tournament
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I’ve been to three high schools so they are all over the place, my main ones are debate (founder and captain in second school), and Model UN
Job/Work Experience: Five Guys for a summer
Volunteer/Community service: ~110 hours
Summer Activities: nothing
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App-8, wrote about moving to three different schools. UVA essays- 9 (for the quirks essay, I wrote about how my love for useless trivia isn’t useless at all) and 7 (wrote about an album for the work of art that has challenged me, and how it encouraged me to learn guitar)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 for both, my counselor said they are the best she has ever read.
Teacher Rec #1: my AP Environmental teacher, 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: my AP English Lang teacher, 9/10
Counselor Rec: very good
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Econ, hopefully McIntire marketing eventually
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: at the time of applying, 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, legacy etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: I moved a lot but still had upward trend, 4.0 junior year and first semester of senior year. I showed how moving didn’t hinder me at all, which is a good trait to have.
Weaknesses: ECs, but it’s almost impossible to stay consistent across three schools.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACT, GPA (my weighted could’ve been higher if my credits transferred from state to state), personality
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from UPenn ED (Wharton), accepted to UF (in-state)
General Comments: UVA is definitely one of my top choices, so I’m super happy to have been accepted!