I’m a recent admit to the UVA CO 2030 and am very excited! I know decisions for Echols/CSS are set to release next week, and I was wondering about them as I have a kinda odd combination of interests (Policy/Data Science/Environmental Science – I would honestly love to do an interdisciplinary major haha), and a lot of research experience (guarenteed research oppurtunities are a major pointi n me commiting to a college). Especially with UVA having removed their supplemental essays, I’m honestly worried my stats are a little low for a program like Echols. If anyone who was admitted to these programs as a first-year student has any advice, that would be much appreciated! Wahoowa!
Demographics
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US domestic (US citizen)
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State/Location of residency: Virginia
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Type of high school: Small-ish public
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Other special factors: Small town/rural, VA regional governor’s school (not TJHSST or MLWGS though)
Intended Major(s): Public Policy + Environmental Chemistry (would want to do some sort of environmental policy + data science + chem combo if I got Echols)
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
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Unweighted HS GPA: 3.96
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Weighted HS GPA: 4.385 (school does W GPA kinda weirdly)
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Class Rank: 1/336
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ACT/SAT Scores: 1520 (780 EBRW/740 Math)
List your HS coursework
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English: AP Lang (5), AP Lit (in-progress)
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Math: AP Precalc (NA), AP Stats (4), AP Calc AB (in-progress)
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Science: AP Chem (NA), AP Bio (5), APES (in-progress)
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History and social studies: AP Human Geo (5), AP World (5), AP Comp Gov (5), AP Euro (5), APUSH (5), AP US Gov (in-progress)
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Language other than English: Took German up to IV (highest level offered)
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Other academic courses: Took my foreign language, as well as 2 of my AP classes online due to scheduling issues with my school, idk if that counts for anything. Pretty much all of my classes were DE with an optional AP exam because of a magnet program I attend.
Awards
ISEF Special Award
VA State Science Fair Special Award
Regional Science Fair Grand Award
UVA-Specific Award for high school research
VA Girls State Delegate
Extracurriculars
Independent research on chemistry + water quality, took to ISEF (10th-12th)
2nd independent research project on chemical sensing for microcontaminants in water (12th)
Model UN President + Conference Director (9th-12th)
Debate Team Founder/President (11th-12th)
Science Fair Student Rep (12th)
VA Summer Residential Governor’s School for the Humanities, did a group research project on environmental equity + data science (12th, summer)
Paid Internship for county govt. (11th, summer)
Various other paid work experiences (10th-12th)