What schools did you decline for Uva?

Colleges & Universities University of Virginia
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<p>Similar threads have been made for other schools so Uva should have one also. List what schools you were accepted to and declined for Uva. I’ll start.</p>

<p>I declined Wake Forest and Unc-Chapel Hill for Uva.</p>

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<p>Good choice.</p>

<p>UVA owns.</p>

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<p>I DECLINED:</p>

<p>Cornell
UMichigan Honors
V Tech Honors
and
UIUC Honors</p>

<p>I would have declined UVA if I got accepted by:
Wharton
Harvard</p>

<p>I would have a hard time if i got accept by:
M.I.T.</p>

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<p>Can you all post your stats for UVA? Thank you. :)</p>

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<p>I declined UMich and NYU</p>

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<p>Can you all post your stats for UVA? </p>

<p>mmmmmmmmm
Asian-American (Chinese)–bloody competition
educated parents, high family incomes, in-state, public school ----> trust me, everything counts as a factor</p>

<p>lived in Beijing for 15 years
moved to U.S. in sophomore year of High school, learned English :)</p>

<p>SAT: old version, Verbal 620, Math 800
SAT2 writing 650, math 2c 790, Chinese 800, Chem 730
1 AP in junior year (due to English ability) 5 APs seniors year
almost all honors
never got a below-A-grade in any quarter in sophomore year, and junior year.
senior year—uh, straight As other than the B for AP Government</p>

<p>great ECs (attended VA’s governor’s school (highly selective), concertmaster, section leader, nhs officer, varsity rifle, symphonic/concert/marching band, military model club, president and head coach of ping pong club), great RECs. </p>

<p>no working experience. </p>

<p>oh, and i have good music taste</p>

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<p>“I declined UMich and NYU”</p>

<p>ross and stern for mcIntire?</p>

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<p>William & Mary, Tufts, Va Tech, Boston College, Boston Univeristy</p>

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<p>Northwestern</p>

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<p>UNC @ Chapel Hill
Mary Washington</p>

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<p>For D: USC, UCSB, UCLA, Berkeley, U Wash, UNC, Vandy, BC…
Hope she loves UVA!!</p>

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<p>Casey, are you guys from California?</p>

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<p>I turned down Rice, Georgetown, the University of Chicago, nearly full tuition at Case Western and nearly full tuition at the University of Miami.</p>

<p>Amnesia, there is a thread where a lot of us posted stats and stuff. Search through some old threads from the march-april time period.</p>

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<p>uvajoe–yes, we live in northern California.</p>

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<p>I’m so glad some people on the west coast know there is more than just berkeley and UCLA. Your D choose wisely.</p>

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<p>“I’m so glad some people on the west coast know there is more than just berkeley and UCLA. Your D choose wisely.”</p>

<p>AGREED</p>

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<p>California has a great school system–especially for the $$$. It has its problems, but so do most schools these days. Quite honestly, value wise it is hard to justify what we are doing. Thankfully, we can afford to feel that D has “earned” this choice and really would like to experience a different “culture”. What better time to do it than for her college experience. The fact that it will be so different has really added a wonderful dimension to her anticipation.<br>
I do, however, have moments where the practical side of me wonders what the heck…the UC’s just makes $$$ sense. CC (and an inquisitive mom) really opened up her college search journey…the kids I know are not even exposed to these choices through their high schools.</p>

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<p>I could have gone to chapel-hill for nearly half the cost of uva(im an NC resident). For me, the undergraduate college education is one of the most defining aspects of an individual, and Uva is where i have ALWAYS wanted to go. Money is very important, but there are some things in life that outweigh money IMO.</p>

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<p>hey uvajoe: i was just wondering: when you said “UVA has ALWAYS been the place you want to go”, is UVA very well known in North Carolina???</p>

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<p>Actually, it is not respected nearly as much as it should be. When i tell most people im going to Uva i don’t think they have any idea of it’s prestige. But does this matter? Absolutely not. The people that are not familiar with Uva, probably know nothing of Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, Penn, Brown, MIT, Caltech, and all other top institutions. Alot of North Carolinians are very familiar with the ACC, and recognize Uva’s athletics but know nothing of the university. I think this is very sad, especially because Uva is not that far away, North Carolina does border it. Also at my high school our best students either go to NC state or UNC, not many go out of state. There have only been two people to go to Uva from my HS that i am aware of(one of them being me).</p>