Applicant with about 1600 SAT and about 3.3 gpa accepted to UVA ED

[Anonymous]

Cause if you saw it on fb, it must be true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cause if you saw it on fb, it must be true.

The acceptance letter was posted to the fb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cause if you saw it on fb, it must be true.

The acceptance letter was posted to the fb.

Didn't that Korean TJ girl fake a few acceptance letters? Really isn't that hard....

[Anonymous]

Before people apply, they desperately want to believe that activities, recommendations, and other factors will count.

After they apply, they just want to quote GPAs and SATs.


There was obviously something interesting in the application. Isn't it great to have confirmation that it's not just about the numbers, right?

[Anonymous]

OP - I think you must have some facts wrong. Here is the Assistant Dean's statistics for ED class of 2020 (middle 50% ACT average 31-34; 2020-2200 SAT). 95% of EA admittees were in top 10% of their high school class. My child got in, which surprised us because we are in nova. 4.02 gpa, 35 ACT, 36 (perfect) science score.

Unofficial Early Action #UVA20 Statistics
January 26, 2016
The Office of Institutional Assessment is the source of all official statistics about UVa. They take a census in October to determine the final statistics for the class. You can see official admission data in the data digest part of their website. Obviously, what happened in past years isn't going to predict the future, but some people have fun playing around with the different charts on their site.

Here are some unofficial numbers about the early action process. These numbers are up to date as of 8 AM this morning, January 26, 2016. If you are a reporter, please contact the Media Relations team in the Office of University Communications for current, official information and all of your reporterly needs.

Early Action Applications Total number of Early Action applications: 16,768
Total number of VA apps: 4,460
Total number of OOS apps: 12,308
We use completed application numbers in our statistics. There are schools that include incomplete applications in their stats.

Early Action OffersOverall offers: 5,192
Total VA offers: 2,237 (50% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 2,955 (24% offer rate)
*Schools admit more students than the enrollment goal with yield in mind.Yield is how many students accept an offer of admission. Check out yield from past years, broken down by residency (these numbers are for the entire applicant pool, not just early action).

Early Action DefersOverall defers: 4,065
Total VA defers: 1,060
Total OOS defers: 3,005
Some applicants will withdraw, so these numbers will go down!

Early Action Testing/RankMiddle 50% SAT score (offers only): 2020-2270
Middle 50% ACT composite (offers only): 31-34
We use scores from each section in our review, but the reports on averages generate totals.
95% of admitted students were in the top 10% of their high school class
This number only reflects those who attend schools that report rank.

Please understand that I do not have additional statistics. We are already immersed in the Regular Decision review process. There will be a post about deferral tomorrow, but if you clicked the link in your letter and read the Defer FAQs, you now much of the content.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, OP, some parents and kids do lie to save face. But maybe this kid was an athelete, chess player or had some very unique talent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - I think you must have some facts wrong. Here is the Assistant Dean's statistics for ED class of 2020 (middle 50% ACT average 31-34; 2020-2200 SAT). 95% of EA admittees were in top 10% of their high school class. My child got in, which surprised us because we are in nova. 4.02 gpa, 35 ACT, 36 (perfect) science score.

Unofficial Early Action #UVA20 Statistics
January 26, 2016
The Office of Institutional Assessment is the source of all official statistics about UVa. They take a census in October to determine the final statistics for the class. You can see official admission data in the data digest part of their website. Obviously, what happened in past years isn't going to predict the future, but some people have fun playing around with the different charts on their site.

Here are some unofficial numbers about the early action process. These numbers are up to date as of 8 AM this morning, January 26, 2016. If you are a reporter, please contact the Media Relations team in the Office of University Communications for current, official information and all of your reporterly needs.

Early Action Applications Total number of Early Action applications: 16,768
Total number of VA apps: 4,460
Total number of OOS apps: 12,308
We use completed application numbers in our statistics. There are schools that include incomplete applications in their stats.

Early Action OffersOverall offers: 5,192
Total VA offers: 2,237 (50% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 2,955 (24% offer rate)
*Schools admit more students than the enrollment goal with yield in mind.Yield is how many students accept an offer of admission. Check out yield from past years, broken down by residency (these numbers are for the entire applicant pool, not just early action).

Early Action DefersOverall defers: 4,065
Total VA defers: 1,060
Total OOS defers: 3,005
Some applicants will withdraw, so these numbers will go down!

Early Action Testing/RankMiddle 50% SAT score (offers only): 2020-2270
Middle 50% ACT composite (offers only): 31-34
We use scores from each section in our review, but the reports on averages generate totals.
95% of admitted students were in the top 10% of their high school class
This number only reflects those who attend schools that report rank.

Please understand that I do not have additional statistics. We are already immersed in the Regular Decision review process. There will be a post about deferral tomorrow, but if you clicked the link in your letter and read the Defer FAQs, you now much of the content.

1. 25% EA admits had an ACT less than 31
2. Looking a common data set for 2015 shows that ACT for admit as low as 21 and gpa less than 3.0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - I think you must have some facts wrong. Here is the Assistant Dean's statistics for ED class of 2020 (middle 50% ACT average 31-34; 2020-2200 SAT). 95% of EA admittees were in top 10% of their high school class. My child got in, which surprised us because we are in nova. 4.02 gpa, 35 ACT, 36 (perfect) science score.

Unofficial Early Action #UVA20 Statistics
January 26, 2016
The Office of Institutional Assessment is the source of all official statistics about UVa. They take a census in October to determine the final statistics for the class. You can see official admission data in the data digest part of their website. Obviously, what happened in past years isn't going to predict the future, but some people have fun playing around with the different charts on their site.

Here are some unofficial numbers about the early action process. These numbers are up to date as of 8 AM this morning, January 26, 2016. If you are a reporter, please contact the Media Relations team in the Office of University Communications for current, official information and all of your reporterly needs.

Early Action Applications Total number of Early Action applications: 16,768
Total number of VA apps: 4,460
Total number of OOS apps: 12,308
We use completed application numbers in our statistics. There are schools that include incomplete applications in their stats.

Early Action OffersOverall offers: 5,192
Total VA offers: 2,237 (50% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 2,955 (24% offer rate)
*Schools admit more students than the enrollment goal with yield in mind.Yield is how many students accept an offer of admission. Check out yield from past years, broken down by residency (these numbers are for the entire applicant pool, not just early action).

Early Action DefersOverall defers: 4,065
Total VA defers: 1,060
Total OOS defers: 3,005
Some applicants will withdraw, so these numbers will go down!

Early Action Testing/RankMiddle 50% SAT score (offers only): 2020-2270
Middle 50% ACT composite (offers only): 31-34
We use scores from each section in our review, but the reports on averages generate totals.
95% of admitted students were in the top 10% of their high school class
This number only reflects those who attend schools that report rank.

Please understand that I do not have additional statistics. We are already immersed in the Regular Decision review process. There will be a post about deferral tomorrow, but if you clicked the link in your letter and read the Defer FAQs, you now much of the content.

1. 25% EA admits had an ACT less than 31
2. Looking a common data set for 2015 shows that ACT for admit as low as 21 and gpa less than 3.0

Aren't they most likely to be hooked applicants and not Asian who is not an athlete not legacy and "struggling" academically with no achievements to make the application standout?

[Anonymous]

Do the parents have a lot of money? Are they highly connected? Did the student apply to a really unpopular program? (I have known students who do this in order to "get in")

Why are they bragging and posting this personal information on Facebook?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, OP, some parents and kids do lie to save face. But maybe this kid was an athelete, chess player or had some very unique talent.

Or they fabricated an acceptance letter to post on fb (not hard to do).
Or the acceptance was a clerical error.
Or this kid was accepted to UVA for a reason none of us here knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, OP, some parents and kids do lie to save face. But maybe this kid was an athelete, chess player or had some very unique talent.

Or they fabricated an acceptance letter to post on fb (not hard to do).
Or the acceptance was a clerical error.
Or this kid was accepted to UVA for a reason none of us here knows.

Not an athlete, not a chess player and no unique talents except being a mediocre student. Did not fabricate the acceptance letter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, OP, some parents and kids do lie to save face. But maybe this kid was an athelete, chess player or had some very unique talent.

Or they fabricated an acceptance letter to post on fb (not hard to do).
Or the acceptance was a clerical error.
Or this kid was accepted to UVA for a reason none of us here knows.

Not an athlete, not a chess player and no unique talents except being a mediocre student. Did not fabricate the acceptance letter.

How are you 100% POSITIVE that the letter wasn't fabricated?

[Anonymous]

OP, the fact that you are obsessing about a child like this is disturbing. Run your own race.

[Anonymous]

I'm starting to think this is a troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm starting to think this is a troll

Why do you think this is a troll?