Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:36     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:ED Deferred Rejected. 1580; 4.3 GPA; 4 yr varsity athlete & band. Our guess is ECs were weak link.


GPA is low for UVA unless that is top 5% in the class.

Hmm, don’t know the class rank. Not placing blame at all but guidance counselor all but called it a sure thing because of the NMS commendation.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:34     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EA deferred, RD waitlisted- and was also offered first year at UVA, Wise campus and guaranteed transfer to Charlottesville sophomore year. Any ideas on whether this is worth to go for a CS kid with other options such as UMD.
For CS, UMD is far superior compared to UVA. Please have a look at csrankings.org.



Not if you are Va in-state
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:33     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:ED Deferred Rejected. 1580; 4.3 GPA; 4 yr varsity athlete & band. Our guess is ECs were weak link.

Biggest gamble/loss was to use the (strength of the) ED option on UVA. Well, on to the $80,000 school.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:33     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:ED Deferred Rejected. 1580; 4.3 GPA; 4 yr varsity athlete & band. Our guess is ECs were weak link.


GPA is low for UVA unless that is top 5% in the class.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:31     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:Deferred and now waitlist. Getting frustrated with this process; multiple deferrals and now 2 waitlists... what if most other deferrals are waitlists? How can you start to make any kind of plans? Seems like a giant game and we are tired of playing. Applied to a good balance of schools.

790M/780V SAT
4.0UW/4.7W
All the usual APs with 4-5s
Strong application with true passion project and 4 year community leadership/volunteer positions
Great LORs
Counselors are stumped

Overall just a strong, smart, passionate student who has worked his tail off in high school and is NOT feeling the love. Maybe bc last name is literally at the end of the alphabet and people get tired reading apps??? Who knows. It's hard to respect the game when you have no idea what the rules are.


You are justified to be frustrated. It’s a demoralizing process, for sure. What other schools are you waiting to hear from?
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:31     Subject: UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rejected. ACT 34 GPA 4.5 multiple national awards varsity sport. Maybe it’s not meant for my DC. Move on.


This is beautiful stats for UVA! Ridiculous!
Congratulations for your DC successful high school career!
What a loss for UVA!


Thank you.


-+1. Good for your kid. Move on
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:28     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Deferred and now waitlist. Getting frustrated with this process; multiple deferrals and now 2 waitlists... what if most other deferrals are waitlists? How can you start to make any kind of plans? Seems like a giant game and we are tired of playing. Applied to a good balance of schools.

790M/780V SAT
4.0UW/4.7W
All the usual APs with 4-5s
Strong application with true passion project and 4 year community leadership/volunteer positions
Great LORs
Counselors are stumped

Overall just a strong, smart, passionate student who has worked his tail off in high school and is NOT feeling the love. Maybe bc last name is literally at the end of the alphabet and people get tired reading apps??? Who knows. It's hard to respect the game when you have no idea what the rules are.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:26     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EA deferred, RD waitlisted- and was also offered first year at UVA, Wise campus and guaranteed transfer to Charlottesville sophomore year. Any ideas on whether this is worth to go for a CS kid with other options such as UMD.


Co-worker's child is doing this now. Year has gone by fast and has been good transition - kind of like prep school - before heading to main campus. May not be for everyone but they have no complaints and are excited about next year.


Thanks for sharing. Is the kid doing CS or Math related majors. I'm leaning towards UMD as other posters mentioned instead of going this route. With 1590/4.4 gpa and internships and good ECs but no national or state level awards. Need to figure what went wrong as other decisions with Georgia Tech and similar didn't go well. Need to prepare for DD for next two years of similar ordeal.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:26     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:ED Deferred Rejected. 1580; 4.3 GPA; 4 yr varsity athlete & band. Our guess is ECs were weak link.


Wow. I’m sorry!
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:24     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in!!

Brava!
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 19:17     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
ED Deferred Rejected. 1580; 4.3 GPA; 4 yr varsity athlete & band. Our guess is ECs were weak link.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 18:56     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:EA deferred, RD waitlisted- and was also offered first year at UVA, Wise campus and guaranteed transfer to Charlottesville sophomore year. Any ideas on whether this is worth to go for a CS kid with other options such as UMD.


Co-worker's child is doing this now. Year has gone by fast and has been good transition - kind of like prep school - before heading to main campus. May not be for everyone but they have no complaints and are excited about next year.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 18:14     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in!!


We're you deferred to RD? Congratulations


No, she just applied RD.


Congrats to your daughter.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 18:14     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EA deferred, now on waitlist, oos.


For those requesting stats, 1500 SAT, 3.8 at rigorous Maryland private, highest possible rigor classes, female, good ecs but not exceptional, no hooks.


3.8 uw
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 18:13     Subject: Re:UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18
Anonymous wrote:EA deferred, now on waitlist, oos.


For those requesting stats, 1500 SAT, 3.8 at rigorous Maryland private, highest possible rigor classes, female, good ecs but not exceptional, no hooks.