u/AfraidNegotiation385

check scores guys. if anyones curious about my scores:

us gov: 4 :(

physics c mech: 5

physics c e&m: 4 lowkey surprised since i self studied this course

ive been hearing people they dont like the mix on this song and its mix is dissappointing compared to the live show. am i only one that thinks the mixing is fine? i still really like it

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese
• Residence: Northern Virginia
• Income Bracket: ~200k
• Type of School: competitive high school
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): none

Intended Major(s): (write here)

electrical engineering

Academics

• GPA (UW/W): UW: high 3.8/low 3.9, W: 4.5
• Rank (or percentile): n/a
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 10 APs (exams), 3 DE, 3 college level classes w/o college credit
• Senior Year Course Load: multivariable calculus, linear algebra, ap physics c mechanics, ap gov, self study ap physics c e&m, DE comp sci, DE english, ap psych (no exam), ap comp gov (no exam)

Standardized Testing

List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

• SAT: 1510 superscore (710RW, 800M)
• AP: 5 on all exams (so far): precalc, world history, comp sci a, physics 1, us history, statistics, calc bc
• Other (ex. IELTS, TOEFL, etc.):

Extracurriculars/Activities

List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

1. math honor society: tutor other kids in math
2. computer science honor society: tutor other kids in cs
3. varsity swim and dive: made districts three times, pretty mediocre athlete
4. club swim: year-round and summer swim, still nothing worth noting
5. work: lifeguard at a waterpark for one summer

Awards/Honors

List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. AP Scholar x2

Letters of Recommendation

Math Teacher: I did pretty well in math. Pretty good student; think I got a relatively favorable letter

Physics Teacher: I did pretty well in physics. teacher sent me the rec letter, pretty generic glazing.

Essays

Personal statement mainly walked through events where I was put in new environments, like saving a kid during my time as a lifeguard and learning how to properly tutor other students.

supplemental essays were rather dry and generic.

Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)

Acceptances:

• George Mason University EA
• University of Pittsburgh
• Penn State University EA
• Virginia Tech EA
• CWRU RD (deferred EA to RD)
• OSU EA
• Purdue WL (EA to RD to WL)
• UVA EA (comitted)

Waitlists:

• UMich (ED to EA to RD to WL)
• NC State (not rlly waitlist, deferred from EA but decided to opt out of RD consideration)

Rejections:

• UIUC (EA to RD to WL to reject)
• Georgia Tech EA

Additional Information:

my extracurriculars were hot ass lol. in hindsight, probably couldve used a geometry dash analogy for my essays.

mostly bullshitted my way through high school. mainly tried to maintain good grades, but neglected extracurriculars which probably weighed down my application. very good grades in my stem classes, but grades in english classes were crap. writing skills arent exactly sharp and i had no idea what to write in my essays. couldve applied to more selective schools but im too lazy to write essays. couldve flexed geometry dash (20+ extreme demons).

some advice if any future applicants are seeing this: put effort in high school, but dont stress too much about what college you go to. you will stop caring about where everyone else (except your friends) will go to college by the time you graduate high school. from what ive heard, most people have had a great college expereince even if they didnt get into their dream school, so dont worry if the school you go to isnt the most prestigious. also stay away from a2c subreddit.

overall im pretty satisfied with my results. didnt have too high expectations going in, so im pretty happy committing to uva. plus i get to go to school with a bunch of my friends :)

im trying to find a roommate as an incoming first year student, and one of my friends said to use facebook. i dont usually use facebook and my friend was being very broad about how to find people there. can anyone help me how to navigate fb to find first year roommates?

i wanted to ask this question since i am moderately conservative [from an american perspective] (knowing reddit, i will probably get hate for being slightly conservative). i really dislike it if someone calls me a nazi/fascist, since i reject all of its basic principles. to be quite honest, i am not one of those conservatives that will immediately call it radical left either. everything i have learned about this ideology takes the extreme of both sides: far left for economics (total government control, similar to socialist/communist ideologies), while being far right for social policies (extreme nationalism, extreme militarism, racism). while i do understand that communism, in theory, is classless, but every communist nation in the present or past is just total government control.

i want to preface, i am not some high academic guy, i am just someone on the internet looking for answers. any honest answer is appreciated!

to be clear, this is not a dunk on the later seasons, since i love the entire show. however, it is a common complaint to say that sheldon gradually steps away from the spotlight in his own show. the easiest reason to point to is georgie and mandy's relationship, but i think i found a bigger reason. even though sheldon has always had his quirks with some extraordinary things happening to him as a young child, he was always interacting with his family. in the later seasons, he spends time away from family in germany, as well as work on projects with dr sturgis and dr linkletter. by the seventh season, he barely lives in his own home and is usually at east texas tech to avoid the aftermath of the tornado. in the beggining seasons, even if sheldon is doing something extraordinary, his family is by his side, like when he goes to the nasa space center. additionally, everything he did still affected everyone in his family. the later episodes that focus on sheldon dont have this spark because it is about sheldons life outside of his family. this is just an insight i had, and i want to know your thoughts on it.

honorable mentions:

ap psych (12th grade): i didnt take the exam since i found the class excruciatingly boring. it was a pretty easy A but i was NOT memorizing 500 terms for an exam does doesnt help me in college (im an engineering major btw). it was originally supposed to be a filler class for my senior year, but i did spent too much time trying to memorize the terms and definitions.

ap comp gov (12th grade): i took this class because all my friends were taking it. was never too interested but i did learn some pretty cool things about other countries.

ap phsyics c: e&m (12th grade): my school doesnt offer this class, so i self studied and took the exam. this is by far the hardest exam i took, but that can easily be attributed to me self studying what is considered one of the hardest aps. honestly, i dont think i did too bad aside from one frq.

9. ap precalc (10th grade): i got a 5 and took the exam my sophomore year in 2024. it was so easy, and i honestly wish i didnt waste 100 bucks taking the exam that wont even transfer into college credit.

10. ap us gov (12th grade): its pretty tame memorization, and i also paid a decent bit of attention in apush and earlier civics classes to do well. i took this exam this year, so i dont have a score, but i messed up the frq, even though i shouldnt have. also, if you spend any time on the internet looking at politics, your workload decreases a decent amount.

11. ap comp sci a (10th grade): my class was very easy, and i ended with a pretty high grade. however, i was sick during the ap exam, which led to me not checking my answers. luckily, i did well enough to get a 5.

12. ap physics 1 (11th grade): i took this exam last year, and college board definitely meganerfed the exam. the 7% 5 rate scared the shit out of me, so i was nervous going into the exam. turned out to be my easiest exam in my junior year. the class was pretty hard, but mostly because i didn't have a good understanding of the topics until right before the exam. easiest 5 of my junior year.

13. ap stat (11th grade): not too sure why i found this class to be kind of hard, but it was probably just the harsh grading by my teacher. i kid you not a bunch of people (including me) who also took calc bc that year said it was harder since missing a few words costed several points on the tests. the exam, however, was easier than expected, but i think i was mainly nervous because my school made the class really hard for no reason. i still ended up getting a 5.

14. ap us history (11th grade): this was one of my favorite classes i took in high school, even though im going into engineering next year. it was honestly kind of fun to learn about the quirky and sometimes messed up things that america has done throughout its history. a lot of the exam was about mexico for some reason. i got a 5, and i thought the exam was slightly challenging at parts.

15. ap world history (10th grade): not much to add really. only reason i found this harder than apush is because i took this class before apush. i got a 5, which surprised me since i was expecting a 4.

16. ap calc bc (11th grade): thank god for the generous curve on this exam. the class was pretty challenging, but managable, and the exam went worse than i expected. i screwed up on some of the easier mcqs and messed up the polar question (college board was a bitch for giving me a polar question after several years of giving a parametric question instead). i got 2 series frqs somehow, but they were pretty easy. i got a 5 for this exam yay

17. ap physics c: mechanics (12th grade): i loved my teacher for this class, but it did not make the class or exam any easier. the mcqs gave me such false hope considering that the first frq was spawned from the ninth circle from hell (iykyk). think i did okay, but we will see in july when scores come out.

thank you for reading my yap fest. just wanted to share my experience after taking many ap courses and exams.

question is pretty vague, so ill detail a bit more. im from northern va and va and nc are commonly considered southern states. however, the big cities in these regions, (notably charlotte, raleigh/research triangle, richmond, and hampton roads) do not feel southern at all despite their surrounding rural areas being very culturally southern. there are so many other big cities, like jacksonville, atlanta, and cities in the texas triangle that still feel uniquely southern.