Does one or two Bs mean UVA is off the table?

[Anonymous]

Is there any room for mistakes in high school if you want UVA for college?

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes

My DC has 2 friends currently at UVA that definitely had a few Bs in high school.

[Anonymous]

No, absolutely not. And anyone who says otherwise is trolling or has no idea what they’re talking about.

One or two Bs does not take *any* school off the table, especially if those Bs are in challenging classes and the student’s overall rigor is strong.

[Anonymous]

Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

[Anonymous]

I thought so and was told so last year but a friend of mine with a kid at UVA had 2 b's sophomore year (not sure if any later, we were talking about Soph. year) and she is there for sure right now. I was surprised to find that out. So I temper expectations for my DD, but we will see how her junior year goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought so and was told so last year but a friend of mine with a kid at UVA had 2 b's sophomore year (not sure if any later, we were talking about Soph. year) and she is there for sure right now. I was surprised to find that out. So I temper expectations for my DD, but we will see how her junior year goes.

and this is from FCPS

[Anonymous]

My DD got in this past admissions cycle with a B+ and an A-

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

[Anonymous]

A "B" is not a mistake.

it is fine. It means literally "good."

Please don't make your kids believe anything less than perfection is disastrous.

[Anonymous]

Not at all. Maybe for out-of-state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

Sorry but yes they are. No retesting like in public. Work is harder than things I saw in college and zero room for error.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

Sorry but yes they are. No retesting like in public. Work is harder than things I saw in college and zero room for error.

Sorry, but as much as they protest to the contrary, parents aren't paying schools 200k over 4 years to ruin their children's college chances

[Anonymous]

It matters more about class placement. Try to be in top 10 percent, and this does vary from private to public, and do not assume being a straight A student secures top 10 percent because a much higher percentage make straight As at the public high schools. This is why you hear "but my child made straight As and didn't get in". Yes and so did half of the school.

It is rigor and staying in top 10/15 percent of their class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

Putting aside the rigor, the grading scales are different. Students will be evaluated within the context of their school. What qualifies as a good enough gpa is going to be different at a school where a quarter of the class graduates with a 4.0, and one where no one has more than a 3.8.