DC deferred to UVA despite good stats

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am hearing that a lot of deferrals are coming from high schools that already locked in a lot of students in the ED round. This is not surprising.

I would guess this is the biggest factor. Historical data shows UVA clearly has a maximum number of kids they will admit from each high school. If your school had more ED admits, they'll be admitting fewer from your school in EA/Reg.

Not true from ours: 21-31 students admitted total the past 5 cycles. The higher totals have more ED people than the lower totals.

[Anonymous]

^that should say 21 to 31 admitted PER YEAR the past 5 cycles

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, DC is in Chantilly high and per naviance DC is well above cut off to get into UVA

Then its their low number of APs compared to others in that GPA range who got admitted , OR there was a yellow flag in the support materials giving UVA pause

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dc got similar stats, oos, flat out rejected. Asian. So much for meritocracy. Dc is feeling that they will get shut out from colleges, and end up at UPitt, while similarly stat friends have secured admission at T20.

Oh please! Your kid isn’t owed anything. My kid was rejected OOS with the same stats, but I wasn’t ballyhooing that it wasn’t a meritocracy. He’s at a higher ranked school, and looking on college confidential his stats weren’t as high as some who got rejected. Apply to lots of target schools, no need to denigrate Pitt, which is very fine school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA has possible the most transparent admissions of any college. It’s almost entirely class rank.

DeanJ just posted over at CC that "rank isn’t the most important factor, as only about 34% of applicants have that stat."

Is she saying that only 34% of their applicants go to a high school which releases ranking data? My kid's FCPS school didn't rank, but I'm pretty sure they provided GPA ranges and the percentile of the class in that range in the school profile they send to colleges. It's not hard to figure it out from there.

It's these sorts of answers that annoy me when it comes to Dean J. She knows they have more detailed information than specifically "class rank".

At my FCPS school college application information night last Fall, I directly asked if they provide gpa ranges or class gpa percentiles and they said no. So at least from our school DeanJ did not have any more detailed information.

Every time people don’t get the result they want, they assume UVA is lying or hiding something. They don’t need to. They evaluate thousands of applicants per year, they know NoVA and MD schools without any double top secret details about your kid.

This. When did everyone become so soft and entitled?

[Anonymous]

^^ actually test score was much higher than OP’s kid

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has possible the most transparent admissions of any college. It’s almost entirely class rank.

DeanJ just posted over at CC that "rank isn’t the most important factor, as only about 34% of applicants have that stat."

Is she saying that only 34% of their applicants go to a high school which releases ranking data? My kid's FCPS school didn't rank, but I'm pretty sure they provided GPA ranges and the percentile of the class in that range in the school profile they send to colleges. It's not hard to figure it out from there.

It's these sorts of answers that annoy me when it comes to Dean J. She knows they have more detailed information than specifically "class rank".

At my FCPS school college application information night last Fall, I directly asked if they provide gpa ranges or class gpa percentiles and they said no. So at least from our school DeanJ did not have any more detailed information.

Every time people don’t get the result they want, they assume UVA is lying or hiding something. They don’t need to. They evaluate thousands of applicants per year, they know NoVA and MD schools without any double top secret details about your kid.

This. When did everyone become so soft and entitled?

Yes, I'm sure you're a "tough guy".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has possible the most transparent admissions of any college. It’s almost entirely class rank.

DeanJ just posted over at CC that "rank isn’t the most important factor, as only about 34% of applicants have that stat."

Is she saying that only 34% of their applicants go to a high school which releases ranking data? My kid's FCPS school didn't rank, but I'm pretty sure they provided GPA ranges and the percentile of the class in that range in the school profile they send to colleges. It's not hard to figure it out from there.

It's these sorts of answers that annoy me when it comes to Dean J. She knows they have more detailed information than specifically "class rank".

At my FCPS school college application information night last Fall, I directly asked if they provide gpa ranges or class gpa percentiles and they said no. So at least from our school DeanJ did not have any more detailed information.

Every time people don’t get the result they want, they assume UVA is lying or hiding something. They don’t need to. They evaluate thousands of applicants per year, they know NoVA and MD schools without any double top secret details about your kid.

This. When did everyone become so soft and entitled?

Yes, I'm sure you're a "tough guy".

Are you triggered?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SAT-1500
WGPA-4.45
9 APs all 4/5
Plenty extra curriculars
President's award for volunteering, 3rd rank in hackathons
Upset and confused

This was us last year (well, he was waitlisted since they didn't use deferrals last year). My DS was from a high-performing FCPS high school where he was competing against other very strong students. He had a 1500 SAT, 4.44 GPA, outstanding ECs, and 9 APs -- well, many others had a 1540 SAT, 4.47 GPA, outstanding ECs, and 12 APs. They cannot accept everyone.

This is brutal, though. Other than for TJ kids, I thought that would be enough from any highschool.

It is not "brutal" when more than 10% of kids in a high school have 12 APs or more and 4.47 or higher, and UVA accepts mostly from the top 10% both rank and rigor.

[Anonymous]

This below- in NOVA if you know you really want uva apply ED.

Anonymous wrote:I am hearing that a lot of deferrals are coming from high schools that already locked in a lot of students in the ED round. This is not surprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has possible the most transparent admissions of any college. It’s almost entirely class rank.

DeanJ just posted over at CC that "rank isn’t the most important factor, as only about 34% of applicants have that stat."

Is she saying that only 34% of their applicants go to a high school which releases ranking data? My kid's FCPS school didn't rank, but I'm pretty sure they provided GPA ranges and the percentile of the class in that range in the school profile they send to colleges. It's not hard to figure it out from there.

It's these sorts of answers that annoy me when it comes to Dean J. She knows they have more detailed information than specifically "class rank".

At my FCPS school college application information night last Fall, I directly asked if they provide gpa ranges or class gpa percentiles and they said no. So at least from our school DeanJ did not have any more detailed information.

Every time people don’t get the result they want, they assume UVA is lying or hiding something. They don’t need to. They evaluate thousands of applicants per year, they know NoVA and MD schools without any double top secret details about your kid.

This. When did everyone become so soft and entitled?

Yes, I'm sure you're a "tough guy".

Are you triggered?

No

[Anonymous]

So glad my DC graduated from a high FARMS/URM fcps high school. They are living it up at UVA. 9 APs, 1440 SAT, varsity sports, work experience. Nothing amazing. No national awards, no research, no robotics. It was easy for them to stand out and be in the top 10%. Many strong classmates with similar stats and ECs were also admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has possible the most transparent admissions of any college. It’s almost entirely class rank.

DeanJ just posted over at CC that "rank isn’t the most important factor, as only about 34% of applicants have that stat."

Is she saying that only 34% of their applicants go to a high school which releases ranking data? My kid's FCPS school didn't rank, but I'm pretty sure they provided GPA ranges and the percentile of the class in that range in the school profile they send to colleges. It's not hard to figure it out from there.

It's these sorts of answers that annoy me when it comes to Dean J. She knows they have more detailed information than specifically "class rank".

At my FCPS school college application information night last Fall, I directly asked if they provide gpa ranges or class gpa percentiles and they said no. So at least from our school DeanJ did not have any more detailed information.

Every time people don’t get the result they want, they assume UVA is lying or hiding something. They don’t need to. They evaluate thousands of applicants per year, they know NoVA and MD schools without any double top secret details about your kid.

This. When did everyone become so soft and entitled?

Yes, I'm sure you're a "tough guy".

Are you triggered?

No

Gold star

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SAT-1500
WGPA-4.45
9 APs all 4/5
Plenty extra curriculars
President's award for volunteering, 3rd rank in hackathons
Upset and confused

what was UW? did they take ap/ib histories?

[Anonymous]

My kid was deferred from UVA and then waitlisted as an oos kid in 2023. She had high stats but the kids that were admitted from her school had even higher stats. I truly believe that UVA pretty much follows the numbers.