UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18

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Anonymous wrote:Just got home from Friday night sports. DS, unhooked from FCPS, applied to engineering. DEFERRED EA. Now WAITLISTED. 3.98/4.5, 1560. Settling for honors english and not taking AP Lang and/or Lit likely contributed to his "downfall".

Sounds just like my DS. Had a game tonight and just checked. Deferred EA. Waitlisted. 4.2W Test Optional. Full IB at one of FCPS lowest ranked high schools (high FARMS, high ESOL.) DS is caucasian, UMC. He had a C in IB Chemistry sophomore year when they were online for 3/4 of the year.

Sorry but 4.2 wasn’t good enough this year (without a strong hook).

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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.

Why “2 more years of similar ordeal”? Isn’t she graduating in a couple months?

Sorry for the confusion. I was referring to my other sophomore kid, who will be applying for colleges in two years. I felt like I didn't know much about the admissions game based on m senior kid's decisions and need to apply lessons learnt to other kid's case.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go over to Reddit. Amazing kids with 1600s and 4.7 not getting in.

Do you actually believe anonymous posters - especially on Reddit?

Well, let’s see. More students use those services. Reddit is used by 55 million viewers a day. Not insecure moms who need to gloss over facts. College Confidentisl has 22 million posts on 3500 schools that you can. This page has only 178 posts and has been clicked on only 6700 times. So yes!! I find the students who are accepted , deferred, waitlisted or rejected give exhaustive information as a pay it forward to users the next year. That’s much more useful than the whining here.

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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.

UVA and VT were in the Washington Post article saying NMS doesn’t hold weight with them.

well then what actually does hold weight with them? I have been reading the admission blogs from time to time and they some come across as quite condescending.

Grades and most rigorous classes offered at your school - that is the most rigorous classes possible in the five core courses every year. And four years of foreign language. That's what UVA cares about.

Four years of the same language. And great ECs and well-rounded.

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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.

UVA and VT were in the Washington Post article saying NMS doesn’t hold weight with them.

well then what actually does hold weight with them? I have been reading the admission blogs from time to time and they some come across as quite condescending.

Grades and most rigorous classes offered at your school - that is the most rigorous classes possible in the five core courses every year. And four years of foreign language. That's what UVA cares about.

Four years of the same language. And great ECs and well-rounded.

Oh and leadership. And paid job. And volunteer hours too. And really a National award of some kind is considered.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just got home from Friday night sports. DS, unhooked from FCPS, applied to engineering. DEFERRED EA. Now WAITLISTED. 3.98/4.5, 1560. Settling for honors english and not taking AP Lang and/or Lit likely contributed to his "downfall".

Sounds just like my DS. Had a game tonight and just checked. Deferred EA. Waitlisted. 4.2W Test Optional. Full IB at one of FCPS lowest ranked high schools (high FARMS, high ESOL.) DS is caucasian, UMC. He had a C in IB Chemistry sophomore year when they were online for 3/4 of the year.

Sorry but 4.2 wasn’t good enough this year (without a strong hook).

Actually. 4.2 is below the 25th percentile for last year’s incoming class (4.24 gpa)

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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.

UVA and VT were in the Washington Post article saying NMS doesn’t hold weight with them.

well then what actually does hold weight with them? I have been reading the admission blogs from time to time and they some come across as quite condescending.

Grades and most rigorous classes offered at your school - that is the most rigorous classes possible in the five core courses every year. And four years of foreign language. That's what UVA cares about.

Four years of the same language. And great ECs and well-rounded.

Oh and leadership. And paid job. And volunteer hours too. And really a National award of some kind is considered.

Fwiw they loved the Eagle Scouts in our troop who applied. Very nice kids.

[Anonymous]

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.

I’m just so sorry. He sounds fantastic. If it’s any consolation my kid was waitlisted at every Ivy on Ivy day. It’s crushing.

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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.

Ugh sorry—pretty sure my kid is at the same school and the rigor is no joke. I hope it works out for you. We have a year to go and are worried…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just got home from Friday night sports. DS, unhooked from FCPS, applied to engineering. DEFERRED EA. Now WAITLISTED. 3.98/4.5, 1560. Settling for honors english and not taking AP Lang and/or Lit likely contributed to his "downfall".

Sounds just like my DS. Had a game tonight and just checked. Deferred EA. Waitlisted. 4.2W Test Optional. Full IB at one of FCPS lowest ranked high schools (high FARMS, high ESOL.) DS is caucasian, UMC. He had a C in IB Chemistry sophomore year when they were online for 3/4 of the year.

No, the downfall was not applying ED. Once a school has ED applications snd is large enough that it’s not a ridiculous lottery, they want you to ED if you are serious.

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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.

UVA and VT were in the Washington Post article saying NMS doesn’t hold weight with them.

well then what actually does hold weight with them? I have been reading the admission blogs from time to time and they some come across as quite condescending.

Grades and most rigorous classes offered at your school - that is the most rigorous classes possible in the five core courses every year. And four years of foreign language. That's what UVA cares about.

They say this and it’s been proven true from what I’ve seen. But requiring 4.5+ GPAs not just about all else, but in some cases excluding all else (for example perfect SAT scores don’t help to bump your GPA) seems like a bad formula. On multiple levels.

But they think you’re for your experience in the most rigorous course loads means a lot more than a one day snapshot.

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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.

UVA and VT were in the Washington Post article saying NMS doesn’t hold weight with them.

well then what actually does hold weight with them? I have been reading the admission blogs from time to time and they some come across as quite condescending.

Grades and most rigorous classes offered at your school - that is the most rigorous classes possible in the five core courses every year. And four years of foreign language. That's what UVA cares about.

They say this and it’s been proven true from what I’ve seen. But requiring 4.5+ GPAs not just about all else, but in some cases excluding all else (for example perfect SAT scores don’t help to bump your GPA) seems like a bad formula. On multiple levels.

But they think you’re for your experience in the most rigorous course loads means a lot more than a one day snapshot.

But they think the four year experience in the most rigorous course loads means a lot more than a one day snapshot.

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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.

UVA and VT were in the Washington Post article saying NMS doesn’t hold weight with them.

well then what actually does hold weight with them? I have been reading the admission blogs from time to time and they some come across as quite condescending.

Grades and most rigorous classes offered at your school - that is the most rigorous classes possible in the five core courses every year. And four years of foreign language. That's what UVA cares about.

They say this and it’s been proven true from what I’ve seen. But requiring 4.5+ GPAs not just about all else, but in some cases excluding all else (for example perfect SAT scores don’t help to bump your GPA) seems like a bad formula. On multiple levels.

But they think you’re for your experience in the most rigorous course loads means a lot more than a one day snapshot.

But they think the four year experience in the most rigorous course loads means a lot more than a one day snapshot.

Fwiw I think uva DOES want top test scores. The SCHEV results certainly indicate that. Where do you get the impression that it doesn’t?

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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.

UVA and VT were in the Washington Post article saying NMS doesn’t hold weight with them.

well then what actually does hold weight with them? I have been reading the admission blogs from time to time and they some come across as quite condescending.

Grades and most rigorous classes offered at your school - that is the most rigorous classes possible in the five core courses every year. And four years of foreign language. That's what UVA cares about.

They say this and it’s been proven true from what I’ve seen. But requiring 4.5+ GPAs not just about all else, but in some cases excluding all else (for example perfect SAT scores don’t help to bump your GPA) seems like a bad formula. On multiple levels.

But they think you’re for your experience in the most rigorous course loads means a lot more than a one day snapshot.

But they think the four year experience in the most rigorous course loads means a lot more than a one day snapshot.

Fwiw I think uva DOES want top test scores. The SCHEV results certainly indicate that. Where do you get the impression that it doesn’t?

They want both, and have plenty to choose from who have both.

[Anonymous]

For the results today, it was a 13% acceptance rate for in-sTate, 8% for OOS. https://news.virginia.edu/content/regular-decision-action-uva-offers-2182-more-people-entry-class-2027