UVA just offered spots to 57 people on its wait-list.

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Could not care less !! My kid is in at Hopkins!!

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Anonymous wrote:UVA was not our backup, but we did pick William and Mary over UVA.

Same. Liked the smaller size

No, no. Didn’t you get the memo? The only possible explanation for picking WM over UVA is that your kid must be “quirky.” 😀

That is so on point with dcum!

As a VT grad, I was sort of flabbergasted by the number of guys in full on khakis, vests, polos for just partying at the clubs on a random college night to the bars when we recently visited. I mean my kids wear that to their private school for dress code, but not typically what they hang out in when not in school or a night out with friends. Do all the schools dress like this or is this still a UVA thing? My son is an athlete, but gets turned off by an overly 'bro' culture so not sure the fit is there.

+1
The bro culture was a turnoff to both my son and my daughter.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are there so many more UVA admits at McLean vs Langley HS? At least based on those posting-I count 13 McLean and only at 6 at Langley. More VA tech admits at McLean too!

Are you getting your stats from a reliable source or just some Instagram post? Rhetorical question, btw.

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Anonymous wrote:McLean HS page looking more impressive this year than Langley!

Oh, you’re one of the rubes who takes self-reported instagram sites seriously. Any hard data to share with us?

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Anonymous wrote:People say UVA isn’t a safety for anyone but when 50 people plus get in from a FCPS school, it sort of is. I had no doubt my child would get in.

Most likely even more than 50 kids probably had the stats to get accepted but I assume that UVA (or any state school) probably has a limit on how many from each school can be accepted. NOVA tends to have the highest stat kids. So kid #60 from a NOVA school could have probably been admitted if they lived in another county in Virginia.

Please do not send your NOVA kids off to UVA with this attitude. It will not serve them well academically or socially. The awakening will be rude.

My brother in law didn’t go to UVA, but went to W&M with the same attitude. He said basically the same thing you did; he had a rude awakening.

Why? It’s not that they necessarily have different stats, just that there are fewer 4.4s in rural schools so there’s a better chance of being in the top 5% which is all that matters for in state. Nova has lots of high stat kids that don’t make the 5% cutoff.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA was not our backup, but we did pick William and Mary over UVA.

My DC picked VT over UVA.

too bad for them

Best decision ever, actually!

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Anonymous wrote:UVA was not our backup, but we did pick William and Mary over UVA.

smart decision, it's a private ivy-like education for a public school price.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA was not our backup, but we did pick William and Mary over UVA.

Same. Liked the smaller size

No, no. Didn’t you get the memo? The only possible explanation for picking WM over UVA is that your kid must be “quirky.” 😀

That is so on point with dcum!

As a VT grad, I was sort of flabbergasted by the number of guys in full on khakis, vests, polos for just partying at the clubs on a random college night to the bars when we recently visited. I mean my kids wear that to their private school for dress code, but not typically what they hang out in when not in school or a night out with friends. Do all the schools dress like this or is this still a UVA thing? My son is an athlete, but gets turned off by an overly 'bro' culture so not sure the fit is there.

You need to up your game if you’re going to lie here.

Kids don’t even go out to the bars until 10-11 PM. You’re saying as a parent bringing a kid to tour, you went out to the Corner bars that late? Ha. No.

DP. You sound like a lovely representative of UVA attitude.

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Anonymous wrote:McLean typically has 60-70 students admitted to UVA each year.

School counselor?

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Anonymous wrote:UVA was not our backup, but we did pick William and Mary over UVA.

smart decision, it's a private ivy-like education for a public school price.

“Ivy-like”? Oh my, no.
DP

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Anonymous wrote:UVA would have been a first choice, but my kid got waitlsted while lower stat kids were accepted.

In the meantime, my kid was accepted with merit to multiple equivalent or higher ranked schools from out of state, such as Michigan.

If they were offered a waitlist spot now, they would turn it down.

This is my 2nd kid in 3 years that this has happened to at UVA (waitlisted while lower stat kids were accepted.)

It has really soured me on UVA.

Congrats to those who moved off the waitlist!

Wow I didn’t think Michigan gave merit to OOS kids. How much did your son get?

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Anonymous wrote:Could not care less !! My kid is in at Hopkins!!

I couldn’t care less either! My kid is in at University of Iowa! GO HAWKS

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Anonymous wrote:Could not care less !! My kid is in at Hopkins!!

I couldn’t care less either! My kid is in at University of Iowa! GO HAWKS

So why bother commenting on this thread? Why not just scroll past???

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Anonymous wrote:UVA was not our backup, but we did pick William and Mary over UVA.

smart decision, it's a private ivy-like education for a public school price.

A very $$$ public school price

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Anonymous wrote:Could not care less !! My kid is in at Hopkins!!

I couldn’t care less either! My kid is in at University of Iowa! GO HAWKS

So why bother commenting on this thread? Why not just scroll past???

Sorry. That was my lame attempt at making fun of Hopkins PP. I guess it fell flat.