UVA possibility
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Anonymous
Applying to the UVA engineering program may give her a leg up. They're trying to get more girls into engineering. My daughter did that since she wanted to study CS. |
Anonymous
don't forget murderers, they've had students murdering other students too. |
Anonymous
We have a DD graduating this year, DS graduating this coming May, and another DD entering next Fall. We've been telling the kids to hide in their dorms/apartments between classes to stay safe. 
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Anonymous
Where is UVA’s honor code? |
Anonymous
They have to begin in the top 10% of their class. So TJ/Langley/McLean etc? Probably no. Herdon/Justice etc? Maybe. |
Anonymous
Top 10% of TJ will not even apply to uva. |
Anonymous
Virginia Tech is fine in engineering and CS, but not sure the rest of STEM is at the same level. Much broader engineering program than UVA. Taking CS outside of engineering leaves more latitude to take other courses that may be interesting and beneficial. That said, applying to UVA engineering as a female may help a bit with admission chances. Engineering programs generally are looking for more gender balance. Although UVA's admission rate OOS is substantially lower than in-state, SAT scores are not that much higher. 1420 is a fine score, but ideally should be somewhat higher for someone with no hooks. Good luck. It is all a bit of a crap shoot, but unless you are talking about absolute top level schools, the outcomes probably won't be that different between the schools where she will be accepted. As the PP indicated, applying to VT as well as UVA wouldn't be a bad idea, and I'd suggest looking at W&M as well if looking at STEM outside of engineering. |
Anonymous
They may apply, but they are probably going to go elsewhere. They often will get attractive financial offers and/or go to Ivy+ types of schools. |
Anonymous
Lol! If they are first gen or non-Asian URM then sure, hello Ivy! Otherwise, they get the same merit at next tier SLACs etc as the Langley and McLean kids. |
Anonymous
I didn't say all was merit. I said attractive financial offers. As for the top 10% going elsewhere, for 2020, there were 36 going to Ivy League schools, 11 to MIT and Stanford, and another 13 at Caltech, Chicago, and Duke. So there were 60 going to those schools alone from a class of about 455. |
Anonymous
Top 50 % of TJ kids shun uva. Bottom 1/3 apply and about 45 kids from the bottom 20% attend except for few Jefferson scholars and merit scholars. |
Anonymous
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What is URM? EA? ED? AP? RD? TJ? DD? DS? SLACS?
I know what STEM and UVA are, and I thought ED was erectile dysfunction, but apparently I'm wrong. Would it kill you people to write in complete sentences? Or, as I was taught when writing an academic paper, maybe type it out the first time you use it, then abbreviate. |
Anonymous
| If you don't live in Virginia, why on earth would you go to UVA. Good discounted college if you live in Virginia, but av bad deal OOS. |
Anonymous
These are all very commonly understood abbreviations. You really don’t know what a high school AP class is? |
Anonymous
| This board is not the place to get honest info on UVA. |