Great article on the direction UVA is heading......
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Anonymous
As opposed to a creepy character with a moustache? I don’t even want to know. |
Anonymous
Enjoy George Mason! |
Anonymous
| ^ I have a child at George Mason. DC has had a great four years. It was the right fit. Incidentally, our public high school counselor did try to guide her away from colleges where her application didn't have a chance. The counselor went right to Naviance for our particular high school and demonstrated which of the Virginia schools DC had a shot at. UVA was never even on the table. I don't see the point in wasting applications if your statistics don't correlate with the incoming class. |
Anonymous
I'm a college counselor. We do have significant sway in the process. We supply a recommendation of our own to UVA. This is our job: to set each child up with reaches and dream schools (but within reason), "most likely's" and safeties. It serves no purpose for students who don't have the grades, record or scores to apply to a college that is out of reach. If a parent insists on it, then we do it, but I'm careful to show the Naviance chart and document everything so I don't have to deal with the parent's disappointment when the inevitable rejection happens. It's also cruel to the child if we aren't frank in the counseling about chances of getting in. A parent should not be setting their child up for failure. Counselors can signal a positive or a negative for a child in the counselor's recommendation. If there are 60 other super 4.20+++ kids in the class of 500 and one 3.5 GPA applications with weak stats, I am not going to be effusive in the recommendation. Here's some info on the recommendation that we counselors supply: "The Counselor Recommendation Your counselor will send us your high school profile, transcript, a school form with some basic information on it, and their recommendation. The recommendation can take any form. Many counselors write a letter, some bullet out a few statements about their student, and some schools have a form that that prompts their counselors to cover different topics. It all works for us. A school in one of my territories has a large senior class and 100% of the class typically goes on to a two or four year college. As you can imagine, those counselors are BUSY. When they created a form with areas to address different topics (academics, extracurricular, character, outside issues that may have impacted the student), it was a great move for both "sides" of the desk. What would happen if a counselor didn't know a student well? Those counselors will sometimes share what they have learned from the student's file or from conversations with the students' teachers. There is also a way for counselors to let us know if the constraints of their job prevent them from writing a recommendation. In those cases, the school form is sufficient." http://admission.virginia.edu/counselor-and-teacher-recommendation-requirements-uva-0 |
Anonymous
| So where is the UVA booster now who was bragging that UVA is such an in demand and great school because of their basketball team and how they will win the NCAA tournament and they just lost by 20 to UMBC, the first 1 seed to ever lose in the first round. LMFAO. |
Anonymous
You sound deeply insecure. I'm not a UVA booster (pretty neutral in that dept.), but why the hate? |
Anonymous
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UMBC
Thud. |
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Anonymous
| TWO of the most cringe inducing losses in college basketball are by UVA. Chaminade and now this. |
Anonymous
+1. Let's try to keep College and University Discussion civil. |
Anonymous
I sound deeply insecure? Because I reminded the thread about posters a few pages back who was bragging how the UVA basketball team was making The University a much more desirable place to go to school? That UVA would win it all? That’s your retort. Oh, ok. I don’t hate UVA. Where did I say that? I do think people should think before they speak and be responsible for their words, written or spoken. You sound super defensive. Relax, enjoy the weekend. Don’t get your panties in a bunch. |
Anonymous
+1 That's hilarious. I'm guessing we aren't going to hear from that delusional imbecile anytime soon. |
Anonymous
Counselors write the common app recommendation and fill out the CA school profile forms. They generally have a pretty decent relationship with the Uva territory rep. You have ZERO idea what they put in the common app, nor are you privy to conversations or notes they do or do not send to the Uva rep. They can and do put their finger on or off the scale. |
Anonymous
DP. UVA was never the type of school where a sports championship was going to make a big difference in the school's appeal or selectivity. It's a different story where schools like George Mason or UMBC are concerned. |
Anonymous
I think you have missed the point. Most posters agree with you, and they’re pointing out the irony of one or two posters who in this thread a few pages/days ago were claiming UVA’s sports program will be boosting the school’s profile, makes it a better academic school, and will make it harder to get into for future applicants and that UVA would win the championship. And now look what happened. UVA made history by losing in first round as not just a number 1 seed but the 1 seed out of all the 4 number ones. |