UVA info session today said “most rigorous in ALL 5 core subjects.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So long as you take

Calc AB in freshmen year, Calc BC and AP stats by sophomore year

AP World freshmen, AP Euro sophomore, APUSH junior, AP Gov senior

AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics C by junior year

AP Lang/comp and AP Lit by senior year

Your foreign language ladder will not matter.

What's with the silly timeline? A number of schools forbid and/or greatly limit APs during 9th and 10th grade

Nothing silly about it. This allows students to study a higher level math, and even a higher level science, at the high school (if offered), or at community college.

This is all about rigor. Max the rigor of your school, then add more. Your child will be in a much better position to gain admission.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m so over people saying highest rigor and all the things. It is getting so absurd.

I agree. My DS arrived home from school feeling hopeless and crying over 3 mid-term Bs in high rigor classes. They won’t even be on his transcript! He feels like he won’t get into any college unless he is perfect. At a private school where retakes are not allowed and one test will sink your grade from an A to a B. How did we do this to our kids?

This happens at public school, too. Do no believe the myth of the plentiful retake.

Yep. Well said.

Plentiful retakes are alive and well in Loudoun. Shocking how many kids don’t avail themselves though.

[Anonymous]

1/4 of Harvard students take beyond Calc BC, more than 1/4 of Princeton students take beyond Calc BC.

It is not unreasonable for seniors applying to UVA to have taken Calculus beyond Calc BC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA is not the be all, end all. Hell my kid had the stats two years ago but was waitlisted. Loving his OOS flagship. Couldn't imagine attending anywhere else. Plus they whopped the Cavs butt in football on national TV this year.

But you're paying OOS tuition. For a public research institution. And seem ... proud ... of it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1/4 of Harvard students take beyond Calc BC, more than 1/4 of Princeton students take beyond Calc BC.

It is not unreasonable for seniors applying to UVA to have taken Calculus beyond Calc BC.

uva doesnt care about calculus, only about history and spanish

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is not the be all, end all. Hell my kid had the stats two years ago but was waitlisted. Loving his OOS flagship. Couldn't imagine attending anywhere else. Plus they whopped the Cavs butt in football on national TV this year.

But you're paying OOS tuition. For a public research institution. And seem ... proud ... of it?

No I'm not. Received enough merit to make comparable to UVA Engineering. I'm proud of my kid. Not going OOS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On state tuition discounts need to end.

It's awful to have these taxpayer funded university educations given out on a lottery or biased basis.

Bullshit. You just want UVA. Is there something wrong with Old Dominion, James Madison, Mary Washington, Longwood, Radford or any of the other public universities in the state? Why are they unacceptable to you? I'll bet they don't require 4 years of language. Your kid could probably get admitted at one of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what we were told by our private college counselor. There are several “must” APs if your child is in FCPS and is applying to the UVA College of Arts and Sciences:

AP Lang
AP Calc - at least AB
APUSH (and avoid Online APUSH)
AP World Language

+ a science, like AP Bio, AP Chem or AP Physics.

Then add at least two or three more APs of your choice. Avoid DE classes in your core classes. Don’t try to take core classes from the online campus.

OP here. The same admissions officer I mentioned in my post claims that DE is viewed “equally” to AP. Take that how you will.

well thats a lie , i mean in fcps ap is above de
now in rural VA if no AP available, then yes DE is equivalent

OP here. Hence my point that I don’t think you can put much weight in the answers they give.

You cannot. They say one thing, and do another. End thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know why this is so hard to grasp, or why this needs to be parsed nine ways to Sunday:

1) UVA is a competetive school for which to be admitted.

2) Given 1), the way to make yourself stand out is to have a stellar résumé.

3) The way to have a stellar résumé is to take the most challenging classes your school offers and do well in them.

4) And yes, that may include pursuing a foreign language as far as you can.

That's it, that's the formula.

But why a foreign language, why not take another 5th class as far as you can?

Why not a foreign language? It doesn’t seem any more or less worthy than the other topics on the list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why this is so hard to grasp, or why this needs to be parsed nine ways to Sunday:

1) UVA is a competetive school for which to be admitted.

2) Given 1), the way to make yourself stand out is to have a stellar résumé.

3) The way to have a stellar résumé is to take the most challenging classes your school offers and do well in them.

4) And yes, that may include pursuing a foreign language as far as you can.

That's it, that's the formula.

But why a foreign language, why not take another 5th class as far as you can?

Why not a foreign language? It doesn’t seem any more or less worthy than the other topics on the list.

DP here. I think that’s the point. Why can’t kids develop “sufficient rigor” in a variety of ways? Why is there only one accepted path to “most rigorous” when so many schools offer so many AP options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what we were told by our private college counselor. There are several “must” APs if your child is in FCPS and is applying to the UVA College of Arts and Sciences:

AP Lang
AP Calc - at least AB
APUSH (and avoid Online APUSH)
AP World Language

+ a science, like AP Bio, AP Chem or AP Physics.

Then add at least two or three more APs of your choice. Avoid DE classes in your core classes. Don’t try to take core classes from the online campus.

OP here. The same admissions officer I mentioned in my post claims that DE is viewed “equally” to AP. Take that how you will.

Maggie walker tells the top kids it is not considered equal unless it is post-AP. Admission results confirm the preference that not only UVA but ivies have strong AP preference. Maybe our DE just is not as good as other schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why this is so hard to grasp, or why this needs to be parsed nine ways to Sunday:

1) UVA is a competetive school for which to be admitted.

2) Given 1), the way to make yourself stand out is to have a stellar résumé.

3) The way to have a stellar résumé is to take the most challenging classes your school offers and do well in them.

4) And yes, that may include pursuing a foreign language as far as you can.

That's it, that's the formula.

But why a foreign language, why not take another 5th class as far as you can?

Why not a foreign language? It doesn’t seem any more or less worthy than the other topics on the list.

DP here. I think that’s the point. Why can’t kids develop “sufficient rigor” in a variety of ways? Why is there only one accepted path to “most rigorous” when so many schools offer so many AP options.

because diversity in all of its meaning doesnt really count nor do they care about it, except the PC meaning one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what we were told by our private college counselor. There are several “must” APs if your child is in FCPS and is applying to the UVA College of Arts and Sciences:

AP Lang
AP Calc - at least AB
APUSH (and avoid Online APUSH)
AP World Language

+ a science, like AP Bio, AP Chem or AP Physics.

Then add at least two or three more APs of your choice. Avoid DE classes in your core classes. Don’t try to take core classes from the online campus.

OP here. The same admissions officer I mentioned in my post claims that DE is viewed “equally” to AP. Take that how you will.

Maggie walker tells the top kids it is not considered equal unless it is post-AP. Admission results confirm the preference that not only UVA but ivies have strong AP preference. Maybe our DE just is not as good as other schools?

I mean, what’s “post AP” at one school might not be post AP at another school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what we were told by our private college counselor. There are several “must” APs if your child is in FCPS and is applying to the UVA College of Arts and Sciences:

AP Lang
AP Calc - at least AB
APUSH (and avoid Online APUSH)
AP World Language

+ a science, like AP Bio, AP Chem or AP Physics.

Then add at least two or three more APs of your choice. Avoid DE classes in your core classes. Don’t try to take core classes from the online campus.

OP here. The same admissions officer I mentioned in my post claims that DE is viewed “equally” to AP. Take that how you will.

Maggie walker tells the top kids it is not considered equal unless it is post-AP. Admission results confirm the preference that not only UVA but ivies have strong AP preference. Maybe our DE just is not as good as other schools?

That's why you max the rigor in your school. If AP Calc BC is offered at your high school, you take it. If Multivariable Calc is offered at your high school, you take it. If Linear Algebra is offered at your high school, you take it.

If it isn't, you take it at a community college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why this is so hard to grasp, or why this needs to be parsed nine ways to Sunday:

1) UVA is a competetive school for which to be admitted.

2) Given 1), the way to make yourself stand out is to have a stellar résumé.

3) The way to have a stellar résumé is to take the most challenging classes your school offers and do well in them.

4) And yes, that may include pursuing a foreign language as far as you can.

That's it, that's the formula.

LOLOLOL.....my thoughts exactly.