1530 SAT at McLean High not enough for UVA now?

[Anonymous]

Looks like the booster that got the UVA alternative thread shut down has arrived. All hail UVA lol next they will play the “jealousy” card. Get the popcorn!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so obsessed with UVA? It comes off as desperate and like a striver.

You don’t see the attraction of an excellent nationally-known school at in state prices?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so obsessed with UVA? It comes off as desperate and like a striver.

You don’t see the attraction of an excellent nationally-known school at in state prices?

Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so obsessed with UVA? It comes off as desperate and like a striver.

You don’t see the attraction of an excellent nationally-known school at in state prices?

Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.

Surely you must be aware it’s better than the vast majority of state schools. Are you that unaware or just a troll?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so obsessed with UVA? It comes off as desperate and like a striver.

You don’t see the attraction of an excellent nationally-known school at in state prices?

Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.

No, UVA is ranked no 4 of all publics in the United States. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/uva-6968#:~:text=University%20of%20Virginia%20is%20a,4%20in%20Top%20Public%20Schools.

And UVA is ranked no 3 best public by Time Magazine's ranking services.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so obsessed with UVA? It comes off as desperate and like a striver.

You don’t see the attraction of an excellent nationally-known school at in state prices?

Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.

No, UVA is ranked no 4 of all publics in the United States. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/uva-6968#:~:text=University%20of%20Virginia%20is%20a,4%20in%20Top%20Public%20Schools.

And UVA is ranked no 3 best public by Time Magazine's ranking services.

What’s your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so obsessed with UVA? It comes off as desperate and like a striver.

You don’t see the attraction of an excellent nationally-known school at in state prices?

Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.

Surely you must be aware it’s better than the vast majority of state schools. Are you that unaware or just a troll?

Seriously? Do you have ANY idea how you come across? Or do you just not care? I cringe when I read your posts.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a thread on UVA alternates but the typical UVA boosters got it locked.

It was deleted.

Because posters like the PP couldn’t stop repeating the same thing over and over and over. It is trolling. Report them. I did on the other thread and the post was deleted.

Thanks for your service

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so obsessed with UVA? It comes off as desperate and like a striver.

You don’t see the attraction of an excellent nationally-known school at in state prices?

Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.

No, UVA is ranked no 4 of all publics in the United States. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/uva-6968#:~:text=University%20of%20Virginia%20is%20a,4%20in%20Top%20Public%20Schools.

And UVA is ranked no 3 best public by Time Magazine's ranking services.

What’s your point?

NP.

You are likely the same jack-hole who started this with “Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.”

And being the trollish POS you are, you would likely ask the same question about Berkeley.

Why don’t you just FO?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so obsessed with UVA? It comes off as desperate and like a striver.

You don’t see the attraction of an excellent nationally-known school at in state prices?

Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.

No, UVA is ranked no 4 of all publics in the United States. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/uva-6968#:~:text=University%20of%20Virginia%20is%20a,4%20in%20Top%20Public%20Schools.

And UVA is ranked no 3 best public by Time Magazine's ranking services.

What’s your point?

NP.

You are likely the same jack-hole who started this with “Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.”

And being the trollish POS you are, you would likely ask the same question about Berkeley.

Why don’t you just FO?

Nice tantrum LOL

[Anonymous]

Glad I got my popcorn early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that they recalculate GPA does not suggest that they don't care about it. What an absurd conclusion. They are simply trying to compare like things. Every school system weighs grades differently so in order to compare, you recalculate. If they didn't care about GPA, they wouldn't bother doing this.

UVA cares about rigor AND UVA cares about grades.

esp for a school like McLean where they've got to have >100 apps each year from a single school - they just don't need to do it. they read the apps together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that they recalculate GPA does not suggest that they don't care about it. What an absurd conclusion. They are simply trying to compare like things. Every school system weighs grades differently so in order to compare, you recalculate. If they didn't care about GPA, they wouldn't bother doing this.

UVA cares about rigor AND UVA cares about grades.

esp for a school like McLean where they've got to have >100 apps each year from a single school - they just don't need to do it. they read the apps together.

Read this until it sinks in.

https://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2015/03/i-dont-care-about-your-gpa.html?m=1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so obsessed with UVA? It comes off as desperate and like a striver.

You don’t see the attraction of an excellent nationally-known school at in state prices?

Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.

No, UVA is ranked no 4 of all publics in the United States. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/uva-6968#:~:text=University%20of%20Virginia%20is%20a,4%20in%20Top%20Public%20Schools.

And UVA is ranked no 3 best public by Time Magazine's ranking services.

What’s your point?

NP.

You are likely the same jack-hole who started this with “Sure, but it’s a state school just like any other state school.”

And being the trollish POS you are, you would likely ask the same question about Berkeley.

Why don’t you just FO?

+1. Exactly. Mormon says it's a state school just like the others. An intelligent person posts back stats. Moron comes back and says belligerently, "What's your point?" It's obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that they recalculate GPA does not suggest that they don't care about it. What an absurd conclusion. They are simply trying to compare like things. Every school system weighs grades differently so in order to compare, you recalculate. If they didn't care about GPA, they wouldn't bother doing this.

UVA cares about rigor AND UVA cares about grades.

esp for a school like McLean where they've got to have >100 apps each year from a single school - they just don't need to do it. they read the apps together.

Read this until it sinks in.

https://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2015/03/i-dont-care-about-your-gpa.html?m=1

Yep, you need to examine DC's GPA, SAT, rigor (whether DC took APUSH, AP Lang, AP STEM, foreign language, etc., etc., remembering that these are not automatic disqualifiers if you don't have them, but it's better to have them) in the context of their own school because that's how the UVA AO evaluates the application. The GPA matters only with regard to DC's own high school because UVA is considering DC's application, GPA and SAT/ACT, in comparison to other applicants from DC's high school. This is why posters here emphasize the need to look at the school's Naviance data and charts.

Looking at the school-wide GPA and SAT figures only provides a macro-level view. It's not that granular, considering all of the variances in calculating GPA and the effect of TO. It's useful for assessing whether there is any chance at all or when DC's school has insufficient data from previous years. But it's the school-specific data points regarding GPA and SAT that are key.