William and Mary - how many Bs did your student have and still get admitted?

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My DD with a 2.8 got in last year .

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Does W&M have grade deflation vs UVA?

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Anonymous wrote:Only publics from *Northern* Virginia matters, if that's your student.

This. You shouldn't have any if you're from a NOVA public, per staff at our HS. It's rare you'll get in with Bs.

Not true. I posted above. My DS not only had several B's but he had one C+ and got in RD from FCPS. The C+ was sophomore year when he was online for 3/4 of the year. He did take the most rigorous courses - he is doing the full IB diploma.

There could be other reasons for that, ofc. I'm merely repeating what our own HS staff advises AND what I've seen about friends' kids who have applied.

[Anonymous]

FCPS male. All A's 9th grade, but 10th and 11th grades were about half As and half Bs. No Cs. Admitted RD.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD with a 2.8 got in last year .

This surprises me. Was there a good explanation for the GPA? Sports recruit? Not trying to be snarky, just genuinely interested. My older kid is there and I have a younger one who may apply but has a much lower GPA so far than their sibling.

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Anonymous wrote:Does W&M have grade deflation vs UVA?

I don't know, but my kid who had a 4.4 in rigorous courses in high school got a 2.0 GPA his first fall at W&M. Quickly got him into shape for sure! He's shown me some of his work--they seem to be very tough graders in my opinion, but the professors are supportive and kids rise to the challenge after the initial shock for some. This is his 2nd year and he's doing much better and has grown a lot. I also think they allow you to switch 2 courses over the course of college retroactively to pass/fail so if you bomb something with a D, you can switch it to Pass so it's not figured into your GPA.

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Female, in-state. 2 B+ and 1 B.

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Anonymous wrote:Does W&M have grade deflation vs UVA?

Both schools have had significant grade inflation over time, like almost all universities.

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Anonymous wrote:Does W&M have grade deflation vs UVA?

Both schools have had significant grade inflation over time, like almost all universities.

Schools have a far narrower band of students than they did in the past--you just are not going to get much "B" or "C" quality work from students who were all the top students in rigorous courses in their HS. That's a key source of grade inflation.

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Anonymous wrote:A LOT, all in Honors/AP classes though, so got a .5-1.0 bump.

Just looked it up and she had 2 B-s, a B, and 5 B+s through junior year, there were a few more senior year

GPA at the end of junior year was a 4.1 weighted. SAT was 1380, FCPS. ED1 applicant, which probably made the difference.

This was DD also. 3 Bs junior year and 6 fall semester senior year. Coming from NOVA, full IB, URM.

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My kid was a 2020 TJHSST grad (so in-state for W&M). Had two B+'s and a B as a freshman (in Bio, Design and Tech, and English), and one B+ as a sophomore (TJ Math 4). All A's for everything else, including 6 MS classes which got HS credit. Did not apply ED, but he did do an "official" visit (i.e. he registered for a tour with the admissions office). Admitted and now attending as a junior CS and Math double major.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD with a 2.8 got in last year .[/quote]


considering the GPAs reported to SCHEV for the incoming class profiles, this is either a joke or seriously hooked

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Keep in mind that kids who applied this year had freshman and sophomore years with the COVID grade bump. My kid attends Langley and is a good student, but he has found teacher expectations higher this year. OP, don’t worry about a couple of Bs. If the rest of his application is compelling, he’s fine.

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When did AP Bs become the equivalent of Ds? This is so weird.

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Instead of focusing on a few Bs, look at his overall, weighted GPA. Anything above a 4.2 from FCPS generally gets admitted. If the lower grades are concentrated in something he wants to pursue, that could be a problem. Also, if the Bs are in AP courses, and he got a 4 or 5 on the corresponding AP tests, AO would conclude that he knows the material but the class was particularly difficult.