Does one or two Bs mean UVA is off the table?

[Anonymous]

I do not think UVA practices yield protection. My FCPS kid had a midyear GPA of 4.55 and got into UVA engineering. She got all As but only two A-s for all courses, including APs.

With an in-state yield rate of over 60%, UVA does not even need yield protection. Perhaps yield protection for OOS applicants?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t bet on it. My kid had a GPA of 4.53 after 1st semester of senior year from TJ with a couple of B’s in AP courses, and got rejected by UVA. Kids with lower grades got in. It’s a myth.

Admissions process is complex. In your case UVA assumes your kid won’t lower himself to attend UVA so this is a case of yield protection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not think UVA practices yield protection. My FCPS kid had a midyear GPA of 4.55 and got into UVA engineering. She got all As but only two A-s for all courses, including APs.

With an in-state yield rate of over 60%, UVA does not even need yield protection. Perhaps yield protection for OOS applicants?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t bet on it. My kid had a GPA of 4.53 after 1st semester of senior year from TJ with a couple of B’s in AP courses, and got rejected by UVA. Kids with lower grades got in. It’s a myth.

Admissions process is complex. In your case UVA assumes your kid won’t lower himself to attend UVA so this is a case of yield protection.

YOu're not making sense

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

Sorry but yes they are. No retesting like in public. Work is harder than things I saw in college and zero room for error.

The "retesting" policy in our FCPS public is that some (not all) teachers will allow one retake on a test (not on quizzes which often comprise more of the grade) and the maximum grade you can get is a B- on the retake, even if you got 100%--so the chance of it resulting in an A in the class is very, very low. So it's more about preventing failing than getting into selective colleges. My kid who has had some B's in classes has never had a retake. Work level is very high in some courses,

There are no more retakes since it is now standards based grading. This means you are constantly tested on concepts over and over and whatever your grade was on the last test for that standard is now what your grade is in that standard.

[Anonymous]

Does UVA look at scores on AP exams?

[Anonymous]

DS was admitted to class of '26 with a B+ from freshman year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought so and was told so last year but a friend of mine with a kid at UVA had 2 b's sophomore year (not sure if any later, we were talking about Soph. year) and she is there for sure right now. I was surprised to find that out. So I temper expectations for my DD, but we will see how her junior year goes.

+1

It was definitely not the top students in my DC's graduating classes that were admitted to UVA, from a DCUM approved NOVA HS, in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does UVA look at scores on AP exams?

I don't think so, very few schools consider those, mostly private universities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

Sorry but yes they are. No retesting like in public. Work is harder than things I saw in college and zero room for error.

Our kids are in public school. No retesting and only tests count. If your kids have homework, classwork, quizzes, class participation, etc count - your kids definitely have more room for error than mine. Do they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does UVA look at scores on AP exams?

I don't think so, very few schools consider those, mostly private universities.

Yes, you should if 4 or 5. My DC got credits for his AP work and for a NOVA summer course he took between junior anad senior year. Should I send my AP scores to UVA?

From the internet re UVA: "High school students should have their AP score reports sent directly to the Office of Admission at the University (College Code 5820) in the summer following the senior year of high school."

[Anonymous]

Definitely not. Please remove the knee pads for UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do not think UVA practices yield protection. My FCPS kid had a midyear GPA of 4.55 and got into UVA engineering. She got all As but only two A-s for all courses, including APs.

With an in-state yield rate of over 60%, UVA does not even need yield protection. Perhaps yield protection for OOS applicants?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t bet on it. My kid had a GPA of 4.53 after 1st semester of senior year from TJ with a couple of B’s in AP courses, and got rejected by UVA. Kids with lower grades got in. It’s a myth.

Admissions process is complex. In your case UVA assumes your kid won’t lower himself to attend UVA so this is a case of yield protection.

YOu're not making sense

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does UVA look at scores on AP exams?

I don't think so, very few schools consider those, mostly private universities.

Yes, you should if 4 or 5. My DC got credits for his AP work and for a NOVA summer course he took between junior anad senior year. Should I send my AP scores to UVA?

From the internet re UVA: "High school students should have their AP score reports sent directly to the Office of Admission at the University (College Code 5820) in the summer following the senior year of high school."

Got it. The highest universities require ALL AP scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

“Many” my a$$. UVA isn’t particularly popular among the Big 3

[Anonymous]

No, but a DUI does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at a top private. I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t.

Sorry but yes they are. No retesting like in public. Work is harder than things I saw in college and zero room for error.

name the school because public schools in Va have now rule. You may not know it. You also cannot fail a class.


Our kids are in public school. No retesting and only tests count. If your kids have homework, classwork, quizzes, class participation, etc count - your kids definitely have more room for error than mine. Do they?