At our HS it looks like for UVA you need a 4.4 and a 1420 or higher to be reliably accepted (and even then it's mixed with acceptances and denials). Higher SAT scores don't seem to make up for a lower GPA, but few people are getting in with high grades and low SATs either. W&M has similar stats, but it seems like you can get in with slightly lower GPA (e.g., 4.2) if you have a 1500 or higher. VT on the other hand is all over the map with quite a few students getting in with GPAs in the 3.5s and scores in the 1100s and just a messy mixture of acceptances, waitlists and rejections at all levels of GPAs and SATs. I can see why people are confused on what VT wants in students! UVA and WM only want high scores, but at least it's a very clear-cut, predictable pattern. |
+1 Exactly this. Don't get your DC's hopes up, because those (3) are not happening. UVA necessitates lower stats (ignore any vehement UVA posters who were likely not admitted to those 3). |
UVA may yield protect with OPs GPA and SAT, however. There is a poster or two that insists not, so just be apprised. |
+1 UVA absolutely waitlists. |
+1 Higher GPA, and you will be denied UVA. |
They are not yield protecting a GPA of 4.3 in FCPS!! That is possibly not even top 10%. They do not care as much about the Sat for in state. It’s ALL gpa/rank driven. |
That PP doesn’t know what they’re talking about. A 1500 is a competitive SAT score for VT, too. |
NP. What are you looking at? If Naviance, this is not at all how our Naviance looks. Definitely no 3.5s and 1100s getting into VT. |
GPA is absolutely one of the issues and probably the primary one. 4.3 wGPA from a DMV public is not anywhere close to viable at any Ivy or Georgetown. I'm in MD so can't speak to UVA but it would not be a shoo-in at UMD. OP, it sounds like GW would be a great option and she has a very solid chance there. See if you can find a few others she can get excited about on her existing list (or with 1/15 application deadlines.) |
That PP here, do you have a student that got into VT RD w that score. 1500 is a great score but not super competitive for Fairfax county. While it may still be competitive for VT’s ED (in previous years) /EA for this cycle, it may not be enough of a push for VT RD given the massive amount of RD apps they have received. It is not a knock on the student, just another data point for OP. No one knows how this game will shake out. We all wish for these kids to get in where they deserve and would be happy to attend. |
*giggle* |
Where did OP say their child applied RD to VT? |
Kids with high scores in addition to high GPAs do win out in this “test aware” (though stated TO) new trend. Even TO are starting to count scores more again, particularly those two schools. *giggle* |
Wait, isn't UVA already test optional? |
Schools are staying TO, but the trend is that they are valuing scores more now. If you are in a wealthy, resourced area they will expect to see them. It would be odd not to have them —for what’s your reason for not? If you have such a high gpa then your scores should align with that. |