% of students from your nova hs admitted to UVA

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Anonymous wrote:Top 10% of the class to have a serious shot. Extended to top 15% if an unusual circumstance.

Students outside the top 20% don't bother applying

And yes, even if school systems say they don't rank, a hierarchy exsists

The numbers say 20-30%.

20-30% what? Get into Uva? Looking at the McLean HS stats that someone posted, it looks like it's 10%. We're at McLean as well, and 10% getting admitted sounds about right. Somehow, that number seems to stay consistent every year.

People are referring to different stats here - percentage of applying students who are admitted, percentage of all students at a school who are admitted, etc.

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We are talking about % of students THAT APPLY.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do people come up with the 10-12 AP thing? That's completely made up, based on my observations. Plenty of kids are getting in without that number.

Depends on the high school and whether you have a hook. No hook and from the two nova high schools I know well, the students can't get the necessary bump to their GPA without that many AP/IB classes. I've seen it with 15-20 kids in the last 4 or so years.

The nova applicants are competing against other seniors in their high school or maybe from other nova. They are not competing against kids from Roanoke who only took 4 AP classes.

Sucks for the folks who aren't from Roanoke.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA for McLean HS: The class size has been around 500 recently. For the past few years, about 10% of the class gets admitted to UVA.


Year/Apply/Admit/Enroll
2016. 163. 56. 35
2015. 134. 50. 31
2014. 138. 54. 33
2013 142. 47. 29
2012. 107. 37. 27
2011. 111. 50. 37
2010. 93. 31. 16

These numbers establish that applicants from this school have a good chance at getting in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do people come up with the 10-12 AP thing? That's completely made up, based on my observations. Plenty of kids are getting in without that number.

Depends on the high school and whether you have a hook. No hook and from the two nova high schools I know well, the students can't get the necessary bump to their GPA without that many AP/IB classes. I've seen it with 15-20 kids in the last 4 or so years.

The nova applicants are competing against other seniors in their high school or maybe from other nova. They are not competing against kids from Roanoke who only took 4 AP classes.

wow- you are ignorant. Salem and Roanoke have great student athletes with UVA and Tech as attractive options.

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TJ class of 2016 - about 450 students - 348 apply, 224 admitted, 80 enroll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ class of 2016 - about 450 students - 348 apply, 224 admitted, 80 enroll.

Wow - that's a lot of rejection for that school. Gotta suck.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do people come up with the 10-12 AP thing? That's completely made up, based on my observations. Plenty of kids are getting in without that number.

Depends on the high school and whether you have a hook. No hook and from the two nova high schools I know well, the students can't get the necessary bump to their GPA without that many AP/IB classes. I've seen it with 15-20 kids in the last 4 or so years.

The nova applicants are competing against other seniors in their high school or maybe from other nova. They are not competing against kids from Roanoke who only took 4 AP classes.

wow- you are ignorant. Salem and Roanoke have great student athletes with UVA and Tech as attractive options.

You misinterpret the response. I did not mean kids from Roanoke don't get into UVA. If course they do. I meant that kids are competing against their classmates at their own high schools or towns for spots at UVA. So seniors at Yorktown are competing against their peers at Yorktown and possibly other Arlington high schools while seniors from high schools in Roanoke are competing against other seniors from Roanoke for admission.

As far as number of APs/IBs, it's the same story. UVA and other very selective colleges tell prospective students that they expect applicants to be taking the most challenging classes at their high school. So if a high school sets a limit at say 2 a year, UVA expects you to take 2. If your high school has no limit and your peers are taking 4+ AP/IB a year, UVA expects you to be taking 4+.

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All that matters is how the student compares to others from their own (Nova) public HS - and historically the number of students UVA admits from that HS.

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Anonymous wrote:TJ class of 2016 - about 450 students - 348 apply, 224 admitted, 80 enroll.

Wow - that's a lot of rejection for that school. Gotta suck.

They probably settle for William and Mary, and which has totally been eclipsed by UVa over the past 10 or so years and has an abysmal yield rate.

[Anonymous]

UVA and W&M know that, in terms of achieving a critical mass of very good students within the constraints of the in state, out of state ratio, their bread is buttered in nova. Outside of nova it's still a pretty Podunk state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TJ class of 2016 - about 450 students - 348 apply, 224 admitted, 80 enroll.

Wow - that's a lot of rejection for that school. Gotta suck.

They probably settle for William and Mary, and which has totally been eclipsed by UVa over the past 10 or so years and has an abysmal yield rate.

I checked the yield rate for W&M for 2010-2013, and it was in the low 40s. I checked the yield rate for UVA and it was... in the low 40s. W&M simply appeals to a different type of student and is MUCH smaller. No reason to tear it down.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA and W&M know that, in terms of achieving a critical mass of very good students within the constraints of the in state, out of state ratio, their bread is buttered in nova. Outside of nova it's still a pretty Podunk state.

The schools in the Richmond suburbs are often strong, as are some in Virginia Beach and other pockets of the Hampton Roads area.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA and W&M know that, in terms of achieving a critical mass of very good students within the constraints of the in state, out of state ratio, their bread is buttered in nova. Outside of nova it's still a pretty Podunk state.

The schools in the Richmond suburbs are often strong, as are some in Virginia Beach and other pockets of the Hampton Roads area.

With a fraction of the number of high achieving kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's kind of the point of this thread. If approx 30% of every high schools applicants get in, it might be easier to crack that percentage depending on the school. I imagine that group might look a little different school to school.
Maybe at Langley it's 12 AP's, but at Stuart 4 is fine.
There is a lot of flaming different schools on this board, and talk of the coveted pyramids, but I think people are creating problems for themselves. I'd rather have a well rounded child, that is healthy, well rested, and developing other interests. A child that isn't unnecessarily stressed and enjoys their time at school. I truly don't think there is much difference in the quality of instruction between Yorktown and Annandale. Seems the extra curriculars and other opportunities are abundant all across nova.
Seems people are placing pride and home value first. Perhaps the "best" school, isn't the smartest choice...

Not that I disagree that it's better not to have HS kids so stressed, overworked, etc. but frankly it's more than a shame that outstanding in-state students don't have a chance to get into their own state's flagship university. UVA is a well-regarded and nationally ranked school, but for many parents we still look at the lens of in-state tuition vs. OOS and it's tough knowing your high-achieving kid still has little chance to attend.