Regular decision at UVA

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:25% admit rate is still higher than NOVA!

WRONG. Fairfax: 36 percent admit rate; Arlington 35; Loudoun 30. 1843 students from these counties admitted in 2019. ONE from Allegheny County.

Don't give facts to these people, they need a crutch to rationalize the deferral/waitlist/reject. The my kid didn't get into UVA parents here are a self licking ice cream cone, the world outside of NOVA is filled with inferior students that can only achieve admission by a handout, gross.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ECs don’t matter much for UVA. This year will be really tough for your son.

Why is this year going to be tough?

This year’s GPA cutoffs seemed higher. Also, not many slots left for RD.

This. They have admitted most of the class already and have over 20,000 apps (between RD and defers from EA) for very, very few spots.

Someone did the math in the ED thread and there are only about 300 spots left to fill in RD.

I think that’s some kinda “new math” 😂

Schools make more offers than slots they hope to fill. So I don’t think you can subtract the offers from the anticipated class size and figure out how many more kids will get offers in the RD pool.

Having said this, I concede that this is a though school to get into. But OP, my son had a 4.3 (as of end of last year) and got in EA, so there is hope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ECs don’t matter much for UVA. This year will be really tough for your son.

Why is this year going to be tough?

This year’s GPA cutoffs seemed higher. Also, not many slots left for RD.

This. They have admitted most of the class already and have over 20,000 apps (between RD and defers from EA) for very, very few spots.

Someone did the math in the ED thread and there are only about 300 spots left to fill in RD.

I think that’s some kinda “new math” 😂

Schools make more offers than slots they hope to fill. So I don’t think you can subtract the offers from the anticipated class size and figure out how many more kids will get offers in the RD pool.

Having said this, I concede that this is a though school to get into. But OP, my son had a 4.3 (as of end of last year) and got in EA, so there is hope.

But when? This is a new world this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS HAS GPA 4.3 AND SAT 1430 WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF GOOD ECS, APPLIED FOR CS, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES FOR ACCEPTANCE.

Depends on essays, course load rigor, and high school. The chance is certainly not zero as the PP said. We had lots of defers at our high school during the EA round. Many schools don't do class rank, but your son needs to be in the top 5%. A 4.3 at our high school is top 10%. We have a 6 point grading scale, so GPAs can be misleading.

According to the GPA/SAT comparison, OP's son likely doesn't have the course/school rigor such as those at TJ. So the chance is slim.

You can't compare GPA until you know the high school.

True, but we also know the 75th percentile of enrolled students last fall had a 4.48. And 75th percentile is where anyone in NOVA should be aiming.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ECs don’t matter much for UVA. This year will be really tough for your son.

Why is this year going to be tough?

This year’s GPA cutoffs seemed higher. Also, not many slots left for RD.

This. They have admitted most of the class already and have over 20,000 apps (between RD and defers from EA) for very, very few spots.

Someone did the math in the ED thread and there are only about 300 spots left to fill in RD.

I think that’s some kinda “new math” 😂

Schools make more offers than slots they hope to fill. So I don’t think you can subtract the offers from the anticipated class size and figure out how many more kids will get offers in the RD pool.

Having said this, I concede that this is a though school to get into. But OP, my son had a 4.3 (as of end of last year) and got in EA, so there is hope.

But when? This is a new world this year.

This year. Though I should add that he’s an IB diploma candidate. So that likely helped.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ECs don’t matter much for UVA. This year will be really tough for your son.

Why is this year going to be tough?

This year’s GPA cutoffs seemed higher. Also, not many slots left for RD.

This. They have admitted most of the class already and have over 20,000 apps (between RD and defers from EA) for very, very few spots.

Someone did the math in the ED thread and there are only about 300 spots left to fill in RD.

I think that’s some kinda “new math” 😂

Schools make more offers than slots they hope to fill. So I don’t think you can subtract the offers from the anticipated class size and figure out how many more kids will get offers in the RD pool.

Having said this, I concede that this is a though school to get into. But OP, my son had a 4.3 (as of end of last year) and got in EA, so there is hope.

But when? This is a new world this year.

This year. Though I should add that he’s an IB diploma candidate. So that likely helped.

That's wonderful! congrats!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ECs don’t matter much for UVA. This year will be really tough for your son.

Why is this year going to be tough?

This year’s GPA cutoffs seemed higher. Also, not many slots left for RD.

This. They have admitted most of the class already and have over 20,000 apps (between RD and defers from EA) for very, very few spots.

Someone did the math in the ED thread and there are only about 300 spots left to fill in RD.

I think that’s some kinda “new math” 😂

Schools make more offers than slots they hope to fill. So I don’t think you can subtract the offers from the anticipated class size and figure out how many more kids will get offers in the RD pool.

Having said this, I concede that this is a though school to get into. But OP, my son had a 4.3 (as of end of last year) and got in EA, so there is hope.

You should read the post/analysis in question. It accounts for the yield projections for EA. Also the ED numbers are 100% yield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:25% admit rate is still higher than NOVA!

WRONG. Fairfax: 36 percent admit rate; Arlington 35; Loudoun 30. 1843 students from these counties admitted in 2019. ONE from Allegheny County.

Don't give facts to these people, they need a crutch to rationalize the deferral/waitlist/reject. The my kid didn't get into UVA parents here are a self licking ice cream cone, the world outside of NOVA is filled with inferior students that can only achieve admission by a handout, gross.

+1

But those are self-selected and guided by the public high school counselors. It is their job to direct the high school students to the best fit Virginia campus. That's why the percentage of acceptance at all VA schools are high.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:25% admit rate is still higher than NOVA!

WRONG. Fairfax: 36 percent admit rate; Arlington 35; Loudoun 30. 1843 students from these counties admitted in 2019. ONE from Allegheny County.

Don't give facts to these people, they need a crutch to rationalize the deferral/waitlist/reject. The my kid didn't get into UVA parents here are a self licking ice cream cone, the world outside of NOVA is filled with inferior students that can only achieve admission by a handout, gross.

+1

But those are self-selected and guided by the public high school counselors. It is their job to direct the high school students to the best fit Virginia campus. That's why the percentage of acceptance at all VA schools are high.

And 2019 was two classes ago now...at our typical LCPS looking at Naviance, UVA admitted 22% applicants from our HS class of 2020 and 26% in the class of 2019. We have 76 applications this year, and so far only 6 admitted (that is showing on Naviance at least but this is backed up with anecdotal evidence). I think it's clear that there is no way they will be accepting 30% this year. Right from our counselors mouth, you pretty much have to be in the top 5% and even then we had kids deferred.

[Anonymous]

Dean J’s blog announced that RD comes out tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ECs don’t matter much for UVA. This year will be really tough for your son.

Yes they do, especially if they show grit and ability to finish a lengthy, complicated project on time. Like Eagle Scouts or Gold Award.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dean J’s blog announced that RD comes out tomorrow.

Any idea when these decisions usually post? I know it says after office hours, but curious when it has happened in the past.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS HAS GPA 4.3 AND SAT 1430 WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF GOOD ECS, APPLIED FOR CS, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES FOR ACCEPTANCE.

Depends on essays, course load rigor, and high school. The chance is certainly not zero as the PP said. We had lots of defers at our high school during the EA round. Many schools don't do class rank, but your son needs to be in the top 5%. A 4.3 at our high school is top 10%. We have a 6 point grading scale, so GPAs can be misleading.

No it doesn't.

Yes it does. When comparing students in the same percentile, the essays are a differentiator.[/quote]


They can be, but with almost 50,000 applicants (a 17% increase), a comparatively small state admissions office can do only so much. I've heard many admission officers say they read the essays only after they've first culled out the ACT/SAT/GPA/Rank (per profile sent by the school)/URM/Big donor/ possible big donor (called cultivator cases )/low-income and this year's new special category: first-generations, who received 952 acceptances in ED/EA at UVA for only 3,750 slots. Only after you are through those hurdles do they read the essays, if at all. And your region's rep. might read the essay, but unlikely if the applicant doesn't jump through the other hoops that are reported to USN&WR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ECs don’t matter much for UVA. This year will be really tough for your son.

Why is this year going to be tough?

This year’s GPA cutoffs seemed higher. Also, not many slots left for RD.

Actually, it is due to going "test-optional" and Covid. UVA was flooded with a 38% increase of applications at the ED/DA level, which, when added to the RD applications showed 17% increase (almost 50,000) overall. This is due to Covid. Many families were hit hard financially and really need the state-schools to work for them. When schools went "Test-option" that further opened the floodgates to students who had high grades and poor scores, or no scores. Same happened at HYPS, etc. The middle and third tier SLACs are suffering because they aren't getting the full-pay applicants they usually do and many are tens of millions in debt.

[Anonymous]

Oh my gosh, can we have a new thread so we don't start over on this one?