It is so hard this year, McLean HS boy 4.6 GPA got rejected from UVA

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Anonymous wrote:Same, my 4.6 GPA son got rejected from UVA and WL at VT last year. White male persona non grata.



Looking at the McLean insta, plenty of white kids getting into UVA. Clearly something wrong with your kid. In addition to his parent, that is.


UVA is 57% white and 13% Asian. I don’t know why but I thought it would have more Asians.


Often pick schools more highly ranked in the more vigorous majors. UVa is good at the easy majors.
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Anonymous wrote:My kid with 4.48 gpa and 1580 got rejected from UVA in EA.


Why didn't he apply ED?


+1


Maybe some of these kids want to try for MIT or CMU as a dream, but hope they can go to UVA in the likely scenario that they don't get into MIT/CMU.


Ok? You have one ED shot (sometimes two if EDII), just like the rest of us.


Would ED have made a difference at UVA?


Yes
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Anonymous wrote:Same, my 4.6 GPA son got rejected from UVA and WL at VT last year. White male persona non grata.



Looking at the McLean insta, plenty of white kids getting into UVA. Clearly something wrong with your kid. In addition to his parent, that is.


UVA is 57% white and 13% Asian. I don’t know why but I thought it would have more Asians.


Often pick schools more highly ranked in the more vigorous majors. UVa is good at the easy majors.



It’s actually 20. Check the most recent stats for 2022
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Sorry ^ 20 percent Asian at UVA
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Anonymous wrote:Same, my 4.6 GPA son got rejected from UVA and WL at VT last year. White male persona non grata.



Looking at the McLean insta, plenty of white kids getting into UVA. Clearly something wrong with your kid. In addition to his parent, that is.


UVA is 57% white and 13% Asian. I don’t know why but I thought it would have more Asians.


Often pick schools more highly ranked in the more vigorous majors. UVa is good at the easy majors.



Not true. It sent my kid to Oxford. UVA is the top public producer of Rhodes Scholars (not including West Point)
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Anonymous wrote:My son’s best friend had this same experience last year, with a 4.4 and 1550 from a different FCPS high school. Half white, half Asian. Waitlisted at UVA, waitlisted at WM, deferred then waitlisted at VT, applied for business. Really didn’t want JMU, VCU, and didn’t think he’d need them so didn’t apply. Was accepted at NYU, Northeastern, and a few others, but ultimately the couldn’t afford it and he is at Nova and planning to try again via transfer.


I hope he realizes how stupid he was for not applying to JMU, VCU, etc. What was he thinking??


He applied to and was accepted into another state school, but he didn't want to go there. He wanted to go to an engineering school. We can only afford a state school in VA.

Very classy of you to call a 17 year old stupid.


You're right, it was his parents who stupidly didn't insist that he apply to more state schools that his family could AFFORD. Not sure what to tell you?


I guess we are stupid and poor. You are much better than us.

He wanted to go to an engineeing school in Va. That means Va Tech. As soon as he was waitlisted, we looked at GAA and decded to to that instead of go to his safety school. It worked out for him.

Another plug for VCCS: we didn't pay a dime all year He got grants each semester he was there, plus free covid cash, plus a free laptop . He is a rising junior going to an engineering school in Va without having paid anything. Wait a second; maybe we aren't stupid.


Wait - first you claim this is "your son's best friend," now you're saying this person is YOUR son? Which is it? Smells like a troll to me.


You are getting your high achieving people mixed up.

My son had a 4.7 GPA/1550 SAT/3 sports/ team captain/ played violin/ Eagle Scout/ volunteer/ engineering internship and engineering job/ top 5% of class. He was not accepted into VT or UVa last year, but was accepted into another state school in VA. He decided he did not want to go to the state school he was accepted to and wanted to go to VT via the GAA program. Just last week, he was accepted into the Engineering college and about 6 hours ago he was accepted into the Honors college. We didn't pay a penny for him to get through VCCS because of grants and free COVID money.

I have been on this forum to see if there are others like my son that were not accepted into these state schools and to see why he was not accepted. I have determined that the admissions office at VT (and UVa) is horribly broken. There are highly qualified students not getting into state schools for a lot of reasons that are unfair. I don't know if there is anything I can do about it, but I hope it gets better. I will be filing a FOIA request after he enrolls to see what happened to his application from high school and work with an organization called Students for Fair Admissions, the group that is currently suing schools to end affirmative action in college admissions. I think they should also end yield protection too.

I also want parents to know that if the admissions office f's their kid like mine was, the GAA program is outstanding. There is a curriculum that must be completed with a minimum GPA, and if it is completed satisfactorily you kid goes to any state school. The application is almost a formality.

I'm totally telling my son that you think he is stupid.
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Anonymous wrote:Same, my 4.6 GPA son got rejected from UVA and WL at VT last year. White male persona non grata.



Looking at the McLean insta, plenty of white kids getting into UVA. Clearly something wrong with your kid. In addition to his parent, that is.


Why do people say toxic things like this?
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Anonymous wrote:Same, my 4.6 GPA son got rejected from UVA and WL at VT last year. White male persona non grata.



Looking at the McLean insta, plenty of white kids getting into UVA. Clearly something wrong with your kid. In addition to his parent, that is.


Why do people say toxic things like this?


Because other people say things like “white male persona non grata”. They deserve every bit of toxicity and derision that can be thrown their way.
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Anonymous wrote:My son’s best friend had this same experience last year, with a 4.4 and 1550 from a different FCPS high school. Half white, half Asian. Waitlisted at UVA, waitlisted at WM, deferred then waitlisted at VT, applied for business. Really didn’t want JMU, VCU, and didn’t think he’d need them so didn’t apply. Was accepted at NYU, Northeastern, and a few others, but ultimately the couldn’t afford it and he is at Nova and planning to try again via transfer.


I hope he realizes how stupid he was for not applying to JMU, VCU, etc. What was he thinking??


He applied to and was accepted into another state school, but he didn't want to go there. He wanted to go to an engineering school. We can only afford a state school in VA.

Very classy of you to call a 17 year old stupid.


You're right, it was his parents who stupidly didn't insist that he apply to more state schools that his family could AFFORD. Not sure what to tell you?


I guess we are stupid and poor. You are much better than us.

He wanted to go to an engineeing school in Va. That means Va Tech. As soon as he was waitlisted, we looked at GAA and decded to to that instead of go to his safety school. It worked out for him.

Another plug for VCCS: we didn't pay a dime all year He got grants each semester he was there, plus free covid cash, plus a free laptop . He is a rising junior going to an engineering school in Va without having paid anything. Wait a second; maybe we aren't stupid.


Wait - first you claim this is "your son's best friend," now you're saying this person is YOUR son? Which is it? Smells like a troll to me.


You are getting your high achieving people mixed up.

My son had a 4.7 GPA/1550 SAT/3 sports/ team captain/ played violin/ Eagle Scout/ volunteer/ engineering internship and engineering job/ top 5% of class. He was not accepted into VT or UVa last year, but was accepted into another state school in VA. He decided he did not want to go to the state school he was accepted to and wanted to go to VT via the GAA program. Just last week, he was accepted into the Engineering college and about 6 hours ago he was accepted into the Honors college. We didn't pay a penny for him to get through VCCS because of grants and free COVID money.

I have been on this forum to see if there are others like my son that were not accepted into these state schools and to see why he was not accepted. I have determined that the admissions office at VT (and UVa) is horribly broken. There are highly qualified students not getting into state schools for a lot of reasons that are unfair. I don't know if there is anything I can do about it, but I hope it gets better. I will be filing a FOIA request after he enrolls to see what happened to his application from high school and work with an organization called Students for Fair Admissions, the group that is currently suing schools to end affirmative action in college admissions. I think they should also end yield protection too.

I also want parents to know that if the admissions office f's their kid like mine was, the GAA program is outstanding. There is a curriculum that must be completed with a minimum GPA, and if it is completed satisfactorily you kid goes to any state school. The application is almost a formality.

I'm totally telling my son that you think he is stupid.



It’s unfair that tens of thousands apply? These schools are getting over 40,000 (VT) and over 50,000 (UVA) applications. A student not getting into schools with giant applications pools isn’t unfair, it’s to be expected. If you expect admission when the odds are overwhelmingly not in your favor, that’s a sign of you understanding of probability, not a sign of broken admissions offices.
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Anonymous wrote:Same, my 4.6 GPA son got rejected from UVA and WL at VT last year. White male persona non grata.


50% of all kids have grades like that these days. It's like a 3.2 back in my day. It would be best if you had more than the regular inflated GPA to differentiate yourself. Nevertheless, plenty of white males are admitted to these schools so that isn't the issue. Spreading your sour grapes with false accusations is irresponsible and wrong.
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Anonymous wrote:My son’s best friend had this same experience last year, with a 4.4 and 1550 from a different FCPS high school. Half white, half Asian. Waitlisted at UVA, waitlisted at WM, deferred then waitlisted at VT, applied for business. Really didn’t want JMU, VCU, and didn’t think he’d need them so didn’t apply. Was accepted at NYU, Northeastern, and a few others, but ultimately the couldn’t afford it and he is at Nova and planning to try again via transfer.


I hope he realizes how stupid he was for not applying to JMU, VCU, etc. What was he thinking??


He applied to and was accepted into another state school, but he didn't want to go there. He wanted to go to an engineering school. We can only afford a state school in VA.

Very classy of you to call a 17 year old stupid.


You're right, it was his parents who stupidly didn't insist that he apply to more state schools that his family could AFFORD. Not sure what to tell you?


I guess we are stupid and poor. You are much better than us.

He wanted to go to an engineeing school in Va. That means Va Tech. As soon as he was waitlisted, we looked at GAA and decded to to that instead of go to his safety school. It worked out for him.

Another plug for VCCS: we didn't pay a dime all year He got grants each semester he was there, plus free covid cash, plus a free laptop . He is a rising junior going to an engineering school in Va without having paid anything. Wait a second; maybe we aren't stupid.


Wait - first you claim this is "your son's best friend," now you're saying this person is YOUR son? Which is it? Smells like a troll to me.


You are getting your high achieving people mixed up.

My son had a 4.7 GPA/1550 SAT/3 sports/ team captain/ played violin/ Eagle Scout/ volunteer/ engineering internship and engineering job/ top 5% of class. He was not accepted into VT or UVa last year, but was accepted into another state school in VA. He decided he did not want to go to the state school he was accepted to and wanted to go to VT via the GAA program. Just last week, he was accepted into the Engineering college and about 6 hours ago he was accepted into the Honors college. We didn't pay a penny for him to get through VCCS because of grants and free COVID money.

I have been on this forum to see if there are others like my son that were not accepted into these state schools and to see why he was not accepted. I have determined that the admissions office at VT (and UVa) is horribly broken. There are highly qualified students not getting into state schools for a lot of reasons that are unfair. I don't know if there is anything I can do about it, but I hope it gets better. I will be filing a FOIA request after he enrolls to see what happened to his application from high school and work with an organization called Students for Fair Admissions, the group that is currently suing schools to end affirmative action in college admissions. I think they should also end yield protection too.

I also want parents to know that if the admissions office f's their kid like mine was, the GAA program is outstanding. There is a curriculum that must be completed with a minimum GPA, and if it is completed satisfactorily you kid goes to any state school. The application is almost a formality.

I'm totally telling my son that you think he is stupid.


So do they write these sob stories for you to post at the astroturfer office or do you just make them up?
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So political advocacy groups are taking advantage of the anonymous nature of this message board to gin up fake outrage in advance of filing lawsuits designed to prevent minorities from accessing educational opportunities.

Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud.
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Anonymous wrote:My son’s best friend had this same experience last year, with a 4.4 and 1550 from a different FCPS high school. Half white, half Asian. Waitlisted at UVA, waitlisted at WM, deferred then waitlisted at VT, applied for business. Really didn’t want JMU, VCU, and didn’t think he’d need them so didn’t apply. Was accepted at NYU, Northeastern, and a few others, but ultimately the couldn’t afford it and he is at Nova and planning to try again via transfer.


I hope he realizes how stupid he was for not applying to JMU, VCU, etc. What was he thinking??


He applied to and was accepted into another state school, but he didn't want to go there. He wanted to go to an engineering school. We can only afford a state school in VA.

Very classy of you to call a 17 year old stupid.


You're right, it was his parents who stupidly didn't insist that he apply to more state schools that his family could AFFORD. Not sure what to tell you?


I guess we are stupid and poor. You are much better than us.

He wanted to go to an engineeing school in Va. That means Va Tech. As soon as he was waitlisted, we looked at GAA and decded to to that instead of go to his safety school. It worked out for him.

Another plug for VCCS: we didn't pay a dime all year He got grants each semester he was there, plus free covid cash, plus a free laptop . He is a rising junior going to an engineering school in Va without having paid anything. Wait a second; maybe we aren't stupid.


Wait - first you claim this is "your son's best friend," now you're saying this person is YOUR son? Which is it? Smells like a troll to me.


You are getting your high achieving people mixed up.

My son had a 4.7 GPA/1550 SAT/3 sports/ team captain/ played violin/ Eagle Scout/ volunteer/ engineering internship and engineering job/ top 5% of class. He was not accepted into VT or UVa last year, but was accepted into another state school in VA. He decided he did not want to go to the state school he was accepted to and wanted to go to VT via the GAA program. Just last week, he was accepted into the Engineering college and about 6 hours ago he was accepted into the Honors college. We didn't pay a penny for him to get through VCCS because of grants and free COVID money.

I have been on this forum to see if there are others like my son that were not accepted into these state schools and to see why he was not accepted. I have determined that the admissions office at VT (and UVa) is horribly broken. There are highly qualified students not getting into state schools for a lot of reasons that are unfair. I don't know if there is anything I can do about it, but I hope it gets better. I will be filing a FOIA request after he enrolls to see what happened to his application from high school and work with an organization called Students for Fair Admissions, the group that is currently suing schools to end affirmative action in college admissions. I think they should also end yield protection too.

I also want parents to know that if the admissions office f's their kid like mine was, the GAA program is outstanding. There is a curriculum that must be completed with a minimum GPA, and if it is completed satisfactorily you kid goes to any state school. The application is almost a formality.

I'm totally telling my son that you think he is stupid.



It’s unfair that tens of thousands apply? These schools are getting over 40,000 (VT) and over 50,000 (UVA) applications. A student not getting into schools with giant applications pools isn’t unfair, it’s to be expected. If you expect admission when the odds are overwhelmingly not in your favor, that’s a sign of you understanding of probability, not a sign of broken admissions offices.


He was in the top 5% of his class and if you look at the applications that were accepted, he was better than pretty much all of them. You dont understand probably. The system is broken.
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Anonymous wrote:Same, my 4.6 GPA son got rejected from UVA and WL at VT last year. White male persona non grata.


50% of all kids have grades like that these days. It's like a 3.2 back in my day. It would be best if you had more than the regular inflated GPA to differentiate yourself. Nevertheless, plenty of white males are admitted to these schools so that isn't the issue. Spreading your sour grapes with false accusations is irresponsible and wrong.


My son had a 4.7 and was in the top 5% of his class. If he was at 50%, then you could say "most kids". Math.
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Anonymous wrote:So political advocacy groups are taking advantage of the anonymous nature of this message board to gin up fake outrage in advance of filing lawsuits designed to prevent minorities from accessing educational opportunities.

Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud.


Not fake. Absolutely true.
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