UVA Early Action

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son's friend at an FCPS high school was rejected for EA. However, he is a legacy, Latino, with 4.0W GPA, and 32-33 ACT (stats according to hearsay). OK ECs.

I know the GPA is a little low, but I would have thought URM and legacy would have at least resulted in a deferral not a rejection!

Another anecdote that confirms that very few NOVA applicants are getting in during the RD round.

Sadly, this is probably true. UVA is one of the few schools my DC didn’t apply to EA. DC really needed senior year grades due to a lower GPA in 9th grade. NO APs or weighted grades at their private school. Based on the admissions blog, RD seemed like the right choice. Oh well, it would likely be a rejection either round!

Exactly. No one who “needs” senior year grades is getting in anyway. Too many others who don’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

I know, right? "Hey, the school offers AP Latin and AP Spanish, but you didn't take either of them. Sorry, not most rigorous."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

Woodson has a class of 30 or so taking MV. I imagine some other nova HS have 2 classes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

Woodson has a class of 30 or so taking MV. I imagine some other nova HS have 2 classes.

Out of 600 students, so 5% of the senior class? Not very many.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

Woodson has a class of 30 or so taking MV. I imagine some other nova HS have 2 classes.

Out of 600 students, so 5% of the senior class? Not very many.

Not many, but I bet a big overlap of the kids admitted each year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

Woodson has a class of 30 or so taking MV. I imagine some other nova HS have 2 classes.

Out of 600 students, so 5% of the senior class? Not very many.

Not many, but I bet a big overlap of the kids admitted each year.

This. Very few in our large public NOVA high school get into UVA. Those are the same superstars who are taking MV and the other offered "most rigorous" courses.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

Woodson has a class of 30 or so taking MV. I imagine some other nova HS have 2 classes.

Out of 600 students, so 5% of the senior class? Not very many.

But you have to be five percent of your class in a NOVA high school to get into UVA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

"Students need to take the most rigorous courses offered by their high school". https://internationalcollegecounselors.com/college-admissions-advisors-answer-questions-on-rigor-for-high-school-students/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD could get to multi senior year but wants to do pre-med so thinking of doing AP stat next year instead. Will this hurt chances at UVA if not applying for math/engineering?

Ask your high school counselor. Ask him or her about the college admissions box

Don't blindly trust your high school counselor. At least at DC's school, some of their counselors suck (or they simply don't care). Their recommendations have been way off.[/quote]


But the "are you going to check off the Most Rigorous box for my child?" is a yes/no question. Some will get "very demanding" or less checked off. You need to find out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

"Students need to take the most rigorous courses offered by their high school". https://internationalcollegecounselors.com/college-admissions-advisors-answer-questions-on-rigor-for-high-school-students/

Doesn’t answer my question about humanities kids. If a kid taking MV is also not taking every AP foreign language, how are they taking the most rigorous classes offered by their high school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

"Students need to take the most rigorous courses offered by their high school". https://internationalcollegecounselors.com/college-admissions-advisors-answer-questions-on-rigor-for-high-school-students/

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You need to talk to your high school college counselor and ask about the box. YOu need "most rigorous" checked off to get into UVA. And a minimum of four years of language.

[Anonymous]

A lot of people on this thread have no idea what they’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

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They don't have the time. UVA received close to 50,000 applications this year and has to process that using a small public school admissions office. The first thing that is done with every application is to mark it for GPA, rank in class (yes they can tell), test scores and "most rigorous".

Then the file is marked for anything else relevant such as URM; first-generation (very big at UVA this year); low-income; blue ridge scholar; Questbridge applicant; athlete or rare talent; international; legacy (doesn't count for much at UVA anymore - I know a lot of legacy families whose high-stats kids did not get in); and "development case" (might the family give over $500K to the school)

Only then and after the file makes those cuts does anyone get around to reading the essays. The admissions officers don't have the time to look at each transcript. That's WHY we have the "most rigorous" box. Who is better suited to check it off than the college counselor? that's why it exists.

You're the poster who is obsessed with pretending you know how admissions work with the "most rigorous" box. Remember that time someone in admissions came in here and told you that you were wrong? You got all huffy? They kept explaining all the problems with your posts? That was awesome.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
They don't have the time. UVA received close to 50,000 applications this year and has to process that using a small public school admissions office. The first thing that is done with every application is to mark it for GPA, rank in class (yes they can tell), test scores and "most rigorous".

Then the file is marked for anything else relevant such as URM; first-generation (very big at UVA this year); low-income; blue ridge scholar; Questbridge applicant; athlete or rare talent; international; legacy (doesn't count for much at UVA anymore - I know a lot of legacy families whose high-stats kids did not get in); and "development case" (might the family give over $500K to the school)

Only then and after the file makes those cuts does anyone get around to reading the essays. The admissions officers don't have the time to look at each transcript. That's WHY we have the "most rigorous" box. Who is better suited to check it off than the college counselor? that's why it exists.

You're the poster who is obsessed with pretending you know how admissions work with the "most rigorous" box. Remember that time someone in admissions came in here and told you that you were wrong? You got all huffy? They kept explaining all the problems with your posts? That was awesome.

Definitely not me. must be someone else posting about the "most rigorous" box. It exists. Here's a discussion from College confidential on it. https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/most-rigorous-box-odd-situation/1340191