Should we reach higher than UVA?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:GPA 4.4 as a junior, expected to rise above a 4.5 with a tough senior year course load. SAT 1450 with 760 math. Job as a tutor, several clubs with leadership, lots of volunteer hours, some sports.

Target is UVA, fall back WM, safety VT. I
I've heard that UVA is hyper competitive so I figured that was a reach. But as the submission dates get closer I'm wondering if we could reach higher.

So you got a 690 in verbal? Probably need to go test optional to all 3 and apply to others.

Parent whose kid got a 1200 recommending that everyone else not report. Nice try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are looking outside VA then finances become a factor. Run the net price calculators to see what you can afford. Our kids didn’t like UVA so applied out of state but it worked with our finances. I would also look for a rolling admission safety. Those VA schools are not safeties.

Exactly. No one believes this until they've gone through having their own kids rejected.

[Anonymous]

UVA. 🎯

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I expect my kids will apply to 10 schools - rough estimate of 3 reaches, 3 solid chance, and 3 safeties.

That seems to be the trend, apply at a ton of schools and pick from the ones where they are accepted.

In the case above, is UVA a reach or a solid chance?

My oldest is in 9th grade, though I have some experience in a past life working as a college admissions counselor. My general assessment having lived in this area for 10 years is that UVA is a reach for EVERYONE. That said I understand your school should have some kind of scattergram for you to use to assess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I expect my kids will apply to 10 schools - rough estimate of 3 reaches, 3 solid chance, and 3 safeties.

As a math major ?

As any major, your kid needs at least 3 schools in each category. And you must be honest with the definitions of Reach, solid chance/target and safety.
Do that, show demonstrated interest at each school, put 100% effort into all the supplemental essays (Why school X?), and your kid will likely get into 5-6 schools (all the target and safeties) and possibly 1 or more reach.

that person was joking that i can't add - but I said rough estimate to account for the additional 1 that i was putting in no category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I expect my kids will apply to 10 schools - rough estimate of 3 reaches, 3 solid chance, and 3 safeties.

That seems to be the trend, apply at a ton of schools and pick from the ones where they are accepted.

In the case above, is UVA a reach or a solid chance?

My oldest is in 9th grade, though I have some experience in a past life working as a college admissions counselor. My general assessment having lived in this area for 10 years is that UVA is a reach for EVERYONE. That said I understand your school should have some kind of scattergram for you to use to assess.

As is W&M and sometimes VTech.