UVA acceptance

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Make it very clear to the HS Counselors that DC's wants UVA. Expects UVA, if they are near tippy top of the class. Ignore the BS re: no one knowing who's at the top of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Nope. My kid (in state) had a 3.99 GPA/4.43 wGPA with a 35 ACT and got waitlisted

This is crazy. Assume this was EA? Should I push my kid to apply ED? I keep hearing from UVA that the difference between applying ED or EA doesn’t matter for UVA admissions. No bump for ED. Kid loves UVA but really likes the idea of getting a choice between all acceptances in March/April!

He applied EA, was deferred, and then waitlisted. He aimed really high in his applications (he also received the full IB Diploma, was an Eagle Scout, and a two time captain of his HS and club teams), and did not get into any of these: Harvard, Yale, MIT, Williams, Amherst, UVa. He got into JMU, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and Northeastern. Got an amazing merit scholarship to Northeastern (bringing cost down to only a little more than in-state UVa cost, and went to Boston. He's two years in now, and is having a fantastic experience. Is just finishing up his first co-op (had it extended from 6 to 8-months), where he learned a lot and got paid good money, and has a great group of friends/peers. It has really worked out for him, but he (and I) were pretty steamed at the time when he didn't get into UVa. Never saw the Naviance scattergram after he input the data about UVa, but it must have been a tiny red x in a giant sea of green checkmarks.

Curious--5 years of a foreign language? AP in ALL subjects, including English? This is shocking and enraging. Don't blame you, but I am so happy to hear he's doing great. It all works out, but I agree his stats are fabulous.

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Anonymous wrote:For those whose kids were accepted into UVA, do you feel it was mainly grades/test scores or their involvement in ECs that helped their application?

Max out in all Subject areas.
3.98/4.5, 1560, NMSF, NOVA 9 APs (Calc BC, Physics C Mech and E&M, APUSH, Gov, etc) 2 DE
Waitlisted. Did NOT take AP Lang

Many who were rejected didn't take AP Lang...have to take it.

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Nope. My kid (in state) had a 3.99 GPA/4.43 wGPA with a 35 ACT and got waitlisted

This is crazy. Assume this was EA? Should I push my kid to apply ED? I keep hearing from UVA that the difference between applying ED or EA doesn’t matter for UVA admissions. No bump for ED. Kid loves UVA but really likes the idea of getting a choice between all acceptances in March/April!

He applied EA, was deferred, and then waitlisted. He aimed really high in his applications (he also received the full IB Diploma, was an Eagle Scout, and a two time captain of his HS and club teams), and did not get into any of these: Harvard, Yale, MIT, Williams, Amherst, UVa. He got into JMU, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and Northeastern. Got an amazing merit scholarship to Northeastern (bringing cost down to only a little more than in-state UVa cost, and went to Boston. He's two years in now, and is having a fantastic experience. Is just finishing up his first co-op (had it extended from 6 to 8-months), where he learned a lot and got paid good money, and has a great group of friends/peers. It has really worked out for him, but he (and I) were pretty steamed at the time when he didn't get into UVa. Never saw the Naviance scattergram after he input the data about UVa, but it must have been a tiny red x in a giant sea of green checkmarks.

Curious--5 years of a foreign language? AP in ALL subjects, including English? This is shocking and enraging. Don't blame you, but I am so happy to hear he's doing great. It all works out, but I agree his stats are fabulous.

He took Spanish all 4 years in HS, including AP Spanish and also IB HL Spanish. Took 5 AP's (World History, Psychology, AB Calc. Spanish, and AP Gov), but also took a full IB courseload and 1 DE class. I really thought he did essentially everything he could, but it didn't work out. I suspect his essay probably wasn't great, and only so many kids from his high school could get in. In the past, all full IB students with good grades/scores got it, but that obviously has changed.

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So he took a full IB diploma and AP classes? How is that possible? I sense a troll. Bye.

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Anonymous wrote:So he took a full IB diploma and AP classes? How is that possible? I sense a troll. Bye.

Easy. He went through a Spanish immersion program from kindergarten, so he took AP Spanish in 10th grade. AP World was offered to 9th graders, so he took that freshman year. AP Psych was his elective as a sophomore, and IB students had to take AP Gov as a 10th grader in order to meet Virginia graduation requirements. AB Calc was his math class junior year, and senior year he took a 1-year SL IB math class. He didn't do great on his AP exams (one 5, three 4's, and a 3), but I think part of that was because so much of his HS career was impacted by the pandemic. No trolling here. His path was not uncommon at his HS, though he did better than most.

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So a full IB diploma, too? Not the certificate?

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Anonymous wrote:So a full IB diploma, too? Not the certificate?

Yes. He did the ToK class, the extended essay, and the community service thing, too.

It was a lot of work and took meaningful planning. It was a very good program for him in that sense.

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

You people are such snobs, it's gross.

LOTS and lots of kids go to these "meager" schools with lesser "cohorts" and do not just fine, but very well. If you're kid is not adaptable enough to excel on his or her own without being propped up by a school name and fellow students, perhaps they're not as superior as you think.

My DH is an engineer, and now a hiring manager, and they recruit from everywhere. Not just "meager" schools and he gives not bonuses for going to ivy or other "superior" schools. Don't fool yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

I thought the only had an associates degree for engineering.

say what? DS entered in aerospace engineering at UVA and is now at Princeton for a P.hd in electrical engineering. Ignore the idiots who couldn't get in long ago and have no idea how Jim Ryan has improved the engineering schools over the last 8 years

Are you all joking?
UVA is the oldest University engineering program in the USA.

That would be West Point.

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I think leadership positions also weigh heavily in admissions to UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

Love the UVA boosters. VT much better for engineering and W&M better in most other disciplines. Won’t be much longer before JMU and GMU make UVA the number 5 state school in VA.

Oh, please.

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Anonymous wrote:So he took a full IB diploma and AP classes? How is that possible? I sense a troll. Bye.

New post. PP is not a troll. I can concur. My kid completed (and earned) the full IB Diploma and took AP courses as well. Kid is a first year at UVA and Echols.

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Anonymous wrote:My DH is an engineer, and now a hiring manager, and they recruit from everywhere. Not just "meager" schools and he gives not bonuses for going to ivy or other "superior" schools. Don't fool yourself.

Yes. Nearly all E Schools are rigorous and the curriculum is very similar from one school to another.

Its more about specific skills and which specific upper level in-major electives one took than about which E school one graduated from.

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Anonymous wrote:So he took a full IB diploma and AP classes? How is that possible? I sense a troll. Bye.

New post. PP is not a troll. I can concur. My kid completed (and earned) the full IB Diploma and took AP courses as well. Kid is a first year at UVA and Echols.

What's an Echols?