UVA admits only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Asian male, CAS
In state, FCPS
GPA at graduation: 3.7 UW/ 4.2 W (it was higher at the time of admission, but a big case of senioritis)
11 APs including APES, Cal AB, Stats, but no other STEM APs, AP Lang and APUSH and APWorldHist
3 years of 1 foreign language, 2 of another, none AP of course
SAT: 1500
ECs: Meh, part-time job

I add the foreign language and APs because of previous threads discussing this topic.

Do you mind sharing school name ?

Was his stats in the green area of his schools scattergram if you checked or was this an exception?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy thing is that last year there were like 57k applications -- I heard that this year there have been 47k just for ED and EA! GAH!

where did you hear that?

President Ryan's speech last week.

From Nov 8th? It's not in the transcript.

[Anonymous]

Ignore the trolls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asian male, CAS
In state, FCPS
GPA at graduation: 3.7 UW/ 4.2 W (it was higher at the time of admission, but a big case of senioritis)
11 APs including APES, Cal AB, Stats, but no other STEM APs, AP Lang and APUSH and APWorldHist
3 years of 1 foreign language, 2 of another, none AP of course
SAT: 1500
ECs: Meh, part-time job

I add the foreign language and APs because of previous threads discussing this topic.

Do you mind sharing school name ?

Was his stats in the green area of his schools scattergram if you checked or was this an exception?

McLean/Langley. His stats were on the borderline between green and red so we were surprised he got in.

I provide this information to counter the endless posters who say that you need a 4.0 UW GPA, 4 years of foreign language and Calc BC or 12+ APs to get into UVA.

You don't. DS sure didn't have those qualifications.

But it sure does help!

YMMV this year. Good luck to everyone!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crazy thing is that last year there were like 57k applications -- I heard that this year there have been 47k just for ED and EA! GAH!

where did you hear that?

President Ryan's speech last week.

From Nov 8th? It's not in the transcript.

11/14 -- was at his DC event -- heard it live (and my husband looked at me and said -- don't tell our kid)!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Asian male, CAS
In state, FCPS
GPA at graduation: 3.7 UW/ 4.2 W (it was higher at the time of admission, but a big case of senioritis)
11 APs including APES, Cal AB, Stats, but no other STEM APs, AP Lang and APUSH and APWorldHist
3 years of 1 foreign language, 2 of another, none AP of course
SAT: 1500
ECs: Meh, part-time job

I add the foreign language and APs because of previous threads discussing this topic.

Do you mind sharing school name ?

Was his stats in the green area of his schools scattergram if you checked or was this an exception?

My son applied ED to UVA on 11.1.24 and I think is being overly confident at being accepted.

4.15 GPA
13 APS (Math, Spanish, History)
33 ACT
6 Math Class/4 years of Spanish
Fluent in Spanish (did not grow up speaking Spanish; has has Spanish since daycare)
Completed CALC BC as a Junior and now taking Linear Algebra/Multivariate CALC
Started a Math Debate Club, an Environmental Club
Tutors Spanish/Math for the NHS at his DC private high school
Social Justice junkie
Captain of his summer sport and Captain of JV Rugby.
Varsity athlete
Pool Manager during the summer at our swim/tennis club - works full time.
Engineering will be his major.

He's so positive and I'm the negative Nilly. He's ok with Tech but LOVES UVA, he felt something there while visiting. I'm trying to stay hopeful for him but his GPA isn't where it should be for UVA.

McLean/Langley. His stats were on the borderline between green and red so we were surprised he got in.

I provide this information to counter the endless posters who say that you need a 4.0 UW GPA, 4 years of foreign language and Calc BC or 12+ APs to get into UVA.

You don't. DS sure didn't have those qualifications.

But it sure does help!

YMMV this year. Good luck to everyone!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy thing is that last year there were like 57k applications -- I heard that this year there have been 47k just for ED and EA! GAH!

where did you hear that?

President Ryan's speech last week.

From Nov 8th? It's not in the transcript.

11/14 -- was at his DC event -- heard it live (and my husband looked at me and said -- don't tell our kid)!

So 5000 more than early last year. Not a huge difference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just looked at the record from last year at my kid’s private school in DMV:

4 EA acceptances with GPA 97-98 (out of 100) and SAT scores of 1530-1570.
2 EA acceptances with GPA of 94-95 and TO
1 RD acceptance with GPA of 94 and 1550 SAT

Only 1 or 2 of these kids ended up going to UVA.

SAT mostly seems to be mid 1500s

This is why we need to get rid of TO. The reported scores are totally unrealistic of who is actually attending.

SCHEV doesn't lie

Who said anything about lying? Something like 60% of scores are not being reported at all. Its not an accurate picture. It doesn't mean someone is "lying."

+2 The test scores are for those submitted. A majority of the kids are TO and they have much, much lower scores or they would have submitted. DC’s friend attends UVA, got in TO and couldn’t crack 1200 on the SAT. 3 tries.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy thing is that last year there were like 57k applications -- I heard that this year there have been 47k just for ED and EA! GAH!

where did you hear that?

President Ryan's speech last week.

From Nov 8th? It's not in the transcript.

11/14 -- was at his DC event -- heard it live (and my husband looked at me and said -- don't tell our kid)!

So 5000 more than early last year. Not a huge difference.

Also, unclear how many of those 5k are even in state.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just looked at the record from last year at my kid’s private school in DMV:

4 EA acceptances with GPA 97-98 (out of 100) and SAT scores of 1530-1570.
2 EA acceptances with GPA of 94-95 and TO
1 RD acceptance with GPA of 94 and 1550 SAT

Only 1 or 2 of these kids ended up going to UVA.

SAT mostly seems to be mid 1500s

This is why we need to get rid of TO. The reported scores are totally unrealistic of who is actually attending.

SCHEV doesn't lie

Who said anything about lying? Something like 60% of scores are not being reported at all. Its not an accurate picture. It doesn't mean someone is "lying."

+2 The test scores are for those submitted. A majority of the kids are TO and they have much, much lower scores or they would have submitted. DC’s friend attends UVA, got in TO and couldn’t crack 1200 on the SAT. 3 tries.

- wow! they must have had stellar ECs/grades/etc. - guessing that friend is pretty impressive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crazy thing is that last year there were like 57k applications -- I heard that this year there have been 47k just for ED and EA! GAH!

where did you hear that?

President Ryan's speech last week.

From Nov 8th? It's not in the transcript.

11/14 -- was at his DC event -- heard it live (and my husband looked at me and said -- don't tell our kid)!

So 5000 more than early last year. Not a huge difference.

Well,
Math.
In 2022 it was 40k
In 2023 it was a 3+% increase to 42k
In 2024 at 47k is a 10% increase.

Not sure what you’d consider a “huge difference” — ??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Crazy thing is that last year there were like 57k applications -- I heard that this year there have been 47k just for ED and EA! GAH!

where did you hear that?

President Ryan's speech last week.

From Nov 8th? It's not in the transcript.

11/14 -- was at his DC event -- heard it live (and my husband looked at me and said -- don't tell our kid)!

So 5000 more than early last year. Not a huge difference.

Correct. Last year UVA received 42,000+ for ED and EA (58,000+ total). With the rapidly rising cost of privates a 5,000 increase for this fall's EA/ED would seem about right.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just looked at the record from last year at my kid’s private school in DMV:

4 EA acceptances with GPA 97-98 (out of 100) and SAT scores of 1530-1570.
2 EA acceptances with GPA of 94-95 and TO
1 RD acceptance with GPA of 94 and 1550 SAT

Only 1 or 2 of these kids ended up going to UVA.

SAT mostly seems to be mid 1500s

This is why we need to get rid of TO. The reported scores are totally unrealistic of who is actually attending.

SCHEV doesn't lie

Who said anything about lying? Something like 60% of scores are not being reported at all. Its not an accurate picture. It doesn't mean someone is "lying."

+2 The test scores are for those submitted.[url] A majority of the kids are TO and they have much, much lower scores or they would have submitted. DC’s friend attends UVA, got in TO and couldn’t crack 1200 on the SAT. 3 tries.

A majority "of the kids" are not test optional. 50% submit the SAT; 17% submit the ACT; 33% are test optional and it appears that may be gone by fall 2026. https://nextadmit.com/blog/uva-sat-scores/

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SAT - 1280
GPA -4.2
In state

Troll

Nope - you have no idea what you are talking about. She is in!

You could make up literally anything (if you are even that poster) and you also never answered if the score was submitted and if the applicant was URM/FirstGen/hooked in any way. Very telling.

The bottom 25th percentile us where the hooked kids are

Yes, and you have NO IDEA how low it goes below the reported 25th number. I used to work in admissions.

Yeah as an hourly seasonal contract worker.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SAT - 1280
GPA -4.2
In state

No offense, but 1280 is very very low for an admit to UVA.

Not if you go to a high school that isn’t that competitive.

Also you’re an adult so you should already know this—but starting a sentence with “no offense but” does not negate the offense in your statement. Seriously. Rather, it should be an internal cue to you that the thing you are about to say is too rude to say.