UVA Early Decision results

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Anonymous wrote:At least 7 got in from our FCPS school- 6 posted on the decisions page and one who didn't post (but I work with his father who told me).

Can you say which HS ?

It's West Springfield.

West Potomac has 6 or more too.

The Wests did well! Westfield, West Springfield, and West Po!

Are they all title 1 schools?

[Anonymous]

I heard that most at Woodson got deferred, unfortunately. We are telling our other kids to look wider and not focus on UVa. Too much pressure for no reason (and I went there and loved it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't you think they'll get close to 90K? They were at 70,300 as of mid Dec which generally does not include any of the RD applicants who generally submit somewhere from the time of their ED rejection in mid Dec to the RD due date on Jan 5.

17K applied RD last year and I would imagine with no supplementals this could easily go up to 25K. I bet they reach 90K overall.

Why do you keep making up numbers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA didn’t suddenly get more popular for reasons like “not too northern, not too southern” and status as the #4 ranked public ivy.

Their increase in applications is directly correlated with no supplemental essays this year.

Bingo. I love to read the boosters' ridiculous explanations. Never fails to entertain.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At least 7 got in from our FCPS school- 6 posted on the decisions page and one who didn't post (but I work with his father who told me).

Can you say which HS ?

It's West Springfield.

West Potomac has 6 or more too.

The Wests did well! Westfield, West Springfield, and West Po!

There is only one Title 1 high school in FCPS and it is Justice

Are they all title 1 schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At least 7 got in from our FCPS school- 6 posted on the decisions page and one who didn't post (but I work with his father who told me).

Can you say which HS ?

It's West Springfield.

West Potomac has 6 or more too.

The Wests did well! Westfield, West Springfield, and West Po!

There is only one Title 1 high school in FCPS and it is Justice

Are they all title 1 schools?

Correct. West Potomac is only 49% free and reduced lunch. For comparison, Langley is 4.5%.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At least 7 got in from our FCPS school- 6 posted on the decisions page and one who didn't post (but I work with his father who told me).

Can you say which HS ?

It's West Springfield.

West Potomac has 6 or more too.

The Wests did well! Westfield, West Springfield, and West Po!

Are they all title 1 schools?

Are you suggesting that would have anything to do with these acceptances?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't you think they'll get close to 90K? They were at 70,300 as of mid Dec which generally does not include any of the RD applicants who generally submit somewhere from the time of their ED rejection in mid Dec to the RD due date on Jan 5.

17K applied RD last year and I would imagine with no supplementals this could easily go up to 25K. I bet they reach 90K overall.

Why do you keep making up numbers?

DP.

Her saying “I bet they reach 90K” isn’t making up numbers, as you put it.

It’s just her prediction. And who knows? Maybe she’s right; maybe not. It’s nothing to get all snarky about. Time will tell.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At least 7 got in from our FCPS school- 6 posted on the decisions page and one who didn't post (but I work with his father who told me).

Can you say which HS ?

It's West Springfield.

West Potomac has 6 or more too.

The Wests did well! Westfield, West Springfield, and West Po!

Are they all title 1 schools?

Are you suggesting that [Title I] would have anything to do with these acceptances?

NP.

Institutions are still permitted, under SFFA, to employ certain proxies for skin color in making admissions decisions, without running afoul of the CRA ‘64.

I am a new poster here and I don’t have a personal stake in this discussion. I am NOT saying UVA gave a preference to applicants from Title I schools (only the admissions department and possibly DOJ investigators know if UVA did or did not).

However, UVA would be within the letter and the spirit of SFFA to give a preference for Title I as a legitimate proxy.

Read the S.Ct’s decision in SFFA.

[Anonymous]

As of the 24-25 school year, West Springfield is 14% FARMS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At least 7 got in from our FCPS school- 6 posted on the decisions page and one who didn't post (but I work with his father who told me).

Can you say which HS ?

It's West Springfield.

West Potomac has 6 or more too.

The Wests did well! Westfield, West Springfield, and West Po!

Are they all title 1 schools?

Are you suggesting that [Title I] would have anything to do with these acceptances?

NP.

Institutions are still permitted, under SFFA, to employ certain proxies for skin color in making admissions decisions, without running afoul of the CRA ‘64.

I am a new poster here and I don’t have a personal stake in this discussion. I am NOT saying UVA gave a preference to applicants from Title I schools (only the admissions department and possibly DOJ investigators know if UVA did or did not).

However, UVA would be within the letter and the spirit of SFFA to give a preference for Title I as a legitimate proxy.

Read the S.Ct’s decision in SFFA.

Ok, but it has been established that the three schools mentioned are, in fact, NOT Title 1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These are the 2025-2026 Statistics from DeanJ:

“Early Decision Applications
Total number of Early Decision applications: 5,108 (4,971 last year)
Total number of VA apps: 3,077 (2,795 last year)
Total number of OOS apps: 2,031 (2,176 last year)


We use completed applications in our statistics.

Early Decision Offers
Overall offers: 1,225 (1,282)
Total VA offers: 766 (25% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 459 (23% offer rate)”

She also blogged about this year’s ED cycle. The statistics are not all that different this year, and continue to reflect that UVA is an extremely difficult university to earn admission as a graduating senior. No one should feel bad if their daughter or son was rejected.

It’s nearly impossible to get into UVA.

The statistics indicate otherwise:

“ Total number of VA apps: 3,077 (2,795 last year)

Total VA offers: 766.”

You are not looking at the actual statistics required to get in to UVA. The 75th percentile of UVA students entering last fall had a 4.5 and a 35 ACT. Harvard’s 75th percentile had a 4.4.

Even if you were to look at just the selectivity figures - which I think is the argument you are trying to make - those applicants (the 3,077) are the very best students in VA who have been prescreened by their public high school counselor who have access to SCHEV, or, in private SCOIR. Unlike the Ivies, UVA gives very clear odds as to chances of getting in, so high school students like my own know there isnt a chance in hell - but there is a slight chance at Harvard due to legacy and other factors. So the high school counselors are much more readily apt to agree to throw in a Harvard application.

Finally, that group of 3,000 also includes the in- state Virginians who use UVA as a safety to the Ivies or SLACs, just as another of my kids did, which was a good thing nbecause he was waitlisted at the Ivies so went to UVA.

It also includes ROVA and it’s going to be much tougher to get into UVA from NOVA than ROVA because you she’s so many more kids in NOVA at that top level and UVA wants to pull from across the state.

Yep. My son has close friends in ROVA and both of his 2 friends who applied ED got in. They are great kids with great stats of course, but there are so many just as great kids/stats in NOVA who don’t have a chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are the 2025-2026 Statistics from DeanJ:

“Early Decision Applications
Total number of Early Decision applications: 5,108 (4,971 last year)
Total number of VA apps: 3,077 (2,795 last year)
Total number of OOS apps: 2,031 (2,176 last year)


We use completed applications in our statistics.

Early Decision Offers
Overall offers: 1,225 (1,282)
Total VA offers: 766 (25% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 459 (23% offer rate)”

She also blogged about this year’s ED cycle. The statistics are not all that different this year, and continue to reflect that UVA is an extremely difficult university to earn admission as a graduating senior. No one should feel bad if their daughter or son was rejected.

It’s nearly impossible to get into UVA.

The statistics indicate otherwise:

“ Total number of VA apps: 3,077 (2,795 last year)

Total VA offers: 766.”

You are not looking at the actual statistics required to get in to UVA. The 75th percentile of UVA students entering last fall had a 4.5 and a 35 ACT. Harvard’s 75th percentile had a 4.4.

Even if you were to look at just the selectivity figures - which I think is the argument you are trying to make - those applicants (the 3,077) are the very best students in VA who have been prescreened by their public high school counselor who have access to SCHEV, or, in private SCOIR. Unlike the Ivies, UVA gives very clear odds as to chances of getting in, so high school students like my own know there isnt a chance in hell - but there is a slight chance at Harvard due to legacy and other factors. So the high school counselors are much more readily apt to agree to throw in a Harvard application.

Finally, that group of 3,000 also includes the in- state Virginians who use UVA as a safety to the Ivies or SLACs, just as another of my kids did, which was a good thing nbecause he was waitlisted at the Ivies so went to UVA.

It also includes ROVA and it’s going to be much tougher to get into UVA from NOVA than ROVA because you she’s so many more kids in NOVA at that top level and UVA wants to pull from across the state.

Yep. My son has close friends in ROVA and both of his 2 friends who applied ED got in. They are great kids with great stats of course, but there are so many just as great kids/stats in NOVA who don’t have a chance.

Well these two cases most definitely mean the fix is in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA didn’t suddenly get more popular for reasons like “not too northern, not too southern” and status as the #4 ranked public ivy.

Their increase in applications is directly correlated with no supplemental essays this year.

Bingo. I love to read the boosters' ridiculous explanations. Never fails to entertain.

The UVA hate on this board is very entertaining. UVA is so in your head!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least 7 got in from our FCPS school- 6 posted on the decisions page and one who didn't post (but I work with his father who told me).

Can you say which HS ?

It's West Springfield.

West Potomac has 6 or more too.

The Wests did well! Westfield, West Springfield, and West Po!

Are they all title 1 schools?

Are you suggesting that [Title I] would have anything to do with these acceptances?

NP.

Institutions are still permitted, under SFFA, to employ certain proxies for skin color in making admissions decisions, without running afoul of the CRA ‘64.

I am a new poster here and I don’t have a personal stake in this discussion. I am NOT saying UVA gave a preference to applicants from Title I schools (only the admissions department and possibly DOJ investigators know if UVA did or did not).

However, UVA would be within the letter and the spirit of SFFA to give a preference for Title I as a legitimate proxy.

Read the S.Ct’s decision in SFFA.

Ok, but it has been established that the three schools mentioned are, in fact, NOT Title 1

I am the PP, and yes - thanks for the factual clarification: those 3 FCPS high schools are NOT Title 1.

Further, FCPS indicates there is only one Title 1 HS in the system:

https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/district-performance-transparency/title-i-program#fcps-title-i-schools

- but they refuse to name it specifically.

AI indicates it’s Bryant, not Justice:

“Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), only Bryant High School is specifically identified as a Title I high school, using federal funds to boost student achievement, “

No idea if any Bryant students were admitted ED. Does anyone know?