William and Mary - What do you think?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

True, but it is almost impossible to get in if you are applying from NOVA. I think it is far more difficult to get in from NOVA than as a full-freight OOS.

not impossible. Excellent grades and test scores help-as does a tough schedule.

Grades don't matter. Class rank does. That's how W&M picks students. Oh, and anybody at TJ gets a free pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

True, but it is almost impossible to get in if you are applying from NOVA. I think it is far more difficult to get in from NOVA than as a full-freight OOS.

not impossible. Excellent grades and test scores help-as does a tough schedule.

Grades don't matter. Class rank does. That's how W&M picks students. Oh, and anybody at TJ gets a free pass.

Nope. Our HS doesn't do class ranks. Not sure of other FCPS schools, but Robinson doesn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

True, but it is almost impossible to get in if you are applying from NOVA. I think it is far more difficult to get in from NOVA than as a full-freight OOS.

not impossible. Excellent grades and test scores help-as does a tough schedule.

Grades don't matter. Class rank does. That's how W&M picks students. Oh, and anybody at TJ gets a free pass.

Nope. Our HS doesn't do class ranks. Not sure of other FCPS schools, but Robinson doesn't.

FCPS does not calculate class rank. PP does not know know what she is talking about.

[Anonymous]

Well, probably not quite as clear as that. I don't have any direct knowledge of FCPS, but many schools that technically can say they don't calculate class rank (privates too) still provide colleges with a framework for interpreting the GPAs of their students that enable them to figure out approx. class rank. (If GPA between X-Y, top 5%; between C and D -tope 10%, etc.) And even if a school did not provide that -- and I think most do -- the colleges that receive a good number of applicants can essentially make their own approx. class rankings of at least their applicants based on GPAs and a formula they may use to adjust for rigor of classes.