UVA SAT Scores

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

Of course most of these high SAT kids also have very high GPA

They will not hold test optional against someone they want to admit.

But the admission rate is higher for those that submit.

That just means the top applicants are still submitting SATs, which is what we all know. It doesn't mean UVA is giving a preference.

That isn’t necessarily what it means.

All other things being equal, a high GPA, high SAT kid is going to be advantaged over a kid with the same GPA and rigor that does not submit SAT.

You have no way of backing that up. The fact is that people here are just guessing. Aside from knowing UVA admissions talks about rigor and grades being most important, you can't possibly know where in the order the rest of the stuff comes.

Standardized tests were listed as important before going test optional.

Ok. Apply to UVA with the "high test score."

Upon rejection, you'll find a way to blame Test Optional kids who were accepted.

If SAT scores aren't important, why are the scores going up (as they are at most test optional schools)?

They are going up because only people with tippy top scores are submitting.

But if it didn't matter, why would they be the ones admitted?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

+1 This the answer. It’s all about GPA and class rank.

PP here. What if the GPA is 4.0?

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Most students won't have class rank submitted. With GPA, they do some additional weighting based on the school and curriculum. At least that is what Dean J indicates.

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Anonymous wrote:Would you submit a 1440 SAT to UVA or go test optional?

If they URM

Submit regardless, it’s a good score, I really don”t understand why people are trying to put themselves into the test optional group that gets admitted at a lower rate, especially if unhooked. I attended the UVA info session, they didn’t say anything about a minimum score to submit. People are like lemmings, no using their heads here.

Depends on GPA. If the SAT score is not commensurate with the GPA, it could devalue a high GPA (according to some college consultants). So if your student has a 4.5 or above, which is on par with 1500+, am SAT score below that could raise questions (especially about grade inflation in this area).

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Anonymous wrote:Would you submit a 1440 SAT to UVA or go test optional?

If they URM

Submit regardless, it’s a good score, I really don”t understand why people are trying to put themselves into the test optional group that gets admitted at a lower rate, especially if unhooked. I attended the UVA info session, they didn’t say anything about a minimum score to submit. People are like lemmings, no using their heads here.

Depends on GPA. If the SAT score is not commensurate with the GPA, it could devalue a high GPA (according to some college consultants). So if your student has a 4.5 or above, which is on par with 1500+, am SAT score below that could raise questions (especially about grade inflation in this area).

Conversely, plenty of kids in this area have a 4.5 and great test scores. So, your kid still isn’t getting in with no scores unless they bring something extra to the table.

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Anonymous wrote:OP : so he’s a majority student from a large local instate high school, full IB, solid ECs, 4.4 weighted GPA, and not many honors. He worked so hard this summer to bring his score up. I hate telling him he should go TO.

What's does the Naviance data from his school suggest?

Excellent point, though Naviance is of decreasing value because the data points aren’t labeled with year and test optional applicants aren’t represented (the Y-axis yields little credible info now). But Naviance will tell you how many kids are applying to UVA. The competition is stiffest within-school.

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I would submit the 1440. UVA isn’t heavily weighted on SAT scores as people would think. My 1480 student was accepted last year. After talking with many other first years about their applications now that they are there, he can see a pattern in the student they are looking for and it’s not SAT numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:I would submit the 1440. UVA isn’t heavily weighted on SAT scores as people would think. My 1480 student was accepted last year. After talking with many other first years about their applications now that they are there, he can see a pattern in the student they are looking for and it’s not SAT numbers.

I would like a citation to that because I don't think it's ture. A 1440 is way below the mean of 1470 for UVA. I would not submit. https://research.schev.edu/iprofile.asp?UID=234076

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Anonymous wrote:I would submit the 1440. UVA isn’t heavily weighted on SAT scores as people would think. My 1480 student was accepted last year. After talking with many other first years about their applications now that they are there, he can see a pattern in the student they are looking for and it’s not SAT numbers.

I would like a citation to that because I don't think it's ture. A 1440 is way below the mean of 1470 for UVA. I would not submit. https://research.schev.edu/iprofile.asp?UID=234076

1440 is not WAY below 1470. That's like 2 questions difference.

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Anonymous wrote:I would submit the 1440. UVA isn’t heavily weighted on SAT scores as people would think. My 1480 student was accepted last year. After talking with many other first years about their applications now that they are there, he can see a pattern in the student they are looking for and it’s not SAT numbers.

Can you elaborate on this comment? What is the pattern?

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Anonymous wrote:I would submit the 1440. UVA isn’t heavily weighted on SAT scores as people would think. My 1480 student was accepted last year. After talking with many other first years about their applications now that they are there, he can see a pattern in the student they are looking for and it’s not SAT numbers.

Did they apply ED?