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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't understand what holistic admissions means.  It means you first have to have the goods -- extraordinarily high academic achievement -- before all the other stuff counts.  Your kid didn't have the goods.  [/quote]

I assure you that not all UVA students have "extraordinarily high academic achievement." [b]I went there so I know.[/b] (The really bright ones I mentioned were Jefferson or Echols scholars.)

My snowflake didn't have the goods as far as the GPA because DC was busy attending TJ and doing other things that kept DC happy/fulfilled. As a parent, I actually wish DC studied more and was more focused. DC has the other parent's brain and is actually far more intellectually capable than I ever was - but I accept it is a very different generation.

I used my student as the example to show that UVA admissions are mostly GPA-based - and they do not seem to care that one school's GPA is not the same as another.

As far as UVA having a "way higher graduation rate" than Berkeley, it's like comparing apples to oranges. UCB has a global reputation and ranking that UVA does not. (UVA ranked 30 on the Forbes list.) UCB has been ranked the #1 Global Public University and the #4 Global University for 8 yrs in a row by good old USNews. (UVA is #110 in the latter.)

Again, I'm not bashing UVA - it's a great school for those it accepts.[/quote]

I'm not bitter - if I were, I would be bashing UVA. Was I surprised initially, yes, but I got over it. This post was meant for other parents who might think the way we did - so they will encourage their kids to either apply ED or forget UVA. But also to point out that UVA really needs to rethink the way it looks at grades from TJ.

What is your point?

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