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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is looking at VA Tech next year but I'm not sure if he'll get in.
He is a junior, has taken 4 AP classes and has a weighted GPA of 3.7, he volunteers and has played sports throughout H.S.  He is also in a few clubs.  
He is in one of the top rated FFX Cty high schools and it seems like all of his peers have over 4.0s....
I'm hearing that some kids with good GPAs haven't been accepted.  Can anyone share on this anonymous forum what gpa, etc.  their child has and if they got in or not?[/quote]

Remember that Naviance shows end of senior year GPAs.  GPAs tend to rise between junior and senior year as more APs are taken senior year and very few in first two years of HS.  My DS was a 3.75 or so at end of junior year and graduated with a 3.93.  He was admitted to Engineering at VPI last year.   No sports but Eagle Scout, orchestra and a leadership position in a regional youth group.  He took the harder APs in math and science and did well.  Foreign language and English brought down his GPA.  Leadership positions are helpful for students on the GPA bubble.  The 50th percentile for his (top 5 FCPS HS- based on DCUM) was around a 3.8 for VPI.

Your DC has a very good chance. [/quote]

Thank you so much for the input..  My DS got a D+ in Spanish 2 his freshman year and it's holding down his GPA....  We should have had him take Spanish 1 again as his jr. high clearly didn't prepare him for Spanish 2... wish we could rewind the clock.  [/quote]

The foreign language instruction in some of the higher rated high schools in FCPS is wildly uneven. Some teachers are great, some are easy graders who demand little, and others are tough graders who offer absolutely no help to students and play favorites. My bet is that Virginia Tech has seen similar discrepancies in many transcripts and will see through it.[/quote]

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