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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dean J posting today about GPA not being a major factor in admissions at UVA: https://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2018/03/can-we-talk-about-your-gpa.html?m=1[/quote]

Yeah, because literally every applicant has an all A's. 50% of hs seniors in the USA have an A average.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/

Grades are a joke. Only SAT/ACT and AP exam scores tell the truth.[/quote]

[b]Actually, she said that the SAT/ACT is just a data point and not that important compared to the transcript of 4 years worth of classes and grades. So, you're wrong. [/quote]

Whatever makes you happy.  Post back at 6:00.  The only kids who got in from our private had 4.67s, 35 ACTs, music awards, and one even had 64 credits of college courses.  Watch CollegeConfidential for the stats on the kids rejected.  I object to the system because the Deans (and the dog) make UVA sound so encouraging, welcoming and flexible when the truth is that UVA wants what every other institution in the USA wants - more applications so they can turn down your student to drive down selectivity scores.  Those institutions that are happy with their selectivity scores (princeton, Wash & Lee) want their yield numbers to increase, hence SCEA and ED I and ED II.  This madness was started by the statistics used by U.S. World & News Report.  It's not fair to the parents.  It's not fair to the students.  It makes students apply to more than 10 institutions just so the institutions can boast "We had 35,000 applications this year; a record year" which all the institutions can because of the pressure on kids to apply.  I have no horse in the race this year.  I just know the system.  The reason that post went out was because - like with VT - there are going to be some shocking results at 6:00 and the Dean wanted to pre-address the issue.[/quote]

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