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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again-- UVA could fill its class several times over with kids with near-perfect stats. They just can't take them all. And they are trying to balance kids in the different undergraduate schools and majors, too.

I know it is cold comfort, but try to remind your kid and yourself that it is NOT a sign of personal failure. It ends up being pretty arbitrary. Admissions officers are not superhuman. They get tired and burnt out and one 4.4 GPA/1590 SAT kid gets in and another does not.

Why? Maybe they already admitted two similar kids from the same high school and your DC's file was unfortunately read last. Maybe they already admitted too many boys, or girls. Maybe they have too may people who want to major in physics. Etc.

Basically, they could eliminate the bottom third of the applicant pool on stats alone and fill the rest of the class by lottery, because every other applicant is qualified, and no one would every be able to see any quality difference.

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Or maybe they discriminate against Asians and kids from NOVA even though we are the population and funding center of the state. [/quote]

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