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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would put W&M and UVA as tied for first place. They are really both top tier schools. [/quote]

No way.  [/quote]

You are correct.  W&M should be ahead.[/quote]

NO. An applicant needs higher gpa and ACT for UVA[/quote]

If higher stats make a better school, Northeastern has both UVA and W&M beat.  I don't buy that, by the way.

Both UVA and W&M are majority SAT schools.  Not ACT.  W&M is 10 points higher at the 75th percentile and 40 points lower at the 25th percentile compared to UVA overall (and note that UVA Engineering has higher scores than UVA Arts & Sciences, which is W&M's equivalent from an academic standpoint).   This isn't a big difference, and again, I don't think that is what determines the relative quality of the school.

false.  My kid got into UVA on a high ACT.  Here are the stats for last year's incoming (those are students that actually showed up, not admitted students, for which the stats are higher):  75th percentil 4.52 GPA; 1520 SAT and a 35 ACT.  At the median it is still a 34; and even the bottom 25th percentil of students on campus have a 32. https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.ASP..

A fairer assessment might be that UVA is more GPA driven/top 6% of high school class.

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What is false?  That Northeastern has higher stats (at least on the surface) for standardized tests?  That UVA and W&M are majority SAT?  (You can just look at the data in the CDS and see that one. They have about 2.5X as many students submitting SAT vs. ACT.  Both take ACT, of course.)

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