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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If instate college like UVA is a priority, have your child stay back at base school[/b], take rigorous AP courses and with little extra effort they could get all As and be in the top 10% in the class.

If you dont care about in-state, but prefer TJ education, be ready to accept Bs and Cs, even with long nights. Just accept that there will be other kids with straight As and much more rigorous coursework. [/quote]

I keep seeing this statement on this board.  What does it mean?  Does UVA not like TJ students? [/quote]

It means that UVa Admissions would rather have a top 10% student from a non-magnet HS than a bottom 50% student from TJ, if all other things were equal.[/quote]

“If all things were equal.”   Wrong - base school you can get into UVa with a 1300 SAT and 4.2 weighted GPA in an easier curriculum.  A TJ kid with “equal” stats like that doesn’t get into UVa. Or Va Tech.  You are judged against you school peers in admissions, not the applicant pool from your county at large.  [/quote]

Is this what people like to tell themselves these days? [/quote]

It's a well-known fact.   Post the Scattergram of your school's acceptances and rejections from UVa and I'll post TJs and you can see for yourself.  It is far more difficult to get into UVa coming out of TJ with "equal" SAT and GPA of base schools.  Much harder.  Keep in mind that the AVERAGE SAT score at TJ is 1540.  There is no base school anywhere near that orbit.  [/quote]

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