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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s frustrating that my DC is working her ass off the get straight A’s and good test scores but it’s probably it enough to get in to UVA or W&M because she’s a Asian female from Northern Virginia with little time (or money) to partake in any significant ECs.[/quote]

I don't blame you for being frustrated based on what you read on the boards.  However, I would suggest you take a look at the Naviance scatter grams for UVa and W&M if those are your goal.  The very narrow distribution for these schools at NVa public high schools suggest that if your daughter has the grades and test scores, she is very likely to be accepted regardless of EC's.  [b]The reality is they reject almost nobody who is at the median for GPA and test scores.[/b]
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I generally agree, but the funny thing for the Naviance plot at our NOVA hs is that right at the GPA/SAT score median mark for W&M there are a lot of waitlisted students.  It seems there is a cluster with higher GPA/lower test scores that get in and higher test scores/lower GPA that get in, but if you fall right around the median score, you have a 50/50 chance of being waitlisted. Just an odd data quirk, maybe.
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