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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS

In at U Michigan and UNC, Rejected at UVA and waitlisted at William & Mary[/quote]

[b]Ridiculous. Good for you getting into better schools. Virginia schools are so frustratin[/b]g. [/quote]

You clearly don't know how well Virginia schools are doing and how difficult it is to get in.  UVA is the no 1 public for producer of Rhodes Scholars.  No. 8 in the entire nation in fact.  You need a 4.45 GPA/35 ACT and a 1510 to be in the 75th percentile of last year's entering students.  And only 4,000 are accepted.[/quote]

All those schools probably have 75th percentile in similar ranges (UNC for OOS).  Assuming the post wasn't a joke/troll, the admit to UNC OOS is quite difficult since the OOS percentage is quite limited.  It has long been a tough OOS admit.  Michigan has about 50% from OOS, so it is probably less of a crap shoot than UNC.  Michigan is dependent on OOS students for maintaining their budget.  However, I believe Michigan has had the highest standardized test scores of these schools in recent years, but they don't factor GPA.  A student from FCS with really high standardized scores, but perhaps not quite good enough grades for UVA (or William & Mary) might actually have a somewhat better chance at Michigan.

You are putting too much emphasis on Rhodes Scholars distinguishing UVA.  Yes, it is a point of distinction but a highly historical one rather than a purely current metric, and it is one of many potential points of distinction.  The fact that UVA has more than say Berkeley, UCLA, or Michigan isn't going to trump the (numerous) points of distinction they have.  [/quote]

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