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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][QUOTE]will be compared to the other students applying from their high school. So if the top 100 students from Yorktown HS in Arlington apply to UVA, generally speaking UVA will accept the top 30 of those students[/QUOTE]I think we're all aware of the first part. How are you coming up with the "top 30" idea?[/quote]

First of all I said "generally speaking." Of course there are exceptions. Secondly about 95% of students UVA admits are in the top 10% of their class and even if a high school doesn't officially rank, the admissions officers are intimately familiar with the high schools in their assigned territory and are able to determine ranking on their own.  Thirdly, and of course this is merely anecdotal, I have seen this happen now with three of my own kids (one is at UVA, one was rejected and one was wait-listed and all were in the top 10% of their class), their friends and peers at two different top NOVA high schools (neither of which was Yorktown). [/quote]

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