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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a state school in VA of literally every type of student from top to middling to lower.

In NC you do not have that, it's UNC CH and then everything else.

My normal white boy from NOVA is at UVA now, with a less than 1400 SAT but very high class rank. Its not impossible to get in, but [b]it is very much about GPA and class rank[/b] (even in schools who claim to have no class rank)
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GPA and RIGOR
Class of 23 NOVA public. 3.95/4.5, 1560, 9 APs waitlisted. "Maxed out" on all subjects except English. Honors classes.  Refused AP.
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Yes, it is GPA /rank compared to the high school, plus rigor. Some schools you need to be top 10% with appropriate rigor, other schools Top25% with appropriate rigor have a great shot. A kid who refuses whatever top rigor is at their school(AP or IB )loses out on UVA, and may lose out on WMary too. It is what it is. The high schools do not hide who gets in: anyone can ask the guidance counselor for information as early as end of 9th grade to see if UVA is possible. 
UNC-CH rarely takes below the top10% from the publics in the most competitive areas of NC (Raleigh, Charlotte). UVA is the same: only the TJs and Maggie Walkers and top 1-2 privates in each region get kids into UVA deep into the class. 
VT and JMU and CNU and other schools in VA are the ones that take, incrementally, lower tiers of students from each HS. Just like NCState and Appalachian and UNCCharlotte in NC. [/quote]

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