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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the "hooks" UVa wants if you're not in the top 10%?  I'm being serious.  [/quote]
Great essays, demonstrated strong leadership (not just Pres/VP of a small club in HS - the club should be a significant presence in the school, and student should be able to articulate what they did in the club and how it made a big impact), doing well in tough classes (B+/A- is fine if course rigor is unquestionable), strong test scores to back up solid grades (including SAT or ACT [i]and [/i]SAT II [i]and [/i]APs), afterschool/summer jobs. Show them you have a personality and that you'd contribute more to the school than just being a studying machine - they have lots of those. I think the essays are key for kids who are not at the top of their class. Signed, Parent Whose Kid Got Into UVA from NoVa with Slightly-Below-UVA-Average Stats[/quote]
Congrats on the acceptance! 
While agree that all these attributes contribute to getting into UVA, I'd say they're more the "norm" and are not what people consider "hooks." A hook is typically a recruited athlete, an under represented minority, a legacy (usually of a family who donates $$$$) and then sometimes some random thing like school band is in desperate need for an oboe player or whatever. [/quote]
Excellent points. Thanks.[/quote]

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