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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Well my kid who got a 1580, had a 4.4 weighted gpa[/b] and has a 145 IQ [b]didn’t get into VT or UVA[/b]. But he got in elsewhere and is loving it. Apply wisely with good safeties and a range of targets. Reaches are unlikely.[/quote]

That’s insane. I assume he was in-state? I’m hoping my child might get into William and Mary when the time comes, but I suspect he’ll be a smidge lower on the scale than your child.  The current process is crazy. [/quote]

Sorry. I don’t believe that. From our rigorous private in NJ kids who aren’t nearly that credentialed get into VT. [/quote]

I don’t know what to tell you. That was my kid and he didn’t get into VT (engineering) and no A+ on our scale and he had good EC and a very rigorous schedule. He is an Asian/white male in STEM and he applied before AA was ended. But he is from NOVA and it is hard to get into our top state schools because of the number of great students here trying for these schools. Much easier from out of state, I suspect.[/quote]

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It is extremely difficult to get in from NoVa.  The expectations are just much higher, and the competition is far greater.[/quote]

My DS had this exact GPA and SAT score from Langley HS.  My nephew had 4.1 GPA with 1490 from South County in FCPS and he got accepted into UVA for CS.  Both my DS and nephew were members of the school varsity tennis team as EC.[/quote][/quote]

Was your nephew recruited for Tennis?  I'm from a more rural part of Virginia, and NOVA folks love to tell everyone about how much harder it is for kids from NOVA to get into UVA than kids from other parts of the state.  I have never heard of anyone from my daughter's Podunk high school getting into UVA with a 4.1, the lowest I've heard is a 4.4.[/quote]m
Agree—4.4 is not always top 10% and generally from nova publics UVA only admits from the top 10%. 4.1 is average or even below so that has to be hooked from that district.
Top private schools often have 20-25% get into uva but even there 4.1 is usually borderline (weights are usually 0.5 for AP/honors at many privates so 4.1 would be top 25% but barely—4.4 is top 5% and they all get into uva easily)[/quote]

Nobody with a 4.1 gets in from our private.  Minimum 4.4 on SCOIR [/quote] 
That is probably different weighting--our all girls private is like PP: 4.1 can get in but is iffy for UVA, 4.4 is sometimes the valedictorian or close--there is only 0.5 bump for honors/AP and there are not many honors or AP offered until 11-12. About 10-12% of the graduating class gets into UVA (in state) every year. top 3% go to Ivy/Duke types. Almost all UVA admits on SCOIR are 4.2-4.4ish, or the occasional 4.48 which is about the highest gpa attainable, and those are the same dots as the ivy admits. 
Weighted GPAs are all in context of the high school. OP needs to ask the high school straight out where the kid ranks. 
Our neighbor is at the nearby magnet-public: their kid had a 4.16W(3.9uw) last year and was told they were "around the median" as far as gpa and warned they would not get in to VT, WM, UVA, no chance. They had a 1510 and mix of DE and AP, but the devil is in the details...they were not in one of the two highest math tracks and they took they easier science path each year(APES not APBio, DE Chem not AP Chem), and regular foreign language. They were no where close to most rigorous. They are at JMU and love it but it is very easy for them. The parents were shocked the gpa was average. They thought the kid had to be top 10% with those #s. The kid will easily have a 4.0 and can go to ivy for grad school. [/quote]

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