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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I appreciate the "Just-Missed-UVA" nickname and former higher level of selectivity when it was much smaller but I don't think that it tells the whole story. Were kids with the stats of some of these deferrals turned down in the past?? It is not the impression I have.

Also, people are forgetting that NOVA kids are always competing against one another and that a certain profile from a different part of Virginia is accepted into UVA/W&M/Tech/JMU but deferred or even rejected from NOVA. Understandable but it hurts.

My kid with a 3.6 and 1400 got in yesterday and I didn't realize until reading this thread how borderline he probably was. It sounds like it could have gone either way and he's one of the lucky ones. (And no question that LUCK is a huge factor.)

I will say, though, that a lot of these schools that have sudden growths in popularity (like UTK, for example) do change their tune in RD and go to the waitlists. It is hard to calculate a yield when your popularity is rising. Among my kids' High School class of 24 friends, it seemed like most of the surprise deferrals ended up ultimately being acceptances. Don't lose hope![/quote]

My son in APS got deferred yesterday and was very sad.  He has a 3.5 so I know he's right on the edge, but I am hopeful he can get in RD.  I was heartened a bit that only 25% of applicants got deferred (still a huge number though).[/quote]

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