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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In
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1500 SAT
rank 1/600
13 APs, mostly 5s, 4.0 uw (no idea how you would weight that but all honors and AP)
great common app  - the other essay was totally random 
sports, clubs, leadership [/quote]

wow---1/600!  big congrats!!![/quote]

Thank you - he also got in with 4 years of foreign language, but 8-11 grade.  Doubled up on science APs senior year.  I never knew "4 years IN high school" was a thing until this board, at which time I was told I needed to spend more time on college confidential or I would have known.  Lesson learned, don't believe every piece of advice on these boards.[/quote]

It’s not from these boards. Dean J has said this many times. [/quote]

Aannnnd cue those of us with kids that got in without FL throughout and many other APs. It depends on a bunch of factors.
Lesson learned by us too after much stress over something that was done. Congrats! [/quote]

+1.  Two years FL in high school and in at SEAS.  [/quote]

Just because a sampling of a few get in without the four years IN HS, doesn't mean that is what is needed for most. It also doesn't mean that we are saying no one gets in without four years of a FL.  UVA says this time and time again:

1. we want to see 4 years of foreign language taken in high school regardless of what happened before HS

2. We review apps holistically.

I'm guessing for everyone getting in without the four years of foreign language, there are 10+ who aren't getting in without it. [/quote]
Another perspective. 4 years of foreign language are not going to save an app that isn't otherwise good enough. It doesn't tip the balance.

Unless...there is an algorithm with a points cutoff.[/quote]

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