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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My rich white kid with no hooks but excellent grades got in with SATs below the 25th percentile.  Another got in right at the 50th. You don’t need the 75th percentile from NOVA even if you’re an unhooked rich white kid regardless of what you’re hearing. [/quote]

A lot of people think you need to score at 75th percentile to have any shot if you have no hooks, and it is probably good to target.  But a lot of those students at UVA and W&M at 75th are probably going to be either OOS, or [b]in-state kids that didn't quite score high enough to get an attractive enough admit[/b] or enough aid to tempt them to go somewhere else.  [/quote]

If you mean Ivies, then yes, but only if the parents can pay $75K-$80K a year x 4 or 5 years.  My DS tried for some of the Ivies but was deferred or didn't get at all (which was just as well because in retrospect we really couldn't have afforded it - we would have had to eat into retirement funds to make it work).  The competition today is fierce for those schools.  We were thrilled when he got into UVA.  But even three years later I don't think he would get in because the stats keep jumping  for UVA (andW&M) every year.  Note that the SCHEV stats has the average SAT for last year entering at the 75th percentile at a 1480. For the ACT it is median 34.  The 75th median GPA is 4.47.  I find those stats to be astronomical.  The incoming class this fall will have even higher stats. this fall.  Remember that SCHEV uses the stats of actual enrolled students of last fall, not accepted student stats which are higher.  http://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp[/quote]

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