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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any parents have advice for younger (soph/junior) students? If you could do it again, would you aim lower, not apply to uva at all, have considered other va state schools in its stead? [/quote]

Your kid has to be in the top 5%, possibly even higher, of their school, then apply ED. I also think they weight essays pretty strongly so take some time to perfect those.[/quote]

I completely disagree with this post. I would say, don't apply ED because UVA does not give any preference to ED applicants at least not the way some other colleges do. Dean J confirms this saying that it is not easier to get in via ED.

This may depend on the high school but at least dc's NOVA public, you do not have to be in the top 5%. Most Nova public HS do not rank so it's hard to even know the answer to this but my dc was definitely not in the top 5%. A while ago, someone posted on DCUM saying that she was told UVA looks to top 10-12% from public HS, and to me that seems correct.

This is just my opinion, but I cannot see how it's possible to weigh those essays heavily. Have you seen UVA essays? They're not essays, they're short answers. A couple are maybe 3-5 sentences. There's not a whole lot you can write.

This is what I think UVA looks for from following DeanJ. Take the most rigorous courses in your 5 core courses and get As. [/quote]

Well your school must be extra special because at my kids school in NOVA, it’s known that it’s only top 5% and even then, in my kids class, some of those kids were waitlisted. UVA accepts about 25 of over 400 in a normal class at our school.  I suppose you may be in a stronger school but if you’re just top 10-12%, you’re going to Tech or JMU.
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On the essays, my DD read her application notes and it noted that her essays were “thoughtful”.[/b] I think that is the key, thoughtful. [/quote]

I'm curious.  Where did your DD read her application notes?  Were these notes that her high school counselor wrote?  Her English teacher?  At my DS' school, the English teacher reviews the essays and provides feedback before they submit their application.   I'm sure I'm not the only one - it would be super helpful if you knew exactly why a particular student was rejected, admitted or waitlisted.  Was it the essays?  The grades?  The rigor?[/quote]

My kid was accepted and attends UVA. Because they are a public university, they have to allow you to review the notes that the application team wrote regarding your application. My DD reviewed it last year. Her essays were noted as "thoughtful", recommendations were noted as "strong", scores "solid", but her rigor was noted to have "declined in senior year" which it did because it was 2020-2021 and the school was online so she took two free periods/early release, and did her EC/sport. She felt pretty lucky she got in after reading those notes. (Instate, ED)[/quote]

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