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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ I think what PP is getting at is that you have repeated "all 5s on his APs", but have avoided saying how many APs.  Since there is not much of a delta between his weighted and unweighted GPAs, it looks like he took 2-3 at most.  Why not just say how many?  Your kid is in, and that's great. The wording seems deliberately chosen to imply a high number, but the stats don't support that.  I think PP is suggesting that Dean J is constantly claiming breadth of rigor is important and that admitted students take the most rigorous classes across the board, and in this case that may not be true.  FWIW, I know several kids who got into UVA this year and definitely did not have the most rigorous schedules or the highest GPAs, so I have already concluded that there are obvious exceptions to claims made by UVA admissions.[/quote]

I'm the PP with the son in at UVA.  I didn't check this post all weekend - wow.  As for my son, he has taken 6 APs already - AP Euro, APUSH, Calc BC, Latin, AP English Language, and AP English Literature.  He's taking 4 more his senior year as well as DE Multivariable Calculus.  So he has the rigor.  As for the 4.2 - his school doesn't have honors so there is not additional weighting other than AP classes.  [/quote]

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