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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Expecting a rejection as well. In state not over 4.4 gpa. He has good rigor but 4.36 gpa[/quote]

Same. In state, 4.38, lots of rigor. High test score though, [b]but I don’t think UVA cares about test scores at all. I [/b]will report back. [/quote]

Why on earth would you say that?[/quote]

If you've listened to their presentations, they always say that rigor and grades across all four years is more important than the tests. [/quote]

No, Dean J does not say that. She says rigor AND grades AND test scores AND ECs, etc are important. Otherwise how do you explain a 35ACT at the 75th percentile and a 34 at the median?[/quote]

Yep. Listen to what they do, and not what they say.

If scores didn’t matter they would be test blind. [/quote]

Correct. SCHEV doesn’t lie. They want to see a 35 ACT and/or a 1510 SAT. Dean J has to make test optional noises until UVA decides to return to testing, which the Board is considering for fall 2027.

Remember also that she’s said the same about grades. It’s all marketing. She wants your kid to apply. She knows you want to hear these statements and rely upon them.[/quote]

Where do you get 1510? The median is 1470 per most recent CDS.[/quote]

Right here. SCHEV. The 75th percentile, which is where the kids of most parents reading here need to hit to get into UVA. https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?enrollment&rdReport=Enrollment.B10_FreshmanProfile[/quote]

1/3 of the enrolled class is test optional. [b]The numbers are inflated. [/quote][/b]

No, those numbers are very real for the actual students who got in. That’s what they got. You want to argue that those figure would be diluted if the test optional kids had supplied their tests …. But we don’t know that because most likely those kids would never have gotten in under test-required. With UVA receiving 90,000 applications this calendar year, they will receive even more in 2027 should they elect to go test required. Of those, there will be plenty of top scoring kids for UVA to pick from. I sincerely doubt the numbers are going to dip. Especially wit only 6,000 in the class, 90,000 applications, and a push back to meritocracy [/quote]

[b][b]The scores are inflated[/b]. With less than half of admits submitting SAT scores, today’s SAT numbers are going to skew high. When UVA was test-required (2020 CDS), the range was lower because it reflected nearly the whole class. If testing became required again, I’d expect the median to come back down because the pool would be broader.

2020 Scores[b]
25th Percentile - 1330
75th Percentile - 1490

https://ira.virginia.edu/data-analytics/cds/2020-2021[/b]

The numbers are not inflated. Please note that every single acceptance listed here tonight is at or exceeds the SCHEV 75th percentile which is 4.5 GPA, 1510, 35 ACT.  Everyone.  The fact that you want to factor in some mythical lower scores represented by the test optional students is irrelevant.  Students in NOVA need to aim for the 75th percentile. Please don't keep saying this because parents rely on this forum and get their hopes up when someone says to ignore SCHEV.

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The numbers are not inflated. Please note that every single acceptance listed here tonight is at or exceeds the SCHEV 75th percentile which is 4.5 GPA, 1510, 35 ACT.  Everyone.  The fact that you want to factor in some mythical lower scores represented by the test-optional students is irrelevant.  Students in NOVA need to aim for the 75th percentile. Please don't keep saying this because parents rely on this forum and get their hopes up when someone says to ignore SCHEV.

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