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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think OPs post is genuine based on what I’ve seen from my own child and his friend’s experiences with college admissions from FCPS. OP, what are your child’s ECs? Did he take the SAT or ACT?  What major did he apply to? Excellent essays?  Any discipline issues? [/quote]

My son was more qualified than OP kid and was waitlisted at UVa and Tech. The [b]admissions people don't care about quality, they care about quotas.[/b][/quote]

I'm a DC whose child was also not accepted. I don't think they don't care about quality. It's possible to care about both quality and quotas. In some cases there's a one to one swap out choice for that - you can't assume all diversity acceptances are lower stats.  But it's also true that within a certain range of stats - a kid on the higher end and on the lower end will both succeed at UVA. It may have been true in the past that UVA generally chose the higher stat kid in this case, but now they are choosing across the entire range but choosing students that meet their other institutional goals. It sucks to be on the wrong side of that line, I know! But it doesn't mean they are forsaking quality.[/quote]

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