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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]19% acceptance rate. Higher than I thought it would b[/b]e.[/quote]

One can't compare public to private.  The public school applicants in Virginia are pre-screened by their public high school counselors and directed to the best fit schools in the Commonwealth.  The counselors write letters for these schools and check the "most rigorous" box (yes it still exists).  A B student is not going to get the support of their counselor to apply to UVA.  The counselor might say "fine" to the parents who want to apply to a private slac like Swarthmore but if the parents and child suggest a university that is not feasible for the student, the counselor is supposed to direct them to suitable places to apply.  The counselor has the vast resources of Naviance and SCHEV to show the parents that their kid doesn't have a change.  So the applicant pool to UVA is self-selecting.  Those applying know they need a 4.47-4.52 and a 35 ACT.  We were told by the counslor our child was not a candidate for UVA.  She wasn't.  So we applied to Virginia schools that made sense for her.[/quote]

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