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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Seiously, got a kid with 3.8 UW in a challenging schedule, 33 ACT, and good academic ECs that was rejected from ivy ED. Accepted EA to a private. Aiming higher but RD round is brutal so little nervous.  Full pay…do they really care? Not legacy, URM, or athlete.  Diverse in terms of middle eastern but had to check white. [/quote][/b]

While Naviance is your best source since the 3.8 is UW, SCHEV indicates that UVA might be a bit of a stretch.  The entering had a 75% median percentile WGPA of 4.49, median was 4.35 and bottom 25% was 4.21.  Your kid's ACT is middle of the pack.  Top 75 percentile median was a 34; median a 33; and bottom 25% a 30.  Next year will be higher stats.  Also RD is much more difficult.   https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp[/quote]

UVA warns applicants again and again to take the SCHEV numbers with a grain of salt.   Not all schools, especially privates, weigh grades.  A kid with a 3.8 UW with a "challenging schedule" would have well over a 4.0 weighted.  And a 33 ACT is a very competitive score for an in state applicanr.  I do not consider the OP's kid to be a stretch admit.  The kid has a good chance of admission. [/quote]

33 ACT is low for all of the schools OP posted.  Might have a chance at UVA, but I would still call it a stretch with a 33 ACT, even in state.  3.8 GPA isn't bad, but hey, my 3.9 student with a 36 ACT did not get in the UVA engineering school...but he is from MD and applied from a private school with many VA residents.  Odds were against him.  He's fine though...got into a reach which was his first choice.

Bottom line, I hope the OPs kid had some safeties on his list.  Assuming OP only listed reach schools.[/quote]

OP already said kid is in somewhere with large merit aid. No need for more safeties if they like that one. [/quote]

Yep thanks. OP here. Got hefty tuition merit aid from a private.  Naviance looks good for Tufts, UVA, Georgetown. No shot at Penn, Yale, or Brown. Hard but not impossible at Cornell. Wake looks good. Hoping for merit there.  Likely, if she gets UVA will take UVA.  EA but agree very hard this year.  Though Naviance looks decent with stats.  Northwestern and Vandy looks tough. Hopkins actually doesn’t look horrible and non pre med so they may like that.  Hoping full pay makes a difference at some. [/quote]

My kid last year with 3.7uw, 11 APs, excellent ECs was rejected at Tufts, deferred then rejected at Gtown and didn’t even apply to UVA because grades (OOS) would not hit the mark. Naviance was not helpful in this case.[/quote]

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