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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean all these posts about my kid has a 4.4 GPA. Will they get into UVA? I mean please. It depends on where the 4.4 is in the class rank and [b]whether the courseload is the most rigorous[/b]. There are dozens of school districts on DCUM and the W GPAs don’t translate. [/quote]

What do you mean by courseload is most rigorous?

If someone has a WGPA above 4.0, that indicates that they have taken weighted classes. 
More weighted classes and As will keep bumping them above 4.0.

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You’re new to this. Most rigorous is a term of art for college admissions. [/quote]

How is most rigorous quantified?
For example, our high school offers 27 AP courses. 
How many of those does my kid need to take to qualify for most rigorous? [/quote]

I am always amazed by this.  To me, rigor is less about number of honors or AP designation and much more about taking the most advanced core classes.  Give me a kid who took foreign language all 4 years of high school (ending at highest level offered), math above AB Calc, calculus based physics plus AP Chem and Bio, advanced history and English classes. To me that is much more impressive than a kid who takes all AP classes but they are psychology, environmental science, statistics, etc.  isn’t there even an AP seminar?[/quote]

Selective colleges focus on rigor in the core but not quite how you're tilting it.  Generally speaking selective colleges view as most rigorous: 4+ years of FL, AP/IB Calc AB or BC, AP in at least one core science course with a Lab component (so physics, biology OR chem), AP in a Language arts/Literature course, AP in a History course.  If you're a STEM major, AP Calc BC (or IB equiv.) is important as is AP/IB Physics in an additional lab science and you can go for easier AP Lang/lit courses rather than highest and don't have to take additional AP history courses beyond APUSH.  If you're social sciences/humanities majors adding in extra relevant AP courses to match your area of interest is valuable--so statistics for (in addition to calculus, not in lieu of), AP Gov, World History, European History, Economics for someone interested in Poli Sci, history, Government, international relations etc.  [/quote]

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