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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bad news is UVA is unattainable with those numbers. But good news is Christopher Newport and James Madison are likely good fits, and both have good academic supports to help students with weak high school grades progress towards a college degree.  Mary Washington as a safety.   [/quote]

I assume this is sarcastic commentary.[/quote]

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I agree with PP-- No way is anyone getting into UVA with a 92 average.  There are obviously options other than VA state schools,  but those are some poor grades to be talking Ivy admissions.   :roll:

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Huh…isn’t that a straight A average by most standards?

Know many DC students accepted to UVA with worse stats than that.  Wide variety of majors.

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How is a 92 average a "straight A average"?  That's a B+ .  Maybe an A- at a school with grade inflation. [/quote]

At many schools, a 90 is an A….at nearly all schools, a 93 is an A (and they round up).

OP says 92/93, so on a letter scale this would be all As or A-.[/quote]

This is a ridiculous argument. A 92/93 average, in all likelihood,  means a mix of As and Bs (maybe even a C or two), averaging out to the dividing line between A and B.  Nothing to write home about.  Nothing to impress an Ivy admissions office.   Number is a nonstarrter at UVA unless the kid is a sports recruit.  I'm sure there are schools that will see $$$ when they see Saint Albans on the application (hence the recommendations to apply ED to Chicago), but none of the Ivies are that hard up for money.   And UVA does have very hard lines.[/quote]

Please go back to whatever public forum you came from.  You have no idea what you're talking about.  I have nothing against public schools (my kids all attended them for yrs) but grading is different (not better, just different) at STA.  It's not an average of letter grades.  It's the cumulative number grade in all classes.  To get a high 90's GPA is almost impossible as it means that you pretty much never got less than a 90% on any assignment for 4 years (as there are no retakes, corrections, late work, etc).  Anyway, a low 90s GPA is impressive.  An average GPA at STA is somewhere in the 80s.  [/quote]

You obviously don't have a child at STA.  It's up to the teacher,  but there absolutely are retakes,  corrections,  and late submissions forgiven,  as well as lowest quiz scores thrown out. [/quote]

No, i do have a kid.  He hasn't had any of these.  Currently a junior.  It must vary by teacher.  I have no reason to make this up. [/quote]

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