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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA is tricky. You can’t tell from naviance if the OOS kids who were rejected took the courses that UVA expects them to take. The most important thing to UVA is the coursework and the grades. A 4.5 or 4.6 doesn’t tell you much.

At my kid’s oos school a ton of kids are applying this year even though they know that they don’t have the coursework or grades that are needed tp get in.  [/quote]

What courses do they expect them to take? Most students applying know to take 4 years English, social sciences, math, science, and foreign language. Are there specific classes UVA is looking for?[/quote]

They should ideally have at least one of those classes in each core subject at the AP or IB level.  A lot of students don’t have all of that.  They will skip AP English or skip AP foreign language etc.

These students still apply. It is my understanding that there are many students at my kid’s school who applied EA this year who didn’t take 4 years of each of those subjects and also didn’t have AP level in all subjects. [/quote]

Interesting, those are OOS students you’re referring to? I would assume only the most competitive students would apply to UVA OOS. But, on second thought, I can see that; some students aren’t well informed. My kid has a friend applying to Amherst and Yale whose classes were mid-range in rigor. No hooks, regular white kid who is super nice, but doesn’t have access to good advice.  [/quote]

Yes OOS, no hooks.  And they don’t have the classes or grades. But I assume they like the school so want to give it a shot. [/quote]

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