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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't wrap my head around why Virginia state schools like UVA, Virginia Tech, and JMU are setting their GPA requirements so high. For instance, UVA wants a 4.3, Virginia Tech a 4.0, and JMU a 3.5. [/quote]

Oh my goodness.  Universities want GPAs that exceed 4 from Virginia schools?  Everybody gets a 4 weighted in Virginia if you even show up to class. 
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+100 
The admissions dean at UVA has said on blogs there are high schoolsin VA where 80% of the class has over a 4.0 weighted. So yes those schools one needs over a 4.5 at least(4.3 is merely average!). Other schools show clearly on Naviance that weighted 4.1 is enough for UVA. A 4.1 is still the top25% of these privates, which only add 0.5 for honors or AP, giving a median gpa of 3.8 for the class, with that median amount being plenty to get into VT or JMU.
GPA is in context. Your kid not getting into UVA is because they were out-performed by rigor or grades or both, by many students from the same high school. UVA in particular does not yield protect or play games, but they do want the top students in the context of the high school. Depending on the high school, that could be around 10% or around 30%(ie TJ) as the minimum bar to clear. [/quote]

A majority of these kids with over a 4.5 aren’t putting UVA as their no. 1 choice.  That is the hard truth. [/quote]

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