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The FCPS counselor at DC's school told their friend that with their WGPA and SAT, they were 100% guaranteed to get into UVA, no ifs and or buts, regardless of ECs or essay, etc. From own past experience with her for DC's older sibling, we thought that she was nuts.   We have no idea what the kid's WGPA and SAT were.

DC's friend got in during ED.

So yes, reviewing the Naviance data, and more importantly, having the counselor interpret that data properly for your school, is very important.  Even if the counselor is a dingbat (as ours was).

The issue, I think, is that at the private schools UVA is harder to read.  Parents of DC's friends who go to privates (Big 3, Landon, Gonzaga, Potomac) complain that UVA disfavors their kids in favor of the publics.  Those of us who had kids in publics could say the same about the privates (particularly the Catholic schools).  Grass being greener on other side of fence, etc.  That's why we have so many of these posts in this board asking about the past experiences because the information isn't as available as in the public schools.[/quote]

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