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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]B's dont tell the story either. You need to be in the "most rigorous courses" that is common at your HS.

UVA is among the more predictable ones. Criteria is

1. Top 5% of class at most HS (top 20% at TJ) by GPA

2. You have taken the most rigorous courses that is reasonably possible at your HS

3. 4 years of FL

4. SAT/ACT above median at UVA

If you meet all 4 above, you can pretty much be sure of admission.[/quote]

Just wondering if most rigorous in math means taking multivariable calculus?[/quote]

This is a bit more nuanced.

If not accelerated, what this means is you take math progressively higher level each year and especially if they end up with at least AP Calc AB.

If accelerated, you take math progressively higher level each year and wherever it ends up. If you do take multivariable calculus, at least for math not being most rigorous is not going to be an issue.
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So max rigor is really not max rigor as far as UVA is concerned (maybe other colleges also), but it just means max rigor for each individual because not all will get to multivariable or even BC.  There are certainly not many who took post AP neuro biology or organic chemistry.[/quote

UVA wants to see that your kid has availed themselves of every opportunity the high school offers = max rigor.  If the school doesn’t offer AP neuro biology, UVA doesn’t expect to see it. That’s why the counselor sends in a school profile with the transcript which lists the AP courses offered by the high school and percentage of senior class taking those courses. The reader lines up your kids transcript against what was offered to see how they fair against the rest of the class. Are there gaps? This is also how UVA guesstimates rank, which allows the private and public high schools to claim “we don’t rank” but they hand over all the info to allow the colleges to figure it out.[/quote]

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