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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where do people come up with the 10-12 AP thing? That's completely made up, based on my observations. Plenty of kids are getting in without that number. [/quote]

Depends on the high school and whether you have a hook. No hook and from the two nova high schools I know well, the students can't get the necessary bump to their GPA without that many AP/IB classes.  I've seen it with 15-20 kids in the last 4 or so years.[/quote]

The nova applicants are competing against other seniors in their high school or maybe from other nova. They are not competing against kids from Roanoke who only took 4 AP classes.[/quote] wow- you are ignorant.  Salem and Roanoke have great student athletes with UVA and Tech as attractive options.[/quote]

You misinterpret the response. I did not mean kids from Roanoke don't get into UVA. If course they do. I meant that kids are competing against their classmates at their own high schools or towns for spots at UVA. So seniors at Yorktown are competing against their peers at Yorktown and possibly other Arlington high schools while seniors from high schools in Roanoke are competing against other seniors from Roanoke for admission.

As far as number of APs/IBs, it's the same story.  UVA and other very selective colleges tell prospective students that they expect applicants to be taking the most challenging classes at their high school.  So if a high school sets a limit at say 2 a year, UVA expects you to take 2.  If your high school has no limit and your peers are taking 4+ AP/IB a year, UVA expects you to be taking 4+.[/quote]

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