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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The majority of UVA applicants don't get in, so this notion that counselors don't let anyone but the top students apply is obviously wrong.[/quote]

My guess, now having had 3 DCs accepted to UVA in the past 6 years, including for the class of 2026 (all in-state), is that the role of the college counselor as a "gate keeper" for applications to UVA varies by school and the only assumption that can be made is that in order to have a chance at acceptance, the counselor must indicate that the student has taken the most rigorous coursework possible at that student's school.  Other than that, you seem to assume that because the majority of applicants to UVA are not accepted that those who are rejected or waitlisted are not top students.  That is simply not true.  Every year UVA grows increasingly more difficult to get into both in-state and out-of-state, and I am shocked at the number of top (in-state) students I have known since kindergarten who were rejected or waitlisted for the in-coming class.[/quote]

My kid took 13 APs from a combo of all subjects. If I find out that school counselors are working as gate-keepers, I will lawyer up.  That’s at least highly unethical for both FCPS and UVA.  These are public school students applying to a state university. UVA should know the high schools by heart or have references in their system. This is not niche exploratory surgery.  [/quote]

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