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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC had an 800 math SAT (total 1520), non-academic EC activities included a national title and min 20 hrs/week, attended a Gov STEM School and summer GOV school in performing arts, And is a legacy - rejected from UVA (GPA &lt; [b]4.3 prior to Sr yr, Asian and from NoVa[/b]). Dean J's blogs that tell students that there is no minimum GPA, that it is about the whole student, and that there are no quotas are a little hard to believe...What's sad amongst other things is that DC would not have spent time getting wasted at fraternity/sorority parties and has exactly the integrity UVA's honor system would desire.[/quote]

[b]Wow, that's very upsetting.  I am a UVA alum and I've posted previously.  I am appalled that students like your DC were not accepted yet students with lesser stats, publicly posted here, were.  Good luck to your DC.  Your DC is UVA's great loss.  I'm sorry.[/b][/quote]

I am sorry for PP too, but the State has clearly indicated that last year's fall entering class had a 75th percentile of a 4.48 and higher.  A 4.3 puts PP's kid slightly below the median of 4.32 for "normal" entering students.  I think it's fair to say that coming from Nova, and especially if Asian American, you must hit above that 75th percentile of 4.48.  https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

That the DC is in a governor's school makes his GPA appear even comparatively lower. I know one candidate from a governor's school who got into UVA engineering with a 6.72.  She says that she received an added 0.17 from each semester of an AP class.  She also took four classes a semester.  She took almost all APs junior and senior year so 1.36 was added onto 4.0 each year for a total of 6.72.

Presumably DC is being measured against his classmates and found wanting.  Same is true at TJ.  In addition to needing a high GPA, you must be in the tippy top of your high school class.  In the case orf the woman with the 6.72, she was judged against her base high school class and came in no. 3.

Check the "UVA EA 2025" posts and you will see kids with 7.0s being rejected from UVA.[/quote]

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