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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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; 4.3 prior to Sr yr, Asian and from NoVa). 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]

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.[/quote]

Hold on here... as sad as I am for this posters kid, you are taking a bit too far. You do not know these kids so to say that you are "appalled" that "lesser stat" kids were accepted is a bit much. Yes this student sounds great and its a real shame that they were rejected... but did you read their essays and recommendations or those of the kids accepted? I am just as stunned and sad for this posters kid, but no need to denigrate those who did get in by saying they are not as qualified when you truly do not know that.[/quote]

Which is the more important metric:  the essay you wrote for your kid OR the standardized test that your kid took without you being there to help answer questions?[/quote]

Haha well I didn’t write my kids essays just like I didn't do all their work in high school which got them a 4.5+. What I am saying however is that four years of HS shown through the GPA and class rank is way more impressive than a single test score. I know plenty of high score kids from our school who had low 4 Gpas that did not get into UVA. And they also had great ECs and are great kids.

The above poster is denigrating the kids that got in with a lower score. if you do not know the whole picture, how can you compare? [/quote]

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