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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neighbor's daughter didn't get in. . She's crushed.
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[b]She can try to transfer in.[/quote][/b]

You're right about going to NVCC, taking the right courses and maintaining the required GPA.  The peculiar thing is that no one does it, at least in my own experience of watching two huge high school classes go thru the college app process.  I have a DC at UVA right now.  The program is a real smart move, especially if cost is an issue, but maintain the GPA at NVCC (remember these are college grades, not high school grading) is tough.  Also, a lot of kids drop out of NVCC.  Finally, my DC as a rising HS senior took a class at NVCC and the professor was beyond horrible.  She was truly just phoning it in as an adjunct.

The other interesting fact I've learned from reading College Confidential is that regular transfers (coming in from somewhere other than NVCC) are placed behind the NVCC transfers.  [b]So apparently someone is coming in to UVA from NVCC but I don't know who.[/b]  Those who are transferring in from say GMU or any private, go behind the NVCC applicants - so it's a lot easier to say one can transfer in than it really is.[/quote]

[b]Well, now you know who:

http://research.schev.edu/apps/info/CC_Feedback.Northern-Virginia-Community-College.ashx

2014-15 207 NVCC students transferred to UVA. [/quote][/b]

Thanks.  I've never seen that before.  I still don't know anyone's child who has done it.[/quote]

I used to listen to Slate's "Getting In" podcast 
http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/getting_in/2015/09/getting_in_a_podcast_about_applying_to_college.html

I specifically asked about the perceived value of the VCCS guaranteed admissions programs on the air. A former dean of admissions at UVA, whose name escapes me right now, answered my question. He said these programs are right for the right kind of student, one who is often more mature and independent. He said  there is a lot less handholding and therefore community college kids need to be in charge.  He thought it was a great way for people to get a degree from a great school like UVA, and for less money.  He said that students who challenged themselves in high school with IB or AP classes and did well should have no,problem meeting the standards of the guaranteed admissions program.
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