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[quote=Anonymous]Dear OP - all you need to know are the statistics in the State Council of High Ed statistics that someone posted  above.  UVA has often been quoted that 90-95% of the ATTENDING students are top ten percent of the class.  This does not mean that every single high school in VA sends to top tenpercent or even gets that many accepted.  Many high schools and counties send none.  Just google UVA 90% and 95% and you will see many citations.  In 2012, the figure was 95%. The reason that Teresa Sullivan has backed down from using those figures that is because some URM and poorer students find that figure "demoralizing" and because UVA wants as many students to apply as possible.  Here's a College Confidential discussion about the top ten percent figure.  https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/1397058-the-all-important-top-10.html.

But what you really need to focus on are the actual statistics of those who show up as first year students:  Note from the student posted above that the 75th percentile has a 4.44, Median is 4.29 and 25th percentile is 4.13.  Those are for students who were accepted and actually showed up (some had higher and went Ivy).  Now, look at the ACT scores:  75th percentile is a 33, which is very high, Median 32, 25th percentile: below 29.  Same with SAT: Math 760 and Verbal 740 (total 1500 - I think there is a typo in that column).  So there you have it - that is the spread of the GPA averages (4.13 - 4.44) and test scores for the first year students who actually enrolled this year.  If your student is in that range, then apply.  If not, then look at the other fine Virginia institutions listed on that page.  The ranges of GPA, ACT and SAT are provided for all incoming freshman for all Virginia universities and colleges.http://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp[/quote]

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