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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]36 ACT 4.2 WGPA 3.89 UW

Accepted:
Notre Dame (invited to scholars and merit semifinalist)
BC
Villanova
Fordham (Dean’s Scholarship)
UMCP (B/K Scholarship)

Denied:
[b]UVA[/b][/quote]

Let the record show that UVA reject kids with perfect ACTs and only 1 or 2 Bs on their high school transcript.[/quote]

OMG, imagine having those stats and getting rejected by UVA. Kid has amazing other choices and it will all work out but that is just jaw dropping.  I hope it was not first choice.  [/quote]

It was likely as an OOS applicant which I believe would have something to do with it.  Doesn't UVA weight in-state applicants differently?[/quote]

Could be a variety of things. Lack of demonstrated interest, [b]yield protection, [/b]other factors involving course selection or extracurriculars. It’s hard to say. 
My dd has a friend who was shocked by her rejection to UVA, but her 4.0 UW was in regular level classes, random electives and only [b]2 years[/b] of foreign language. [/quote]

UVA doesn't engage in yield protection; it doesn't have to.  You need a 4.44+ if not URM, Low income, etc. to get into UVA even with perfect scores, especially if from NOVA.[/quote]
j[b]ust on this thread alone, there is someone who got into uva with a 4.2 & someone (asian/white, obviously not urm) who got in with a 4.07.  And they obviously got in early w/o being deferred. Where do you get the .44 anyway?  4.44 gets you in but not 4.43?  And I don't know where you are but in fcps, there really aren't even that many kids with 4.4.  You must be in a county where gpa's go up much higher.  Maybe Loudoun?  [/quote][/b][b]

Anyone in FCPS knows you need to be in top ten percent of your class to get into UVA.  I have a senior there now.  He would not get in today - that's how fast things are changing at all the state flagships.  As to the data.  Go to SCHEV.edu and you will get the incoming stats for last years (entering 2018, not accepted, which are higher stats).  You can see that the top 25% median of the entering class t UVA last year was a 4.48 (that's where most of the FCPS kids are); median is a 4.33 and the bottom 25 percent of the class is a median 4.16.  The bottom tends to be the TJ students, URM, Athletes, low-income, first generation, etc. etc. etc. So, yes, if you are caucasian at [b]Langley or McLean you better have a 4.48 or higher[/b] to be accepted if thetop 25% of the entering class has that or better.  Several of my DS's friends came in with 6.0s and 16 AP courses.  Here is the SCHEV site.  http://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp.  Just go to college confidential and read the results of the UVA EA class of 2023 and you will see the extraordinary records of students who get in and those deferred or denied.[/quote]

Well, dc's friend got in EA with 4.1 from one of those school.  White, no hook, not even a legacy.[/quote]

My NOVA DS from one of the top handful of FCPS schools (white male, non-legacy, non-athlete, some interesting ECs but no unusually high achievements, good essays/recs) got in this year EA with 4.24/1410.  Though we don't know exact rank, I highly doubt he's in the top 10%--but is probably in the top 20-25% of his high school. He thinks he just squeaked in with his GPA as most of his friends who got in had higher GPAs.  I think he was close enough to the ballpark and then his essays/interests just made him stand out a bit.  He wrote the UVA specific essay on the "flash seminar" and I thought his idea for that was really creative and thoughtful.[/quote]

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