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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]you need to be in the top 5% of the class[/quote]

This is all that matters. Coming from a NoVa public, this is all that matters. Where are you in class. [b]YEAH I KNOW, it is said FCPS doesn't rank students. I believe that but there is still *some* way or colleges to know.[/b]

Not saying the number is 5%. In a better year it might be 10%. No student from a NoVa public who's out of the top 15-20% of their class, unless a recruited athlete/URM, need not apply. Look out of state. For a NoVa student where UVA is a reach, a possible waitliist, that student can attend out of state with merit aid for less total cost.[/quote]

UVA knows because each high school sends a "school profile" to the colleges and universities early in the season or with the application.  The profile shows the number and types of AP courses offered, a bar graph as to how many students take those classes, what the grades in those classes are, and then the final GPA coming out of Junior year.  It takes any college less than 30 seconds to figure out by comparing transcript to the profile where your students stands in terms of rank.   Also the counselor in his or her mandatory letter of recommendation has to check off a "did this student take the most rigorous courses offered at your high school" or "very rigorous" and down the line.  UVA wants to see the most rigorous box checked off (as do any of the top colleges) .[/quote]

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