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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm laughing at OP.

First, I love the subtle dig at UVA.  Yea, right, it and Villanova carry the same weight reputation wise in NYC and Boston.  Clearly false.

Second,  OOS admissions to UVA are much, much tougher than Villanova.  I have a good friend who has two sons going to school at Villanova.  Both went after being rejected from UVA in state from a top NOVA publc high school.  [/quote]

Yes, but that has changed. Villanova’s stock has been steadily on the rise in recent years. Record number of applications this year and 23% acceptance rate. UVA has consistently been in the 15-17% acceptance range for OOS - 15% this year. UVA is tougher but not by much.[/quote]

One of the boys is a freshmen.  You have to take acceptance rates in context.  At UVA the middle 50 percent of enrolled applicants last year had a 1400 to 1510 on the SAT, a 32 to 35 on the ACT, and 90 percent of students reporting ranking were in the top 10 percent of their high school class.

These numbers are for all students.  For OOS they'd be higher.

For Villanova, here are the numbers:SAT 1320 to 1460, ACT 30 to 33, top ten percent 72 percent.

Clearly there's a marked difference between OOS UVA and Villanova.  The typical Villanova admit is probably on par with a skin-of-the-teeth UVA in state admit.[/quote]

The problem with your numbers is that you’re looking in the rear view mirror. The current numbers for the class just accepted at Villanova are 1430-1520 for middle 50% on SAT and 32-35 on ACT with 84% in the top 10% of their high school class. Those numbers are very comparable to the numbers you posted for UVA, which hasn’t posted it’s numbers yet for this year’s freshman class.

What the numbers were last year for Villanova are irrelevant for a kid who will be applying next year at a school like Villanova where applications and selectivity have both been rising steadily for the past 5 years. As that trend continues, Villanova is likely to b even more selective when this student will be applying. Villanova is fast moving into the selectivity range of other top Catholics like Georgetown and Boston College.

To project fir a high school junior, he has to be looking ahead, not at what’s in the rear view mirror behind him.[/quote]

No, you're mixing apples and oranges.  You're referring to the stats of [i]accepted[/i] students, whereas I was referring to [i]enrolled[/i] students.  The "accepted" numbers are going to be higher than enrolled because obviously the students at the upper end of the accepted range will get into other top schools and have more options.

So, sorry, but no.[/quote]

[b]Nope. Referring to enrolled students.[/b][/quote]

No, you are not.  You got your numbers from [b]here[/b], where it's made clear that they are preliminary numbers for [b]admitted[/b] students.  Your information is as of March 22, 2022, when admissions decisions were issued.

Try again.

https://www1.villanova.edu/university/undergraduate-admission/applying-to-villanova/admission-profile.html  [/quote]

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