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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The most fascinating part of it all is UVA telling students that they look at the whole applicant and there isn’t really a number of AP classes that are needed and SAT scores aren’t that important. The live Instagram stories say this but the results show a completely different reality. [/quote]

It depends on where the student is coming from. UVA can, and should, expect a lot more from a kid from Langley or McLean than from a kid in a less privileged part of the state.[/quote]

Sure.  What about a kid from a less well ranked NOVA HS, such as, for instance, South Lakes or Fairfax High?  I suspect a school like Annandale or Justice may not have enough of a peer group and student body interest to really prepare students for a flagship state university.  But these average high schools are capable and I wonder if they have some degree of admission boost.  [/quote]

UVA is top 5% or so. Even Justice, etc. has a cohort of 5% of smart, hardworking kids. [/quote]

Each and every college has admissions stats and requirements pertaining to each and every high school - ie: Langley admission profile will look VERY different than Justice. [/quote]

UVA looks at the student in context of THEIR high school.

I have a student at MVHS.  Our Naviance shows 1270 SAT and 4.3 GPA for UVA.

I also had a kid who went to a Catholic high school - he's in college now so I can't access the Naviance from his high school.  But when he was in high school, the GPA at the Catholic school was LOWER than MVHS but the SAT was [b]significantly [/b]HIGHER - I can't remember what it was but their SAT mean for the entire school is a 1260.  MVHS average SAT is below 1000.  The Catholic school had strict requirements on who they allowed to take AP classes.  They didn't even offer any honors courses in 9th grade history and religion was required all 4 years which was also did not have any kind of GPA bump.  So it is impossible for students at the Catholic high school to have a higher GPA than students at MVHS.

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