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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess our experience is different from most of yours.  My oldest got admitted into UVA, Tech and W&M.  He went to a public school in Fairfax County and didn't take a single AP class.  He took 2 honors classes total. He had straight As and a high SAT.  He had normal extracurricular activities. He's not a star athlete by any means, although he has been in a particular sport he loves since he was 9.  The only thing that I think made him stick out was his art.  He is a gifted artist that has been shown in a galleries.  He had a great time in high school, with lots of free time (the way it should be for a kid!).  I'm not going to pressure my other two kids to take any AP classes either.  They'll be fine if they get straight As on regular classes.[/quote]

Sorry but this is really hard to believe. Not saying you are a troll but just very hard to believe. [/quote]

[b]Yeah, there's no way those schools would take a student who never took an AP just because he was an artist. You'd still have to get through their liberal arts curriculum, full of students whose schedules were full of APs. An art school would take that student, but not a W&M, UVA, or VT. You can just go and do art at those schools.

Is your name is on the side of a building or are you a politician who put pressure on the school? Maybe that could do it for a no-AP kid.[/quote][/b]

It's also possible that PP is referencing a past experience.  The college wars have completely changed what was the landscape just five years ago.  In the very short time my DC has been at UVA I've seen the ACT average go from 29-32 to 31-34.  And the GPA average jumped from 4.16 to 4.34.  I believe UVA experienced a 14% increase in applications last year as well (yes, I know applications are up everywhere).  I doubt he would get in for 2018-19.  Also the internationals (73 countries) and excellent OOS kids are also pushing up the competition.  When Forbes listed UVA as no. 4 public university after the three military institutions (in other words, ahead of Berkeley, UCLA, Wisconsin, Michigan), @ a year ago, the no. of applicants surged.  We were just very lucky.[/quote]

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