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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When we dropped our kid off at W&M a couple of years back, in his welcome talk the college president noted how few of the incoming freshman had perfect GPAs -it was a very very small number.  [b]So the class was not made up only of straight A students. [/quote]

Very encouraging - thank you for posting![/quote][/b]

I hate to burst your bubble but a lot has changed just in the last few years.  Applications are up at all VA Universities and Colleges.  Every year the enrollment stats. jump.  According to the SCHEV report the students enrolling at W&M last fall (2017) had a 4.44 GPA for the top quartile; 4.24 for the Mean; and 4.14 for the lowest quartile.  Obviously, those are weighted scores.  But I've also noticed the ACT scores jump in just the last 3 years.  I thought a 34 was a big deal when my DS scored it.  Now it looks like 32-36 is more the norm, not the aberrant high scorer.  Here's the link to the SCHEV statistics.  Plug in College of William and Mary, 2017-2018 and hit "update". That will give you the SAT scores, ACT scores and GPA of incoming students.  My understanding is that the heads of UVA and W&M are trying not to advertise facts like this (or the top 10 percent rule) because they want their selectivity ratings to rise on USN&WR. Admissions wants applications to soar (which they are - in three years UVA's has jumped 26% or more) so they can turn down more students. And indeed, UVA and W&M's selectivity percentages are dropping.  If all Virginia students know that they must be in the top 10% of their class then they won't apply, like our DD didn't apply.  So just keep that in mind when you hear the head of a school say something like that.  Use the SCHEV scores and your public's Naviance. Those are your true indicators of chance. http://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp[/quote]

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