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[quote=Anonymous]You really need to look at Naviance numbers for your specific high school because colleges have different grades selection criteria for different high schools.  It my kids school, the magic number for both UVa and William & Mary seems to be a 4.26 Weighted GPA.  Anyone at or above that number was accepted and everyone below was rejected, over the last 5 years.  Obviously, test scores matter, but with prep classes now, your kid has some control over their scores.

Off topic, but I am little flustered by the apparent grade requirement.  I am struggling to figure out how my kid will get to that number despite having almost straight A's and taking a very hard class schedule because there is no added grade bump in Arlington except for AP/IB classes (no .5 bump for honors classes, like in Fairfax).  In fact, A's from non-AP classes from middle school and high school bring down the GPA, and it is too late to expunge these grades once the kids starts high school.   Also, most kids take a relatively small number of AP classes until 11th grade (especially kids is in Band or other performance class that takes up an elective and prevent the kids from taking an AP elective class, such as Art History. Psychology, Computer Science), and senior grades either aren't included for early applications or only the 1st semester grade are sent.    
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