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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to Naviance at my kids' NOVA high school, UVA admits about 50 students per year (range from 45-51 over the past seven years). That holds steady regardless of how many apply. So, while they say they don't have quotas they sure seem to have a quota.[/quote]

Our FCPS high school similarly had 45 kids accepted to UVA last year.  According to our high school counselor, these kids were either hooked or had 4.4+ GPAs (which you can see on Naviance) in addition to lots of rigorous APs, SAT scores near or above 1500, etc.  So no, it's not at all impossible for a kid to get into UVA from NOVA, but [b]unless your kid has a hook, a 4.2 and 1440 SAT isn't going to cut it barring something unusual. [/b]    [/quote]

What's a hook?  Being a legacy? Sports? Patent pending?[/quote]

This pretty much describes my kid.  And DC didn't have the "something unusual" and was rejected.  Being a legacy and having 10+ years in an EC at a very high level (something physically active, but not technically what most would consider a "sport") did NOT count as "hooks".  I didn't expect them to; they're a dime a dozen in NOVA.[/quote]

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