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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA probably doesn’t have a quota, but they do have high standards. Unless something were to dramatically shift a school’s underlying demographics, it’s probably fair to say that about the same percent each year will meet UVA’s standards. What are those standards? As another poster mentioned, it’s roughly top 5% of class, 33+ ACT, 1450+ SAT, 8+ AP classes, and 4.35+ GPA (recently this has been inflated due to COVID grades). If a school has 500 kids, 5% is 25 kids. That’s about the number that get admitted. [/quote]

A previous poster mentioned that FCPS has approximately a 30% acceptance rate. Way more than 5. [/quote]

They mean that the top 5% is about 25 kids. The top 5% being a typical line in the sand between getting into UVA and not getting in within NOVA schools.[/quote]

You’re assuming that the entire top 5% of the class applies to UVA, which is definitely not the case anywhere.[/quote]

It’s probably very close. Even if kids want to attend Ivies, everyone knows those schools are crapshoots. UVA is frequently a backup for even the brightest kids in NOVA. [/quote]

This, most of the top 5% is going to apply to UVA for no other reason than as a safety.[/quote]

As I just demonstrated this is not true.  Plus what on earth are you talking about?  We are talking about how hard it is to get into UVA; nobody but the absolute top student is applying there as a safety. You need to move on to another thread.[/quote]

I started the UVA vs Georgetown thread. My DS doesn’t want to go to UVA. He is at the top of is class. I know UVA isn’t a safety. It is a target.

He also likes Penn, Johns Hopkins, Columbia and Cornell. I think he would be disappointed if he only got into UVA.[/quote]

Well, he should brace himself for the very real possibility of disappointment.  And you should too. [/quote]

There’s a parent on “the college essay” thread who says about their kid:

“His admissions results were not as good as I would have expected going into the process given his basic academic qualifications (3.98 GPA/4.53 wGPA, 35 ACT) and solid EC profile).”

Kid was denied in state to UVA and is going to Northeastern [/quote]

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