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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important.  around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.[/quote]

Nope.  My kid (in state) had a 3.99 GPA/4.43 wGPA with a 35 ACT and got waitlisted[/quote]

This is crazy. Assume this was EA? Should I push my kid to apply ED? I keep hearing from UVA that the difference between applying ED or EA doesn’t matter for UVA admissions. No bump for ED. Kid loves UVA but really likes the idea of getting a choice between all acceptances in March/April! [/quote]

He applied EA, was deferred, and then waitlisted.  He aimed really high in his applications (he also received the full IB Diploma, was an Eagle Scout, and a two time captain of his HS and club teams), and did not get into any of these:  Harvard, Yale, MIT, Williams, Amherst, UVa.  He got into JMU, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and Northeastern.  Got an amazing merit scholarship to Northeastern (bringing cost down to only a little more than in-state UVa cost, and went to Boston. He's two years in now, and is having a fantastic experience.  Is just finishing up his first co-op (had it extended from 6 to 8-months), where he learned a lot and got paid good money, and has a great group of friends/peers.  It has really worked out for him, but he (and I) were pretty steamed at the time when he didn't get into UVa. Never saw the Naviance scattergram after he input the data about UVa, but it must have been a tiny red x in a giant sea of green checkmarks.[/quote]

Curious--5 years of a foreign language? AP in ALL subjects, including English? This is shocking and enraging. Don't blame you, but I am so happy to hear he's doing great. It all works out, but I agree his stats are fabulous.[/quote]

He took Spanish all 4 years in HS, including AP Spanish and also IB HL Spanish.  Took 5 AP's (World History, Psychology, AB Calc. Spanish, and AP Gov), but also took a full IB courseload and 1 DE class.  I really thought he did essentially everything he could, but it didn't work out.  I suspect his essay probably wasn't great, and only so many kids from his high school could get in.  In the past, all full IB students with good grades/scores got it, but that obviously has changed.[/quote]

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