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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a dream.  Based on having 3 kids go through this in the past 5 years, and seeing where they and their friends ended up.[/quote]

My kid is a senior at a big 3. Yes. It's a dream.   This kid can get into q good school, but think Colby or WashU. Not Ivies or Bowdoin. And not UVA either because it really doesn't give much of a grade break for big 3.

Might be different if a great lax player or a legacy. And full pay will help at some schools. But some of the schools listed here are a pipe dream. [/quote]

UVA makes clear that it cares more about grades than SAT scores, and I know from personal experience that they mean it.  One of my kids (in state) got in off the wait list with a 1260 on the SAT but with very high grades.  Many, many of her classmates were denied admission with much higher SATs but lower grades.  And she had no hook whatsoever.[/quote]

1260?[/quote]

Yes.  On a 1600 scale.  630M/630V.  This was before the scoring changed a couple of years ago.  And to those of you who will say "noooo!  she's neeeever get in today!" the point is that when she got in her SAT was below the 25/75 mid-range at UVA.  She probably was in the 10th percentile on UVA's SAT scale.  And no hook -- non-legacy non-athlete UMC white girl from a NOVA public high school.  Was all set to go to an OOS flagship when UVA came calling.    [/quote]

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