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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course Dean J says its 'holistic'. Makes her job look important.

But in reality they have too many applications to sort through.

At TJ ( I am looking at Naviance as I type this) not a SINGLE applicant was declined if they had GPA over 4.47

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not a SINGLE application got accepted if the GPA was below 4.32

Clearly they are based of GPA.  The Naviance chart looks like those weather forecasts...with a clear 'front' of accepts, behind which are declines..[/quote]

This is exactly the same at our school (DMV private). A weather forecast is the perfect description. If you switch the scattergram to the list version, the acceptances are in order of weighted GPA. It is completely based on GPA and test score. [/quote]

Our DC (McLean/Langley) was just below the weather forecast front "line", with a 4.3 weighted GPA (at the time of application) and 1500 SAT.  DC had average ECs, 3 years of one foreign language and 2 years of another (neither AP), 9 APs (environmental science, world and US history, lang, etc.). We honestly did not think DC would get admitted into UVA and planned accordingly during admissions.  Yet DC was admitted in the EA round.

So, IMHO, the holistic part kicks in on the margins, as it did for DC. To use a football analogy, if you need to get 1-2 yards to get the touchdown, the holistic stuff is the "tush push" that gets you into the end zone.  But holistics aren't going to get you 10 yards on a chunk play, let alone a 50 yard Hail Mary pass.[/quote]

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