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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3.98/4.5, 1560 got WL at UVA a couple years ago. 
4y FL, World, APUSH, APGov, Phy C-Mech, E&M, Calc BC, Calc 3/Linear BUT no lang nor lit. Yep, rigor in ALL areas.[/quote]

I am surprised kid din't get into UVA but [b]this is specifically NOT "rigor in all areas[/b]." You said no AP Lang or Lit. UVA admissions people state over and over that they want to see APs in all major subject areas. And while [i]of course[/i] we all know that they take students without it, in this case it sounds like your kids did not have it.

In any case, being compared to peers is also enormous. And school you are applying to is also a factor. If your child was at TJ and applying to engineering it is easier to understand a waitlist than if your child is from Roanoke applying to Arts and Sciences.[/quote]
PP.  I agree. I must not have been clear.[/quote]

Dont know how true highest rigor theory is but I know several kids from our MCPS high school who were accepted to UVA without the highest rigor. Some of them only took as some DCUM posters call fluff AP CLASSES like Econ, Psychology, Human Geo, etc.. no AP science classes and no AP history classes. [b]Applied and accepted to UVA business school[/b]. Good SAT and ECs.[/quote]

well this isn't even possible as the UVA business school requires a sophomore year application.  [/quote]

Maybe this was a few years back?[/quote]

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