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[quote=Anonymous]UVa (as an in-state) and UT-Austin (out of state).

I'm a transplant here, so I didn't realize how hard it is to get into UVa, and cringed at the Open House last spring when I heard their average admissions stats.  My kid is very smart, very self motivated, and was applying with a GPA of 4.25,  21 credits from AP classes plus 12 hours of college coursework earned in his senior year (or would be), but his SATs were okay and his ACT at 32 was 90-95 %-ile.  I guess I'm a half-empty worrier and he's a half-full optimist because he never doubted himself applying to either and I was trying to level-set his expectations the whole time.

He was set back on his heels when UC Berkeley declined him, but it probably enabled his head to pass through regular doorways!  Great kid -- he wishes he'd applied to a couple of Ivies to see what financial aid he might have gotten if he was accepted.  Now he'll never know.

I kind of like hearing these stories, especially if you have an idea what the hooks were the kids got in with.  My son's essays for UVa were really creative - I was kind of surprised since he hates writing.[/quote]

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