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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those who were not accepted - this year is turning out to be a VERY tough year - I am not believing some of the stats I am seeing here - somewhat like the disbelief with the stats and rejections or deferrals for UVA this year :([/quote]

Here's what I'm learning from this board and college confidential. A 4.3 or above sounds really impressive. Then you learn that these schools have a 6.0 scale. So doesn't that make a 4.3 like a C+ average. With so much inflation in grades from the NoVa publics, college admissions has become a total nightmare. [/quote]

I don't think it is as much HS grade inflation as the state colleges wanting mostly minorities.  Sadly, the only lesson that is being learned by these kids, who have worked their tails off, by their own accord - without being prompted or Tiger parented, is that they don't matter.  It is a hell of a message to send a kid, really.

That, and this is exactly what the TJ reform was about, so I foresee some backlash in the near future - if we are being honest here. Public education, across the board, is at risk of reform now.

I think the current movement by colleges is not so indirectly backlash of the Felicity Huffman debacle - way to stereotype white people, public schools and colleges - not all whites are a product of trust funds.  [/quote]
No. None of these schools are mostly minorities. Read somewhere recently that VA Tech is only about 7% African American. Yes, there are other minorities, but please don’t fall back on that false claim.[/quote]

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