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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admittedly, I haven't read all five pages of this conversation. But when the OP says UVA wants a 4.3, does that include the senior year grades?

My rising high school senior has raised her GPA from 3.88 to 4.05 this year, and she could conceivably go somewhere into the 4.2's if she excels senior year.

So would the 4.3 (and 4.0, and 3.5) benchmark be compared to the 4.05 she has at end of junior year, or the 4.2something she could conceivably end up with?

I've seen the GPA's listed on SCHEV for incoming freshman, and assumed those are the final numbers after senior year. Correct or incorrect?[/quote]

Correct but weighted https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp
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Correct, but there are limited to what senior grades can do. My kid took 4 AP blocks senior year (6 classes, with macro Econ, micro Econ, comp gov and US gov, each being one semester, plus Lit and Latin, which were a full year each) and got a 4.0 UW for senior year o.  Her GPA bump from a 4.01 to 4.13 in FCPS. So, your kid can add about a .03 per additional for full senior year A in an AP ( or a .15  per semester ) in FCPS, assuming an UW 4.0 for that year— which is a big assuming for senior year.  Most parents I know mentally add a .1 to the junior GPA, and that seems about right

BTW— mu W 4.01 to 4.13 is  currently attending WM— admitted ED as an unhooked white girl from NOVA.  There really is more to the package than grades.  [/quote]

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