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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dean J keeps stressing that UVA does a holistic review.

But in reality all they look at is course selection ( did u take the hardest courses) and what grades did u get.

So is the “holistic” part just an act to be like a more “elite” school?[/quote]
They are serious about rigor. Engineering applicant from NOVA with 4.5 and 1560 was waitlisted. Maxed out on math, history and science APs but did not bother to take Lang or lit. I warned him! Thats okay. 3rd year at UMD with a Google internship summer of 26.[/quote]

This is where I get really annoyed with UVA admissions. I say that as an alum and as a parent of a kid who just applied. Your kid sounds great and it's UVA's loss. My kid also [b]maxxed out on AP classes in most subjects, BUT he stopped taking a foreign language[/b] to do it. The classes he wanted to take wouldn't all fit if he took it so he made a choice. We supported him following his interests. We'll see what UVA does. [/quote]
They say what they want and then you get mad when their decision reflects that? We all know they consider language a core subject. [/quote]

No I don't know what their decision is yet. I disagree with their formulaic focus on a foreign language in admissions, no matter what the kid's interests. I think they should consider the transcript more broadly in light of its rigor and the student's interests, not one particular subject. It seems ludicrous to penalize a STEM kid for taking a two-period AP science course instead of continuing with a foreign language.  [/quote]

Isn’t this the same as penalizing a humanities kid for not taking Calc at all or stopping at AP Calc AB? Or not taking all AP Sciences?

I saw a clip from UPenn admissions the other day and it was refreshing to hear that they focus in on how you excelled in the subject you’re interested in studying in college.
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