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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA isn’t really known for yield protection. 
We are in state. 
It does not make sense. 
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top 20 percent of class. 
[b]Statistically, the odds of getting Michigan and UGA and UNC were much slimmer then getting UVA. [/quote][url]

No. Michigan is less selective at 15%- 23%. UVA just dropped to 9% in its recent EA round. I know many Virginians who went to Michigan when they didn’t get into UVA. One even drove back to Virginia  when accepted to after Michigan classes had started.[/quote]

+1. OP, you are operating under incorrect assumptions:

1) UVA is more selective than the other schools you listed. It was 9% for last week’s EA acceptances.  UNC can’t be compared because it is a different public system which accepts very few OOS, unlike UVA. 
2) UVA doesn't yield protect because it doesn’t need to.
3) you never gave GPA, but top 20% at a VA private isn’t going to cut it at UVA. You need to be one of the very top kids in the top 6%.
4) last fall, the 75th percentile had a 4.5, 4.4 at the median and 4.2 for bottom 25th percentile. As a private NOVA student, you need to be able to hit the 75th percentile, especially if unhooked (you didn’t say)
5) your son is compared to other applicants from your kid’s school. Past included. You didn’t say how many there were. If they outranked your kid, they will be admitted, not your DS, ….
6) which is why he was deferred … they want to see if better applicants from your high school come in RD.  The AO assigned to your region (probably Dean J) knows your private school’s record of applicants. UVA wants to see whom else from your private is going to be in the pool.[/quote]

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