Anonymous wrote:There is a state school in VA of literally every type of student from top to middling to lower.
In NC you do not have that, it's UNC CH and then everything else.
My normal white boy from NOVA is at UVA now, with a less than 1400 SAT but very high class rank. Its not impossible to get in, but it is very much about GPA and class rank (even in schools who claim to have no class rank)
GPA and RIGOR
Class of 23 NOVA public. 3.95/4.5, 1560, 9 APs waitlisted. "Maxed out" on all subjects except English. Honors classes. Refused AP.