CCO told my kid that UVA generally has a GPA cut-off and it varies school by school and year by year. So, while they don’t know where the cut-off is ahead of time, CCO generally sees it in the data once the dust has settled.

Anonymous wrote:UVA loves to see first semester senior year grades. I think that’s why they defer so many applicants.

EA comes out before first semester grades are due and UVA’s lowest acceptance rate occurs during RD. I think another post is correct that the have an inside cap on ED. But they seem to take a decent chunk of the class during EA.

Congrats to accepted!!

Hang in there to the deferred - you are STILL in the game.

Condolences to those with neither acceptance or deferral.


FYI - The blog says this about acceptances and deferrals with current and last year information


Early Decision Applications
Total number of Early Decision applications: 4,243 (3,474 last year)
Total number of VA apps: 2,250 (1,845)
Total number of OOS apps: 1,993 (1,629)
We use completed applications in our statistics.

Early Decision Offers
Overall offers: 1,040 (1,097)
Total VA offers: 700 (31% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 340 (17% offer rate)
Enrollment Goal: ~3,900
Averaging these offer rates together is misleading because residency is a major factor in our review. If you are going to share these numbers, cite BOTH offer rates and not an average. Last year, we made just over 9,500 total offers to reach the enrollment goal.

Early Decision Defers
Overall defers: 1,166
Total VA defers: 643
Total OOS defers: 523
Deferred students are no longer bound by Early Decision agreements. Read more about deferral here (this link is in all defer letters). Midyear grades are due by February 15th and we're happy to take them via the student portal.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone from Fairfax county explain what a 4.4 weighted translates too? Is it a 4.0 unweighted and how many APs to get to a 4.4?

NP. Through 11th grade DS has a 3.975/4.496. Two A- 6 APs, 1 post-AP

I don’t understand this. My DS took 6 APs through 11th grade and has never gotten below an A in any class. And yet, his weighted GPA is a 4.22. What is a post AP?

I wonder if the difference is in how many honors or regular courses a high school offers outside of AP. My DS had 8 APs and 1 DE by 11th. 1 B+ (AP Physics), 2 A- (regular Latin) and the rest were As. He took 8 classes/year and honors wherever possible. But foreign language didn’t offer honors before AP, and accelerated math kids were in non-honors courses before AP Calc in 11th. Electives (2-3/year) were also unweighted. His GPA was a 4.24 at the end of junior year.

The colleges understand how GPA is calculated at different schools and they recalculate them so they are comparable.....

That impacts the bump for honors and AP, but in doesn’t impact what types of classes a school offers. So in my example, I suspect a lot less honors classes are offered at the lower level compared to (for example) FCPS, which leads to a lower GPA.

Though UVA has not said it, I wonder if they have decided to cap ED admissions at 25% of the class. For the past two years, 1000 kids have been their number, despite increased applications. Capping the number of ED admissions may help with perceptions of admission fairness, especially since it’s a public university. Then again, W&M accepts a much larger portion of their class from two ED rounds, and they are a public. Again, UVA hasn’t noted a cap, but I find it odd that the number admitted this year was the same as last year, despite 800 more ED applications. Thoughts?

Also deferred. Now regretting EDing to UVA because there's just not a real bump to EDing at UVA, not like other schools. UVA is pretty honest about that. I have heard Dean J say that there is no admissions advantage to EDing to UVA but all the chatter/gossip was telling us otherwise. Now we're feeling like we lost that ED advantage and just wasted our ED.

Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted into College of Arts and Sciences. 4.4 GPA. 1420 sat. 9 APs 1 DE. URM. Varsity athlete in two sports, captain, leadershiip positions volunteering and at work. FCPS high school (not a desireable high school by DCURBANMOMS standards).

Congrats to your kid!

UVA loves to see first semester senior year grades. I think that’s why they defer so many applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow will be nailbiting for sure. Son has a 1480 SAT and a good GPA, top class 6% so we'll see if he makes it in. If not, deferral seems bleak as only 4 percent of ED admits get offered admissions. Fingers crossed

He has a fighting chance. My DS got in last year with a 1480. But all his friends have different SAT scores or GPA. UVA definitely is looking for a certain type of student that isn’t just numbers. Good luck!

I agree he has a good chance, but yes so much more goes into it. Good luck and update us!

He got in!!! Thank you DCUM he is thrilled

Congratulations! I'm the poster with the deferred DS and I'm happy for you!

Hang in there! I think UVA is deferring a ton because a lot of my son's friends were also deffered. Best of luck in RD

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Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow will be nailbiting for sure. Son has a 1480 SAT and a good GPA, top class 6% so we'll see if he makes it in. If not, deferral seems bleak as only 4 percent of ED admits get offered admissions. Fingers crossed

He has a fighting chance. My DS got in last year with a 1480. But all his friends have different SAT scores or GPA. UVA definitely is looking for a certain type of student that isn’t just numbers. Good luck!

I agree he has a good chance, but yes so much more goes into it. Good luck and update us!

He got in!!! Thank you DCUM he is thrilled

What was the “good GPA”?

I'm pretty sure he has around or a bit below a 4.5 GPA.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone from Fairfax county explain what a 4.4 weighted translates too? Is it a 4.0 unweighted and how many APs to get to a 4.4?

NP. Through 11th grade DS has a 3.975/4.496. Two A- 6 APs, 1 post-AP

I don’t understand this. My DS took 6 APs through 11th grade and has never gotten below an A in any class. And yet, his weighted GPA is a 4.22. What is a post AP?

I wonder if the difference is in how many honors or regular courses a high school offers outside of AP. My DS had 8 APs and 1 DE by 11th. 1 B+ (AP Physics), 2 A- (regular Latin) and the rest were As. He took 8 classes/year and honors wherever possible. But foreign language didn’t offer honors before AP, and accelerated math kids were in non-honors courses before AP Calc in 11th. Electives (2-3/year) were also unweighted. His GPA was a 4.24 at the end of junior year.

The colleges understand how GPA is calculated at different schools and they recalculate them so they are comparable.....

I thought that UVA admitted by college, not major. So would it matter what intended major is within arts and sciences?

Is the 4.4 GPA after 11th grade or is it after 12th grade?

My kid was accepted into College of Arts and Sciences. 4.4 GPA. 1420 sat. 9 APs 1 DE. URM. Varsity athlete in two sports, captain, leadershiip positions volunteering and at work. FCPS high school (not a desireable high school by DCURBANMOMS standards).

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Anonymous wrote:Alright, here you go:

Deferred, in state, GPA 4.38, 1510 SAT. No sports, 2 ECs, including mentoring.

Disappointed for sure, but has 2 other acceptances already, so will get over this. Not sure how RD will pan out.

I'm sorry to hear it. Which college within UVA?

Arts & Sciences.

Major? CS in A&S?

No, Economics.

Me again. Debating whether to ED2 to W&M, or take our chances with RD at both.

“Our” chances? You might want to step back a little.

What an inappropriate comment to someone who just heard disappointing news. Go away.

Thank you!
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It’s just that the schools are so different that going from a hard commit to one to a hard commit to the other is odd. I just hope it isn’t parent / prestige driven.

Yes, schools are very different, but both have strong Economics programs. UVA was top choice (older sibling is currently at UVA), but he also likes the strong Econ program at W&M.