Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 00:06     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
Op again

The GPA is a result of the mix of As and Bs in his AP classes and the magnet school.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 00:03     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
Op here.

He took the SAT 3 times and did the Khan Academy at home, no classes.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2025 22:19     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA didn't go below a 3.8 at my kid's Big3 last year--even rejected the ED applicants. Your milage may vary.


What is a Big3??


Sidwell, STA/NCS and GDS.


Irrelevant data for a VA public school student.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2025 22:15     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
Anonymous wrote:SAT tutoring cannot buy a score that high, unlike class tutoring which can buy a GPA.

Probably motivation or a learning difference driving the gap.


Girls, Girls, you're both pretty.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2025 22:06     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
SAT tutoring cannot buy a score that high, unlike class tutoring which can buy a GPA.

Probably motivation or a learning difference driving the gap.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2025 21:14     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:With the most rigorous courses from both a top DMV school and a magnet school with STEM heavy courses.

SAT superscore 1530.
Wants a Physics major / minor CS

Is it worth to take a chance and ED at UVA?


(or just EA at V Tech? Even that seems a reach these days)

Thanks

Virginia resident? Yes, apply ED. Tech can be the EA backup.


from our VA school that GPA is right around top 25% and with top rigor is good enough for UVA ED, not a huge reach, but does not always work out. Go for it, with VT EA as a backup.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2025 20:41     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What happened to explain the GPA? With a SAT score that high there must be an explanation. Many magnet students with the most rigorous of classes have 4.0 unweighted and 4.8 plus weighted

Assumption would be that they got massively tutored for the SATs.


And probably took it 5 times.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2025 17:31     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
Anonymous wrote:What happened to explain the GPA? With a SAT score that high there must be an explanation. Many magnet students with the most rigorous of classes have 4.0 unweighted and 4.8 plus weighted


His SAT is 1530 superscored, it's not high. TJ's average SAT is around 1510, so he is just an average student at a magnet like TJ. You are not comparing him to top students.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2025 17:22     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
Anonymous wrote:What happened to explain the GPA? With a SAT score that high there must be an explanation. Many magnet students with the most rigorous of classes have 4.0 unweighted and 4.8 plus weighted

Assumption would be that they got massively tutored for the SATs.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2025 17:20     Subject: 3.58 unweighted and 4.05 weighted
What happened to explain the GPA? With a SAT score that high there must be an explanation. Many magnet students with the most rigorous of classes have 4.0 unweighted and 4.8 plus weighted