Anonymous
Post 01/24/2015 18:33     Subject: Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Op, she should be accepted.

Wanting/deserving UVA is the easy part.

What ELSE is on her list? Where else could she be happy?
THAT is what you should be focused on - in case.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2015 16:52     Subject: Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Anonymous wrote:4.3 GPA, Full IB in Public (FCPS) , lots of extracurriculars, no hooks, 35 ACTs, SATs 2200. What do you think?


My son has 4.1 and SATs 2200. He got in four years ago. He will graduate from UVA engineering school this coming May.
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2015 11:02     Subject: Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Notifications went out. Hope she got good news OP!
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2015 11:02     Subject: Re:Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
OP- so, did she get in?
Anonymous
Post 01/24/2015 10:21     Subject: Re:Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Anonymous wrote:UVA is a total crapshoot. I wish your daughter the best, but no matter how deserving of a spot she is, she shouldn't be too emotionally attached to the idea of UVA. She is definitely in a position to be accepted, but it might not happen due to no fault of her own. MANY qualified applicants are denied. There were 33,000 applicants for 3,000 spots last year.
Emotionally attached to UVA or any other school. Any school is a total crapshoot.

Here's to hoping she gets in.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 22:55     Subject: Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Don't you have access to Naviance ?
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 09:43     Subject: Re:Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
I think she's in. But if not go the transfer route. It's a lot less competitive.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 09:39     Subject: Re:Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
She is definitely qualified, but you just have to wait and see unfortunately. What number of students are accepted at UVA from her school? They have to accept some people from your school, even if it is in NOVA, and that is usually the top 10%. So at our school that comes to about 20. Best of luck.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 09:33     Subject: Re:Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Top 5% with those ACTs, I'd say 99% yes.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 09:33     Subject: Re:Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Anonymous wrote:UVA is a total crapshoot. I wish your daughter the best, but no matter how deserving of a spot she is, she shouldn't be too emotionally attached to the idea of UVA. She is definitely in a position to be accepted, but it might not happen due to no fault of her own. MANY qualified applicants are denied. There were 33,000 applicants for 3,000 spots last year.


Wise advice, and there is nothing else to say, really. Maybe try College Confidential?
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 09:30     Subject: Re:Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
UVA is a total crapshoot. I wish your daughter the best, but no matter how deserving of a spot she is, she shouldn't be too emotionally attached to the idea of UVA. She is definitely in a position to be accepted, but it might not happen due to no fault of her own. MANY qualified applicants are denied. There were 33,000 applicants for 3,000 spots last year.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 08:02     Subject: Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Anonymous wrote:
The biggest strike against her will be she went to a Northern Virginia High School.

I've personally heard them say more than once that given the same stats, the ROVA kid gets the spot over the NOVA kid. They're unapologetic about it--it's just the way it is. (Georgetown said the same in a Washinton Post or Mag article a few years ago.). NOVA alone could fill every seat with qualified students -- and UVA doesn't want to be UNOVA. I don't know how it translates to OOS apps.

I've heard the same from UVA admissions more than once over the years.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 07:42     Subject: Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The biggest strike against her will be she went to a Northern Virginia High School.



Unfortunately, true.


+2
Makes me sick.


Not so!


It is absolutely true; the guidance dept. at DC's (Fx. Co.) high school is very open about this fact.


Interesting. It runs directly in opposition to what is posted on the Notes from Peabody blog.

http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2013/09/uva-admission-quotas-for-northern.html

Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 07:40     Subject: Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The biggest strike against her will be she went to a Northern Virginia High School.



Unfortunately, true.


+2
Makes me sick.


Not so!


It is absolutely true; the guidance dept. at DC's (Fx. Co.) high school is very open about this fact.


My guess is that the guidance dept says this to candidates who are on the bubble because it's not true,overall. Again, eggs must go in more than one basket.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2015 07:37     Subject: Re:Trying to set expectations here- what are my DD chances for UVA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everybody wants in because the price is right!


The price is really right if you do this. Go to NVCC for 2 years and meet the (pretty easy) requirements for a guaranteed transfer to UVA. Per Obama, comm college might be free. So, two years of instate tuition at UVa. It's too good to be true, and such an amazing deal, that I wonder if it will be scaled back.


That is an amazing deal! You can do that also at University of Wisconsin Madison.






Really? NVCC has the same deal with UW Madison? I don't think so.