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Anonymous wrote:In state deferred SAT 1510 UWGPA 4.0 WGPA 4.4. 7AP, leadership, great recs (read them). Lots of volunteer at same place since 9th, 20 hr/week job since 10th. Very upset that he can not get accepted to our state flagship school Ive been funding for the past 19 years that Ive lived in VA with those qualities. UVA needs auto-admits like Texas.

Your tax dollars have funded lots of great schools, too, and I have no doubt he’ll get into one of those.

And very few of your tax dollars are going to UVA anyway. That’s the price they paid for more autonomy from the state.

UVA gets more per in state undergraduate students than most of the state schools.

I don’t think that’s correct. Virginia is pretty notorious for cutting higher ed spending over time.

It receives more per in-state student from state appropriations than the other public schools in Virginia. You are correct that Virginia is not among the top states in higher education spending.

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta love the people who don’t even see the problem with writing that the URMs and first gen kids aren't qualified.

Think about how much you helped your kid through all this and imagine how much more together the first gen kids gave to be since the don’t have that help.

Why wouldn’t their parents be able to help them? The info is very easy to find.

Some parents aren’t fluent in English and/or have less than a high school education. They certainly are not reviewing essays or on top of the admissions process. Also, some schools offer no help with essays or applications. I don’t really think explaining this will make you understand but I decided to bite anyway.

Ok, but most parents who didn’t go to college are fluent in English and are perfectly capable of reviewing essays.

I'm a first gen immigrant. My mom didn't even go to college. We had no money for me. I had to figure out how to do all that, all the way to getting a graduate degree. My kid got a lot of help from me with navigating college applications. My kid won't have to worry about how to pay for college.

So what? Your kid won't be 1st Gen so how does that relate to the PP's comment?

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Anonymous wrote:I think people should keep in mind that just like posts about income and weight, these posts are self-selecting. College confidential (and UVA’s own stats) speak to what the actual admitted applicant pool looks like (which is still highly selective but clearly doesn’t require a 1550 SAT).

I am so sorry high stat kids got deferred.

People forget that admissions are holistic, stats are a threshold, not determinative. I do think UVA likely has a very good odea about the extent of grade inflation at VA,DC, and MD schools.

Correct. Dean J’s blog makes it clear that they know, by school, what makes a top applicant. They are also pretty clear that grades and rigor are far more important than SATs. I know DCUM is obsessed with high SATs, but I get the impression UVA is not.

I know of two students from our lower-tier FCPS school that got accepted to UVA with SATs in the 1350 range. Both are IB diploma candidates. Neither are likely to accept as both favor other schools. Our school tells kids that if you want to get into Tech, W&M or UVA that you need to be an IB diploma candidate because it demonstrates highest rigor. And Tech - which is test optional - specifically told us that they don't look deeply at GPA, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta love the people who don’t even see the problem with writing that the URMs and first gen kids aren't qualified.

Think about how much you helped your kid through all this and imagine how much more together the first gen kids gave to be since the don’t have that help.

Why wouldn’t their parents be able to help them? The info is very easy to find.

Some parents aren’t fluent in English and/or have less than a high school education. They certainly are not reviewing essays or on top of the admissions process. Also, some schools offer no help with essays or applications. I don’t really think explaining this will make you understand but I decided to bite anyway.

I'm a first gen immigrant. My mom didn't even go to college. We had no money for me. I had to figure out how to do all that, all the way to getting a graduate degree. My kid got a lot of help from me with navigating college applications. My kid won't have to worry about how to pay for college.

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta love the people who don’t even see the problem with writing that the URMs and first gen kids aren't qualified.

Think about how much you helped your kid through all this and imagine how much more together the first gen kids gave to be since the don’t have that help.

Why wouldn’t their parents be able to help them? The info is very easy to find.

Some parents aren’t fluent in English and/or have less than a high school education. They certainly are not reviewing essays or on top of the admissions process. Also, some schools offer no help with essays or applications. I don’t really think explaining this will make you understand but I decided to bite anyway.

DS deferred, OOS MCPS magnet, 1500, 6 APs, 4.7W/4.0 UW.

Anonymous wrote:Gotta love the people who don’t even see the problem with writing that the URMs and first gen kids aren't qualified.

Think about how much you helped your kid through all this and imagine how much more together the first gen kids gave to be since the don’t have that help.

Agree- especially after seeing the private school Ivy pipeline threads . . . No one ever questions that hook.

I think this looks like a very strong candidate, maybe just at the borderline. Probably the ranking (or sort of) in high school would be a deciding factor now.

Anonymous wrote:DS deferred - CS aspirant, in state, 4.4 weighted. 3.9 UW, 1570 SAT, 12 AP/Post-AP
EC- Multiple in-school Clubs, Internship at a university, Tutoring, no national awards, no music, no sports

I'm not sure how much hope he may have for RD. Any stats on the deferrals in EA and acceptances in RD?

Anonymous wrote:http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2022/03/2022-uva-regular-decision-admission.html

Defers and Waiting List
VA Deferred students offered admission: 72 (162 last year)
OOS Deferred students offered admission: 83 (150)
Waiting list offers: 16% (18% last year)

Thanks for the info. It doesn't look very promising!

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Anonymous wrote:DS deferred - CS aspirant, in state, 4.4 weighted. 3.9 UW, 1570 SAT, 12 AP/Post-AP
EC- Multiple in-school Clubs, Internship at a university, Tutoring, no national awards, no music, no sports

I'm not sure how much hope he may have for RD. Any stats on the deferrals in EA and acceptances in RD?

Did he apply to CS in school of engineering or A&S? My DD (accepted) has stats similar to your son’s but applied to CS in A&S because she thought school of engineering might be harder to get into.

He applied for A&S also. Wonder if lack of 4 years of foreign language is at play, especially for A&S recommended 4.

Anonymous wrote:DS deferred - CS aspirant, in state, 4.4 weighted. 3.9 UW, 1570 SAT, 12 AP/Post-AP
EC- Multiple in-school Clubs, Internship at a university, Tutoring, no national awards, no music, no sports

I'm not sure how much hope he may have for RD. Any stats on the deferrals in EA and acceptances in RD?

Did he apply to CS in school of engineerin or A&S? My DD (accepted) has stats similar to your son’s but applied to CS in A&S because she thought school of engineering might be harder to get into.

http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2022/03/2022-uva-regular-decision-admission.html

Defers and Waiting List
VA Deferred students offered admission: 72 (162 last year)
OOS Deferred students offered admission: 83 (150)
Waiting list offers: 16% (18% last year)

DS deferred - CS aspirant, in state, 4.4 weighted. 3.9 UW, 1570 SAT, 12 AP/Post-AP
EC- Multiple in-school Clubs, Internship at a university, Tutoring, no national awards, no music, no sports

I'm not sure how much hope he may have for RD. Any stats on the deferrals in EA and acceptances in RD?

Anonymous wrote:My VA resident DC applied RD to UVA. I wonder how many (if any) seats are left for RD.

Should have applied ED. UVA wanted to increase yield, thus ED was initiated.