Anonymous wrote:last year my DD got into UVA A&S school in the RD round with a 4.2 GPA. She decided to wait till RD to include his senior year quarter grades and it paid off. She had perfect SAT and very good EC's with some national awards. She was also a NMSF with good essays.

Didn’t work for my kid with 4.3, 1580, good ECs last year. Wanted to include senior grades (all As) to bolster his app but still didn’t get into UVA.

Anonymous wrote:last year my DD got into UVA A&S school in the RD round with a 4.2 GPA. She decided to wait till RD to include his senior year quarter grades and it paid off. She had perfect SAT and very good EC's with some national awards. She was also a NMSF with good essays.

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last year my DD got into UVA A&S school in the RD round with a 4.2 GPA. She decided to wait till RD to include his senior year quarter grades and it paid off. She had perfect SAT and very good EC's with some national awards. She was also a NMSF with good essays.

No William and Mary? They do seem to accept a slightly lower GPA than UVA and are a great in state choice. I believe they extended their RD deadline too.

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Anonymous wrote:With grade inflation they really need to start looking at scores more heavily.

Ivies are leaning that way. Dartmouth and Yale both did a 5-year study and show standardized test scores are the most indicative of success. They followed TO and those that submitted high scores too. The TO were more likely to be on grade probation and grade probation has increased a lot since TO.

Both Yale and Dartmouth will be test optional for the 2024-2025 admissions cycle.

Happy New Year.

Any unhooked kids applying test optional to top schools will be automatically rejected as it will be assumed that they have low scores.

That is not true. Also take your TO debate to another thread. OP is asking for input on her DD's specific situation.

Anonymous wrote:VT is hard during the RD round for in state with high stats. Even though SAT is not very competitive, VT will assume the applicant has other options w this set of stats and will be less likely to hand out the acceptance. Our counselor had advised both DC1 (2020
cycle) & DC2 (current cycle) to apply ED or EA to VT if that is a top choice.

UVA will not be giving out merit for in state with this set of stats unfortunately.

The applicant still has good options on the list, just not the ivies or VT.

VT got rid of ED. Shouldn't your counselor know that?

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Anonymous wrote:With grade inflation they really need to start looking at scores more heavily.

Ivies are leaning that way. Dartmouth and Yale both did a 5-year study and show standardized test scores are the most indicative of success. They followed TO and those that submitted high scores too. The TO were more likely to be on grade probation and grade probation has increased a lot since TO.

Both Yale and Dartmouth will be test optional for the 2024-2025 admissions cycle.

Happy New Year.

Any unhooked kids applying test optional to top schools will be automatically rejected as it will be assumed that they have low scores.

Since there is so much differentiation with weighted GPAs- how many Bs did she have?

I’m surprised at the deny.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here again
Yes only Pitt

Rest are ea or mostly rd applications
So we haven’t heard back yet

Penn State is a bloodbath this application season. They’ve received 110,000 applications -it’s not really a safety anymore.

tad dramatic

OP, I say this with the kindest of intentions, but you might want to rethink "keeping her hopes up." It is far better to be clear-eyed and realistic about where things may be headed, and affirm that you think she is smart and wonderful and will thrive wherever she lands.

My DD heard from a safety first and deliberately spent hours pouring over the website and YouTube videos and social media after she got accepted so that she would fall in love with it and feel excited about it, just in case nothing else worked out. And you know what, she did! She ended up getting into one of her top choices, but it really kept her spirits up while she waited.

Yes, I know someone who was rejected from UVA and got into John Hopkins and Georgetown (Foreign Service).

Your kid seems great and will land on her feet! So sorry she was disappointed. I was surprised to hear she was rejected with those stats - much comes down to luck. Harsh.

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Anonymous wrote:With grade inflation they really need to start looking at scores more heavily.

Ivies are leaning that way. Dartmouth and Yale both did a 5-year study and show standardized test scores are the most indicative of success. They followed TO and those that submitted high scores too. The TO were more likely to be on grade probation and grade probation has increased a lot since TO.

Both Yale and Dartmouth will be test optional for the 2024-2025 admissions cycle.

Happy New Year.

*giggle*

Wait, isn't UVA already test optional?

Schools are staying TO, but the trend is that they are valuing scores more now. If you are in a wealthy, resourced area they will expect to see them. It would be odd not to have them —for what’s your reason for not? If you have such a high gpa then your scores should align with that.

Stop trying to make “fetch” happen, Felicia.

Major?

Regular decision hasn’t even happened