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Anonymous wrote:Heard from a friend whose kid had 36 ACT and 1580 SAT was deferred EA from FCPS HS. My kid said the only ones she knows who got in EA we’re taking multi-variable calculus.

TJ maybe. Any places, hard to believe.

No, All competitive publics offer multi calculus. If offered and not taken, then the counselor won’t check off the “most rigorous “ box.

Re: the bolded part. Give me a break. How many students at a typical NOVA public take multi variable? Maybe ten, at most? And even those are the most math/science focused. Does that mean humanities focused kids never get the “most rigorous” checked?

+1 Coubselors absolutely don't require Multivariable calc to check most rigorous box.

DP - students who are really interested in the liberal arts and only the liberal arts should look at William & Mary -similarly, those who who are interested in technology and some types of Engineering should look to Virginia Tech. That’s the nice thing about the Virginia schools ... there really is something for just about everybody. Arts? JMU. Slac experience and politics? look at CNU. Cybercrime and cyber technology? look to GMU. Computer Science and Game Design? Also GMU. Best of luck

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who take all AP humanities should be looked on as favorably as those who are all AP STEM students. One is not better than the other, and this emphasis on all things STEM is ridiculous - especially at a liberal arts school.

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Then go to William& Mary or any of the other fine 40 Virginia institutions

[b]Why not UVA?

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The PP is complaining that too many rigorous stem courses are required to get in to UVA. My DS entered for engineering and shifted to politics. He received a great education. There is an institution for everyone in Virginia.

Which is odd because UVA has proportionately so few science and math majors.

Exactly. That’s the whole point. UVA needs to consider high-level humanities students the same way they do high-level STEM students. Their focus is the liberal arts, not STEM.

that is not a true statement. UVA has a huge engineering department -my own DD is in aerospace engineering. There’s also math. And the sciences, and the technology and data information majors. And music. And Arts & Crafts .and teaching. And nursing. Business. Pre-law. Etc. etc. etc. it is the state flagship got creating the leaders of tomorrow for the Commonwealth. Considering it takes only a class of 3750, UVA offers extraordinary opportunities to do whatever a student wants to study. UVA wants the best students possible-and Tests and GPAs and APs are a way to evaluate that. UVA wants the students who have pushed themselves those most in school while getting good grades. Remember also it wants well-rounded students. It active seeks out Eagle Scouts and Gold Star Girl Scouts.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who take all AP humanities should be looked on as favorably as those who are all AP STEM students. One is not better than the other, and this emphasis on all things STEM is ridiculous - especially at a liberal arts school.

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Then go to William& Mary or any of the other fine 40 Virginia institutions

[b]Why not UVA?

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The PP is complaining that too many rigorous stem courses are required to get in to UVA. My DS entered for engineering and shifted to politics. He received a great education. There is an institution for everyone in Virginia.

Which is odd because UVA has proportionately so few science and math majors.

Exactly. That’s the whole point. UVA needs to consider high-level humanities students the same way they do high-level STEM students. Their focus is the liberal arts, not STEM.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who take all AP humanities should be looked on as favorably as those who are all AP STEM students. One is not better than the other, and this emphasis on all things STEM is ridiculous - especially at a liberal arts school.

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Then go to William& Mary or any of the other fine 40 Virginia institutions

[b]Why not UVA?

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The PP is complaining that too many rigorous stem courses are required to get in to UVA. My DS entered for engineering and shifted to politics. He received a great education. There is an institution for everyone in Virginia.

Which is odd because UVA has proportionately so few science and math majors.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who take all AP humanities should be looked on as favorably as those who are all AP STEM students. One is not better than the other, and this emphasis on all things STEM is ridiculous - especially at a liberal arts school.

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Then go to William& Mary or any of the other fine 40 Virginia institutions

[b]Why not UVA?

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The PP is complaining that too many rigorous stem courses are required to get in to UVA. My DS entered for engineering and shifted to politics. He received a great education. There is an institution for everyone in Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who take all AP humanities should be looked on as favorably as those who are all AP STEM students. One is not better than the other, and this emphasis on all things STEM is ridiculous - especially at a liberal arts school.

Then go to William& Mary or any of the other fine 40 Virginia institutions

Why not UVA?

Anonymous wrote:Kids who take all AP humanities should be looked on as favorably as those who are all AP STEM students. One is not better than the other, and this emphasis on all things STEM is ridiculous - especially at a liberal arts school.

Then go to William& Mary or any of the other fine 40 Virginia institutions

Kids who take all AP humanities should be looked on as favorably as those who are all AP STEM students. One is not better than the other, and this emphasis on all things STEM is ridiculous - especially at a liberal arts school.

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Anonymous wrote:We were expecting a flat out rejection (which we're sure is coming in the RD round), but somehow my 1440/4.0/heavy involvement at a high level in a single EC kid from FCPS ended up being deferred.

PP from 2/6 - was that GPA weighted or unweighted?

[b]Weighted.

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Is your child first-generation? president Ryan is pushing for those. Or low-income, blue ridge scholar, URM, Eagle Scout, etc.? Thank you

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Anonymous wrote:We were expecting a flat out rejection (which we're sure is coming in the RD round), but somehow my 1440/4.0/heavy involvement at a high level in a single EC kid from FCPS ended up being deferred.

PP from 2/6 - was that GPA weighted or unweighted?

Weighted.

Anonymous wrote:My kid had AP English Jr and Sr years, AP Spanish, AP Euro & US Histories, AP Gov't, AP Econ, AP Psych, and AP Stats. Highest math (assuming AP Stats doesn't count) was Pre-Calc. Got into UVA from an Arlington public as a humanities major with mostly As but quite a few Bs on the transcript.

By the way, legacy status only helps if you're from out of state. In that case, you're considered an in state applicant for admissions purposes.

Congrats to your DC!

My kid had AP English Jr and Sr years, AP Spanish, AP Euro & US Histories, AP Gov't, AP Econ, AP Psych, and AP Stats. Highest math (assuming AP Stats doesn't count) was Pre-Calc. Got into UVA from an Arlington public as a humanities major with mostly As but quite a few Bs on the transcript.

By the way, legacy status only helps if you're from out of state. In that case, you're considered an in state applicant for admissions purposes.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is on record that it doesn't take into account demonstrated interest, doesn't practice yield protection, and doesn't favor one gender over another in admissions. You can either believe the school, or don't. If you want to be a conspiracy theorist, fine.

NP. I get the outrage. It is hard to deal with the fact that your TJ kid with a 1590 can’t get into your state’s public flagship! It is ludicrous. My non-TJ kid with lower stats has no chance in RD. They are now prepared for the rejection and moving on.

Don't pay attention to all the noise, all we can do is try with the schools of our choice...my DD got in ED with 1510 and no ECs worth mentioning.

Above poster - what was your DD's GPA? I'm very happy for her (honestly) - but this just does not sound fair....

Anonymous wrote:We were expecting a flat out rejection (which we're sure is coming in the RD round), but somehow my 1440/4.0/heavy involvement at a high level in a single EC kid from FCPS ended up being deferred.

PP from 2/6 - was that GPA weighted or unweighted?