Anonymous wrote:should my kid submit an SAT score of 1560 to UVA, if apying EA?

No. That's too low. The Nova CC for two years route and guaranteed acceptance into UVa may be the better route.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

Of course most of these high SAT kids also have very high GPA

They will not hold test optional against someone they want to admit.

But the admission rate is higher for those that submit.

That just means the top applicants are still submitting SATs, which is what we all know. It doesn't mean UVA is giving a preference.

That isn’t necessarily what it means.

All other things being equal, a high GPA, high SAT kid is going to be advantaged over a kid with the same GPA and rigor that does not submit SAT.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

Of course most of these high SAT kids also have very high GPA

They will not hold test optional against someone they want to admit.

But the admission rate is higher for those that submit.

That just means the top applicants are still submitting SATs, which is what we all know. It doesn't mean UVA is giving a preference.

That isn’t necessarily what it means.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

Of course most of these high SAT kids also have very high GPA

They will not hold test optional against someone they want to admit.

But the admission rate is higher for those that submit.

That just means the top applicants are still submitting SATs, which is what we all know. It doesn't mean UVA is giving a preference.

Exactly.

Not every high test scoring applicant is accepted and not every test optional applicant is rejected. It's a mix. Only UVA knows who they want to admit. The rest is pure DCUM speculation.

DC should send in their best application. The AOs will take it from there.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

Of course most of these high SAT kids also have very high GPA

They will not hold test optional against someone they want to admit.

But the admission rate is higher for those that submit.

That just means the top applicants are still submitting SATs, which is what we all know. It doesn't mean UVA is giving a preference.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

Of course most of these high SAT kids also have very high GPA

They will not hold test optional against someone they want to admit.

But the admission rate is higher for those that submit.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

Of course most of these high SAT kids also have very high GPA

They will not hold test optional against someone they want to admit.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

+1 This the answer. It’s all about GPA and class rank.

No

Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

Of course most of these high SAT kids also have very high GPA

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry for the naive question - the scores that are mentioned here, are they superscores or scores from one test?

OP they are from one test so not superscored.

Why do you think this? Your source?

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to go to the University of Virginia, apply ED. Same advice applies to Tech.

UVA does not use ED as most other schools do; only go ED at UVA if you have outstanding stats across the board.

and what are you basing this on? (Spoken as a mom who had two kids in via ED)

discussions with the school admissions office.

I think your high school admissions officer is wrong. See comment above about Dean J’s comment re being easier to get in RD if you are across the board high stats

My conversations were with UVA's admissions office.

I’ve had similar conversations with UVA admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

+1 This the answer. It’s all about GPA and class rank.

Yes, this. Dd is a senior and uva is only school she applied to that has SAT in the “considered” category in common data set. All others had test scores as “important” or “very important.” Seems like they nevertheless end up with a good number of high scorers in admitted class based on current averages.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to go to the University of Virginia, apply ED. Same advice applies to Tech.

UVA does not use ED as most other schools do; only go ED at UVA if you have outstanding stats across the board.

and what are you basing this on? (Spoken as a mom who had two kids in via ED)

discussions with the school admissions office.

I think your high school admissions officer is wrong. See comment above about Dean J’s comment re being easier to get in RD if you are across the board high stats

My conversations were with UVA's admissions office.

Anonymous wrote:I thought common wisdom was UVA prioritizes GPA over test scores?

This. Dean J practically shouts this from the rooftops every single chance she gets yet no one listens. But not even GPA, course grades and rigor compared to what your school offers.

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Anonymous wrote:Middle 50% range for fall 2021 entry (admitted students):
690-750 reading and writing
700-780 math

Her score is within that range. I suggest she work hard and take it again, and then submit.

. Explains why our 1570 DD rejected.

Asian.

Our instate 1540 got waited in Art & Science, then no news

Apparently, UVA wants well under 1500.

You know Asians need at lease 1580
To be considered