Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 10:25     Subject: UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People get in without mid 1500s


hooked


No. Before TO, the 75th was 1490. It will go back to that instantly if they go back to test required as many think they will in January. We have a friend who is there now and had a 1490 and submitted it. Unhooked.


Of course scores will drop.


a) there's no proof anywhere that the SAT scores will "instantly" drop if UVA drops TO. UVA is T24. It receives top state,
national and international applicants.
b) wrong also re january. UVA has committed to TO through Fall 2025. google it.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 09:47     Subject: UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Please describe hooked.


Having alumni parents?


Not a hook for UVA. They don’t have legacy preference


UVA still has legacy, there is an optional essay instead of a checkbox.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 09:35     Subject: UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People get in without mid 1500s


hooked


No. Before TO, the 75th was 1490. It will go back to that instantly if they go back to test required as many think they will in January. We have a friend who is there now and had a 1490 and submitted it. Unhooked.


a) there's no proof anywhere that the SAT scores will "instantly" drop if UVA drops TO. UVA is T24. It receives top state,
national and international applicants.
b) wrong also re january. UVA has committed to TO through Fall 2025. google it.


The bold was true in 2019 too.

And extending to 2025 is new. We visited just a month ago and they said 2025 was undecided.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 09:32     Subject: UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People get in without mid 1500s


hooked


No. Before TO, the 75th was 1490. It will go back to that instantly if they go back to test required as many think they will in January. We have a friend who is there now and had a 1490 and submitted it. Unhooked.


a) there's no proof anywhere that the SAT scores will "instantly" drop if UVA drops TO. UVA is T24. It receives top state,
national and international applicants.
b) wrong also re january. UVA has committed to TO through Fall 2025. google it.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 07:28     Subject: UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:It’s been a while, but I think the point is still valid. I had two kids attend UVA. They were both very good students in high school, but they didn’t tear the place up either grade wise or SAT wise. The second student was below the 25th percentile on UVA’s SAT range and not only had no hooks - she probably had things going against her. She was a cute blond upper middle class girl from an affluent NOVA suburb and public high school.

Dean J has been around forever and even back then she and UVA admissions more generally made clear that grades and course selection are more important than test scores. In our experience that was true.


My DD was not planning to take AP French senior year but partly due to this general sentiment I think she may do it. She doesn’t want to but doesn’t want it to be a mark against her. Otherwise I think she has the “expected” rigor. We’ll see.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 07:26     Subject: UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People get in without mid 1500s


hooked


No. Before TO, the 75th was 1490. It will go back to that instantly if they go back to test required as many think they will in January. We have a friend who is there now and had a 1490 and submitted it. Unhooked.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 07:23     Subject: UVA admits only.
It’s been a while, but I think the point is still valid. I had two kids attend UVA. They were both very good students in high school, but they didn’t tear the place up either grade wise or SAT wise. The second student was below the 25th percentile on UVA’s SAT range and not only had no hooks - she probably had things going against her. She was a cute blond upper middle class girl from an affluent NOVA suburb and public high school.

Dean J has been around forever and even back then she and UVA admissions more generally made clear that grades and course selection are more important than test scores. In our experience that was true.
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 07:17     Subject: Re:UVA admits only.
GPA 4.1
ACT 29
APs 3
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 07:15     Subject: UVA admits only.
42K for ED alone?
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 07:06     Subject: UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Please describe hooked.


Having alumni parents?


Not a hook for UVA. They don’t have legacy preference
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2024 06:59     Subject: UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:Please describe hooked.


Having alumni parents?
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 23:45     Subject: UVA admits only.
Please describe hooked.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 22:29     Subject: Re:UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
SAT - 1280
GPA -4.2
In state

Troll


Nope - you have no idea what you are talking about. She is in!


You could make up literally anything (if you are even that poster) and you also never answered if the score was submitted and if the applicant was URM/FirstGen/hooked in any way. Very telling.



The bottom 25th percentile us where the hooked kids are


Yes, and you have NO IDEA how low it goes below the reported 25th number. I used to work in admissions.


Like any school. Even Ivies.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 21:58     Subject: UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:People get in without mid 1500s


hooked
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2024 21:57     Subject: Re:UVA admits only.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
SAT - 1280
GPA -4.2
In state

Troll


Nope - you have no idea what you are talking about. She is in!


You could make up literally anything (if you are even that poster) and you also never answered if the score was submitted and if the applicant was URM/FirstGen/hooked in any way. Very telling.



The bottom 25th percentile us where the hooked kids are


Yes, and you have NO IDEA how low it goes below the reported 25th number. [b]I used to work in admissions.



and your point is? sure there are athletes, URms, first generations etc., down there. And? The point is that if you are white applying from Langley you better be aiming for stats in the 75th percentile if you really want in.