Anonymous
01/14/2026 11:01
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:Friend’s kid from TJ, was rejected UVA ED, accepted UChicago ED2.
Didn't think the TJ kid will say yes in the end. Many don't.
Anonymous
01/14/2026 10:05
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the yield rate to UVA is higher at lower tiered high schools, compared to the higher tiered ones.
Most likely. A student at Langley, etc. will be able to be a full pay student at top 20 private schools. In less wealthy districts, the parents might be government workers that make too much for aid but not enough to pay $85,000 a year for 3 kids. These families (donut hole) are way more likely to accept UVA.
Anonymous
01/14/2026 10:01
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
I wonder if the yield rate to UVA is higher at lower tiered high schools, compared to the higher tiered ones.
Anonymous
01/14/2026 09:12
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:In short, easier if one is a big fish in a small pond than a big fish in a big pond.
Marginally, maybe. My kid is at a somewhat “small pond” high school not in NOVA, but there is still a lot of competition among the top kids, and the raw numbers of acceptances are far fewer.
Anonymous
01/14/2026 09:05
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
Friend’s kid from TJ, was rejected UVA ED, accepted UChicago ED2.
Anonymous
01/14/2026 08:57
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A school that is 49% FARMs, like WestPo, is going to get their top kids into UVA without submitting test scores. A student with inflated GPA and a 1300 can apply TO and get in. This is not happening at Langley. This is the difference.
correction - West Po is 51% Free/reduce lunch. There are a lot of AP options for the GPA grade boost and also has a strong pool of URMs which UVA is looking for (according to the CDS). I guarantee the EA round will see a lot more admits from the school as well.
Agreed. Not bashing on West Potomac. It is just something parents need to realize as they are choosing where to live. Living in Waynewood and sending your kid to West Potomac gives them a far better chance at UVA admissions than living in McLean and attending Langley. In other words, for a strong student, UVA is an easier admit out of a school at the bottom of FCPS high school ratings.
Similar situation at Herndon. Families in North Reston with kids attending Herndon High, gives them a better chance at UVA.
Anonymous
01/14/2026 07:45
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
In short, easier if one is a big fish in a small pond than a big fish in a big pond.
Anonymous
01/13/2026 12:48
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A school that is 49% FARMs, like WestPo, is going to get their top kids into UVA without submitting test scores. A student with inflated GPA and a 1300 can apply TO and get in. This is not happening at Langley. This is the difference.
correction - West Po is 51% Free/reduce lunch. There are a lot of AP options for the GPA grade boost and also has a strong pool of URMs which UVA is looking for (according to the CDS). I guarantee the EA round will see a lot more admits from the school as well.
Agreed. Not bashing on West Potomac. It is just something parents need to realize as they are choosing where to live. Living in Waynewood and sending your kid to West Potomac gives them a far better chance at UVA admissions than living in McLean and attending Langley. In other words, for a strong student, UVA is an easier admit out of a school at the bottom of FCPS high school ratings.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 11:45
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:A school that is 49% FARMs, like WestPo, is going to get their top kids into UVA without submitting test scores. A student with inflated GPA and a 1300 can apply TO and get in. This is not happening at Langley. This is the difference.
correction - West Po is 51% Free/reduce lunch. There are a lot of AP options for the GPA grade boost and also has a strong pool of URMs which UVA is looking for (according to the CDS). I guarantee the EA round will see a lot more admits from the school as well.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 11:27
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our MD private only got in one in ED this year. I wonder if DS would have been better off applying EA or RD. Oh well!
Our DC private went like 1 out of 11 this year.
Our NOVA private got only 1. We were stunned at the deferrals. All great candidates, all in state.
DD's Catholic high school only had 1 get in, at least as far as the kids who have updated Scoir so far -- I'm sure there are more-- but when you look at the stats, it becomes obvious that the others were total reaches and they had to have known that it was a very long shot (and if they didn't, the counselors need to do their jobs better). The one application who had the stats, ~4.4/1500, got in as expected. Same exact story as last year.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 11:03
Subject: Re:UVA Early Decision results
I'm the West Springfield poster and I'm sorry I called attention to it! Didn't mean for it to turn into a Title I indictment.
Congrats to the accepted students (and no, my child didn't apply as they wanted a school very different UVA, but I can appreciate the excitement around the school)!
Congrats to the accepted students (and no, my child didn't apply as they wanted a school very different UVA, but I can appreciate the excitement around the school)!
Anonymous
01/12/2026 10:54
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UVA didn’t suddenly get more popular for reasons like “not too northern, not too southern” and status as the #4 ranked public ivy.
Their increase in applications is directly correlated with no supplemental essays this year.
Bingo. I love to read the boosters' ridiculous explanations. Never fails to entertain.
The UVA hate on this board is very entertaining. UVA is so in your head!
People don't hate UVA...only the hysterical boosters.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 10:46
Subject: Re:UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:At least 7 got in from our FCPS school- 6 posted on the decisions page and one who didn't post (but I work with his father who told me).
Can you say which HS ?
It's West Springfield.
West Potomac has 6 or more too.
The Wests did well! Westfield, West Springfield, and West Po!
Are they all title 1 schools?
Are you suggesting that [Title I] would have anything to do with these acceptances?
NP.
Institutions are still permitted, under SFFA, to employ certain proxies for skin color in making admissions decisions, without running afoul of the CRA ‘64.
I am a new poster here and I don’t have a personal stake in this discussion. I am NOT saying UVA gave a preference to applicants from Title I schools (only the admissions department and possibly DOJ investigators know if UVA did or did not).
However, UVA would be within the letter and the spirit of SFFA to give a preference for Title I as a legitimate proxy.
Read the S.Ct’s decision in SFFA.
Ok, but it has been established that the three schools mentioned are, in fact, NOT Title 1
I am the PP, and yes - thanks for the factual clarification: those 3 FCPS high schools are NOT Title 1.
Further, FCPS indicates there is only one Title 1 HS in the system:
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/district-performance-transparency/title-i-program#fcps-title-i-schools
- but they refuse to name it specifically.
AI indicates it’s Bryant, not Justice:
“Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), only Bryant High School is specifically identified as a Title I high school, using federal funds to boost student achievement, “
No idea if any Bryant students were admitted ED. Does anyone know?
Fcps clearly names Justice on its list of Title 1 schools:
Title I Program | Fairfax County Public Schools https://share.google/kdS2BB9RzELmoIc5P
Anonymous
01/12/2026 10:42
Subject: UVA Early Decision results
A school that is 49% FARMs, like WestPo, is going to get their top kids into UVA without submitting test scores. A student with inflated GPA and a 1300 can apply TO and get in. This is not happening at Langley. This is the difference.
Anonymous
01/12/2026 10:15
Subject: Re:UVA Early Decision results
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:At least 7 got in from our FCPS school- 6 posted on the decisions page and one who didn't post (but I work with his father who told me).
Can you say which HS ?
It's West Springfield.
West Potomac has 6 or more too.
The Wests did well! Westfield, West Springfield, and West Po!
Are they all title 1 schools?
Are you suggesting that [Title I] would have anything to do with these acceptances?
NP.
Institutions are still permitted, under SFFA, to employ certain proxies for skin color in making admissions decisions, without running afoul of the CRA ‘64.
I am a new poster here and I don’t have a personal stake in this discussion. I am NOT saying UVA gave a preference to applicants from Title I schools (only the admissions department and possibly DOJ investigators know if UVA did or did not).
However, UVA would be within the letter and the spirit of SFFA to give a preference for Title I as a legitimate proxy.
Read the S.Ct’s decision in SFFA.
Ok, but it has been established that the three schools mentioned are, in fact, NOT Title 1
I am the PP, and yes - thanks for the factual clarification: those 3 FCPS high schools are NOT Title 1.
Further, FCPS indicates there is only one Title 1 HS in the system:
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/district-performance-transparency/title-i-program#fcps-title-i-schools
- but they refuse to name it specifically.
AI indicates it’s Bryant, not Justice:
“Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), only Bryant High School is specifically identified as a Title I high school, using federal funds to boost student achievement, “
No idea if any Bryant students were admitted ED. Does anyone know?
You might want to avoid AI. Bryant is not a regular high school