It’s not a matter of .02% it’s the additional AP courses/ rigor of schedule it represents. Five APs is rigorous if the high school offers 10 APs and the top achieving students are taking 4-5. If the school offers 17 APs and top students are taking 7-8 APs then the GC is not going to mark ‘most rigorous schedule’ on their report. I don’t know what is most rigorous at your school. I’m offering a perspective of when 5 might not be ‘enough’ (I have no idea if this is the case!). No one was ‘a fly on the wall’, knows the entirety of your app, or the context of your high school. </p>
<p>I’m sorry that you are disappointed. It’s always sad when you put yourself out there and don’t get the result you’d hoped for. The advise here, that your feelings are valid but looking forward towards other options is sound. I hope with a few days distance you will be able to move towards other possibilities.</p>
<p>Yas, I’m sorry. I think after spending a semester or so at whatever school you end up at, you’ll be happy though. Just because whatever school you end up at might not be, in your mind, the perfect school, it doesn’t mean the school you end up going to can’t become the perfect school.</p>
<p>YAS907 - you have work to do, and I’m here to tell you that is a good thing, just one you don’t understand yet. First, make sure you do go somewhere that has the program you want. In the end, the quality of your program in your discipline will mean more. That said, if you truly do want to be a ‘Hoo - you still can be. I’m an alum of the A-school (architecture). I can honestly tell you that the majority of the top people in my class, by the time I graduated, were among those who transferred in. Plus many more students these days, especially in disciplines like mine that also require grad work, go 2+2(+2). Whether they articulate from a community college, targeted to do just that, or they transfer from another similar university, it’s way more common than it used to be back in the coal-fired days when I went to school.
Or you may just find that that “other” school you go to was what you needed all along! You wouldn’t be the first.
OR, you can always go to UVa for grad school - which will help motivate you during undergrad.
In any case, I applaud you for having passion and a dream. Like Kanye says, "tha tha tha that that don’ kill me, can only make me stronger." There are many ways to get there and I can tell already that you will find one. Far too many young people are maddeningly apathetic - you’re already ahead of them. Go for it!</p>
<p>I went to my dream school, and ended up hating it so much that I transferred out after my freshman year. I loved the school I transferred to, which I hadn’t even heard of while in high school.</p>
<p>Why don’t you head on down and look at vcu? It has that college feel, it has rolling admissions and it has an honors college.
Also wondering why odu is not on that list. Also rolling admissions. Time to put in more apps! Vcu is common Ap. Won’t take you long at all.</p>
<p>You still have very strong choices with the “Feb1 deadlines” schools (Franklin&Marshall, Dickinson… and I think Holy Cross has pushed its deadline to Jan 26…)</p>
<p>OK, what will you do now (interested to hear your plan now that you’ve not gotten into UVA). Not being snarky - I’m a mom so…what’cha gonna do now, would love to see your game plan for going forward.</p>
<p>UVA is impossible to predict, imo, for two main reasons- the sheer volume of top dawg applicants and their commitment to accepting students from across the state, serving that need. It’s not like some flagships that either accept nearly every high performing kid or nearly everyone over a minimum gpa. </p>
<p>VA has a great Guaranteed Transfer program, look into it.</p>
<p>It isn’t that UVA denied any of you. It is that they accepted students who were even stronger candidates or who filled categories they need such as minorities, first time college attenders in family, or rounding out a team, etc. There just aren’t enough slots for all of the highly qualified students so so many are turned away. It is painful but knowing you were competitive for such a good school, you are competitive for others. It will be important to demonstrate why you are a good fit and why those schools are a good fit for you.</p>
<p>and on a personal note, I am a UVa grad, from a long line of UVa grads. My son is at (gasp!) Tech. I could not believe that of the over 4000 colleges in our country, he had to go there. And you know what? As much as I hate saying it, it is a great school and he is getting a great education. Great sense of community. Great career interviewing and internships prep-starting as a freshman. Great reputation. So, go where the fit is best for you, but if you end up at Tech, you aren’t “settling.”</p>
<p>@cmgrayson, probably just gonna wait for the other schools I applied to.
If I get into UNC Chapel Hill, I’m going to most likely try my hardest to go there by trying to get as much aid as I can.
If I get into W&M and Tech, I’m going to have to pick between the two. Most likely W&M because of its stronger academics.</p>
<p>Net Price Calculator, available on each school’s website. Will give you a rough idea of school’s cost of attendance - estimated financial aid available = your net cost to attend.</p>
<p>Did you take any AP exams and if so what scores did you receive on them? I think that your class rank is high, but then again there are 50 people ahead of you. I’ll admit that UVA is a beautiful and respectable school. Someone else on this thread commented saying that your EC’s were great, but not exemplary. Also, how rigorous were your classes? This also plays into your GPA and even though you’re getting A’s by taking easy classes does not look as good as getting A’s with challenging classes. Anyways, I’m sorry to hear about your rejection. If you bust your butt in the college that you end up going to is it a possibility to transfer into UVA?</p>
<p>I’m actually considering doing the transfer to UVA.</p>
<p>Only problem is I don’t want to transfer over later. It’s just by then I’ll most likely be settled into my college and have adjusted there, you know? It’s really just a matter of how much I like the school I attend my freshman year and maybe I’ll end up transferring to UVA.</p>
<p>Let the grieving process take it’s toll. Trust me, time heals all. Do not let this one rejection define you. Every person that puts them self out there faces rejection. It’s a sign that you are growing. It doesn’t matter why UVA didn’t accept you, it matters what you do in times of adversity. That’s what defines you. </p>
<p>Don’t call and ask the admissions office why. If they tell you anything, it will be “We received so many applications from highly qualified blah blah blah…” It won’t make you feel better.</p>