<p>Hi everyone,
I'm applying early here, and I have a relatively low GPA (4.2 W, 3.75 UW) but my course rigor is the hardest in the school (13 AP's, 7 honors). For current students, what was your GPA and how many AP/IB courses did you take? I understand that UVa has holistic admissions, but hey, sometimes you need to compare your numbers to other people to make sure you're on track. Thanks!</p>
<p>GPA is not standardized, so knowing others’ GPA is not going to give you all that much information. What does a 4.2 mean? At one school, that could be top work in a strong program and at another school, that could be average work in a mediocre program.</p>
<p>The same goes for AP options. Applicants are reviewed in context of what is available at their school. :)</p>
<p>@"Dean J" Thanks for the reply. I realize you may get this question a lot, but would you rather see a high GPA with moderate course rigor, or extremely rigorous courses with a moderately high GPA (all within context)? Ideally, you’d see overall high grades AND challenging courses, but is there a preference? Also, which would be better on the SAT - an 800/650/650 or a 700/700/700? Again, this may all be subjective, but it would just be great to get some reassurance that I’m doing something right. Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t play the “chances” game on here because throwing out some general information never gives me a cmplete picture. </p>
<p>Our students take strong programs and have strong grades. GPA is an indication of what I’m going to see on the transcript, but it doesn’t adequately inform me about the progression of courses over the course of four years and the grades the student earned in their chosen courses. </p>
<p>With respect to the SAT, send your scores and our system will pick the best set to show us. If you shared two different results, know that our system will show us 800/700/700 if you send all of your scores. You don’t have to use Score Choice for UVa. </p>
<p>@"Dean J" Thank you!</p>