Question for Dean J

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>When you report SAT scores on your blog, you often make a comment to the effect of "We are more concerned with individual section scores, not the total".</p>

<p>Can you explain to me what that means? Does it mean that you do not give the SAT sections the same weight? Does it mean that you are just looking for a certain level of competency within each section?</p>

<p>For example, does it mean that a person who scores 790 in CR, 580 MT, and 780 WR might be in an extreme disadvantage compared to a person with 710, 720, 720 because person 2 has met a threshold for all 3 sections while person 1 has missed the threshold in math? Even though both of them have a 2150, might person 2 be at a big advantage here in a side by side comparison?</p>

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<p>I am going to guess that it depends on which college they apply to. For example, a 790m w 600cr won’t hurt you much if you are going to Eng. but would if you were going for Arts and Sciences.</p>

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<p>VADAD1 it is time to move on. Provide your daughter with lots of love and support, and stop dwelling on the admission process at UVA. Your constant posts and questions about this topic must be a constant reminder to her that she did not get in.</p>

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<p>VADAD1 had moved the discussion to its own thread. Those who don’t want to read it, do not have to do so. If he wants to invite comments, that’s fine too.</p>

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<p>Travelmama, in fairness she’s waitlisted. Not rejected.</p>

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<p>This question doesn’t have anything to do with my daughter because she basically aced all three sections of the SAT.</p>

<p>It was a question I asked out of genuine curiosity, and nothing else.</p>

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<p>We look at the three section scores, not the total. I put that out there when posting stats because the statisticians report on the sum of two and three sections (more data will come out with the October census).</p>

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<p>Dean J I also would like to ask you… how do you view GPA? would a person with a low GPA would almost definitely get rejected?</p>

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<p>95% of the admits are in the top 10% of the class this year, so I’d say it probably wouldn’t help.</p>

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<p>These days, the GPA scales and weighting being used vary dramatically from place to place. Each school’s profile explains the methodology behind the GPA calculation.</p>

<p>We analyze methodology used, the courses taken, and the grades earned when we review the transcript.</p>