<p>What UW GPA, SAT I, and SAT II scores should be enough to at least merit consideration at UVA as a non-legacy, non-minority applicant?</p>
<p>In state or OOS?</p>
<p>OOS 10 char</p>
<p>Don’t know if this info will help or not, but at D’s school (OOS), the three who were accepted all had 3.9 or higher (UW GPA), all were either NMF or NMC and all had 2200+ SAT I. I don’t know about the other two’s SAT II’s – D had 790 Chem and 770 Math II. All three also had at least 9 AP credits (out of possible 12). Again, I don’t know the other’s scores, but D will grad with 12 and has all 5s so far. (Will find out this summer about The remaining 6.) The students who applied who weren’t accepted were really good students (NHS, athletes, etc.); however, they weren’t ranked quite as high. If I were to guess, I’d say their GPAs were around 3.7 UW and SAT I’s were somewhere between 2075-2150, but this is pure speculation in my part based on conversations with their moms. Hope this helps a little. If you like UVa, you should try – the worst that could happen is a rejection, but that beats a “I wish I had” any day!</p>
<p>Ivan…just noticed you’re attending Princeton next year. Why, then, do you want to know about UVa?</p>
<p>^■■■■■■ have a habit of asking illogical questions lol</p>
<p>jc40: Younger sister.</p>
<p>Bump 10 char</p>
<p>Anyone!??!??!?!</p>
<p>This is depressing…</p>
<p>The answer is obvious. Just look at the common data set for U-Va.</p>
<p>nonvaparent…the common data set doesn’t provide separate figures for OOS v. IS does it? (Perhaps I’m overlooking it.) My D has decided to attend UVa, and I would be interested in knowing the breakdown. We’ve heard it’s more difficult for OOS applicants and that their stats, on the whole, are higher. Do you know how much higher?</p>
<p>The common data set is going to give you a 25 & 75 percentile for many of the scores, etc. I would count on an OOS student group being on the high end, keeping in mind that these are just part of the equation. There is no hard and fast data for the essays, ECs, and LORs, which are a large part of the holistic application process. Keep your A game on those as well.</p>
<p>Blueiguana is right. While the common data set doesn’t break down the numbers for in state and out of state (and, to the best of my knowledge, U-Va doesn’t otherwise publicize the difference), it’s a good starting and end point when assessing where your numbers should fall. It’s definitely also true that SAT scores are not the most important part of the equation – the high school record is. I’ve said this before, but once you hit the 600s on each part of the SAT the school appears to care very little about scores and more about everything else in the application. I see a lot of “you have to have a 2100 to even have a chance” comments and, believe me, it just isn’t true.</p>
<p>I’d also venture a guess that the gap between in state and out of state SAT scores isn’t as great as many folks think. More than 40 percent of U-Va’s in state students come from NOVA, where high test scores is the norm and where one school (Thomas Jefferson High) has by far the highest SAT scores of any public school in the country, produces more than 100 national merit semi-finalists a year, and sends more than 100 graduates to U-Va. </p>
<p>UNC-Chapel Hill publishes average SAT scores for in state (1295) and out of state (1338). I’d bet that the spread for U-Va isn’t any greater.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I guess a 2100 SAT/3.9 GPA is probably the benchmark for OOS.</p>