<p>The title of this thread (“I had a 2390 SAT and I was waitlisted”) sums up both Stupefy’s and GR3’s misunderstanding of how a holistic admissions approach works at selective colleges. At a certain point, certainly far below 2390, SATs simply cease to matter. </p>
<p>Stupefy wasn’t just waitlisted at U-Va. She was also waitlisted or rejected from every Ivy League school as well as Duke. Being an out of state applicant, the competition she faced to get into U-Va was at least as severe as several of the other colleges that also waitlisted her. Same goes for GR3.</p>