Question about Guaranteed Admissions for Dual Enrollement High School Students

Laclos
Sat, 11 May 2013 21:49:28 +0000

Thank you again for your response. I was under the impression that a student using the GAA agreement was also afforded access to on-campus housing, etc as per the vawizard: VA Wizard;



The agreement provide students using the agreement with the same access as native students to:
Distribution of financial aid
Campus housing
Selection of courses
Parking



My daughter does plan to apply through normal channels. I was just trying to find a back up plan in case she falls short on the first try. I just know so many kids who are applying to UVa or WM and not getting accepted even with good statistics, and then I see all the lengthy resumes of kids on this site and it makes me fairly nervous.

My daughter is very academic and does exceedingly well in her classes. I’m not concerned about her GPA or course difficulty. And we’ve already had recommendations from her teacher for summer bridge program applications, and they were wonderful. So what I fret over are all the extra-curriculars that seem so important. I don’t want to encourage her to do things she isn’t interested in just to pad her resume, but unfortunately, where she goes to school is limiting. There are very few clubs and until she drives, she can’t stay after school because I work quite far away from the school.

She does have one very solid extra-curricular activity, which is karate. She’s in a leadership position with the karate school and assists with teaching classes. I’m hoping that plus the smaller things she is involved with will be sufficient. And we continue to look for opportunities for her to be involved in other things, but I will probably continue to worry until she has a letter of acceptance.

I don’t think I worried about any of these things when I was applying to college. :/