UVa admission stats

kyler242
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:09:42 +0000

Cavalier, I am actually quite familiar with the college admissions process and am fully aware that GPA is a “relative” measure. I was focusing solely on GPA in my two prior posts in order to 1.) provide shoebox10 with GPA data that she noted was not available, and then, 2.) to refute sv3a’s claim that the GPA information from UVA’s common data set is not that helpful “since it doesn’t distinguish between IS and OOS”.

Also, and please imagine me saying this in the politest way possible, but anyone with a little common sense, general familiarity with a school, and most importantly – a data set like the one in the link I posted – “can usually give good general assessments of chances”. Although I’m sure you know as well as I the importance of emphasizing the caveats “usually” and “good” for anyone other than adcoms at the particular school in question.