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r6_philly · Post by **r6_philly** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:32 pm

iwanta170 wrote:Top 20 schools? What is my best bet with that early decision chip? I'm a VA resident.

ED UVA in the next 5 minutes.

iwanta170 · Post by **iwanta170** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:35 pm

beachbum · Post by **beachbum** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:36 pm

r6_philly wrote:
iwanta170 wrote:Top 20 schools? What is my best bet with that early decision chip? I'm a VA resident.
ED UVA in the next 5 minutes.

Nope, he's below both medians. T14 is gonna be tough to crack- I'm honestly not sure I would ED anywhere. RD to 10-19 (and a few schools in the 20-30 range) and see what comes back. You might also consider a retake.

thexfactor · Post by **thexfactor** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:38 pm

take a look at vandy texas usc and ucla.... These 4 schools love high gpa. I am sure you will get into one of those....

r6_philly · Post by **r6_philly** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:41 pm

beachbum wrote:
r6_philly wrote:
iwanta170 wrote:Top 20 schools? What is my best bet with that early decision chip? I'm a VA resident.
ED UVA in the next 5 minutes.
Nope, he's below both medians. T14 is gonna be tough to crack- I'm honestly not sure I would ED anywhere. RD to 10-19 (and a few schools in the 20-30 range) and see what comes back. You might also consider a retake.

Even for a resident? What's the published median for residents? I assume it's a bit lower for overall.

iwanta170 · Post by **iwanta170** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:42 pm

r6_philly · Post by **r6_philly** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:43 pm

There are quite a few people with similar numbers (both numbers) ED in at UVA from previous cycles on LSN. I assume they are all residents. Search for yourself.

beachbum · Post by **beachbum** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:51 pm

r6_philly wrote:There are quite a few people with similar numbers (both numbers) ED in at UVA from previous cycles on LSN. I assume they are all residents. Search for yourself.

Where? Am I missing something, because I don't see any.

Either way though, it can't hurt to ED to UVA. Might as well give it a shot.

Edit: Checked the last few cycles for all admitted applicants (ED and RD) under both medians, and I'm still not seeing it. There were a couple, but they were exclusively either URMs or applicants who (for one reason or another) significantly outperformed their numbers (i.e. Harvard, Chicago).

r6_philly · Post by **r6_philly** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:09 am

Sorry, double checked, my search was 3.85 inclusive, and median was lower (3.80) 2 years back.

LSU Undergrad · Post by **LSU Undergrad** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:18 am

Don't want to hijack the thread, but starting another one seems dumb as well. How much of a difference does a 3.95 rather than a 3.84 make?

beachbum · Post by **beachbum** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:21 am

LSU Undergrad wrote:Don't want to hijack the thread, but starting another one seems dumb as well. How much of a difference does a 3.95 rather than a 3.84 make?

In terms of UVA ED, probably the difference between admit and WL/reject.

r6_philly · Post by **r6_philly** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:21 am

LSU Undergrad wrote:Don't want to hijack the thread, but starting another one seems dumb as well. How much of a difference does a 3.95 rather than a 3.84 make?

Quite a bit since your GPA is above 75. Although 166 is a lot better.

iwanta170 · Post by **iwanta170** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:26 am

beachbum · Post by **beachbum** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:05 am

iwanta170 wrote:What if I raise my gpa to 3.85/3.86 this semester? Can I get off the waitlist if i am on it? Or will it not make a big difference?

It'll probably make a huge difference. Bring that GPA at/above median and suddenly you have value in the eyes of UVA.

r6_philly · Post by **r6_philly** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:54 am

beachbum wrote:
iwanta170 wrote:What if I raise my gpa to 3.85/3.86 this semester? Can I get off the waitlist if i am on it? Or will it not make a big difference?
It'll probably make a huge difference. Bring that GPA at/above median and suddenly you have value in the eyes of UVA.

+1 and hope they are not trying to raise their GPA median again (it's been at 3.85 for 2 consecutive years).

iwanta170 · Post by **iwanta170** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:22 pm

iwanta170 · Post by **iwanta170** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:37 pm

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