GPAs aren’t standardized.
GPAs aren’t standardized.
GPAs aren’t standardized.

That number doesn’t show grades, courses, or trends. That info is found on the transcript and is reviewed in the context of what the student’s school offers and how assessments are made there.

The Garden Room/Hotel E was a faculty dining room when I first got to UVA. I went once and was intimidated.

Feast, a sandwich/food market took over the space recently.

Just getting these ready for any trash talk texts. 💙⚔️🧡

This is interesting. I think I had a little more than 11,000 followers on Twitter when I left in 2023. I just checked my profile and I'm down to ~9700 followers.

College admission people, if you're here, say hello!

An old clipping from a high school profile. Students are always surprised when I tell them there's school with a 12 point GPA.

We don't use GPAs to make admission decisions. We have to look at coursework and grades on a transcript to understand a student's preparation.

For the new people, I work in undergrad admission at UVA. I like to talk about how and why we do things in the admission world. I have a cute dog named Jack.

A defunct news magazine says we're a good school based on these criteria.

The bot activity on the app we all left continues to make me laugh. I deleted by content, but kept my account so no one can take my name. My profile description makes it clear that I'm not there.

I get new followers daily.

Be sure to read application instructions! I'm getting emails and DMs from applicants wondering how to submit updates to their files. We have a section about that in the instructions.

From 2017, but still valid today: GPAs don't tell you the full academic story and GPA methodologies vary. This is the GPA distribution at one of my high schools.

That time CavPup visited students studying at UVA’s 1515, an off-Grounds building bought to turn into a student and event space. Students were involved in decisions about the design and layout!