If you've ever wondered why more selective colleges won’t just come out and tell you how many AP classes to take or what GPA you’ll need for admission, yesterday’s entry from the University of Virginia’s admissions blog does one of the best jobs I’ve seen of explaining why.  Regular readers of their blog have been getting an inside look at how admissions really works at a highly-selective university. That kind of openness can do a lot to dispel myths and relieve just a little college admissions tension that ruins the process for so many families.