Changes to UVA's Business Program/McIntire School of Commerce
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Anonymous
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I'm re-posting this from another thread discussing VA undergrad business programs, because I'm afraid people might have missed this information.
1) Starting with the freshman 2024 class (so current high school seniors who are applying), McIntire School of Commerce (UVA's undergrad Business School) will be a three-year program -- students will apply their freshman year, not their sophomore year. This has been publicly announced. (2) Although I'm not sure it has it has been publicly announced, UVA also plans to start offering a Business/Commerce minor. These are significant and much-needed changes in my opinion. When considering schools, students still need to consider that even if they clear the challenging UVA admittance hurdle, they still might not be able to "major in Business", i.e., gain admission into McIntire (admission rate has been @60%), but now students will know at the end of their freshman year and if they are not admitted and still interested in business, they have the option of a Business Minor. It's also important in light of the fact that many undergrad business programs are four-year programs. As an aside, although referred to as the "Commerce School", McIntire is UVA's undergrad "Business School" and it directly competes with/and is considered one of the best business programs among every other undergraduate business program no matter what they are called. |
Anonymous
| Thanks for the update. This is why uva is the best public university. It's a public ivy. |
Anonymous
| First year, not freshman |
Anonymous
| UVA is very prestigious. |
Anonymous
| They've always had minors. Ask me how I know! |
Anonymous
Just curious, not hostile. Why did you think that was relevant? |
Anonymous
Odd post? I know someone who is minoring in the comm school right now. They have three minors in McIntire. Granted none is “commerce” or “business” but they are minors in McIntire. |
Anonymous
Honest question from an outsider: Why is that? Having a prestigious three year undergraduate business program is what makes a school Ivy? What classes do you take (which others outside McIntire cannot)? |
Anonymous
| That’s an interesting change. My DC did not apply to UVA because of wanting to definitely be able to major in business. This change would likely not have changed our perspective and it will be interesting to see if they eventually go to direct admit. |
Anonymous
| So now it is a three-year vs two-year program. The school of commerce at UVA is $10K more per year, does this mean they will start charging it a year earlier? |
Anonymous
The new "business minor" will be for those outside of McIntire. So if you are not admitted to McIntire, you can major in Economics (or English or Spanish or whatever) and minor in Business/Commerce. |
Anonymous
| Fantastic. When will the minor be available? |
Anonymous
| OP -I had read last week that this was not starting until 2028 (it was buried in the fine print of the article). Have I got that wrong |
Anonymous
I was told by UVA personnel that they planned to roll it out next year, but I was surprised it was not announced when they announced the change in the McIntire program. I've only seen the website and Cavalier Daily announcements and have not seen the article that references 2028 -- that is quite a delay from what UVA apparently was planning. |
Anonymous
I think I’m wrong. Looks like it applies to this fall’s students so first applications would be next spring 2024. https://experience.mcintire.virginia.edu/news/mcintire-school-expands-to-three-year-curriculum/. Someone asked on the other thread how transfer students will be treated. The cited article says it will be addressed in the transfer literature at a later date. |