UVA Jan 31

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I can also share that our total application number is at 40,971 right now. Remember, we use completed applications in our stats, so the total may go down by the end of the Regular Decision process.

Let's not loose our minds people. Applications are flat from last year. 40,815 for the class of 2023. Overall stats should not change much. Your kid's got the same shot. Nothing's changed.

Keep in mind that high school grade inflation is a significant factor in the increase in GPAs over time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t get into UVA.. it is highly unlikely you’ll ever have a successful career or life, TBH. A top education is a huge predictor of overall success in LIFE. I wish people took it more seriously than they do. There is really no excuse with the resources available to students.

Exactly. ^^This poster gets it.^^

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any UVA admissions statistic older than two years is no longer valid. Competition has ramped up dramatically, especially in-state...

This is true. I've been watching the SCHEV stats. creep up for the last five years. My DD, who is now a fourth year there, would never be accepted today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:TJ son with 4.29 GPA, 35 ACT and five 5’s on AP tests deferred. Kind of disappointing

I think sometimes parents/students forget that UVA will only take a certain number of kids from TJ, and that some of the kids at TJ have to be the bottom 80 percent of the class, despite all the students being stellar students going in.

Someone has posted the info here before that shows UVA admits over a hundred from TJ. Something like 70 attended. There’s no way they have a limit.

Why would a STEM student from TJ want to go to UVA?

Many do because they are aiming for grad school. A good GPA in the sciences, which UVA provides, is the stepping stone. The TJ families are very smart about education. Also, a lot of TJ students use UVA and W&M as safeties for Ivies or elite SLACS, but generally, the thinking is why waste so much money on undergrad when the real ticket to success is grad school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any UVA admissions statistic older than two years is no longer valid. Competition has ramped up dramatically, especially in-state...

This is true. I've been watching the SCHEV stats. creep up for the last five years. My DD, who is now a fourth year there, would never be accepted today.

If she came along later, she'd probably have a higher GPA due to high school grade inflation. She may have higher standardized test scores due to better test prep.

[Anonymous]

Hearing about lots of UVA EA deferrals. Pretty brutal this year. Will be interesting to see what RD acceptance rate is.

[Anonymous]

Heard about 80 TJ kids had applied UVA ED, only single digit got accepted, don't know about EA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hearing about lots of UVA EA deferrals. Pretty brutal this year. Will be interesting to see what RD acceptance rate is.

2019 IS
EA admissions rate: 43%
RD admissions rate: 35%

2020 IS
ED admissions rate: 40%
EA admissions rate: 36%
RD admissions rate: ??


It's really not all that surprising. I don't think "brutal" is the right word.

2019 OOS
EA admissions rate: 19%
RD admissions rate: 19%

2020 OOS
ED admissions rate: 28% (but that's 282 people)
EA admissions rate: 15%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heard about 80 TJ kids had applied UVA ED, only single digit got accepted, don't know about EA

Who came up with that laughable one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing about lots of UVA EA deferrals. Pretty brutal this year. Will be interesting to see what RD acceptance rate is.

2019 IS
EA admissions rate: 43%
RD admissions rate: 35%

2020 IS
ED admissions rate: 40%
EA admissions rate: 36%
RD admissions rate: ??


It's really not all that surprising. I don't think "brutal" is the right word.

2019 OOS
EA admissions rate: 19%
RD admissions rate: 19%

2020 OOS
ED admissions rate: 28% (but that's 282 people)
EA admissions rate: 15%

It's brutal when you see that stats that deferred kids have. Many at our school thought they were solid admits. Now very nervous. And a good chunk of the class, based on normal yield, is now full.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard about 80 TJ kids had applied UVA ED, only single digit got accepted, don't know about EA

Who came up with that laughable one?

That actually could be true since the stronger students at TJ aren't going to apply binding ED to UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard about 80 TJ kids had applied UVA ED, only single digit got accepted, don't know about EA

Who came up with that laughable one?

I didn't know how many TJ kids applied ED but I heard ED acceptances there are low.

[Anonymous]

If ~200 apply to UVA from TJ, it doesn't make sense that 80 would apply ED. It'd be a much smaller number.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If ~200 apply to UVA from TJ, it doesn't make sense that 80 would apply ED. It'd be a much smaller number.

The fascination with TJ on this site is something else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard about 80 TJ kids had applied UVA ED, only single digit got accepted, don't know about EA

Who came up with that laughable one?

That actually could be true since the stronger students at TJ aren't going to apply binding ED to UVA.

True. Only the bottom half from TJ apply UVA ED.