Virginia Schools - Legacy? Test Optional?

[Anonymous]

Quick Question - Child has has legacy with UVA and VA Tech and plans to apply to both. Understanding that the Commonwealth has outlawed legacy consideration what is the strategy? Do you still mention it if it shapes the students personal growth and life experience? Don't mention? avoid it? Is there a strategy or just forget about it.

Both schools are test optional - 1410 you submit SAT to both schools? I guess UVA that is low for submitted but its well above our HS average accepted regular and ED (Student is from NOVA public school)

Thanks - just wondering if people are thinking deeply on this or getting any feedback or advice specific to this year given so much has changed.

[Anonymous]

Both my DH and I went to UVA and my kid will not mention it in their app.

Not sure about SAT.

[Anonymous]

Legacy no longer counts for VA public schools. The legislature outlawed it last summer.

[Anonymous]

Just curious, how would parents’ alma maters shape a kid’s life experience and personal growth?

[Anonymous]

OP, you have much to learn.

First, there's no way a 1410 is "well above" the average SAT for a student admitted to UVA from any NOVA public high school.

Second, even before legacy was outlawed in VA public colleges it didn't carry a whole lot of weight for in state UVA applicants. It really only mattered for out of state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quick Question - Child has has legacy with UVA and VA Tech and plans to apply to both. Understanding that the Commonwealth has outlawed legacy consideration what is the strategy? Do you still mention it if it shapes the students personal growth and life experience? Don't mention? avoid it? Is there a strategy or just forget about it.

Both schools are test optional - 1410 you submit SAT to both schools? I guess UVA that is low for submitted but its well above our HS average accepted regular and ED (Student is from NOVA public school)

Thanks - just wondering if people are thinking deeply on this or getting any feedback or advice specific to this year given so much has changed.

First you should check your school's Naviance/college advisor about the stats that your own high school graduates have that got in. The go to SCHEV. It says a 1410 was the bottom 25th of the class last fall, so I wouldn't submit, but check that with the Dean J reports and podcasts. The UVA scores were 1520 for the 75th percentile, 1470 for the median, and 1410 for the bottom 25th. https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you have much to learn.

First, there's no way a 1410 is "well above" the average SAT for a student admitted to UVA from any NOVA public high school.

Second, even before legacy was outlawed in VA public colleges it didn't carry a whole lot of weight for in state UVA applicants. It really only mattered for out of state.

Not you again.

[Anonymous]

Go test optional

[Anonymous]

Legacy preference for Virginia public colleges and universities was outlawed a few years go.

Doesn't matter anymore for UVA, VT or any of the others.

[Anonymous]

Legacy doesn’t matter and won’t count, but of course the applicant should list parents’ Alma maters in the appropriate place on the CA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Legacy doesn’t matter and won’t count, but of course the applicant should list parents’ Alma maters in the appropriate place on the CA.

I believe that information is blocked by UVA and VT, so the AO will not see the parent’s colleges.

[Anonymous]

Where would you even mention it in the UVA app? They got rid of the supplemental essays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where would you even mention it in the UVA app? They got rid of the supplemental essays.

Correct. I think OP was asking if you put it in the personal statement. No one knows yet, since the is the first year without either legacy consideration or connection to UVA supplemental essay. If it seems forced it will probably look desperate. If it is somehow a legitimate part of the personal statement then it could stay in but you run the risk of the admissions committee still thinking you are trying too hard to force legacy into consideration.

Agree with others that 1410 is too low to submit for UVA. That is well below their average and well below what Naviance would recommend at our school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Legacy no longer counts for VA public schools. The legislature outlawed it last summer.

+1

DH and I are both VT grads and it means nothing w/r to our kids applications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you have much to learn.

First, there's no way a 1410 is "well above" the average SAT for a student admitted to UVA from any NOVA public high school.

Second, even before legacy was outlawed in VA public colleges it didn't carry a whole lot of weight for in state UVA applicants. It really only mattered for out of state.

+1

Our college counselor said 1400 MIN for VT. Way higher for UVA.