Back door to UVA? Less popular programs

[Anonymous]

I’ve seen kids with rigor but not the strongest stats but clear alignment for education major/teaching get into UVA.


The entire transcript, ECs and LOR must support it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Architecture is the easiest admit academically based on who we know. They were not 4.6/1570 kids but rather more typical students who had developed architecture portfolios through summer programs in high school.

That said, I'm not sure how possible it would be to transfer from architecture to another school at the university and complete things in 4 years because the architecture school curriculum is so unique from the first semester on.

There’s nothing typical about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:15% Architecture
7% Nursing
12% Kin
18% Engineering
16% A&S

Which one looks like a backdoor?

Where did you find these numbers?

Admissions statistics page links to detailed charts: https://ira.virginia.edu/university-data-home/undergraduate-admissions

[Anonymous]

Try being the child of a Va state or federal politician....helps a lot..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try being the child of a Va state or federal politician....helps a lot..

Wait. Are you saying the people railing against UVA for being too woke send their kids there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try being the child of a Va state or federal politician....helps a lot..

Wait. Are you saying the people railing against UVA for being too woke send their kids there?

100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try being the child of a Va state or federal politician....helps a lot..

Wait. Are you saying the people railing against UVA for being too woke send their kids there?

- so are the white politicians claiming UVA is not woke enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Architecture is the easiest admit academically based on who we know. They were not 4.6/1570 kids but rather more typical students who had developed architecture portfolios through summer programs in high school.

That said, I'm not sure how possible it would be to transfer from architecture to another school at the university and complete things in 4 years because the architecture school curriculum is so unique from the first semester on.

There’s nothing typical about this.

Exactly. The kid I know admitted to architecture has been focused on this path since middle school. Awards, portfolio, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First year at Wise?

That is guaranteed only if the student was waitlisted for Arts & Sciences and maintains a minimum GPA at Wise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try being the child of a Va state or federal politician....helps a lot..

Wait. Are you saying the people railing against UVA for being too woke send their kids there?

100%

Politicians on both sides enjoy the admissions boost. UVA thinks it will buy them legislative good will.

[Anonymous]

Virginia Community College and transfer and UVA Wise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know anything about this? Could you apply to architecture, or kinesiology, or nursing, and switch once you are there? And what kind of courses should you have to support an application to one of these schools?

Architecture and Kinesiology are two of the smallest admittances by number of students and very competitive.

[Anonymous]

Do you have to apply to a specific major? Can’t you just apply?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Architecture is the easiest admit academically based on who we know. They were not 4.6/1570 kids but rather more typical students who had developed architecture portfolios through summer programs in high school.

That said, I'm not sure how possible it would be to transfer from architecture to another school at the university and complete things in 4 years because the architecture school curriculum is so unique from the first semester on.

There’s nothing typical about this.

By "typical" I meant they are not the 4.6 academic outliers. They have lower GPAs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen kids with rigor but not the strongest stats but clear alignment for education major/teaching get into UVA.


The entire transcript, ECs and LOR must support it.

My son did this for another school. They way his school does it is each college makes a decision and some colleges are more competitive (engineering, nursing and business). He has accepted that he likely won't be a finance bro. He is realistic that he can only transfer to certain majors.

Other son used a back door to a Southern flagship. Kids at his school were surprised when he got in. He had good grades but rigor was just ok. So, kids didn't know that his UW GPA was actually kind of high.

Playing around on the college confidential forum can help with you find a back door.