UVA 7% RD admit rate this year
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Anonymous
From TJ: EA - Deferred; RD - 4.45 / 1580, excellent ECs - Waitlisted 
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Anonymous
I’m sorry. Why RD and not EA? |
Anonymous
EA got deferred because of GPA 4.36. They removed the essays so it is all hard numbers they care about |
Anonymous
How do you know? Source, please! |
Anonymous
This poster explicitly said s/he was deferred from EA to RD! |
Anonymous
4.45 is high but not top10-15% at TJ, plus there were likely issues with coursework. UVa cares a lot about what courses are taken compared to what is offered at the school. 1580 with a choice to avoid even one of the harder courses will be judged harsher than a 1450 with the same coursework and GPA. |
Anonymous
This was with very hard courses. AI 1 and 2; Computer Vision 1 and 2; Neuroscience etc I guess they felt he won't accept so thought they would give it to someone who accepts. UVA was not our top choice and somehow they sense it after seeing a million applications. |
Anonymous
Interesting - how can they sense it without any supplemental essays? There's not even a why uva essay anymore? |
Anonymous
I’m sure your son has great options coming up (if he hasn’t already received great offers)! |
Anonymous
I think they are experts at sensing. Yeah he has other admissions already he is excited about and waiting for Ivies next |
Anonymous
I think it is really unfair to kids at TJ and, to a lesser extent, kids at McLean, Langley, and others. But it is not yield protection. State schools don't do that - period. How do I know? For one thing common sense. There are many people, my own son included, who will choose UVA over an Ivy simply because of the cost. And second, because I have seen the Naviance at McLean and there is an upper corner that is a sea of green; as you go down or left there start to be wait-list diamonds; as you leep going down and left it starts to be a mix and so on. It is crazy but 4.45 probably isn't in the sea of green at TJ, it is in the mixed part. If you want to see what yield protection looks like, check out the Naviance for BU. |
Anonymous
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I am curious if the supps will return next year? They are now widely used for kids to tell their story, which is how schools can legally achieve a diverse class. Because of the heat directed at UVA last year, scrapping them may have been a short term defensive strategy. It might not be a permanent choice by the AOs.
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Anonymous
Take majority in ED TO rounds. Sounds right. |
Anonymous
| Why do schools do this? Why would anyone want this? Go back to having essays and make it worth someones time to apply and consider an applicant. |
Anonymous
| I remember having to have an interview for some schools. No essays is crazy. |