UVA Early Action

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the university is going to eliminate more qualified applicants to yield protect, why even bother calling it EA in the first place?

Why don't they all call it RD and have it in the fall, put a lot of people on the waitlist and allow plenty of time for people to get pulled off waitlists in multiple rounds?

Seems like that would increase the caliber of the applicant pool.

But UVA doesn’t practice yield protection.

Dean J says she wasn’t given that number.

One thing I am struck by is the number of OOS applications. Something like 21,000 versus 7,000 from Virginia.

VA applications are constrained by the number of yearly VA high school graduates, a number that can’t change much unless the state experiences substantial in-migration. However, OOS is the rest of the world; those applications will continue to rise.

Well, yes. But maybe my comment wasn’t clear enough. I am surprised to discover there is this much interest OOS in UVA the way people carry on in this forum that UVA is overrated

USN&WR lists UVA as no 4 public university in the nation. Everyone knows this. And while OOS is more expensive that in-state, OOS at a great public is still a great financial deal compared to privates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are the chances you will get in if you were deferred? How many deferrals turn into acceptances?

I would like to know as well. Is a deferral from UVA basically a NO?

Thid year I would say it’s a soft rejection.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are the chances you will get in if you were deferred? How many deferrals turn into acceptances?

I would like to know as well. Is a deferral from UVA basically a NO?

According to Dean J,‘s blog, last year 8% of deferrals were offered admission. It was 12% the year before.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are the chances you will get in if you were deferred? How many deferrals turn into acceptances?

I would like to know as well. Is a deferral from UVA basically a NO?

According to Dean J,‘s blog, last year 8% of deferrals were offered admission. It was 12% the year before.

The 8,000 deferrals are now in the same pot as the 16,000 RD applications. Not many spots left...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All I want to know is the percentage of acceptances who chose not to submit test scores.

UVA knows that every senior in FCPS was provided a chance to sit for the SAT in school in September. Most regional AOs for other schools likely know this as well.

Now that's interesting! So those who thought they could skip and work the system to their favor are stuck

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the chances you will get in if you were deferred? How many deferrals turn into acceptances?

I would like to know as well. Is a deferral from UVA basically a NO?

According to Dean J,‘s blog, last year 8% of deferrals were offered admission. It was 12% the year before.

The 8,000 deferrals are now in the same pot as the 16,000 RD applications. Not many spots left...

EA deferrals probably have the better application over RDs (who often need senior year grades to even have a chance). So my guess is most acceptances from the third round come from the deferral pool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I want to know is the percentage of acceptances who chose not to submit test scores.

UVA knows that every senior in FCPS was provided a chance to sit for the SAT in school in September. Most regional AOs for other schools likely know this as well.

Now that's interesting! So those who thought they could skip and work the system to their favor are stuck

No, there were a lot of test optional admits. Allows schools to claim their SAT scores are significantly higher than they actually are/would be.

[Anonymous]

For the bitterly disappointed and jealous parents: you should have worked to get your state legislature to insist on increasing the class size.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the chances you will get in if you were deferred? How many deferrals turn into acceptances?

I would like to know as well. Is a deferral from UVA basically a NO?

According to Dean J,‘s blog, last year 8% of deferrals were offered admission. It was 12% the year before.

The 8,000 deferrals are now in the same pot as the 16,000 RD applications. Not many spots left...

23:13 on page ten above ran the numbers:

48,000 - 32,000 between ED/EA = 16,000 RD

I imagine they lose many to other schools’ ED and ED2.


You forgot about the deferred applicants from ED and EA who will get a second shot in the RD round. There are 8000 deferred applicants. For another file review, these students have to file a form. If half the deferred students elect a review, that’s 4000 more applicants in the RD round, in addition to the 16,000 RD applicants, or 20,000 total.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the bitterly disappointed and jealous parents: you should have worked to get your state legislature to insist on increasing the class size.

UVA is landlocked and can't grow much at all. The city has grown up around it. That's why the legislature is pumping money into the other universities and why Virginia has 40 other great options to chose from. The one time I am aware of a representative introducing a bill to enlarge the class, the bill never made it out of committee. It was for show only to the constituents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I want to know is the percentage of acceptances who chose not to submit test scores.

UVA knows that every senior in FCPS was provided a chance to sit for the SAT in school in September. Most regional AOs for other schools likely know this as well.

Now that's interesting! So those who thought they could skip and work the system to their favor are stuck

No, there were a lot of test optional admits. Allows schools to claim their SAT scores are significantly higher than they actually are/would be.

There is only one here. And very few on College Confidential

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the chances you will get in if you were deferred? How many deferrals turn into acceptances?

I would like to know as well. Is a deferral from UVA basically a NO?

According to Dean J,‘s blog, last year 8% of deferrals were offered admission. It was 12% the year before.

The 8,000 deferrals are now in the same pot as the 16,000 RD applications. Not many spots left...

23:13 on page ten above ran the numbers:

48,000 - 32,000 between ED/EA = 16,000 RD

I imagine they lose many to other schools’ ED and ED2.


You forgot about the deferred applicants from ED and EA who will get a second shot in the RD round. There are 8000 deferred applicants. For another file review, these students have to file a form. If half the deferred students elect a review, that’s 4000 more applicants in the RD round, in addition to the 16,000 RD applicants, or 20,000 total.

Hard to know how many of the defers will withdraw, too. Did you notice that the defers have to fill something out to confirm that they want to be reconsidered?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All I want to know is the percentage of acceptances who chose not to submit test scores.

UVA knows that every senior in FCPS was provided a chance to sit for the SAT in school in September. Most regional AOs for other schools likely know this as well.

Right, which is why I want to know exactly what the % was of test-optional applicants.[/quote]'


I doubt you will ever find that out. Just as you don't find out how much money the legacy parents have given.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the bitterly disappointed and jealous parents: you should have worked to get your state legislature to insist on increasing the class size.

UVA is landlocked and can't grow much at all. The city has grown up around it. That's why the legislature is pumping money into the other universities and why Virginia has 40 other great options to chose from. The one time I am aware of a representative introducing a bill to enlarge the class, the bill never made it out of committee. It was for show only to the constituents

It's funny that no one is demanding William and Mary to grow. 8600 students there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the chances you will get in if you were deferred? How many deferrals turn into acceptances?

I would like to know as well. Is a deferral from UVA basically a NO?

According to Dean J,‘s blog, last year 8% of deferrals were offered admission. It was 12% the year before.

The 8,000 deferrals are now in the same pot as the 16,000 RD applications. Not many spots left...

EA deferrals probably have the better application over RDs (who often need senior year grades to even have a chance). So my guess is most acceptances from the third round come from the deferral pool.

Maybe deferred kids get in at a higher rate, who knows? Bottom line is that chances are slim during RD for ALL remaining applicants.