Test Optional Policy at UVA in Fall of 2026

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wild to have 40% of enrolled class to have done TO and if the case, the test scores will just keep going higher as only the 1500s will want to submit

Girl in my daughter’s school got into Cornell TO last year. Couldn’t crack 1300.

I see this happen often. Colleges like TO policy because it allows them admit less academic students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wild to have 40% of enrolled class to have done TO and if the case, the test scores will just keep going higher as only the 1500s will want to submit

Girl in my daughter’s school got into Cornell TO last year. Couldn’t crack 1300.

I see this happen often. Colleges like TO policy because it allows them admit less academic students.

And most of them probably do just fine there, depending on their major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wild to have 40% of enrolled class to have done TO and if the case, the test scores will just keep going higher as only the 1500s will want to submit

Girl in my daughter’s school got into Cornell TO last year. Couldn’t crack 1300.

I see this happen often. Colleges like TO policy because it allows them admit less academic students.

We were told by an admissions counselor that test scores are indicative of success during the first year of college,e but grades are more indicative of success overall in college. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Very interested to hear how the meeting goes today!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very interested to hear how the meeting goes today!

You can live stream the open sessions. (For the nerdiest of UVA nerds.)

[Anonymous]

Here’s the livestream: TO discussion coming up next

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGVsRvLz6zI

[Anonymous]

-No Virginia public requires testing.
-No top 5 public requires testing.

President is suggesting TO for another year and then going test flexible (submit whatever you want, AP, IB, SAT/ACT, SOL).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wild to have 40% of enrolled class to have done TO and if the case, the test scores will just keep going higher as only the 1500s will want to submit

Girl in my daughter’s school got into Cornell TO last year. Couldn’t crack 1300.

I see this happen often. Colleges like TO policy because it allows them admit less academic students.

Or, more precisely, it enables them to admit who they want to admit without it impacting the stats that are used in rankings.

[Anonymous]

They're saying that there are kids in Virginia who didn't think UVA was possible before. There were probably lots who assumed there was a testing minimum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're saying that there are kids in Virginia who didn't think UVA was possible before. There were probably lots who assumed there was a testing minimum.

Well, to be fair, UVA may not have been possible for some applicants under test-required. There's more than one way to look at that. Some are unqualified excess apps, as opposed to grade/rigor diamonds in the rough with low scores.

[Anonymous]

The BOV member from southwest Virginia talked about how the schools don't have test prep and most people aren't getting tutors.

The admissions person said they know someone who charges $600/hour to do SAT tutoring.

Step out of the NOVA bubble. They're UVA, not UNOVA.

[Anonymous]

Super interesting to hear the discussion

[Anonymous]

Sooooo. No decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sooooo. No decision.

Test optional for at least one more year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The BOV member from southwest Virginia talked about how the schools don't have test prep and most people aren't getting tutors.

The admissions person said they know someone who charges $600/hour to do SAT tutoring.

Step out of the NOVA bubble. They're UVA, not UNOVA.

They said $650/hr. They also acknowledged that if move to a test flexible where SOLs may be option to submit that they would expect to see some prep for that happening too even though the concept would be for SOL to be a more level playing field