UVA Early Action this Friday Jan, 30, 2026
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Anonymous
If you are going to use "T" numbers, they generally refer to overall rankings of USNWR, not graduate or major rankings. LACs also have their own rankings. And the PP is correct, there are no honors colleges in the top ranked universities. |
Anonymous
IT’s only $80k for OOS, not what the PP is trying trying to claim (they are citing a tiny program for 3rd and 4th year because they got caught lying here. UVA is the same for OOS as the other great publics: UCLA, Cal, Michigan. |
Anonymous
You got caught in a lie. It’s $80,327 for Arts & Scuences which is, by far, the largest college and also the number that all college references use. That does include travel and incidentals. You cannot point to 3rd and 4th year programs in small, unusual high-cost fields and claim that to be true across the board. That is u fair. It’s the same with UCLA, Bot and Michigan |
Anonymous
Correct. It's 80K for the college of arts and science which is where about 80% of kids attend. Sure, few kids join the Commerce (business) school but that is next to impossible to get into so it's highly unlikely it will be your experience or your tuition bill. Also, you're not paying $4k in health insurance unless your family is not insured. And this is the same at any college: you don't have insurance, you have to buy the university plan and it's always around $4K for the year and sometimes more. |
Anonymous
So your family does not routinely carry health insurance? That is pretty risky. |
Anonymous
Yes. His SAT is too low. 1510 Is the 75th percentile, which you should hope to have coming from a NOVA public. 1470 is the median. A 1440 is too low. |
Anonymous
They are just being argumentative because they were caught trying to exaggerate IOS costs and FWIW, our kid did UVA all four years on our policy, as did our kids in other schools |
Anonymous
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In my opinion, and clearly each person‘s mileage will vary on this, I would not pay OOS fees higher than my in-state public options for any public university.
This is just a personal choice. Different students are different. Different families are different. Do whichever makes sense for your family. |
Anonymous
UVA is comparable to HYPSM nationally. |
Anonymous
+1. All schools offer a tack-on fee for health insurance if not covered by the parent’s policy. W&M (public) is $4k. Even privates, like NYU at a whopping $100,880 a year, offer it as a tack-on. https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/financial-aid-and-scholarships/cost-of-attendance.html |
Anonymous
My kids are on Medicaid and it covers only a small geographic area right around where we live. So my kids always have to get the school health insurance. Stanford is the most expensive. About $8k per year. But for most kids on Medicaid, their financial need is high enough that the school usually covers all of part of the health insurance plan. The cost of the health insurance plan and any financial aid for that is something I consider when evaluating the total COA. |
Anonymous
| Your cost is even less if your kid moves to an off-campus apartment. Dorms and meal plans are expensive parts of the stated cost. |
Anonymous
Public universities, such as UVA, offer an abundance of opportunities, resources are phenomenal and provide a great education. I would suspect these are a few reasons why it receives a boatload of OOS applications. |
Anonymous
That’s Bean soup. I think you know that. Your situation is unusual. |
Anonymous
| OOS tuition helps keep IS costs lower. Isn’t this pretty common at public colleges? |