UVA acceptance

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Best Undergrad Engineering programs -

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate

Hmmm didn’t see uva on that list. Maybe uva wise is ranked higher?

It's waaay down on the list. That was why I posted the link. Someone here was bragging (quelle surprise!) that UVA had a highly ranked engineering program. It does not.

You also have to consider the overall rating. Harvard is not on the top list your provided either.

Yes, exactly. Why would someone choose to study engineering at a school that is not highly ranked in that discipline?

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

my kid got into both VT and UVA for engineering and selected VT because it has a better engineering program.

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

my kid got into both VT and UVA for engineering and selected VT because it has a better engineering program.

+1000 This

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

my kid got into both VT and UVA for engineering and selected VT because it has a better engineering program.

And football too!

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Accredited by ABET for many many decades.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

my kid got into both VT and UVA for engineering and selected VT because it has a better engineering program.

And football too!

No dog in this fight, but neither team has been good recently.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

Love the UVA boosters. VT much better for engineering and W&M better in most other disciplines. Won’t be much longer before JMU and GMU make UVA the number 5 state school in VA.

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

I thought the only had an associates degree for engineering.

That was a Troll post.

The UVa Engineering School predates WW2 and has always offered BS Engineering degrees. It has never offered Associates degrees. It s MUCH smaller than VT’s E School. Admissions to UVa E School always have been highly competitive, partly due to its small size. For at least 40 years now, the median Verbal SAT scores of matriculating E School students have been higher than median Verbal SAT scores in the College of A&S at UVa. They also filter on the front end (Admissions), so they have a high 5-year graduation rate. They also do not have huge intentional weed-out classes, although *any* Engineering school will be hard / rigorous even for top students (Feynman at MIT excepted, but he was an official Genius).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

This. cohort matters. UVA has faster-paced math and science options for those who want it, compared to other in-state options. It is not the level of Ivies or T10s for Engineering, but it is better than VT for the educational rigor. UVA engineering is a very good program

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

I thought the only had an associates degree for engineering.

That was a Troll post.

The UVa Engineering School predates WW2 and has always offered BS Engineering degrees. It has never offered Associates degrees. It s MUCH smaller than VT’s E School. Admissions to UVa E School always have been highly competitive, partly due to its small size. For at least 40 years now, the median Verbal SAT scores of matriculating E School students have been higher than median Verbal SAT scores in the College of A&S at UVa. They also filter on the front end (Admissions), so they have a high 5-year graduation rate. They also do not have huge intentional weed-out classes, although *any* Engineering school will be hard / rigorous even for top students (Feynman at MIT excepted, but he was an official Genius).

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

I know a kid with a 1550 SAT and a 4.0 unweighted (and great ECs) who got into top 5 school and didn’t get into UVA the last cycle. It’s not any one thing, and no set of scores guarantees you admission.

That was me 30 years ago. lol. I was bitter for a very long time. My son vindicated me with his acceptance this year- but headed to an Ivy instead

Living vicariously through your kid?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

my kid got into both VT and UVA for engineering and selected VT because it has a better engineering program.

rookie mistake, as far as job/career placement: UVA is going to lead to more leadership and management roles, and has a higher percent go into innovation/new technology in the private sector. Of course UVA engineering is not ivy level or even Ga-Tech or Berkeley level, but it launches to more white-collar level high tech jobs than VT

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As a hiring manager in STEM, I am very happy when I can hire a new grad from almost any E School at ANY Virginia public (JMU is the main exception - because it only offers a “general” engineering degree and has no E School per se).

Sorry to disappoint advocates for this or that university, but based on experience I do not have a strong preference among Virginia public universities — simply because almost all Engineering Schools nationwide are rigorous and follow standard curricula. Also equally happy with engineering graduates from UMCP or UMBC.

“Rankings” for Engineering schools are largely meaningless to hiring managers. USNWR does not really understand engineering as a field, so those rankings are especially ignorable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just putting this out there:

Best Undergrad Engineering programs -

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate

Hmmm didn’t see uva on that list. Maybe uva wise is ranked higher?

It's waaay down on the list. That was why I posted the link. Someone here was bragging (quelle surprise!) that UVA had a highly ranked engineering program. It does not.

You also have to consider the overall rating. Harvard is not on the top list your provided either.

Yes, exactly. Why would someone choose to study engineering at a school that is not highly ranked in that discipline?

UVa is ranked #38 in engineering...Virginia Tech #31

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my DC who was admitted this past cycle in engineering said SAT/GPA is most important. around 1500 SAT and near 4.0 unweighted GPA should get you in.

Why would anyone go to uva for engineering? Do they even have an accredited engineering program?

Because it's vastly superior to the other somewhat meager in state options. Let's face it. E-school has always been far more selective than the college and the college is more selective than other engineering programs. in the end it just comes down to a better cohort.

I thought the only had an associates degree for engineering.

say what? DS entered in aerospace engineering at UVA and is now at Princeton for a P.hd in electrical engineering. Ignore the idiots who couldn't get in long ago and have no idea how Jim Ryan has improved the engineering schools over the last 8 years

ignore the pp troll post. UVA has more phD matriculation in Engineering than VT. UVA is very rigorous and the top grad programs are aware. Same with premed there. The UVA degree takes you far. And no I am not a booster, did not attend nor did my kids (but they would have if they had not gotten into ivies)