UVA In-State 2026 Results – What Got You In (or Not)?

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

Eat me. It's the 93rd to 95th percentile.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC told me this summary from what they know: at their NOVA public school about 30 kids are attending. The non-STEM kids all were great but not the best students but were heavily involved in student government or something school related EC. All were varsity athletes and most applied ED. For the STEM and engineering kids--they were the very top students who also got in to top privates or top engineering schools, etc, but many chose instate for a variety of reasons.

This is just laughable. Your DC is a stalker!

Not “laughable” - you apparently have no idea how students compare notes today.

Your student maybe.

My daughter is incredibly private and keeps to herself, but every kid around talked about all of this nonstop. She was definitely one of the few who did not.

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

NP here. I'd be ecstatic if either of my children got a 1400 on the SAT.

Know someone who ED'd to UVA with under a 1400 and got in this year. Excellent all around great student and kid and the lack of a "good" score didn't seem to hurt.

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

Eat me. It's the 93rd to 95th percentile.

DP. No one cares what percentile you are on. To be competitive and make smart decisions, you need to know what GPA and test scores are needed. A 1410 is BELOW the bottom 25th of the class. SCHEV lists UVA test scores at 1510 for the 75th percentile, 1470 for the 33rd, and 1410 for the bottom 25th of the class. PP was correct in not submitting.

For grades, SCHEV reports that UVA has a 4.5 at the 75th percentile, a 4.4 at the median, and a 4.2 at the 25th percentile.

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

Most people here are aimed at T20 or T10 LAC. Minimum is 1500, 1550 can be 'good'.

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

Eat me. It's the 93rd to 95th percentile.

Now we know you are a teen. A higher score would have helped you get into UVA. That is a fact. 1400 is good for JMU and VT, but it isn’t good enough for UVA unless you have a hook of some sort. FYI, percentiles don’t matter. Those are calculated using all scorers, which includes kids that are required to take the SAT by their state or school district in order to graduate. So kids in remedial classes take it and score really low.

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

Most people here are aimed at T20 or T10 LAC. Minimum is 1500, 1550 can be 'good'.

NP. Man, you people are insufferable. And I don’t think you know what “objectively” means. Objectively, the score is greater than 95% of test takers. Most people on earth would call the top 5% “good.” Now, is it good enough to into UVA? That is a separate question.

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

Most people here are aimed at T20 or T10 LAC. Minimum is 1500, 1550 can be 'good'.

NP. Man, you people are insufferable. And I don’t think you know what “objectively” means. Objectively, the score is greater than 95% of test takers. Most people on earth would call the top 5% “good.” Now, is it good enough to into UVA? That is a separate question.

Sorry, here is DCUM, out of universe you live. Out of 3k+ colleges, how many did you see we talked about?

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It depends on which demographic group you are in when considering if 1400 is good or bad

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

Eat me. It's the 93rd to 95th percentile.

Now we know you are a teen. A higher score would have helped you get into UVA. That is a fact. 1400 is good for JMU and VT, but it isn’t good enough for UVA unless you have a hook of some sort. FYI, percentiles don’t matter. Those are calculated using all scorers, which includes kids that are required to take the SAT by their state or school district in order to graduate. So kids in remedial classes take it and score really low.

UVA enrolled 3,961 freshman
Only 45% submitted an SAT score
Only 14% submitted an ACT score
Approximately 51% submitted ANY score

Of those that did, only 450 scored above 1410 on the SAT,

About 2,500 UVA freshman have an SAT or ACT equivalent below 1400. Or roughly 70% of UVA's freshman class.

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In from FCPS with 4.3 1490 IB multiple state level awards/recognitions

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

Eat me. It's the 93rd to 95th percentile.

Now we know you are a teen. A higher score would have helped you get into UVA. That is a fact. 1400 is good for JMU and VT, but it isn’t good enough for UVA unless you have a hook of some sort. FYI, percentiles don’t matter. Those are calculated using all scorers, which includes kids that are required to take the SAT by their state or school district in order to graduate. So kids in remedial classes take it and score really low.

UVA enrolled 3,961 freshman
Only 45% submitted an SAT score
Only 14% submitted an ACT score
Approximately 51% submitted ANY score

Of those that did, only 450 scored above 1410 on the SAT,

About 2,500 UVA freshman have an SAT or ACT equivalent below 1400. Or roughly 70% of UVA's freshman class.

What year are these statistics this from? I bet the % accepted test optional is lower for the 2026 incoming class. No one was admitted test optional from our private school this year. All accepted students were submitting 1480+ scores, with most hovering around 1550/35. I am looking at the 2026 scattergram right now. Maybe they let in a lot of test optional public school kids? At our school you 100% need to submit a high score to get in.

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Anonymous wrote:DS was deferred for engineering. 12 APs, all honors available if AP wasn't offered. One B. Test optional. 4 year varsity starter with regional awards, high ranked club team all 4 years. Volunteer hours. Spanish IV, but did not take anything Junior year due to schedule conflicts. Took Calc BC as a junior than ran out of math and took AP Statistics senior year. In STEM program at school. Got into VT, which was his first choice, so didn't opt in to be reconsidered after being deferred.

Congrats to your DS for getting into VT.

What was the rationale for going test optional? I would think for engineering it would be harder admit without test scores -- i.e., the admissions officer(s) would really like to see how the student does on the SAT or ACT, especially for math.

My family may be going through this process next year, which is one reason I am asking.

He had a good score, but with UVA’s 25 percentile being 1410, didn’t seem worth the effort to get it up that high. Took advantage of test optional since his score didn’t help his application. Since he got into his top choice was a good strategy. If he really wanted to go to UVA maybe, maybe not. Unfortunately colleges don’t tell you why you didn’t get in.

If he didn’t even get a 1420, he didn’t have a “good score.”

We will probably have to agree to disagree on what is a good score. A 1400 is 93rd percentile. I would consider that great. With test optional you really have to have great to amazing to be worth it to submit.

I think most on DCUM would agree that a 1400 is not an objectively good score on the SAT. It is fine, but not “good.” lol

You're delusional.