UVA drops legacy admissions

[Anonymous]

UVA did away with legacy this year. You are late to the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA did away with legacy this year. You are late to the game.

No. They did not. They had the 'legacy question' which my kid left blank since we are not legacy.

It was still very much in play based on the ED acceptances we saw.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA has its own office dedicated to legacy admissions. OMG. https://s3.amazonaws.com/uva-alumni-association/alp/ALP-Booklet-2019.pdf

That program was part of the Alumni Association, not the Admissions office. It’s been rebranded as College Compass and clearly states that it has no bearing on admissions outcomes:

https://alumni.virginia.edu/college-compass/

I'm an alum (undergrad and grad) and my husband is an alum too. We has our kid participate in this program and they made it VERY clear that it was part of the Alumni Association and NOT Admissions. We did the Sophomore review of transcripts and school profile. It was fine - got our kid thinking about class selections etc but it wasn't like we got some secret to the application process. They did stress to take the most challenging courses your school allows for but I think everyone knows that. Perhaps it will count as "demonstrated interest?" But otherwise, a fairly underwhelming 30 minutes.

Wow. The rest of us plebeians did not know there was a secret club like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the essay they can self identify how UVA has been part of their family for generations, etc.

+1

Just like they can claim just about anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has its own office dedicated to legacy admissions. OMG. https://s3.amazonaws.com/uva-alumni-association/alp/ALP-Booklet-2019.pdf

That program was part of the Alumni Association, not the Admissions office. It’s been rebranded as College Compass and clearly states that it has no bearing on admissions outcomes:

https://alumni.virginia.edu/college-compass/

I'm an alum (undergrad and grad) and my husband is an alum too. We has our kid participate in this program and they made it VERY clear that it was part of the Alumni Association and NOT Admissions. We did the Sophomore review of transcripts and school profile. It was fine - got our kid thinking about class selections etc but it wasn't like we got some secret to the application process. They did stress to take the most challenging courses your school allows for but I think everyone knows that. Perhaps it will count as "demonstrated interest?" But otherwise, a fairly underwhelming 30 minutes.

Wow. The rest of us plebeians did not know there was a secret club like this.

+1. Wow. Just wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the essay they can self identify how UVA has been part of their family for generations, etc.

+1

Just like they can claim just about anything.

But now that won’t be considered, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the essay they can self identify how UVA has been part of their family for generations, etc.

+1

Just like they can claim just about anything.

But now that won’t be considered, right?

SUPPOSEDLY! Probably will, still, but not report it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has its own office dedicated to legacy admissions. OMG. https://s3.amazonaws.com/uva-alumni-association/alp/ALP-Booklet-2019.pdf

That program was part of the Alumni Association, not the Admissions office. It’s been rebranded as College Compass and clearly states that it has no bearing on admissions outcomes:

https://alumni.virginia.edu/college-compass/

I'm an alum (undergrad and grad) and my husband is an alum too. We has our kid participate in this program and they made it VERY clear that it was part of the Alumni Association and NOT Admissions. We did the Sophomore review of transcripts and school profile. It was fine - got our kid thinking about class selections etc but it wasn't like we got some secret to the application process. They did stress to take the most challenging courses your school allows for but I think everyone knows that. Perhaps it will count as "demonstrated interest?" But otherwise, a fairly underwhelming 30 minutes.

Wow. The rest of us plebeians did not know there was a secret club like this.

+1. Wow. Just wow.

Wow, just wow, what? It’s not a secret club, it’s right on their very public alumni association website:

https://alumni.virginia.edu/college-compass/

And you don’t have to be a child of an alum to participate. Anyone can do it with an alumni sponsor. Not that it’s worth anything anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has its own office dedicated to legacy admissions. OMG. https://s3.amazonaws.com/uva-alumni-association/alp/ALP-Booklet-2019.pdf

That program was part of the Alumni Association, not the Admissions office. It’s been rebranded as College Compass and clearly states that it has no bearing on admissions outcomes:

https://alumni.virginia.edu/college-compass/

I'm an alum (undergrad and grad) and my husband is an alum too. We has our kid participate in this program and they made it VERY clear that it was part of the Alumni Association and NOT Admissions. We did the Sophomore review of transcripts and school profile. It was fine - got our kid thinking about class selections etc but it wasn't like we got some secret to the application process. They did stress to take the most challenging courses your school allows for but I think everyone knows that. Perhaps it will count as "demonstrated interest?" But otherwise, a fairly underwhelming 30 minutes.

Wow. The rest of us plebeians did not know there was a secret club like this.

+1. Wow. Just wow.

Wow, just wow, what? It’s not a secret club, it’s right on their very public alumni association website:

https://alumni.virginia.edu/college-compass/

And you don’t have to be a child of an alum to participate. Anyone can do it with an alumni sponsor. Not that it’s worth anything anyway.

Sure sounds like it is worth doing! Again, wow!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has its own office dedicated to legacy admissions. OMG. https://s3.amazonaws.com/uva-alumni-association/alp/ALP-Booklet-2019.pdf

That program was part of the Alumni Association, not the Admissions office. It’s been rebranded as College Compass and clearly states that it has no bearing on admissions outcomes:

https://alumni.virginia.edu/college-compass/

I think the SLAC DH attended offered something similar some years back and feel like I've heard about this for other schools. My understanding is that it is a way to help alum understand why their DCs might not be admitted.

[Anonymous]

Now that there are minority alums, legacy admissions are gone. DH and I are both UVA alums (not ones who would have benefited under AA). It figures.

And what about those who give money?? I imagine that will continue to be considered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that there are minority alums, legacy admissions are gone. DH and I are both UVA alums (not ones who would have benefited under AA). It figures.

And what about those who give money?? I imagine that will continue to be considered.

Only those that give a lot of money. You can have a development officer write a letter that goes in the admissions file, but you have to give big bucks to have that kind of relationship with the advancement office.

[Anonymous]

There is a bill in the General Assembly to prohibit legacy admissions at all Virginia public universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So interesting. My son has been inclined not to apply because a classmate is a family member of a very high-ranking person (not faculty) at UVA. I wonder if that kid will still get a thumb on the scale.

That’s a really dumb reason for your son not to apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that there are minority alums, legacy admissions are gone. DH and I are both UVA alums (not ones who would have benefited under AA). It figures.

Isn't that the truth! My parents were 7th grade-educated immigrants (southern european) and I had to compete with all the kids whose parents were PhDs or multi-generational college educated folks. Now that I can give my kid a tiniest leg up (via legacy) they take that away. I mean, it's fair, but also kind of annoying that I can't even get a tiny portion of the privilege that THE MAN has had for over 400 years.