What UVA looks for OOS

[Anonymous]

They want OOS students who are not going to be accepted to Ivies and then turn down UVA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They are Test Optional. Does anyone know if they breakdown submitteed SAT averages by in state and out of state?

This would be helpful to see.
Would you submit a 32 OOS?

I don’t know if this helps but mine was waitlisted this year instate with a submitted 32.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Assuming stats are comparable, this really lays out what makes the difference:
https://admission.virginia.edu/admission/characteristics-qualities-competitive-applicants

Plus second language proficiency.

"We are deeply interested in students who show kindness, care, and compassion to others and demonstrate character and integrity in all they do."

This is another top school explicitly focused on kindness (Dartmouth and Yale are two others).....

Interesting. I have degrees from Dartmouth (professional school) and Yale and some of my best friends went to UVA. The people I know from the 3 schools are all very similar and I know multiple admissions officers who have 2/3 of those schools on their resume.

I have 2/3 of these schools of my resume too and am married to someone from one of them to boot.

I’m the one you’re responding to and am married to one as well! It’s really interesting that there would be such overlap between the places, but it makes sense. In order to make a relatively isolated place work, you need a lot of social cohesion and willingness to get along with one another. I moved to the west coast in adulthood and one of my best friends out here went to UVA, and one of DH’s best friends went to Darden. And we didn’t meet through professional networks or anything related to school.

Interestingly, when I go through the Instagram admit accounts for our local HSs, Yale and Dartmouth are picking up athletic recruits but UVA is picking up our local OOS kids who are just nice, smart kids- they’re kids I happen to know through my younger kids’ extracurriculars and they’re quite unhooked.

[Anonymous]

OOS
1540 SAT
3.8 GPA at top 20 private w grade deflation.
Humanities with EC to show it.

Is UVA a target?

Targets are hard and no supp is attractive!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OOS
1540 SAT
3.8 GPA at top 20 private w grade deflation.
Humanities with EC to show it.

Is UVA a target?

Targets are hard and no supp is attractive!

Maybe but aren't there better schools you could get into with those stats?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OOS
1540 SAT
3.8 GPA at top 20 private w grade deflation.
Humanities with EC to show it.

Is UVA a target?

Targets are hard and no supp is attractive!

Not from DC's DC private. Lowest unhooked OOS over past 3 years was a 3.88. We just met with college counseling and reviewed data.
UVA is hard.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure any OOS can consider UVA a target with the acceptance rates so low.

[Anonymous]

Acceptance rates are only going to get lower since they dropped the supplemental essay requirement. Applications are likely to jump considerably now that students can apply with no additional effort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Money! $92k COA for OOS engineering student
https://sfs.virginia.edu/financial-aid-new-applicants/financial-aid-basics/estimated-undergraduate-cost-attendance-2025-2026

Exactly- uva and Michigan are crazy money for OOS!

[Anonymous]

My oos was accepted from NC, always wonder if harder due to proximity and yield issues due to UNC. Wouldn't blame them if they accepted less. They had perfect stats, rigor, the whole package, ended up at an Ivy. They were also their high school's Jefferson nominee, didn't go far, but maybe that helped too?

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is like UNC and UGA. Apply and hope for the best, but expect nothing even for a top kid.

Not quite. UGA is probably more difficult to get into because test scores are required.

UVA is test optional -- lot of kids with 4.0s that would not be able to compete if they had to submit test scores.

UVA's out-of-state acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 is 12.5%, while UGA's out-of-state acceptance rate is around 28%. UVA is MUCH harder to get into OOS.

Cite?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is like UNC and UGA. Apply and hope for the best, but expect nothing even for a top kid.

Not quite. UGA is probably more difficult to get into because test scores are required.

UVA is test optional -- lot of kids with 4.0s that would not be able to compete if they had to submit test scores.

UVA's out-of-state acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 is 12.5%, while UGA's out-of-state acceptance rate is around 28%. UVA is MUCH harder to get into OOS.

Cite?

Probably the schools' CDS. Admission section now breaks down in state and OOS applications.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is like UNC and UGA. Apply and hope for the best, but expect nothing even for a top kid.

Not quite. UGA is probably more difficult to get into because test scores are required.

UVA is test optional -- lot of kids with 4.0s that would not be able to compete if they had to submit test scores.

UVA's out-of-state acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 is 12.5%, while UGA's out-of-state acceptance rate is around 28%. UVA is MUCH harder to get into OOS.

Cite?

Probably the schools' CDS. Admission section now breaks down in state and OOS applications.

That poster needs to post a link to her numbers so we can verify accuracy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is like UNC and UGA. Apply and hope for the best, but expect nothing even for a top kid.

Not quite. UGA is probably more difficult to get into because test scores are required.

UVA is test optional -- lot of kids with 4.0s that would not be able to compete if they had to submit test scores.

UVA's out-of-state acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 is 12.5%, while UGA's out-of-state acceptance rate is around 28%. UVA is MUCH harder to get into OOS.

Cite?

Probably the schools' CDS. Admission section now breaks down in state and OOS applications.

That poster needs to post a link to her numbers so we can verify accuracy.

For UGA or UVA?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is like UNC and UGA. Apply and hope for the best, but expect nothing even for a top kid.

Not quite. UGA is probably more difficult to get into because test scores are required.

UVA is test optional -- lot of kids with 4.0s that would not be able to compete if they had to submit test scores.

UVA's out-of-state acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 is 12.5%, while UGA's out-of-state acceptance rate is around 28%. UVA is MUCH harder to get into OOS.

Cite?

Probably the schools' CDS. Admission section now breaks down in state and OOS applications.

That poster needs to post a link to her numbers so we can verify accuracy.

Jesus people this is not hard to find:

http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2025/03/2024-2025-uva-admission-statistics.html?m=1