UVA RD
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Anonymous
Can you share the fault line numbers? We’re OOS and have no Naviance data for UVA |
Anonymous
Early decision is always the best option if you can afford it. There was some poster here in the fall who fell for the AO propaganda that it didn’t matter when you applied: |
Anonymous
PP here. DS was right on the fault line for his FCPS school in Naviance. Higher SAT could offset some lower GPA and vice versa to give you an indication. UVA cares about academic rigor, e.g., that the student took difficult courses and did reasonably well (DS had a few B+'s so it is not necessary "to get all As to get into UVA" that you will read all over this board, but of course it will help; DS had 5 APs after junior year and is taking 5 APs senior year). Other districts allow their students to take more APs earlier in HS and weight differently, so W GPA is not so useful. You are really being compared against others in your HS and district. Older DS, from same FCPS high school, with 3.9 UW/4.3 W GPA, 9 APs, 1490 SAT, was rejected by UVA in 2021 but got into Michigan (and is there now). Objectively there was almost no difference between the two. They even had the same (average) ECs. We spent the entire process trying to find schools "like" UVA because we never thought 2024 DS was getting in because UVA is a crapshoot for everyone from NOVA/Richmond or OOS, no matter what the credentials. It may be less of a crapshoot for a DC coming out of Bristol or Abingdon, but the opportunities in those locales are more limited and the UVA AO accounts for this. For OOS, I am not sure what the fault line is. I've seen all kinds of folks here and College Confidential complain about their 4.0 UW/1550 SAT applicant not getting in, but others with lower credentials getting in. Last year there was a local kid from a private who got into Princeton but was waitlisted at UVA but eventually got in (and duly rejected the slot). Your DC just has to take their shot and see if it hits. |
Anonymous
| RD doesn’t work for the hottest programs, like CS or engineering. Matriculation yield is very high for those programs. An admit is almost always a butt in chair. |
Anonymous
Mine, too. Regular decision, NOVA. |
Anonymous
But they don't admit to major. Mine didn't declare until the end of their second year. |
Anonymous
CS is in UVA’s College of Arts and Sciences even though most, maybe all, the courses are in the School of Engineering. College of Arts and Sciences does not admit by major. My DD is a second year, CS major at UVA. No where on her application to College of Arts and Sciences was she asked what was her intended major. |
Anonymous
It’s not. It is a good state school though. Many states don’t put that kind of money into their public schools. |
Anonymous
DD accepted RD, she said RD is better for her instead of EA and got in. I was skeptical and thought she would have less chance RD. |
Anonymous
You can do CS in either A&S or the school of Engineering at UVA. |
Anonymous
When applying to UVA Engineering, you must write an essay about how your intended major will make a difference. This is how UVA learns about your major. You can make it up in the essay, but they will look at your high school courses and extracurricular activities for verification. For example, you may say your intended major is biological engineering. But if you did not take the hardest biology courses in high school, UVA will not take your essay seriously. Your intended major in your essay must match your own academic record. My daughter got into UVA engineering with CS as her intended major by doing many things on CS, such as coding marathons. |
Anonymous
UvA is a very prestigious school. It is the no. 1 public producer (other than West Point) of Rhodes scholars. My UVA kid has a there now doing graduate work. UVA is ranked 24 overall in the nation |
Anonymous
lol ok Hopefully your kid learns how to write there better than you do |