UVA early decision

[Anonymous]

Tomorrow will be nailbiting for sure. Son has a 1480 SAT and a good GPA, top class 6% so we'll see if he makes it in. If not, deferral seems bleak as only 4 percent of ED admits get offered admissions. Fingers crossed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow will be nailbiting for sure. Son has a 1480 SAT and a good GPA, top class 6% so we'll see if he makes it in. If not, deferral seems bleak as only 4 percent of ED admits get offered admissions. Fingers crossed

He has a fighting chance. My DS got in last year with a 1480. But all his friends have different SAT scores or GPA. UVA definitely is looking for a certain type of student that isn’t just numbers. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:According to Dean J’s ED stats for this year and last, the ED acceptance rate is down this year, both for in-state and OOS students. Though there were 800 more applications this year, UVA accepted 50 fewer kids. I wonder if the application quality was down or if they have capped the percent of class admissions from ED.

EA was up as well and since it’s the strongest pool, perhaps they wanted to leave more slots open.

Or, more kids thought TO combined with ED was an easy admit. Maybe it wasn’t. UVA will announce in January what it’s doing with TO for next year. Hope they get rid of it or find a way to qualify it, like the submission of AP scores.

They would be an outlier if they get rid of TO

True but UVA likes to do its own thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow will be nailbiting for sure. Son has a 1480 SAT and a good GPA, top class 6% so we'll see if he makes it in. If not, deferral seems bleak as only 4 percent of ED admits get offered admissions. Fingers crossed

He has a fighting chance. My DS got in last year with a 1480. But all his friends have different SAT scores or GPA. UVA definitely is looking for a certain type of student that isn’t just numbers. Good luck!

I agree he has a good chance, but yes so much more goes into it. Good luck and update us!

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Anonymous wrote:According to Dean J’s ED stats for this year and last, the ED acceptance rate is down this year, both for in-state and OOS students. Though there were 800 more applications this year, UVA accepted 50 fewer kids. I wonder if the application quality was down or if they have capped the percent of class admissions from ED.

EA was up as well and since it’s the strongest pool, perhaps they wanted to leave more slots open.

Or, more kids thought TO combined with ED was an easy admit. Maybe it wasn’t. UVA will announce in January what it’s doing with TO for next year. Hope they get rid of it or find a way to qualify it, like the submission of AP scores.

They would be an outlier if they get rid of TO

True but UVA likes to do its own thing.

I would be surprised if they got rid of TO because it would go against their claim for many years that test scores aren’t very important. On the other hand, they are making the decision based on some study they have been conducting so who knows.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:According to Dean J’s ED stats for this year and last, the ED acceptance rate is down this year, both for in-state and OOS students. Though there were 800 more applications this year, UVA accepted 50 fewer kids. I wonder if the application quality was down or if they have capped the percent of class admissions from ED.

EA was up as well and since it’s the strongest pool, perhaps they wanted to leave more slots open.

Or, more kids thought TO combined with ED was an easy admit. Maybe it wasn’t. UVA will announce in January what it’s doing with TO for next year. Hope they get rid of it or find a way to qualify it, like the submission of AP scores.

They would be an outlier if they get rid of TO

Probably not for long, the tide seems to be turning on TO.

[Anonymous]

Here’s some perspective for all of you. I had two kids go to UVA. My youngest got in 10 years ago from Arlington public schools. She was an UMC white girl with no hooks, average excurriculars, a weighted GPA of just over a 4.0 (9 or 10 APs with plenty of Bs) and had a superscored SAT no higher than the mid-1200s. Granted, she got in off the waitlist, but still, I’m sure she wouldn’t have a prayer today.

Oh, and for what it’s worth, she ended up doing just fine academically, has lots of good memories, made some good friends that she still keeps in touch with and is happy enough that she went there, but all in all she wasn’t blown away by the experience. Her older sister feels exactly the same way.

[Anonymous]

Its a great school, my two are there now and love it. No regrets, happy they got in and very strong school spirit. Its not perfect, but they are happy they are there and excited to welcome the next class.

My DS's friend had his heart set on UVA his whole life and ended up with a 4.1 GPA which he knew he wasn't going to get into UVA with. He made a plan to go to NVCC and do guaranteed transfer. Fast forward a year, he did great at NVCC and transferred after one year there and is now at UVA and a year ahead of my kids. Worked out perfectly and he knew what he wanted.

That said, most of their friends are just as happy at lots of other schools, so its really not the only option that will make your kid happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its a great school, my two are there now and love it. No regrets, happy they got in and very strong school spirit. Its not perfect, but they are happy they are there and excited to welcome the next class.

My DS's friend had his heart set on UVA his whole life and ended up with a 4.1 GPA which he knew he wasn't going to get into UVA with. He made a plan to go to NVCC and do guaranteed transfer. Fast forward a year, he did great at NVCC and transferred after one year there and is now at UVA and a year ahead of my kids. Worked out perfectly and he knew what he wanted.

That said, most of their friends are just as happy at lots of other schools, so its really not the only option that will make your kid happy.

I’m the PP. Glad your boys love it. I hope you raised them better than most of the boys that my girls came in contact with. One of the things they liked the least about the school was the guys. They thought they were generally too fratty and immature.

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Anonymous wrote:Its a great school, my two are there now and love it. No regrets, happy they got in and very strong school spirit. Its not perfect, but they are happy they are there and excited to welcome the next class.

My DS's friend had his heart set on UVA his whole life and ended up with a 4.1 GPA which he knew he wasn't going to get into UVA with. He made a plan to go to NVCC and do guaranteed transfer. Fast forward a year, he did great at NVCC and transferred after one year there and is now at UVA and a year ahead of my kids. Worked out perfectly and he knew what he wanted.

That said, most of their friends are just as happy at lots of other schools, so its really not the only option that will make your kid happy.

I’m the PP. Glad your boys love it. I hope you raised them better than most of the boys that my girls came in contact with. One of the things they liked the least about the school was the guys. They thought they were generally too fratty and immature.

Oh I have a DD and DS there and my DD says the same thing about the boys for sure. That said, my DS still has his girlfriend from high school and all his roommates have long term girlfriends. I keep telling her she's just looking in the wrong place but that is her big complaint for sure. She's a second year and and she told me this week she gives up. "All men are dogs"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s some perspective for all of you. I had two kids go to UVA. My youngest got in 10 years ago from Arlington public schools. She was an UMC white girl with no hooks, average excurriculars, a weighted GPA of just over a 4.0 (9 or 10 APs with plenty of Bs) and had a superscored SAT no higher than the mid-1200s. Granted, she got in off the waitlist, but still, I’m sure she wouldn’t have a prayer today.

Oh, and for what it’s worth, she ended up doing just fine academically, has lots of good memories, made some good friends that she still keeps in touch with and is happy enough that she went there, but all in all she wasn’t blown away by the experience. Her older sister feels exactly the same way.

Do go away, this is 2022. Your children’s experiences are 100% irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its a great school, my two are there now and love it. No regrets, happy they got in and very strong school spirit. Its not perfect, but they are happy they are there and excited to welcome the next class.

My DS's friend had his heart set on UVA his whole life and ended up with a 4.1 GPA which he knew he wasn't going to get into UVA with. He made a plan to go to NVCC and do guaranteed transfer. Fast forward a year, he did great at NVCC and transferred after one year there and is now at UVA and a year ahead of my kids. Worked out perfectly and he knew what he wanted.

That said, most of their friends are just as happy at lots of other schools, so its really not the only option that will make your kid happy.

I’m the PP. Glad your boys love it. I hope you raised them better than most of the boys that my girls came in contact with. One of the things they liked the least about the school was the guys. They thought they were generally too fratty and immature.

Oh I have a DD and DS there and my DD says the same thing about the boys for sure. That said, my DS still has his girlfriend from high school and all his roommates have long term girlfriends. I keep telling her she's just looking in the wrong place but that is her big complaint for sure. She's a second year and and she told me this week she gives up. "All men are dogs"

Has she tried dating outside of the St Elmo-St Tony-Zeke axis? Perhaps she needs to look for a “nice boy,” maybe not a playa? Good luck to her, it can be tough but I’m sure she has a lot to offer potential partners

[Anonymous]

My son’s friend applied ED but is having second thoughts since the shooting. UVA has had more than its fair share of trauma over the years.

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Anonymous wrote:My son’s friend applied ED but is having second thoughts since the shooting. UVA has had more than its fair share of trauma over the years.

As a parent of kids there now, even with the tragedy, it was so impressive how the university community came together to support each other. My kids love for the UVA community has grown even more since then.

[Anonymous]

Good luck to all the ED applicants! We are OOS and UVA was my student’s favorite. Her school really discouraged applying at all after going from sending multiple kids a year to kids at the top of the class being rejected over a three year period. She went EA instead.