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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This year and last year I have known many JMU educated parents who are sending their kids to UVA. I also know several UVA educated parents whose kids were rejected from UVA.

I don’t know if this is just a fluke in my experience, but it seems UVA really is honoring the legacy ruling change from last year. [/quote]

Agreed - I know several legacy kids that were denied.[/quote]

It’s different in our circle. Of all the kids my Dc knows who have gotten in, only 1 is not a legacy. All the other non-legacies were deferred. It may not “count”, but the connection to UVA essay does come into play. [/quote]
And they had nothing else going for them, right?

Can we acknowledge that these kids probably had great applications? [/quote]

Of course they had great applications. The connection essay is the cherry on top. [/quote]

Why do they offer this essay if legacy isn’t considered? At the info session, they mentioned writing about a summer class you take at UVA. Besides being a descendent of the slaves that built UVA, a legacy or taking a class or camp, is there another creative way to respond to this essay? [/quote]

That essay drove us crazy as we had none of that to write to either.  My DC wrote about his personal connection he felt when visiting the University (places he went, his experiences, what got him excited to go there).  That's it.  My advice is not to overthink it.  You can write about a connection you made or felt during a visit (if you are out of state, maybe even a virtual visit would be something to write about ).[/quote]

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