Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:26
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.
DP. She said in regard to this specific letter that a division working on behalf of admissions—or something like that—sends the letters out. Which sounds a little sus. They can totally find the parents college if they want to.
Our letter hasn’t come yet, though.
correct that's what the letter said. so if they are telling the truth, they will not know at all when evaluating apps.
Right. B/c if they could see the parent colleges, they would know if the applicant was a legacy
UVA has set it up so parent’s education is blocked from the common app.
But the data’s being fed to someone in order for them to be able to send the letters.
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Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:22
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Did these letters come in the mail? Or via email? We have not received one. But did a few years ago when older DD was not accepted.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:05
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.
DP. She said in regard to this specific letter that a division working on behalf of admissions—or something like that—sends the letters out. Which sounds a little sus. They can totally find the parents college if they want to.
Our letter hasn’t come yet, though.
correct that's what the letter said. so if they are telling the truth, they will not know at all when evaluating apps.
Right. B/c if they could see the parent colleges, they would know if the applicant was a legacy
UVA has set it up so parent’s education is blocked from the common app.
But the data’s being fed to someone in order for them to be able to send the letters.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:05
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Yes, we got the alumni letter over a week ago. It was not encouraging in tone at all.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:03
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.
DP. She said in regard to this specific letter that a division working on behalf of admissions—or something like that—sends the letters out. Which sounds a little sus. They can totally find the parents college if they want to.
Our letter hasn’t come yet, though.
correct that's what the letter said. so if they are telling the truth, they will not know at all when evaluating apps.
Right. B/c if they could see the parent colleges, they would know if the applicant was a legacy
UVA has set it up so parent’s education is blocked from the common app.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:01
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.
DP. She said in regard to this specific letter that a division working on behalf of admissions—or something like that—sends the letters out. Which sounds a little sus. They can totally find the parents college if they want to.
Our letter hasn’t come yet, though.
correct that's what the letter said. so if they are telling the truth, they will not know at all when evaluating apps.
Right. B/c if they could see the parent colleges, they would know if the applicant was a legacy
DP. The law doesn’t say they can’t see where the parents went to college, only that they can’t use that as a criteria.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:00
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Notre Dame sends a letter to the parents of legacy applicants that basically says "it'll help, yes, but it doesn't mean your kid is a shoo-in"
I think it's smart of UVA to temper expectations
I think it's smart of UVA to temper expectations
Anonymous
11/30/2025 17:00
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.
DP. She said in regard to this specific letter that a division working on behalf of admissions—or something like that—sends the letters out. Which sounds a little sus. They can totally find the parents college if they want to.
Our letter hasn’t come yet, though.
Please post if you get it. It seems a little uneven. We didn't get one with older kid but others said they did.
How many years ago did older one apply?
Anonymous
11/30/2025 16:45
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.
DP. She said in regard to this specific letter that a division working on behalf of admissions—or something like that—sends the letters out. Which sounds a little sus. They can totally find the parents college if they want to.
Our letter hasn’t come yet, though.
correct that's what the letter said. so if they are telling the truth, they will not know at all when evaluating apps.
Right. B/c if they could see the parent colleges, they would know if the applicant was a legacy
Anonymous
11/30/2025 16:41
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.
DP. She said in regard to this specific letter that a division working on behalf of admissions—or something like that—sends the letters out. Which sounds a little sus. They can totally find the parents college if they want to.
Our letter hasn’t come yet, though.
Please post if you get it. It seems a little uneven. We didn't get one with older kid but others said they did.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 16:40
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Is there really no way for them to tell someone is legacy? I have no dog in this fight but I just find it hard to believe between two statistically equal applicants they don't give the nod to the legacy. That doesn't mean they are giving preference to weaker applicants.
they said no, they won't see it. how would they know then? there are no supplemental essays to mention it in now.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 16:39
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.
DP. She said in regard to this specific letter that a division working on behalf of admissions—or something like that—sends the letters out. Which sounds a little sus. They can totally find the parents college if they want to.
Our letter hasn’t come yet, though.
correct that's what the letter said. so if they are telling the truth, they will not know at all when evaluating apps.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 16:38
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
No they don't see this.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 16:17
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.
DP. She said in regard to this specific letter that a division working on behalf of admissions—or something like that—sends the letters out. Which sounds a little sus. They can totally find the parents college if they want to.
Our letter hasn’t come yet, though.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 16:13
Subject: UVA letter to alum parents of applicants
Anonymous wrote:They can still tell who is a legacy bc the app has questions about parent degrees. This year, will be interesting since they had to drop the back door tell us you are a legacy essay.
Someone asked on reddit and Dean J said the Common App lets them hide answers to questions and schools of family members is hidden.