Anonymous wrote:Probably a strategic move to increase revenue from application fees and increase their selectivity as well.

And drive “the appearance” of being more selective than they are - like the other test OPTIONAL and No additional essays.

This will drive up applications crazy! So the denominator will be high/ but so many won’t be of high caliber.

Thank god. Now can they do away with the personal essay?

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Anonymous wrote:Probably know their rankings are going to take a hit and trying to juice acceptance rates further down. The maga cult has stupidity as one of their core pillars so there is that as well.

Meshes pretty well with the overall decline of societal intelligence. That is why you have t10 students who start their freshman year never having read a novel or know how to self write without AI doing it. Dumb and Dumber.

I thought the complaint was that UVA was woke and that's why their president was forced out. Now they're maga?

You are assuming the PP is (1) informed and (2) posting in good faith. Neither is true.

NP. The Insider Higher Ed article last week provided copies of multiple letters from the DOJ to UVA requesting admissions files (including essays). This is definitely a proactive measure. No essays, no proof the school is considering race in admissions.

Am surprised they didn't just pivot to a generic "why UVA?" question.

We went to a UVA Engineering open house this spring that just talked about the supplemental essay so this cancellation must be very recent.

Such much for the holistic review...

My kid had crossed UVA off the list, but once he heard there are no more essays he has put it back on. UVA will be the new Northeastern this year. I wonder if their applications will top 75,000-100,000?

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Anonymous wrote:Probably know their rankings are going to take a hit and trying to juice acceptance rates further down. The maga cult has stupidity as one of their core pillars so there is that as well.

Meshes pretty well with the overall decline of societal intelligence. That is why you have t10 students who start their freshman year never having read a novel or know how to self write without AI doing it. Dumb and Dumber.

I thought the complaint was that UVA was woke and that's why their president was forced out. Now they're maga?

The MAGA R VA Governor replaced the entire UVA Board of Visitors with MAGA Rs. That's why Ryan was forced out. He had no support left on the BoV.

So yes, MAGA is taking over UVA.

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if it will cause applicants to tailor their personal common essay to each school? Would make sense given how each school has a different mission and is looking for different things.

That would be a lot of work to tailor the CA essay to each school. A lot.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah their app numbers will skyrocket. My son just said, “I guess I’m applying to UVA now!” It was not on his list but he has competitive stats so why not.

DC said the same thing.

This really makes no sense. Is your son not applying anywhere else that requires supplemental essays? They can be reworked. Are you saying the only thing holding him back was the extra essays?

You really can't see how it's easier to submit an app without supplementals?

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah their app numbers will skyrocket. My son just said, “I guess I’m applying to UVA now!” It was not on his list but he has competitive stats so why not.

DC said the same thing.

It's gone off and on DC's list, but he just said he's definitely applying now.

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Anonymous wrote:Probably know their rankings are going to take a hit and trying to juice acceptance rates further down. The maga cult has stupidity as one of their core pillars so there is that as well.

Meshes pretty well with the overall decline of societal intelligence. That is why you have t10 students who start their freshman year never having read a novel or know how to self write without AI doing it. Dumb and Dumber.

I thought the complaint was that UVA was woke and that's why their president was forced out. Now they're maga?

You are assuming the PP is (1) informed and (2) posting in good faith. Neither is true.

NP. The Insider Higher Ed article last week provided copies of multiple letters from the DOJ to UVA requesting admissions files (including essays). This is definitely a proactive measure. No essays, no proof the school is considering race in admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:Probably know their rankings are going to take a hit and trying to juice acceptance rates further down. The maga cult has stupidity as one of their core pillars so there is that as well.

Meshes pretty well with the overall decline of societal intelligence. That is why you have t10 students who start their freshman year never having read a novel or know how to self write without AI doing it. Dumb and Dumber.

I thought the complaint was that UVA was woke and that's why their president was forced out. Now they're maga?

You are assuming the PP is (1) informed and (2) posting in good faith. Neither is true.

Anonymous wrote:Probably know their rankings are going to take a hit and trying to juice acceptance rates further down. The maga cult has stupidity as one of their core pillars so there is that as well.

Meshes pretty well with the overall decline of societal intelligence. That is why you have t10 students who start their freshman year never having read a novel or know how to self write without AI doing it. Dumb and Dumber.

I thought the complaint was that UVA was woke and that's why their president was forced out. Now they're maga?

Probably know their rankings are going to take a hit and trying to juice acceptance rates further down. The maga cult has stupidity as one of their core pillars so there is that as well.

Meshes pretty well with the overall decline of societal intelligence. That is why you have t10 students who start their freshman year never having read a novel or know how to self write without AI doing it. Dumb and Dumber.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been telling you on these for a long time, no one is actually reading these essays OR the recommendations. Some of you are starting to believe it.

The same with your volunteer hours and ECs.

We went to a workshop at UVA and we got to see real essays. They read them.

No. Not if they aren’t even requiring them. Don’t fool yourself, they are being scanned if that.

I don’t have any inside info. I think it’s basically a lottery if the top kids. That’s it.

So you have no inside info, but confidently post like you do. That's just making people upset. It's not nice.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been telling you on these for a long time, no one is actually reading these essays OR the recommendations. Some of you are starting to believe it.

The same with your volunteer hours and ECs.

We went to a workshop at UVA and we got to see real essays. They read them.

No. Not if they aren’t even requiring them. Don’t fool yourself, they are being scanned if that.

I don’t have any inside info. I think it’s basically a lottery if the top kids. That’s it.