Chances out of state at UVA

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<p>I am a white male at a large Catholic school in the midwest and am wondering if I have a chance at UVA from out of state. I will probably be applying regular decision.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2 (4.3 = A+ 4.0 = A), pretty much the most demanding schedule available to me</p>

<p>APs: US History (5), European History (4), Calc AB, Chemistry, English Language</p>

<p>ACT: 31 overall (36 on english, down from there), may retake in fall</p>

<p>SAT: 680 CR, 730 Math, 680 Writing (2090/1410), will retake in fall</p>

<p>SAT IIs: 730 Chemistry, 690 Math IIc, 620 World History, may retake in fall</p>

<p>Class rank: School doesnt rank but im guessing somewhere in the top 5% of around 400.</p>

<p>ECs: (starred are the ones I will stress on application)</p>

<p>*Varsity Football (takes up pretty much all my time)
Co-Editor of school newspaper
Student Counsel Representative
Business Club (May be president if club holds next year)
National Honor Society</p>

<p>Volunteering:
*Summer Mission Trip to Navajo Reservation
*Volunteer at local summer camp for children
Bunch of other stuff</p>

<p>Also, does anyone know the acceptance % of out of state vs. in state, and the SAT range for out-of-staters? Another question I had was whether I have a better shot applying engineering or A+S (I ultimately want to go to the business school but enjoy engineering)</p>

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<p>well, make sure you write AWESOME essays, you have some good chance. Re-take all those tests, raise your scores by 50-100, get great recommendation, get more ECs, I'd say you have a very good chance</p>

<p>OOT for UVA is hard, acceptance rate is somewhere near 20%</p>

<p>some people may argue that it's easier to get into the E-school, but E-school's ave. SAT is actually pretty high. If you really want to get in McIntire SChool of Commerce, I'd suggest you to apply for the A&S school. Although it's possible for a E-schooler to get in the Comm school, it'd be very difficult since the E-schooler has tough science/engineering courseload and he has to complete all the business school-required courses at the same time...</p>

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<p>Definitely retake the ACT and SAT. A 36 on the english section and a 31 overall means that you got much lower scores on each of the other sections. Get your SAT score up to - the more the better.</p>

<pre><code>Other than that, everything's pretty solid. If UVA is one of your top choices, let them know. The yield rate for out of state admitted students is much lower than the yield rate for instate admitted students, so I'm sure that showing interest would help.
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<p>For out of state students, UVA's acceptance rate is around 30%, which is in the range of schools like Cornell and Northwestern, I believe.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.virginia.edu/stats&facts/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.virginia.edu/stats&facts/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Any other opinions?</p>

<p>I just got back from my UVa visit and thought the place is awesome. Its definitely one of my top 2 or 3 choices. Is just a simple e-mail saying something like that (that its one of my top choices) what you mean by letting them know cavalier302? Thanks</p>

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<p>Write them a letter on nice paper and mail it in. Tell them a little bit about yourself and why you think UVA would be a strong fit for you.</p>

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<p>Question: I read on another thread that there is an advantage to being the child of a UVa alum. The other poster said that if you apply OOS as an alumni kid, they treat your app like an in-state app. Does anyone know if this is true? Curious because my H went to UVa</p>

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<p>It is true, SBmom. The same preferential treatment given to instate applicants is conferred upon out-of-state legacy applicants. If your son or daughter applies (and he/she should!), he or she will have a much easier time getting in.</p>

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<p>That's certainly good news!</p>

<p>My daughter is all set; she wanted to continue her sport and D3 was the right level.</p>

<p>However, I have two sons coming up and one of them might love UVa.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>