<p>I just got an email about it.</p>
<p>***? why? heres 10 characters now</p>
<p>Here is the letter:
[quote]
Dear -------,</p>
<p>We are extending the deadline for applying for admission to the University of
Virginia to Monday, January 24, 2005. Applications must be post-marked or submitted
on-line by that date. If you need a paper application, please respond to this
e-mail and we will send you a copy, or you can download it and print it from
our website: <a href="http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/apply.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/apply.html</a>.</p>
<p>Because our materials about AccessUVa did not reach the high schools until just
before the holidays, you may not have heard about the program and how it can
help you. For this reason, I am extending the deadline three weeks in order
to give you time to look at the materials and see if you wish to apply to Virginia.
In addition to the materials sent to the schools, there is a detailed description
of AccessUVa on our website: <a href="http://www.virginia.edu/accessuva/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.virginia.edu/accessuva/index.html</a>.</p>
<p>AccessUVa is a new financial aid program at the University of Virginia which
makes it possible for low income students to enroll here and graduate with little
or no debt. The second part of it is a cap on loans for middle income students.
The amount of the cap will be approximately $16,000 and will be the total amount
of loans for the four years of college. The normal admission requirements will
apply, but in the event that you have been thinking about applying to U.Va. and
have been concerned about the cost, I would urge you to call the Student Financial
Services Office toll-free at (866) 391-0063 or the Admission Office at (434)
982-3200. We look forward to talking with you.</p>
<p>If you have already applied or are not a senior this year, please disregard this
message. </p>
<p>Sincerely, </p>
<p>John Blackburn
Dean of Admission
[/quote]
</p>
<p>wow more time!!
<a href="http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/index.html</a></p>
<p>So I guess they didn't get enough applicants. This is good news :)</p>
<p>I'm live in Illinois, I've submitted my application to UVA weeks ago, and my SAT I and II scores. Does UVA consider ACT scores?</p>
<p>Yes, they consider ACT scores.</p>
<p>I think UVa is really trying to push for more economic diversity and thus is try to get the word out that attending Virginia is affordable. (Currently 58% of the student body are from families who earn between $100-199K, and 20% are from families that earn over $200K/year.) Through Access UVA, The University of Virginia is offering grants rather than loans for poor (in-state & out-of-state students) and capping the loans for all other students both in-state & out-of-state.</p>
<p>Thomas Jefferson intended his university to be accessible to all who qualify for admission, and UVa is trying to live up to that mission.</p>
<p>Do yout think the deadline extension is really because they haven't gotten enough applications? I find this kind of hard to believe, but it would be good for me since I was deferred ED.</p>
<p>Of course that's a possibility, but it's unlikely. There hasn't been a scandal that would have caused UVa to lose applicants' interests this year. </p>
<p>With 78% of the student body coming from the top 10% of the country (economically speaking), UVa knows it has a duty to reach out to students of lower economic backgrounds too and inform them that Virginia is affordable for them. It is a public school after all. (Shoot, I would apply to UVa if I didn't have to worry about paying back any loans at all.) Here's an article about the issue:</p>
<p>Here's a recent article further illustrating my point.</p>
<p>WITH EXPANDED FINANCIAL PLANS, U.VA. VIES TO LURE POORER STUDENTS
*****By Matthew Bowers of The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
John A. Blackburn, dean of admission at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, spent Monday's holiday in his office with a stack of applications on his lap. He and the university wish more of them came from lower-income students. *To that end, the state school announced Monday two expansions of a year-old financial-aid program for families least able to pay for college. *
<a href="http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=80713&ran=47150%5B/url%5D">http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=80713&ran=47150</a></p>