I am the mom of a junior OOS legacy considering UVA. We are headed up in March for the alumni counseling session and tour. Wondering if OOS legacies can chime in with their stats and whether they were admitted, denied or deferred? My older son got in but he was the valedictorian with a 35 ACT. My junior is a very smart kid with great scores but I know OOS admission is tough.
Last cycle, the OOS ACT mid 50% range was 33-35.
UVA used to say that OOS legacies got considered at the IS standards, which was 32-34.
Now it just says that OOS legacies get a break as compared to non-legacy OOS.
My anectdotal experience is that 34 is a good number for a legacy to hit. Since it makes the applicant 50th percentile in the OOS pool and 75th percentile in the IS pool. But 33 might work too.
While that’s just one metric, that’s probably how the other metrics (essays, transcript, ECs, etc.) would work too. If there are two similar strong mid-range applicants in the OOS pool, the legacy gets the tie-breaker.
Here’s what I posted elsewhere about this for my daughter now in her 2nd semester of her 1st year and loving it (but working hard) at UVA
My daughter’s (class of 2023) stats:
No weighted GPA and no class rank - extremely competitive private school
UW GPA - 3.86 (1 B in Honors Precalc Junior year)
SAT : taken one time Fall Junior year - 730 EBRW/720Math
2 APs Junior year (school doesn’t allow AP until Junior and caps # you can take)
AP English Lang - 5
AP French - 4
5 APs Senior year - AP MIcro/Macro, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP English Lit
Still waiting on scores
EC - tutoring, volunteering at Lotsa Love, school related service activities
No sports after Freshman year
Applied:
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business (EA)
UNC Chapel Hill (EA)
University of Georgia (EA)
Furman University (EA)
Boston College - Carroll School of Management (EA)
University of Virginia (EA)
Emory University (RD)
State of residence - NC
Gender - Female
Race - white
Income - Upper middle class
Hooks - Legacy at UVA and UNC
Accepted :
Indiana University - Honors College, Kelley School of Business ($10K Scholarship)
University of Georgia - ($9k scholarship)
Furman University - Bell Scholarship ($22K)
Boston College - Carroll School of Management
UNC Chapel Hill
UVa
Denied:
Emory University
Thoughts:
Definitely, benefitted from applying early - both for her peace of mind and to alleviate the anxiety from procrastinating. Without a doubt taking an extremely difficult course load and excelling was her biggest strength.
She has wanted to go to UVa since middle school so the decision wasn’t difficult. The only second thought was CSOM because of the direct admit and it wasn’t that close. We live a mile from UNC campus so she never wanted to stay close to home.
Attending UVA with the intent of going to McIntire
My OOS Daughter who is a single legacy was just accepted to UVA 2024
Stats:
SAT 1560
ACT 35
9 APS (all 5’s an 1 - 4)
Good ECs
Good Recs
4.0 unweighted GPA 6.02 weighted GPA
top 10% of class
Good luck to all…
@isabel72 My OSS older son was accepted last year with similar scores but valedictorian. He loved UVA but wants to be an engineer so UVA was not the best choice for him - not the best engineering school… Thankfully we are in Georgia and Georgia Tech was a great fit and he has loved it! My middle son wants to go into business so UVA is a much better fit!!