<p>For a little more information on UVa’s standardized test score distribution, see: [Common</a> Data Set: Institutional Assessment and Studies, University of Virginia](<a href=“http://www.web.virginia.edu/iaas/datacatalog/cds/admission.shtm]Common”>http://www.web.virginia.edu/iaas/datacatalog/cds/admission.shtm). This Common Data Set is for 2009-2010 admission year, but it does give a little more information regarding test scores. For example for those first years enrolled, 33% scored 700 or above on the SAT I reading section, 40% scored 700+ on the math, and 35% scored 700+ on the writing section. Note, these statistics are for first years who enrolled, not for the total pool admitted, for which the percentages with scores above 700 on a given section is likely higher.</p>
<p>What can you take away from this as an OSS applicant? Just that higher scores are better, given the limit on OSS students at UVa. Will lower scores preclude admission of an OSS student with a stellar academic record; well-crafted and interesting essays; and a background and/or record of extra curricular activities that suggest the student would contribute to the UVa student body as a whole? No.</p>