<p>I'm just curious if anyone has any thoughts/advice for me regarding visiting the college. I live in Washington state, and making my way out to Charlottseville is no small trip. I also used to live in the area while my stepfather attended law school, so I'm probably more familiar with C'ville/UVa than the average applicant, regardless of whether or not they attended a generic info session at the college. I would certainly like to make it out there, but is it worth it in my situation? How heavily would this factor into my admissions decision? I consider my application pretty strong (junior transfer, 3.97 GPA, legacy), but this is my #1 choice and I'd like to do anything within reason that would improve my chances.</p>
<p>if ur transfering from an OOS community college, its going to be hard regardless of whether or not u visit. i don't hink it will make a big difference, quite frankly</p>
<p>I think it sounds like you have a great chance. I don't think that visiting is entirely necessary, but certainly show your interest in the school by other means. Perhaps you could write a supplemental essay or something like that.</p>
<p>you may very well be right; however, i've never seen anything with regards to legacy TRANSFERING being given preference. it should be explored beyond this message board.</p>
<p>cavalier- This is the approach I am leaning towards, that is, mentioning my familiarity w/ the college/area in an essay. That is, afterall, part of the reason behind my desire in attending. Hopefully conveying this to the adcoms will help them to understand that my lack of a visit is not indicative of a misguided interest in the college.</p>
<p>jags- I've never heard anything about transfer students being excluded from consideration given to legacies. To be honest, however, I've never heard anything saying this is not the case. Do you know something I do not? Anyone else heard of this?</p>
<p>If you're familiar with the general everyday life of UVa, and know a bit about the classes, I wouldn't sweat it. It won't help your admissions all that much, especially if you find other ways to show interest.
Also, I'm almost certain that the IS/OOS legacy rule applies to transfers as well.</p>
<p>I wasn't trying to dissuade you from applying, I was simply saying you should check to see if legacy is included in transfering and to what capacity. I don't think I've run across that on this board, so I wouldn't really know any specifics. I can't define it for transfers as "you get lumped with instate students." It may very well, but I'm not very familiar with transfer status, so I'd just recommend shooting a call to the admissions office. Of course, everyone else seems to think you get it so i'll just wave the flag of ignorance.</p>