<p>No way to pose this question without sounding obnoxious, but I will try. Everyone says UVa out of state is never a safety. Obviously it is a great school. But if you have an out of state kid with SATs 2350-2400, lots of APs with 5s, SAT IIs in mid-high 700's (you know, a typical CC kid!), is there really a chance that UVa will reject him? Is there a Tufts syndrome at play? Thoughts appreciated, thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, there is. UVa uses a very holistic admission policy. LOR’s, EC’s (not just a stack of honor societies, but EC’s with depth of interest and contribution), and essays are also important.</p>
<p>Before you say “Oh, all of those will be awesome, just perfect, totally unique!”, you do not know what the admissions representative is going to see when they review the application. UVa is never an OOS safety, and rarely an instate unless you have a very, very strong hook (recruited athlete, etc).</p>
<p>To see what UVa looks at, in order of importance, check their Common Data Set if you haven’t already.</p>
<p>[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)</p>
<p>Safety? Nah. Solid match? Absolutely.</p>
<p>Aniger,</p>
<p>UVa is not even a safety for kids with your stats if they are in-state Virginians from certain regions of the state—most notably No.Va.</p>
<p>And it’s not “Tufts syndrome” either. UVa simply has far more extremely well qualified applicants (particularly OOS) than it has admission spots. UVa is limited to something like no more than 30% OOS students in each class. [The 30% figure is what it was a long time ago when I was an in-state student at W&M, and the state may have changed the figure a bit, but it’s still pretty small compared to the size of the OOS applicant pool.]</p>
<p>Yes, I’d say a safety, but MY definition of safety is an 85-90% chance of admission, which means 10-15% chance of rejection, which will happen with crappy essays or recs, and/or no ECs. That being said, 2200’s are rejected OOS every year by UVa. There are no guarantees.</p>
<p>Hmm, my opinion might be a little skewed, partly because a lot of kids from my school apply to UVA, therefore making it statistically more difficult to get in because it can only accept so many kids from my class… But UVA is a pretty darn good school. What are your extracurriculars? Just good grades and SATs may not be enough to consider UVA a safety</p>
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Yes. And yes.</p>