@iamworried264 Nice, hopefully we do. Great to see someone with the same major and also applying to SEAS. Best of luck to you as well and I’d be down for a meet up if we make it. 
Hi! I haven’t posted in this forum yet, but have been reading it here and there throughout the past couple of weeks. As May 1st comes closer I have my doubts, of course, but I know I have done the best I possibly could
High School:
-GPA- 3.78
-SAT- 1120 (I know, pretty low)
College:
-1st Semester: 4.0 GPA
-2nd Semester: GPA could range from a 3.8-4.0
EC’s/Accomplishments:
-National Society of Collegiate Scholars
-Member of the Deans List
-Studied abroad in Spain - resided with host family and attended classes
-A bunch of volunteering that I have listed on common app
-National Spanish Honors Society
-National Honors Society
-National Art Honors Society
-Assisted a psychology professor (also my desired major) in teaching students and creating lesson plans/activities
-Bhakti Yoga club
Courses:
-I have all of the required courses on the list, even one more extra course that was not needed
-Took two DE classes in high school that are able to transfer over to UVA
Background:
-Applying to College of Arts and Sciences
-Psychology major
-41 credits
-Attending a Virginia school and a Virginia resident
-Am very proficient in reading/writing Spanish
Dean J you’re the best.
That really clarifies stuff. Some 2nd vs 3rd year stats would definitely be nice! I hope you have some more time since HS admissions just wrapped up.
Hopefully the HS transcript isn’t too important. I know a lot of us applying as 2nd years are trying to escape exactly that. I for one only had 1 AP class for example and my GPA was a little off from being competitive at a school like UVA. I’m not scared of my high school transcript, just hope the true focus is college.
Anyways thank you.
@jmh77777 Couldn’t say it better myself! I had a rocky high school career, but first semester at college I changed my study habits and improved my grades. I understand they’ll consider high school, I just hope it doesn’t take precedence over our college careers.
Hey there @iamworried264 ! I am hopefully transferring from Smith, a fellow five-college ha
When is decision day?
scheduled for May 1st! though in the past people have said sometime in the end of April if they finish reading applications!
Does anyone know the acceptance rate for out of state applicants?
Roughly 5 to 10 percent, worse for sophomore applicants, according to my sources
That would be interesting number to know. @“Dean J” Referring to the out-of-state acceptance rate for transfers. I’d imagine that the applicant pool is not as large.
I have some reports to share.
- [Virginia Community College Transfer Results](http://research.schev.edu//feedback/transfer/TR02.asp) Use this report to see transfer results (raw numbers, not percentages) from community college to any Virginia college. Drop downs allow you to limit results by credits awarded (under 15 credits,16-30 credits, 31+ credits, AA degree, etc).
Kind of frustrating that the state isn’t collecting a lot of data on the transfer population. I thought we’d easily be able to see admit rates on these reports. I wish SCHEV would fill the holes here.
- [UVA Transfer Admission Rates by Residency, School of Entry, etc.](http://ias.virginia.edu/university-stats-facts/undergraduate-admissions) Use the second tab, "Detailed Admission Table" and make the following selections: Student Type: Transfer Column 1: Residency Column 2: School
Reports go back to 1991. Last year, 59% offer rate for VA residents. 22% offer rate for OOS.
- [UVA Transfer Enrollment by Level](https://ias.virginia.edu/university-stats-facts/enrollment) It's a little tricky to make this report work, but you can use the enrollment charts to see the number of incoming transfers by level. Use the "Enrollment Details" tab and make the following selections: Terms: pick whatever you want Career: Undergraduate School: pick whatever you want Column 1: New/Transfer/Returning Column 2: Academic Level this is the important one Display table as: Headcount (or percent if you'd like)
You’ll see that last year, 40% of the transfers came in as 2nd years and 59% came in as 3rd years. You’re guess is as good as mine regarding the last 1%. With 40% of transfers coming in as 2nd years, that doesn’t point to the offer rate being especially low.
I think the reason I can’t run a report on admission of 2nd vs 3rd years is that we don’t award credit in the admission office. We can see what an applicant selected as their anticipated level, but verification of that happens outside our office, in the various schools.
I have to say that just based on my experience in reading files, the numbers being thrown around here are way too low. @Stewartson who is your source? If it’s not an admission officer or data, maybe it’s not a great source.
This is a lot to take in, thanks for the info, really nice to get that for us.
22% offer rate OOS sounds really low to me. I suppose it’s the same as the high school OOS offer rate I guess.
I’m getting specific here but if you’re really trying to help yourself out I sorted the 2. link by race and residency. Looks like OOS CAS admission rate for transfers was 29% for white males. By gender and residency it was 25-26% for males OOS.
Interesting. Thanks… not sure why I’m worrying about stats anyway.
Correction: my 29% is inclusive to both genders. Can’t filter by 3 variables.
Also pretty neat: Fall 2017- 51% came in as 2nd years in the CAS. Compared to 40% like @“Dean J” mentioned for the entire school.
So that partially debunks the ‘2nd year’ is harder myth, relative to me.
A couple things:
McIntire brings the acceptance rate down for the whole school, so keep that in mind.
Also, I would bet significantly more people apply as prospective juniors than prospective sophomores, which would mean soph has higher acceptance rate? But everyone says soph applicants are less desirable? This was helpful but just left me with more questions!!
Just remember that data doesn’t show you causation.
Also, cringing over the grammar error in my post. Apologies!
Are ECs and Professor recommendation as important as they were in high school? I feel like I’ve seen somewhere that they are not, but I just want to get a reassurance. Like do they make or break an application or if my gpa and being in state are good then having no ECs and recs aren’t too big of a deal?
Man, my recommendations are what I was hoping would complete my app.
I feel like they still matter, just not as much. Have absolutely no ECs may be a red flag when UVA wants applicants who will be involved on campus.
I am praying that I get into UVA. There’s so many things that I love.
- McIntire/Academics Obivously
- All the statistics. Other schools barely have any.
- transfer housing
- The location
- The fact that they are engaged with applicants and even have someone represent them on CC
And so many more things… At first I was looking to go to whatever school has the best ranking, but now I’d genuinely choose UVA over any other school.
Y’all ever think about interning at an admissions office? Sounds like a lot of fun helping people get into a college that you love.