<p>UMW</a> applications down 6.2 percent | Region & State | The Free Lance-Star | February 21st, 2013</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/28/education/choice-application-tally-2013.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/28/education/choice-application-tally-2013.html</a></p>
<p>The NY Times didn't report UVa's total applications yet for the entering undergrad class, but other sources have: </p>
<p>"As of Feb. 18, the University of Virginia received 29,257 applications for admission to this fall’s entering class. That’s a 3.6 percent increase over last year’s total of 28,251 applications, according to U.Va.’s Office of Institutional Assessment and Studies."</p>
<p>That is 530 fewer applications than Yale received this year.</p>
<p>Slightly under 14,000 of UVa's applications were for early action.</p>
<p>This number is also significant because UVa doesn't spend tons of money trying to generate increased numbers of applications or flooding the world with free applications forms.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.facebook.com/pages/UVA-Global/507720602611780[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/pages/UVA-Global/507720602611780</a></p>
<p>Here’s a new official UVa website dedicated to Global initiatives, including UVa students studying overseas. This is also part of President Sullivan’s program to have more international aspects covered in UVa coursework.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting this. Bracing for bad news, hoping for miracles. Oh for the days when being an alum counted for something!</p>
<p>There is still some admissions preference for sons or daughters or step-children of UVa grads. However, most still get denied because of the competition.</p>