<p>...you're rejected from one of UVA's school (like its school of engineering), can you still be accepted into its college of arts and science, or are you rejected from the whole university?</p>
<p>You can only apply to one school, so you are essentially accepted or rejected at the University as whole. Transferring between schools is not exceedingly difficult (especially engineering or nursing to the college, though the reverse is a bit more difficult). The A-school is almost a separate entity entirely.</p>
<p>That said, there are still disparate acceptance rates at the different schools so there may still be some strategic behavior of which you can take advantage.</p>
<p>hoosfun, I noticed that a few months ago looking at the web site. I am still sort of undecided, but leaning towards business. Business is one of the hardest majors to get into at UVA, plus I'm out of state, so thats even harder. The nursing school on the other hand only had an average SAT score ~1260. I was wondering if I were to apply there (also being a male, when 95% of the school is female) would greatly increase my chances of acceptance? Is this even permitted if I may, and quite likely will switch out of the school? I know other schools I'm looking at USC, and UCLA in particular have eliminated this. On the other hand, Cornell also admits by college, not by the university as a whole.</p>
<p>Hey dodger-</p>
<p>Well.... yes, you'll have an easier time getting into nursing as a guy, but I really don't recommend that strategy. A semester of nursing courses is going to be tougher than you think.</p>
<p>I should note a difference between engineering and nursing for transfering to the college. If you're coming out of engineering, they won't try to stop you because they expect it for a good portion of the admitted class. Out of nursing, they might not be so forgiving just because the it's such a small school. </p>
<p>The McIntire school is definitely a good program, and it's not THAT difficult to get into as long as you work hard at your intro acct'ing and economics courses, so don't worry too much about not getting into the commerce major at U.Va. Even in the event you are not accepted the commerce school, you can still take plenty of courses there, and frankly I wouldn't worry about majoring in business anyway (/start personal rant)... I went to a seminar at Darden (our graduate school of business) where the faculty were saying that they very much prefer students who had a liberal arts education. Even if you're not going to graduate school, doing well in the College can get you just as far as the business school (my two friends starting out at McKinsey next year, for instance, are in the college and E-school respectively). </p>
<p>Since you mention you're also looking at USC, I should make a little pitch for U.Va. and mention that one of my best friends is a sophmore at the Marshall school. He says he likes the program and especially the faculty but he thinks the quality of the other students is a bit lacking in many of cases (most business/commerce programs require a significant amount of group work, and he ended up getting stuck with it a lot of the time to keep his grades afloat). I've never heard that complaint out of a McIntire student</p>
<p>that's a good idea dodgerblue.</p>
<p>thank you for the replies,
so how hard is it to get into the school of engineering at uva?</p>
<p>It's easier than the college of arts and sciences. I think Globalist is pretty up on the actual statistics, but I think the E-school has a 40-50% acceptance rate... and a equally large attrition rate over to the college =)</p>
<p>Thanks hoosfan. I don't think I'd really plan on applying to the nursing school, because honestly, that'd be plainly obvious that I have no interest what so ever in nursing. I was just thinking it quite possibly could help me get in. I like UVA a lot, not as much as I liked UCLA, but it is as good if not better academically, and its cheaper, so UVA is where I will probobly be applying ED next year. I just don't know my chances at McIntire from out of state. I only have a 1340 SAT as of now. I am hoping I can get it in the 1400's, but I don't see any higher than 1450, and that will put me right in the middle of the out of state acceptance pool. Is it better to apply as a business major or undecided? That may make a difference.</p>
<p>Dodger - remember that you don't apply to McIntire until you're a student at U.Va (so it's really a matter of your out of state chances at the College or the E-school, not the comm school). The e-school may be the route to take if your SATs are low (especially if you've got high math scores and lower verbal scores), but you should go to McIntire's website and check out the pre-requisites for entering the comm school (there's a language requirement, a math requirement, and econ requirement, and a couple comm requirements). Your chances of getting in at the E-school will be better, but it may also be more difficult to get those pre-requisites filled (and it may also be more difficult to keep your gpa up). </p>
<p>There's quite a bit of speculation on this board as to what increases your chances of admission best as to what you put as your "intended major". I frankly think you should put whatever jives best with your interests. If you're a politics junkie and apply as a bio major because you think that the ad com wants to attract more science majors, they're going to see right through you. Your intended major is business, so I'd put that and emphasize why you're interested in business. To do anything less would be probably not be in your best interests as far as the success of your application goes, and it would be a bit dishonest (which also does not fly well at a Single Sanction school like the University). Let me know if you have any other questions.</p>
<p>Thanks again hoosfan. I was under the impression you actually applied to the comm school to gain admission to the university. I may have slightly better chances at the e school, but if its only a matter of applying to the e school or the college, I would just apply to the college. Hopefully I can just get another 100 points on my sats and not worry as much about my scores being low.</p>