Wow UVA is the coolest top university ever for doing this...

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>my friend at school, who is a senior, told me he was gonna go to NOVA (Northern Virginia Comm. College) for 2 years and then transfer into UVA. I asked him "how are you so sure you will get into UVA?" he then told me that long as you get a 3.4 with nothing lower than a C you are GUARANTEED admission into UVA... i was like that can't be true, but I looked it up and it IS! </p>

<p>that's awesome and it lets me know that even if i get rejected from UVA when i apply next year as a senior i can still get in UVA GUARANTEED in 2 years long as I work hard at NOVA!!!!</p>

<p>I love you UVA! XOXOXOXOXOXO</p>

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<p>I know! Good luck to you! I think a significant number of CC students will achieve that target which means that UVA will be forced to accept more transfer students from these schools.</p>

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<p>also I heard that UVA cuts tuition in half for comm. college kids! does someon have the exact figure for comm. college kids?</p>

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<p>That's not true at all. Tuition is the same for them.</p>

<p>Also, UVA isn't the only top public school to do this. W&M and Berkeley, among others, do it.</p>

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<p>i'm pretty sure the tuition rate does drop for kids that transfer from a community college. my sister transferred out of community college and into George Mason and they reduced her tuition by a fairly large amount... i think it's that way for all public schools in VA, i'll try to find a website on it tomorrow but for now i got to get some sleep...</p>

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<p>I would like to see this. I'll be ticked if it's true.</p>

<p>Are you sure you're not thinking of financial aid?</p>

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<p>wait, i think i'm mistaken. i called my sister and asked her, to check, and she said that they didn't cut tuition for her. i'm not sure why i previously thought she said that they had... i could've sworn they reduced tuition for her, guess i was wrong... oh well...</p>

<p>ok, now i'm really going to sleep.</p>

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<p>Our agreement with the VCCS has no language about tuition. It's possible that your aid can change from year to year, so that might be where someone saw some "savings".</p>

<p>As for the "as long as you get a 3.4" part, there are many course requirements that go along with this agreement. If you don't fulfill the course requirements, the agreement does not come into play. You can check the particulars by clicking on the UVA link on this</a> page.</p>

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Also, UVA isn't the only top public school to do this. W&M and Berkeley, among others, do it.

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<p>LOL Cavalier! Berkeley does not guarantee admissions to anyone, and you know it.</p>

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<p>The UC situation is a bit confusing. The UCs used to have their promise that those who meet certain standards are guaranteed admission. It was only in the last couple of years did they have to go against that promise. Berkeley participated in a collective transfer program with UCLA and UCSD that involved 2 year attendance of a CC. However, if I recall correctly that was scrapped and those students who had accepted the CC guaranteed transfer option (like 250 students were willing to attend a CC for 2 years) were instead simply given admission into UCB without having to go to a CC. Still, UCB has been participating in a large scale guaranteed admission program one way or another, even if it differs from programs in other states.</p>

<p>Nevertheless, Cav still hits the point that a number of top schools guarantee admissions through a variety of ways. Even Cornell, an Ivy League school, offers a guaranteed transfer program to some of its applicants. I remember there was someone on this board awhile back who was offered this program when he was not accepted into Cornell.</p>

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<p>You shouldn't have posted that. Now he will totally disregard my post and instead state something like "i'm above insults because I'm smarter than you" or some other BS</p>

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<p>I think value of his posts has been established.</p>

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<p>well now, just out of curiosity, how hard would it be for someone from Virginia Tech to transfer into UVA? i know they get no guaranteed admission but what would their stats have to look like? what about a kid trying to transfer from Virginia Commonwealth? </p>

<p>just interested in seeing how hard it is for a non-community college kid to transfer into UVA...</p>

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<p>At worst, it would be about as hard as transferring in from a CC. From what I've seen, it can be a little bit easier. If you don't get into UVA or W&M (and want to stay instate), go to JMU or VT and either do well or transfer into UVA.</p>

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<p>"I think value of his posts has been established." </p>

<p>True, but arguing with high schoolers is like half the reason I even find these boards amusing</p>

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<p>PRAISE JESUS!!!! I know, I will probably do the exact same, Shazilla. I will most likely do the transfer program as well. YEEEEEHAWWWW!!!!
The program is just so GREAT! UVA, here I come!!!!!!!</p>

<pre><code> That would be even greater, though, if transfer students from a CC would get half price tuition. YEEEEEHAWWWWW!
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<p>From other thread:</p>

<p>Re: Berkeley</p>

<p>Your post is very misleading. It looks like the Berkeley program you mentioned was instituted for a short time and only offered to students who applied to the UC system and met all of the requirements for regular freshmen admissions. Apparently, due to the state budget crisis, the University of California had to reduce enrollment and thereby reject students it would have ordinarily accepted in the regular admissions process. These, otherwise qualified, students were offered the “option” of attending community college for two years and then transferring to one of the UC campuses, if they met certain requirements (gpa, taking appropriate courses, etc.) </p>

<p>This program was in no way a blanket offer to every student attending a California community college. </p>

<p>This program was only available to a limited number of students who met all of the requirements for freshman admission to the University of California system</p>

<p>Even if the “option” was accepted, a student had to maintain certain requirements during his course of study at community college in order to transfer to UC.</p>

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Breaking a long-standing pledge to accept all eligible California students, the University of California has rejected 7,600 applicants who normally would have gotten a seat in the fall freshman class.
UC officials sent letters to the rejected students telling them they will be guaranteed admission to a UC campus if they attend a community college for two years. </p>

<p>It is the first time that UC has not fulfilled the promise of the 1960 California Master Plan, which guarantees admission to all students who meet eligibility requirements. </p>

<p>"These are students who have worked very hard and took a rigorous curriculum and were told all through high school that they would be guaranteed a spot at UC,'' said Ilene Abrams, a college adviser at Berkeley High School. "And now at the last minute they were told they were not accepted." </p>

<p>Abrams noted that one of her rejected students has a 3.9 grade point average and a score of 1,210 out of a possible 1,600 on the SAT 1.
"He is a very bright kid, and he is a kid who has worked very hard," Abrams said. "He does not want to go to the community college."
The university's action stems from the state's on-going budget crisis and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's directive that the UC system sharply reduce enrollment this fall and offer rejected students delayed admission after community college. </p>

<p>According to the UC data, those students who were redirected to community college under the "Guaranteed Transfer Option" had an average grade point average of 3.46, compared with a 3.8 average for admitted students.
UC Berkeley's assistant vice chancellor for admissions, Richard Black, said UC owes the rejected students a "profound apology" but that steep state budget cuts forced the university system to choose between cutting enrollment and damaging the educational quality of the system for students who are admitted. </p>

<p>"I hope in the immediate future, next year, we will be able to restore a UC education for all eligible students," he said. "Unfortunately, these are the realities. This is the hand we've been dealt this year."

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<p>This program did not open the back door at Berkeley. In contrast, the back door has been swung wide open at UVA.</p>

<p>Please note that the average gpas mentioned in the article apply to the whole UC system and not just to Berkeley. It is pretty safe to assume that those rejected from Berkeley were on the higher end of the gpa range.</p>

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Even Cornell, an Ivy League school, offers a guaranteed transfer program to some of its applicants.

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<p>Again this post is misleading. Cornell does have a very limited guaranteed transfer program for its agriculture school, which is a N.Y. State contract program and is not part of its Ivy League College of Arts and Sciences. This guaranteed transfer program is very limited and is offered on an individual basis to those applying for freshman admissions to the agriculture school, but who are just short of making the cut. If a student accepts the program, he/she has to enroll full time at another institution (does not have to be a community college) and take all of the courses that he/she would have taken at Cornell. It is not a blanket guaranteed admissions program open to anyone; just a very select few. </p>

<p>No other highly selective school has anything close to guaranteed admissions for any state community college student.</p>

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<p>The ag school at Cornell is most certainly Ivy League.</p>

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<p>I worded that poorly, it's a New York State Contract Unit. The whole University belongs to the Ivy League.</p>