The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, has declared its independence from College Board and ACT for applicants to the Class of 2025. Well, sort of. The school has, like many of our nation’s elite universities, decided to go test-optional for next year’s batch of applicants — as in …
The University of Virginia, one of our nation’s most elite public universities, today admitted 35% of Early Decision applicants. As we previously reported, 2,157 students applied under UVA’s binding Early Decision policy, a policy that was reinstated this cycle for the first time since 2006. Of the 2,157 applicants, 749 …
Just a few months ago, we reported on the admissions statistics for the University of Virginia Class of 2023. As our readers may remember, 40,815 students applied in all between Early Action and Regular Decision in the hope of earning a spot in the Class of 2023. Of these students, …
It’s back! The University of Virginia has reinstated an Early Decision policy. As our loyal readers may remember from when we penned our thoughts on the topic back in 2007 (boy have we been writing about highly selective college admissions for a long time!), the University of Virginia dropped its …
The University of Virginia, one of our nation’s most elite public universities, released its Regular Decision admissions decisions for the Class of 2021 this past week. In all, over 36,800 students applied to the university founded by one of America’s founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson. These 36,800 applications mark an increase of about …
Have you read about the University of Virginia president, Teresa A. Sullivan, who was forced out from the university only to then be reinstated this past Tuesday as the university’s president? It’s quite the unusual story and it all stems from an overzealous board of trustees at UVA. Ms. Sullivan …
