Chances for an OOS Student at UVA?

northwesty
Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:21:54 +0000

“I want to apply to UVA but I’m not sure that I have a shot at getting in.”

Fate – Seriously? If the stats you posted above are real, then this is a pretty dumb question for someone as smart as you to be asking. A NM finalist type student is going to be a competitive applicant at UVA. Or at any other college in existence.

Having said that, nobody is a lock at getting in at any particular school that is highly selective. UVA for an unhooked OOS applicant is highly selective.

UVA’s acceptance percentage for IS is in the 40s. Overall OOS acceptance percentage is in the low 20s. If you back out legacies, athletes and other hooked applicants, that percentage goes down to somewhere in the teens.

So treat UVA like you would any other school you’d apply to which has an admissions percentage in the teens (Duke, Cornell, Vandy, Wash U, etc.). Go ahead and apply, but make sure you also apply to some schools where your chances are higher.