@TouristHistory
I got rejected by UVA in Spring 2020 transfer, which made me really not confident. I really love UVA. Good luck to everyone!
stats?
Applying for 2nd year fall
Stats:
In-state, asian, applying for BACS
School: UMD-CP (Scholars), CS major, have president’s scholarship for school
Current GPA: 4.0
Midterm Report: ~3.8 (Took some hard classes this semester)
53 credits completed after this semester
HS GPA : 4.33 W, 3.9 UW
SAT: 1450 (780 Math, 670 ERW)
Current CS courses: UVA equivalent of CS2110 and CS2102, would be taking CS2150 next semester if accepted
Extracurriculars:
-Math and Writing Tutor at HS
-Virginia Governor’s Foreign Language Academy(one of 60 accepted out of ~1000 applicants)
-300+ hours of volunteer service at aquarium and chesapeake bay foundation
-200+ hours of work experience as administrative assistant
-HS Varsity Track and Field and Crew
-Some leadership roles for HS (student council, nhs secretary, etc.)
-Some other CS-related clubs and organizations at my current university
-I’ve got the foreign language and math+science requirements out of the way for arts and sciences, still have to take the humanities courses, also have two integration electives completed (out of 4 required for the degree)
Side Note:
-Was waitlisted when I applied during HS, my essays were quite rushed then so this time I really developed them and made them more personable
I post my stat in the previous page!
@2ef23e
your gpa is really strong, I believe you can be in @GreatCyrrus
Current School: Penn State, Industrial Engineering (Top 10 for this program)
Applying: SEAS Systems Engineering (Intending human factors emphasis area)
Stats:
College GPA: 3.78 (math, compsci/infosci, physics, chem, and all that STEM jazz) (60 credits completed after this semester)
HS GPA: 4.25/4.30
SAT: 1400 (690 Math, 710 Reading)
Deans List: Spring 2019, Fall 2020
Experiences/Awards:
-Photographer for an on campus music organization
-Involvement on an internal committee for THON 2020 (world’s largest student-ran philanthropy)
-Directorial position in an engineering organization on campus (not trying to dox myself 
)
-Summer internship doing media and outreach work for a company in the solar business
-2 Camp counselor positions (Program counselor and camp photographer)
-Eagle Scout
-National Merit Finalist
-University Merit-Based Scholarship
Essays:
Strong. They are very personal to me so I don’t exactly feel like discussing them (but hey, i like them lol).
Recommendation:
A teacher who I felt led me to having the work ethic I have today. Had a very good relationship with this teacher.
I. Am. Nervous.
@Spring2020Mathhh I heard that transferring to the Spring term is much more difficult than in Fall term due to available slots. I would honestly be very shocked if you do not make it in! Wish you the best of luck though.
Can anyone chance me, being an OOS student will make it harder for me to get in so just wanted an overview of where I stand at least.
Sophomore Year Transfer Student
Residency: OOS Student
Applying For: Economics
Stats:
College GPA: 4.0/4.0 (took some hard math classes and did well there as well as prerequisite business classes)
High School GPA: 3.68/4.0- went to a very competitive OOS high school
SAT: 1530/1600 (Math: 790 Reading: 740)
Extracurriculars:
HS: just average held a couple board positions but didn’t cure corona or anything
College:
- Landed an Equity Research internship fall of freshman year
- Involved in multiple business clubs
- Starting Lineup on the Bowling Team
Essays:
7/10 (they were my best effort but I am not the best writer)
Recommendation:
Did really well in his class (top 5 out of 400 student class) and had a good relationship with him.
Note: the only problem is that I did not take Expos in college because I AP-ed out of it and I believe that taking college expos is a requirement so will they just throw out my application because of that?
I posted my stats above, could anyone chance me? I am getting really nervous about this ahhhhh.
@transferringlion they are more selective for OOS students, but your stats are strong, so I think you are good! Best of luck man!!!
Does anyone know if sophomore transfer students will even be considered for McIntire?
@mkmk29 Do you mean that you are a sophomore right now or that you are applying to be a sophomore at UVA?
Does the amount of students in a certain major affect one’s chances? Like if one engineering major is closer to capacity than another, would applying to the less-studied major increase your chances of getting admitted?
@transferringlion I asked a similar question on the transfer blog, and heres what the dean told me:
“We admit into the specific College not a specific major, so as long as you have all or most of the recommended courses to the college of arts and sciences, you should be ok.”
@TouristHistory I am applying as a sophomore transfer student so I am currently in my freshman year. I know that we technically aren’t allowed to apply to McIntire but I thought I read that some sophomore transfers still get in if they are competitive enough. Can anyone provide any insight into this?
Does anyone know when the decisions will come out this year? Will they be delayed due to Corona? And once we get a decision how long will we have to decide?
Hello everyone! Just wanted to wish good luck to you all! One of my apartmentmates told me that his friend got his transfer result last year on April 26th. I also decided to find this thread and comment because my apartmentmates and I are looking for an additional person. We live on JPA and are all Asian American guys from Northern Virginia (I’m systems engineering, another is BME, one is computer engineering, and the other is BACS). So if you do get in and would need housing feel free to let me know! Also, if anyone has any questions about UVA (classes, culture, etc) feel free to hit me up 
Anyone elses portal say they didnt receive their highschool transcript? I sent it awhile ago, and I got an email saying it delivered successfully. So im confused 
Interesting you would post that here
Can’t you just apply and see? If not just go another year.