How much does legacy status help in-state students at UVA?

VAEng
Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:45:44 +0000

Not to be discouraging, however, a few years ago, my neighbor received a letter regarding her son’s admission (both parents are UVA graduates) stating that due to the number of applicants that year (and those numbers have been steadily rising since that time), most applicants who are not within 10% of their class will not be admitted. Her son was in the top 15% of his class. So I am not sure how much weight is given to legacies.