Thank you everyone, my older son applied 2 admission cycles ago (Fall 2023) but was rejected from UNC (his dream school for so long) and was accepted to UVA, so he chose UVA. But my youngest doesn’t really have a preference, but slightly more drawn to UNC because of the campus and their sports, so we will see. I think saving the money is really important to us so UVA might be the better choice for instate.
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I don’t post here often, but wanted to share that for me as a UVA alum, and parent to a UNC pre-med bio major, both schools are SO SIMILAR in terms of the vibe and education. In state is lovely when you have to think about med school bills ahead! Both are amazing schools! Good luck to all.
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Can anyone/everyone see the “find classes” tab on the portal? My son is thinking it wasn’t there before.
on the portal where you check the application status? I don’t see any Find classes.
No “find classes” tab on portal. I noticed that the portal has added “College of Arts & Sciences” to the right of “Residency Status”. It was not there last week.
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its on Students Information Systems portal
You need a UVA computing system ID for it. Not your standard login.
No, nothing but VA residency status and the school of, but that’s been there.
Yes, it’s on the SIS. Don’t think he had stumbled onto that before. Probably there for everyone.
Makes sense, but was shocked to see $90k for engineering.
https://sfs.virginia.edu/financial-aid-new-applicants/financial-aid-basics/estimated-undergraduate-cost-attendance-2025-2026
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Did it add it for everyone that applied to Arts and Sciences? I can’t remember if it was there or not before.
As an alum and parent of a UVA graduate, I had no regrets sending mine OOS to UVA even though we lived in Chapel Hill at the time. She didn’t want to go to college with all of her high school classmates in her hometown. Especially when 50% of her class was accepted at UNC…so when she was accepted at UNC and then UVA I knew what her decision would be.
She graduated with a 6 figure job in finance and credits a lot of her success on having to go to a completely new place and advocate for herself.
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If my OOS kid is lucky enough to get in, then we have to worry about getting into McIntire. UVA is bad for my blood pressure!
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Mine did that with an Econ major…no McIntire
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That is great to hear. Not a fan personally of colleges that don’t do direct admit but UVA my son’s 1a choice so oh well. Hopefully, it’s a problem we will have to deal with!
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Here is the Econ department outcomes (salaries/field/company)for the class of ‘23, it’s better than most undergrad business programs.
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:2e797ed0-5456-4aef-8bc0-c734afe327ce
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Very good to know. Econ at UVA is under Arts and Sciences ?
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Yes and can minor at McIntire if one chooses
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i went in pre-med and ended up at McIntire. My wife went in thinking she was going to McIntire and ended up a double major in Spanish and Art History. Several good friends direct admitted to engineering transferred out as soon as they could. Having experienced this I’m equally confused by schools that direct admit to all or most programs. 18 year old change a lot after they get out on their own.
My son applied to arts and sciences and thinks he’ll apply to McIntire but Hoo knows?
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18 year old change a lot after they get out on their own.
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Especially the COVID lockdown cohort. I think they tend to be less emotionally/developmentally “ready” at this stage than their predecessor cohorts.