hi - so it remains unclear, with conflicting posts, about whether or not EA requires midyear grades before they can make a decision …I just literally this second got off the phone with UVA admissions and she said “For early action applicants, you don’t need to upload midterm grades but “if you want to” you can self-report using the portal.” I didn’t want to be antagonistic and point out that on their own timeline for UVA applicants it does indicate that midterm grades are required when available. My son finishes midterms today and we will plan on self-reporting (via the portal) his midterm grades by Tuesday when his school has them available. We also requested his GC to send them officially from the school and we already sent in his 1st MP senior grades in early november (his school is on a 5 Marking Period system for the year). Having gone thru this whole process last year with my older son (who was accepted EA to UVA), I suspect that the EA decisions are already done by now and that, if an applicant is on the fence in terms of grades and needs senior year grades to garner an admission, they will most likely be bumped into the RD pool anyway. Just wanted to let the rest of you who are wondering about these midterm grades know what UVA just told me. Good luck everyone.
Thanks @ivymom1921. I think, like you said, it’s best to self report them once you know your final grades. I believe my son’s grades will not be final for another 2-3 weeks, so he has nothing to send yet. But as soon as he can self report he will because our guidance department will take longer to do it.
How do you submit your first semester grades - ie in what kind of document like an unofficial transcript form or can i just write the class then the grade
You should be able to request an unofficial transcript from your guidance counselor or registrar at the high school. Of you can upload a end of semester report card.
Is today the day, or no?
@Sxofus
Check out when decisions came out last time there were 5 Fridays in a month
@Sxofus Today is not the day. In recent prior years, there was no ED. This year, they’ve added back ED, which has pushed out the EA notifications to 2/15.
No that it matters at all, but that was 2016. Decision day was January 21.
the picture on the application portal changed, doubt that means anything lol.
Dean J posted earlier today on instagram that they will NOT be releasing decisions today.
Dean J posted on IG. It’s not today.
UGHHH thats so annoying.
Does anyone know when the Day on the Lawn day is (admitted students day)?
@ivymom1921 Decisions are likely made weeks ago and are probably in the process of being formalized/sent. So don’t worry too much about rushing in those grades.
Does anyone know when UVA will release early action decisions?
I saw something on Twitter or Instagram that said we should know by the end of January. Hopefully that stays true. If it’s the case, I assume we will know on Friday.
Why is like no body on this thread lol? I thought UVA was a pretty popular school.
@DrSenioritis , I feel the same, UMich EA has tons of comments, didn’t expect this for UVA.
I follow these every year and while some threads are more popular than others, I feel like overall the threads are less active across the board.
I think it’s because they have said the release date is mid February, and many follow DeanJ on Twitter and Instagram. If they are able to release early, Dean J will put it out there. So not much to say!