What are MY chances of getting into U.Va?

Colleges & Universities University of Virginia
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<p>It really amazes me at how admissions is different between first year and transfer…</p>

<p>I knew I wanted to go to UVA, but I knew my SAT’s as an OOS applicant would kill me. I had an 1100 on my SAT, but I was in the top 5% of my HS class (average-to-mediocre school) with a fair number of Honors and AP courses. I had a 4.0 in 46 credits at my local state university in PA. I only had a couple of EC’s in college and worked the rest of the time as a regular retail employee. My essays were good (maybe very good), but hardly spectacular and I had two professors write option recs for me that were probably great.</p>

<p>Maybe it’s less “prestigious” than being accepted as a first year, but in the end we all get the same diploma. It also saved me like 30k in tuition since the school I transferred from had given me all sorts of merit scholarships. ;)</p>

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<p>Actually wahoogrl08, the admission rates for first year and transfer students are essentially the same, so it’s not <em>any</em> easier to get in as a transfer than it is as a first-year. They focus more on your college grades than on your SAT scores.</p>

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<p>When an instate Latina girl of that caliber gets into an Ivy school but is waitlisted at UVA, something is seriously wrong here.</p>

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<p>Why is that weird guillaume?. Cornell and UVa are peer institutions. I have known a few kids who have gotten waitlisted or rejected from UVA and accepted into Cornell and Georgetown. As much as I wanted my little sister to have gotten into UVA, she clearly didn’t deserve to get in–I don’t doubt the conclusions reached by the admissions committee.</p>

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<p>Apply to Dartmouth.</p>