University of Virginia (UVA) (2024-2025)

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Application Info

UVA offers ED, EA, and RD through the Common App and is also a QuestBridge Partner. The app fee is $75. The portal after you apply is here.

Test Score Policy

UVA is test-optional and allows for self-reporting of scores.

English Proficiency Exams

TOEFL or IELTS scores are encouraged for applicants whose first language is not English or who have attended an English-speaking school for fewer than two years.

Financial Aid

In-state students may receive various tuition and fee discounts if their family income is below $150,000. More info based on which range your income is on here. UVA does not offer scholarships or loans for international students. Non-international students may be eligible to have their demonstrated need 100% met, including with loans. More info here on eligibility. Student cost estimators can be found here with the current cost of attendance here.

Interviews

UVA does not offer interviews. However, international may optionally submit an InitialView or Vericant interview.

Timeline

• November 1: ED & EA apps due
• November 8: ED & EA teacher/counselor material due
• By December 15: ED decisions release
• January 5: RD decisions release
• January 10: RD teacher/counselor material due
• By February 15: EA decisions release
• By April 1: RD decisions release

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First

@feral latch

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Thanks!!

Appreciate this

171k ☹️☹️

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Hey

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hi

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Hi

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is anyone here like actual uva students or is it just me so far?

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yeah it’s basically just you i think no

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@tawdry token

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hey

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hi

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Do you have a Mac or a windows

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windows

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o shi u goin upenn?

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hi

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2nd year here

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hui

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No lmfao that’s a joke

I’m doing cc —> UVA

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pffft don't listen to this dude he's obviously a fake

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Wassup 🔥🔥🔥

I remember you from the old thread 🔥

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Hola

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When do u move in

To Harvard

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I've been here since June 22 🙂

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Awesome

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In fact I'm sitting in Harvard Commons right now

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That’s dope

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I fly back home next weekend though and then come back Aug 28

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Do u already have dorm assignments

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Yes

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Dope

I can’t wait for the college experience ngl

Just gotta gimme 2 years

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You're going to Penn?

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No lol

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@slender heart

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Ahh

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After failed app cycle last year

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Dw dw the unconventional is the successfull 🙂

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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

How’s the Harvard food

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It's not bad

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hi

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You’ll love UVA

My ass got rejected

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UVA was so nice

I was so close to going to it the campus is 10/10

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I’ll be there in 2 years

Can’t wait

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Did u your

Your

I’m trying to transfer

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bruh my ass got rejected from penn ed lol

And im oss ea here

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I don’t even go to Penn

I’m doing cc transfer

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oh

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LMFAO

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bruh lol

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lowkey I got into tech

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Did u what

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But I rejected them

Cause disability support sucks

UVA is like goated

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good, fuck em

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Tour

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Not official but I went there during the summer when I visited dc

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I just want uva for the disability support and the somewhat decent sports team

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It was in my top 3

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Lowkey a shame that tech has the better football team

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The food around campus also

Was crazy

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Yeahhhh

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Lowkey reconsidering tech 😓

Good food

Great sports

But it’s in buttfuck nowhere

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i think this portal might be for graduate students.

i found this online
https://apply.undergradadmission.virginia.edu/account/login?r=https%3A%2F%2Fapply.undergradadmission.virginia.edu%2Fapply%2Fstatus&cookie=1

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Fixed ty!

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0 natties

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Non-NCAA Basketball Champion say what?

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0 natties in anything goes hard for the hokers

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sup

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Whatup

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guys how tf does the optional essay work - the one that asks about a connection w/ uva

r u supposed to make some stuff up if u dont? idek

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@zenith forge what is your opinion

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cuz my parents want me to make up stuff 😭

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@tawdry token @slender heart what is your opinion

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^

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Tbf I didn’t do it

Felt there was no need to lie and just make up shit

If I didn’t have anything that answered the prompt

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I mean u can say sumn bout being a fan going to a game ur dad or sumn seeing the bb natty

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we visited once thats it >.>

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oating?

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You

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VA

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fuck vt

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i concur

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@tawdry token wait ur in the college not school for cs right?

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Ye I’m doin bacs

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dope I think I just got switched over to applying to the college instead of the school for cs for my guaranteed transfer admission from cc

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wait hows the curriculum though

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Word

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does it vary or does it not vary

like compared to the school

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I personally think it’s better

I mean there’s no school for cs just the engineering school

So you’d hv to take engineering requirements

Which aren’t fun

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that's what i was referring to

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Cs wise exact same curriculum

Same classes

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dont u have to take a language though

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Prof

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I mean that’s like gen Ed

Personally I didn’t

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fair

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Cuz I’m echols

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what's the highest math required

at the college

or do u still have to do the same math

as someone studying cs in the school

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Like calc 1 but as a cs major u gon need to do more

So like required not much

But u gon need calc 2 linear etc

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wait what are the benefits of being an echols

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No gen Ed’s first pick classes

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wait no gen eds??

i thought those were a requirement no??

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Ye

Echols takes that away

So I can fill those credits with whatever

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so u literally just get more flexibility to do shit

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Its for interdisciplinary degrees

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Ye that’s the point

I might get a poetry major

Or like

Econ

Or a data science minor

Some combination of that

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do econ sell your soul to quant

twas my plan prior to being recruited by faang

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tbh rly depends on if i get nvidia

im not good enough at math for quant tbh

im mainly doin econ cuz potentially might be an analyst/product manager

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@tawdry token @mild ether @pale marten uva 24th usnews

😭

4th best public school

again

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aint that the same as last year

or am i trippin

oh wait

we above unc

wahoowa

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for public school yea

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for some reason VT was ranked #1 school in virginia by Forbes

wild stuff

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well fuck forbes bro

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fr

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only thing vt has going is the food

ngl

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no reason that babson should be #2 college in the US

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lmfao

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word

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uva t20 when

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t20 in our hearts

sigh

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at least we with georgetown now

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The closest UVA has ever gotten to T20 AFAIK is like 22

the only thing that matters is that you're lightyears above VT and above UNC Chapel Hill

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In-context

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In-context?

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In context UVA could be considered to be better than VT and UNC based on your logic

I meant

Sorry hold on

“In context you’ll be doing better among individuals in your area”

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In my area?

The fuck

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Oh you’re harvatd

Did not read sorry

lol

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Yur but I'm a raised hoo

actually my parents didn't go to college but my brothers went to uva lol

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Honestly

Hot take

Any uni is viable

Just exploit their connections

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lol

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Assuming you aren’t trying to do something insane

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hahvard is just connections on crack cocaine in a babershop/illegal poker tournament building

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Harvard poker club

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One started in like 2020 or 2021 and was going on until like 2023 I think but I can't find it anymore/anybody on campus

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Vanished just like that

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Bro unc got ranked higher last year

Cant tkae this

😭😭

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Rankings are silly

You know what they need rankings for

Rankings for their poker clubs

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Can we beat umich pls

I want uva to be #1 public

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Lol

You can take solace in the fact that UVA is better no matter the ranking

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I do believe that tho

I like small schools and uva is the smallest top public

Also best wall street connections

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uva is big af

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Maybe under ross

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Look at berkeley

I just dont want 200 ppl in lecture

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ah

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Then its all good

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uva has like 10,000 more undergraduates than harvard

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Ye but thats harvard

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lol

i have a lecture with like 1000 people

but its cs50

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ye cs50

Why are u here tho ur harvard student

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wdym

I love UVA

I was a jeffs scholar

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Understandable

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and both my brothers went to uva

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I chose uva bc their admissions counselor at college fair was really chill

I was gonna go stern but their admissions guy was awful

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i have never been to a college fair or ever talken to an admissions person from any college in person

its crazy how people go to high schools where like MIT admissiosn comes to talk to students

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lmao wish mit came too

My HS was rich kids school type

i hated my hs

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my high school was like 450 people

all poor

actually there was always like 1 or two rich kids

but they were from the same family

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Idk how that would feel

I personally didnt like rich assholes going to summer camps

of ivies and shit just to go t40 bc they didnt study shit

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lol facts

over the summer at harvard there were hundreds of highschoolers doing the secondary school program

i've never met a single student at harvard who did that program

lol

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fr how they pay for that 😭😭

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its 20k a student

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I self studied sat at home while they do that

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lol

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bc im foreigner

Pulled 1360 to 1540

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i never studied for the act/sat and have yet to study for anything which is really becoming a detriment to me at harvard where, inevitably, im going to have to start studying

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What the hell

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also i was promised grade inflation and its not true 😦

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Harvard doesnt have grade inf?

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no

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Isnt avg like 3.7

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i don't care what the avg is

grade inflation non-existent

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are ppl smart

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yah

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id be cooked

I hate studying

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obviously the grade average is going to be high when they accept like world-class students obv a majority of the work is going to be high level

what school do u go to

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Uva bro

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oh

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Y u think im here lol

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whats ur major

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Mcintire

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lol

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I heard hopkins is rly hard

Also uchicago

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johns hopkins?

oh idk

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Yes to earn grades

I dint know anyone at harvard

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grading is very fair at harvard

so i guess there definitely isn't grade deflation

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valedictorian at my school getting 3.0 at hopkins 😭

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but i'm also a cs major so I'm in courses that wouldn't have grade inflation regardless perhaps

but like with grade inflation you'd expect an intro level spanish course to be like super easy to get A's

spanish 10 is not easy

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Is it easy to get 3.9ish at first year?

In general

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idk im only 3-4 weeks into the semester

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Oh yeah ur 28

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CS50 hasn't been hard bc I've got CS background so I expect an A, it's graded unsat/sat anyways so

Math 1B (Calc 2) isn't too bad but I also took calc 2 (tho I think I got cooked on our first mini-exam)

Expos 20 (Expository Writing) is super easy; but I'm a little more used to the way expos works here than other freshman (summer program I did with Harvard)

Spanish 10 I'm getting cooked daily

and the class is everyday

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Hows harvard dorm?

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idk normal?

nothing wrong with it lol

none of them have a/c; but I have a/c due to an accomodation

it's already cold outside tho

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What the hell

no ac is crazy

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my dorm building was built in 1670 lol

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Thats why i asked abt dorm

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redone in 1805 tho

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I heard somewhere theres no ac in harvard dorm

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nah but i got A/C

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Still long ago 💀💀

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But you rlly don't need it

Except for the first 3 weeks

It's already cold otuside

like 50s-60s

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R u American

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Yah

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I dont know those metrics

😭

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💀

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So like 10c

Celcius

South Korean going to Virginia here

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yo i know a south korean who went to UVA

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thats wild

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a coupel years ago tho

actually more than a couple

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Koreans kinda rare at uva

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he graduated in like 2018 or something

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Compared to ucla ucb

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maybe 2017

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Is there illuminati in Harvard

Or do they also watch brainrot reels

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Brainrot reels?

Are you asking about like our equivalent of the Z society?

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Ye

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There's a few secret organizations but none that I can speak to personally guaranteeing the existence 🙂

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Interesting

I wanted to go harvard to js explore what evil shit there are

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evil shit?

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Like secret orgs

yk skull & bones those groups

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Yah

I actually saw Skull & Bones HQ

Their house or whatever

When I was at Bulldog Days for Yale

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It seems interesting

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Harvar doesn't really have anything like that anymore they only had 1 that dissolved in like 1905 or something

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Bc powerful families make their own orgs at harvard yale

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😭

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Finals Clubs (kinda our version of fraternities) are probably the most "secrest" organization

everything is secret except their membership

like who is in it

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that seems fun

Like I kinda think powerful families try to send their children to hyp

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obviously lolz

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and they form a group to keep connections n stuff?

Something like that

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except donald trump apparently

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So power extends for generations

oh wharton counts

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nah

he sent barron to nyu

or barron chose nyu

even tho he got into wharton

crazy stuff

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Barron cooked

stern is so fuckin competitive

😭

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lol

not as competitive as hyp or wharton

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really

i see nightmare stories about stern

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harvard's acceptance rate is like 3%

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Not admissions

Like after u get in

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oh what u talking about

oh

idk anything about that

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bc stern does curve grading and grade deflation

And everyone hunts IBD so they dont help each other

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at least we don't have grade deflation

except cs50 ironically has like a version of grade deflation

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Lmao i saw that on coursera or smth

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yah its wild

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Why is it so famous

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to get an A you have to have a 99%

tho like i have that rn idk if i will have that at the end; so im keeping it sat/unsat

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U said u lived in virginia

How is uva viewed there??

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wdym

UVA is viewed as the best college in virginia unless you went to VT

VT people like to argue

but UVA is def the #1 school in virginia

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nice

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UVA, especially in my area, is considered the "highest you can achieve"

Ivy leagues, T10s, and the like are (were I guess) considered not even in the same realm of existence to ppl in my area

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nobody in korea knows uva so sometimes they think i didnt study shit 😭

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happens

tho uva is pretty well known internationally kinda crazy

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its bc they do 70% jnstate

few koreans there

[minor hamlet]

Rankings don’t mean much except for being good at calculations based on certain factors

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Ngl I almost exclusively applied to colleges based on ranking

My safety was UVA; so at the very least I knew I would be attending that. Otherwise, I applied to my dream school (MIT) and from there just applied to the same caliber of university as MIT

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That’s fair

I think rankings calculate certain things well

There’s always nusnce

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There isn't much difference between the T5 universities--perhaps not even T10

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Like with WSJ which Ik is a mixed bag here

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WSJ is incorrecto be so fr

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I would NOT rate UCM that high

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Babson College is not #2

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With US News I don’t care much about

What’s it again

Research

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Babson College? Idfk it's some random ass school in Massachusetts

Why is it ranked over Harvard

Why is it ranked over MIT

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Like even id be inclined to believe more with WSJ due to their proportions on certain factors i do care about

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🔫

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But I’m not low income so a good amount of those institutions are not going to give aid

I (the individual) am poor

The family is not

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Wallstreet Journals ranking is not right in anyway

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They prioritise LI growth

My mouth is burning hold on

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Babson College.. is number 2 they have a grand total of 300 academic staff

Their acceptance rate is 25% and they have like 3000 students

They only do business

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🤷‍♀️

I can’t comment on any schools other than cali’s

But the rankings make sense

At least based off the logic I shared

They’re all in areas which generally feed into the institution they’re in, or have good opportunities, or in an area for minmaxxers

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I disagree Clarment Mckenna college

Yale?

Nah

Nah nah nah

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U cannot be dissing Claremont McKenna like that

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dream schoolllllllllllll

AAAAAAAAA

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does anyone know wtf a "source of strength" is and how should i describe it

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also can i directly refer to the uni as "UVA" or do i have to say like "University of Virginia (UVA)"

[gloomy cipher]

For almost all my schools I referred to them by acronyms

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Imagine calling MIT "Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)"

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Something that motivates you

Or something that made you strong mentally

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would anybody be down to read my uva supp

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Sure

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bless tysm ill dm

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sent 🙏

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np

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@tawdry token No way

Tony Bennett retired??

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heartbroken

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Maaan who’s gonna step up now

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nah we are cooked

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No more slow paced basketball

I hope though

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or fb team is fine one season and he out

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Maybe we can see some high scoring games

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nah word

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😭

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but college is low scoring comparibly ig

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Watching uva last march was a pain

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No yeah

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it was

no shooters

all D

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But uva brings that to a new level

Literally all fucking d

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prolly best defense in acc xD

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This might stop the recruiting effectiveness ngl cause people will wanna play for Tony Bennett

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just cant shoot if they pick up on the pick nd roll

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And since he’s gone

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yeah idk

he waited pre damn late too

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Maybe yall become a football school

Hopefully

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prolly jus to keep the team idk

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or a nothing school

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Just purely academic

😭

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pls no

(really ion go to games school too hard)

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Boy cc is kicking my ass rn ngl

This gaa to uva doesn’t seem like it’s gonna happen anymore 💔💔

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what u need to transfer 😭

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bro this shit doesn't make sense

im trying to do cas

but that requires a whole nother set of things

along with the associates

of science

like

wait

https://admission.virginia.edu/sites/admission/files/2020-09/VCCS UVA Transfer Agreement Arts and Sciences.pdf

@tawdry token bro look at those required classes at the bottom

and i also have to my associates of science

in cs

but that doesn't make sense

bc uva only accepts a max of 60 credits

right

but to get the associates is 60-63 credits

and on top of that i need to fulfill those reqs to be considered for guaranteed admission

so that's like 30 more whole credits bro

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hm

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i think some of them will automatically be like completed when getting my assoicates

like the math thing

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id jus call admissions

or like if they hv a transfers office

def sumn u wanna get cleared up

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wait what was ur gpa after ur first year

at uva

im curious

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like a 3.3

i sold

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bless up

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but its life

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what math

were u takign

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i only did calc 2 fr

and discrete math

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fml

😭

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fuck me bro

im gonna have to take that at cc

and looking at the shit

they don't even offer it

it's just online 💀

cooked

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F

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wait im curious

how big are the classes there

like ik the gen ed classes are probably huge

and in lecture halls

but have u had classrooms before

or not yet

[tawdry token]

a lot of ur classes will be pre small

but major classes and pre reqs r huge

like for cs like everything from intro to like CSO and DSA are big af

but like my poetry class is like 8 ppl

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what about math?

is that bigger

like discrete

calc 3

etc

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calc is small classes cuz it is taught by some heead professors plus mad grad students

so like 20-30

discrete pre big cuz req cs course

so like

100ish

per class

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heaaad?

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Head xD

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@tawdry token bro I just called the credit person and this shit doesn't make sense

😭

They accept only 60 credits

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So what they want u to do 😭

[zenith forge]

bro idfk man

if i get the associates that'll be 60 credits

and ill meet everything

except for the world langauge requirement for the gaa

so basically nothing

like idfk bro

shit is so stupid

[zenith forge]

they want to make sure i get the gen ed stuff

but for some reason

I cant meet

the world langauge requirement bc it goes over the credit limit

so that either means

A. I have to take the langauge at UVA if i qualify for the GAA

or

B. I don't qualify for the gaa because of a shitty rule

wait also @tawdry token is calc 3 recommended

[tawdry token]

For cs?

[zenith forge]

cause the associates pathway rn has calc 1 2 and discrete

[zenith forge]

yea

[tawdry token]

Prolly that I’d ask on the Reddit

[tawdry token]

I guess ion wanna take it

It can help

[zenith forge]

you think they're going to know more than the actual advisor i called 😭

maybe DeanJ will see my reddit post

[tawdry token]

Like idk another transfer student prolly had same problem

[zenith forge]

wait what's the main language they teach yall

at

[tawdry token]

Don’t sound like he gave s straight answer I’d also email

[zenith forge]

uva

[tawdry token]

Python/java

[zenith forge]

"The third bullet point of the agreement covers AP/IB work from high school. It doesn't take the place of the credits required. That doesn't mean you aren't competitive for admission, though!

The more courses you cover, the better your chances of admission are. Many students use the GAA as a guide, but fall short of fully completing it and are still admitted.

We're hours from deadline at this point, so focus on getting your Common App submitted and make sure you requested all transcripts to be sent to UVA."

Per DeanJ

Maybe it's not that bad if I do fall short

by one class

:😅

[tawdry token]

Yeah

[zenith forge]

@tawdry token Cooked

[tawdry token]

Honestly this tru for most cs students 😭

Not me tho I got my internship next year and still got interviews

[zenith forge]

Big tech?

Or just small nearby

[tawdry token]

offer from cap1 interviews nvidia meta and ebay

mostly from ppl ik rather than me being cracked *

like ref

and programs

[slender heart]

the cs job market has been cooked for like 3 years

tho like @tawdry token fortunately i have been secured an internship

[quaint vortex]

why do everyone from UVA work at capital one??

[tawdry token]

They got 2 bases in va (nova, Richmond) , lots of alumn, best school in the state, one of the best business schools in the country so it jus makes sense I fear

Also they visit a lot

[sand finch]

if i wanna submit a portfolio but im not applying for music major do i have to follow the requirements for the portfolio submission or is it ok if I submit whatever i want?

[livid bluff]

some1 wanna read my uva essay (submitting today)?

[slender heart]

@tawdry token is our resident application reader. he has a PhD in English from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton and specializes in reading other peoples essay for free with absolutely no compensation.

[livid bluff]

why does this feel like baiting?

(time to dm!)

[tawdry token]

lmfao its not i jus go to uva aint got nun that tho

sure ill read it

[slender heart]

oh shi

highkey i was baiting

[tawdry token]

ye but ill read it ig ykwim

[slender heart]

i thought you would hate your life if you got dmed by someone to read their application essay

[tawdry token]

eh idm it

college essays all the same formula anyway

[slender heart]

me personally when they dm me about reading a harvard essay I send them the picture of the TIP screen from squarespace with options of $10,000 $1,000,000 and $1,000,000,000

LOL

[tawdry token]

lmfao

u def prolly get more dms than me

uva ones r like idk

every so often yk

[slender heart]

yah

but uva the new ivy on the block

[junior arrow]

Wahoo!

[quaint vortex]

uvaa so goated

they do exchange programs with so many unis

apparently I found the one that I want to go

[tawdry token]

oh word

thats cool

ye uva has a big study abroad culture

idk its sum high %

but in some of the harder majors its weird

[tribal glen]

for school of commerce, is it possible to be directly admitted?

bc i selected commerce as my major on common app but on the website it says its only a two year degree

[quaint vortex]

No

U can’t

[tribal glen]

What would my major be going into uva be then?

I listed commerce as my first academic interest

[livid bluff]

business?

[tribal glen]

No but I thougjt I can’t be a business major until my third year at UVA

[quaint vortex]

Econ

It doesn’t matter

I’m planning to do the commerce program but I was accepted as Econ major

Also McIntire starts from year 2 now

[tribal glen]

Ohh I see

How competitive is it when u apply to mcintire?

[quaint vortex]

Not that competitive

Acceptance rate is like 60%

Just don’t slack off and grind clubs&gpa

[tribal glen]

Got it thanks

[daring rampart]

yayy self report

[minor hamlet]

https://tenor.com/view/self-report-among-us-troll-fia-agent-gif-3619993576443358983

[daring rampart]

uva is probably the classiest state school

like it has the most aura im pretty sure

except for maybe michigan

[slender heart]

better than UMich

[opaque bane]

Has anyone gotten a UVA sis email

[slender heart]

sis?

[tawdry token]

thats normal i think ye

[opaque bane]

I havent yet thats the problem

[tender basin]

mine took a bit after the portal

[mystic shard]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727850377403170819/1304570095473000448/caption.gif?ex=672fdf14&is=672e8d94&hm=ab47f633438e677f5912d92050a76a6320dd25aa751118b0f1eba82ff20e1dc6&

[mystic ginkgo]

can we send updates to UVA with recent activities/accomplishments after submitting the application

[tawdry token]

i think so?

id jus go ahead and do it couldnt hurt

[quaint vortex]

U can

[mystic ginkgo]

okay thank you

[quaint vortex]

cu at uva

[marble mason]

have any other legacy ed applicants received a letter from uva abt legacy admissions? friend of mine received one and it sounded kind of foreboding, so just wanted to check if all legacy applicants got it

[pale marten]

Is it just me or does this thread seem less active than last year’s? If so, does that mean the applicant pool will be slightly less competitive than last year?

[mystic shard]

All the threads are less active

I think most the kids are chillin in gen chat this year

[pale marten]

That explains it

[vital zinc]

Curious about this, I’m legacy and applied EA

Foreboding how so?

[quaint vortex]

can confirm

10 applicnats were shitting their pants last ED season

including me

[pale marten]

am i safe to assume you got in?

um are we in the same cola group?

[mystic shard]

Also I keep generally hearing “are the threads less active” without seeing people start convos

So I think a lot of people are just expecting others to start the convos

And then no one does bc they don’t wanna be first

So it’s at a standstill

[quaint vortex]

Im uva student

[marble mason]

We might have just been looking into it too much, but it was a letter explaining the recent decision in va on legacy admission. Statements like "regardless of [name]'s admission decision, we are grateful for the loyalty of our alumni" etc etc

it sounded like something they'd send to rejected legacy applicants to soften the blow and address any confusion

but again we were likely reading too much into it lol

[mild ether]

i'm legacy EA and havent heard anything. but could be an EA/ED difference

[vital zinc]

yeah that doesn’t sound great ngl

[loud olive]

when do yall think ea comes out

[tropic tundra]

like end of jan/beginning of feb right?

[tawdry token]

ye

[tropic tundra]

its so far away 😭

[tawdry token]

true

[zealous hazel]

im thinking of applying to uva as an oos low income student cuz of how good their aid usually is, is anyone here currently studying there as a low income (<$25,000) oos student? how is ur experience

[tawdry token]

personally im not but i do know ppl who are and it is generally rly good uva has programs for low income students as well (altho idk how much applies to OOS)

[zealous hazel]

according to the npc (net price calc) i only have to pay like 6-7k per year

as oos

which is crazy good for a public college

[tawdry token]

ye

uva is good with aid

[mystic shard]

UVA ED decision date

<t:1734127200:F> in your local time
https://news.virginia.edu/content/news-brief-early-decision-friday-and-we-want-see-your-reactions
@everyone

[slender heart]

they did some of those people dirty

[loud olive]

whatabout ea

[mystic shard]

I would’ve announced if I knew

[slender heart]

they don't usually announce EA decision date until after ED

@tawdry token good luck

[stable silo]

http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2024/12/unofficial-2024-2025-early-decision.html?m=1
ED stats

[quaint vortex]

tomorrow is crazy

oos 21%???

[livid bluff]

Gl all my UVA homies

[livid bluff]

why is this channel dead

isnt it in like 30 min or am i hearing the wrong info

[tawdry token]

ye it out

[tawdry token]

idek

[tawdry token]

oop

[livid bluff]

maybe uva isnt that popular OOS? idk

[subtle garnet]

rah I'm applying RD

I read something from a UVA admission dude that EA isn't easier than RD or vice versa

hopefully that's true 🥺

[tawdry token]

nah youd prolly get in or not in any round

I did EA -> deferred -> waitlist -> off wl

[subtle garnet]

I see

[pale marten]

Only for ED

[feral latch]

i got in! go hoos

[tawdry token]

see u in cville

congrats

[pale marten]

Congrats to everyone who got in

[feral latch]

thank you!!

wahoowa

[quaint vortex]

congrats

see you there

[kind lynx]

I’m logged into the application portal, but it still just shows that it has received my items. Nothing more. Do they not give you any notification if you were deferred or rejected??

[jade seal]

if you did EA it isn’t out yet so that could be it

if you did ED then i’m not sure what happened

[kind lynx]

Thank you so much, that clarifies things. I forgot that there was an option for both with UVA.

[covert void]

How likely would I be able to get in as an out of state RD applicant with a 3.98 unweighted GPA, high school internship at a hospital (psychiatry), going in as a psych major, played volleyball for two years in hs, does a magnet program, volunteered at a children’s hospital over the summer, volunteered for a few hours at a homeless center, am an officer for a few clubs, and not submitting an SAT, and submitting a 4 on an AP bio exam

Also am doing a very rigorous course load this year

Along with a job at the hospital /apprenticeship at a hospital

I just don’t wanna go to a state school (need to get away from my parents LOL)

Also applying to BU but I feel like UVA would match what I’m looking for too

[quaint vortex]

give it a shot

not submitting sat will reduce your chance a lot but I think uva cares a lot about 'personality'

[covert void]

True that’s why I was gonna show them that through my writing supplements

[quaint vortex]

you should give a chance

[covert void]

Does anyone wanna read my UVA supp? I’m questioning if it’s even answering the prompt

[grand frost]

when does this come out

EA

[tropic tundra]

late jan/early feb

[grand frost]

WHAAAAAT

[tropic tundra]

😭 ITS SO FAR AWAY

all my friends ED'd so now im just hoping i get in too D:

[alpine wren]

👀

[mystic shard]

?

[alpine wren]

oh wait i did not read the date 💀 this was like lastweek

myb

[wanton turtle]

hello UVAers

[tropic tundra]

uva please accept me ❤️

[subtle garnet]

did yall write the connections essay?

[covert void]

Can anyone look at my supplemental? I changed it up a ton and wanna turn it in today possibly

[subtle garnet]

I don't mind! Unless you wanted someone who's currently at UVA

[covert void]

No I don’t care tbh 😊

[covert void]

I send it through dms

Sorry for the late reply too

[unborn island]

no idk if that will affect me

[subtle garnet]

sure that's fine

I'm out right now, I'll take a glance through my phone, but I can give you more detailed feedback once I'm back, if that's fine

[subtle garnet]

hopefully 🥴 I might just spin it as a "why uva" essay, and start off by mentioning a friend who goes there

[covert void]

That’s perfectly fine!

[unborn island]

I have no friends no nothing 😭😭😭 to UVA i just left it blank oops

[covert void]

Same LOL

[subtle garnet]

lmao

[covert void]

It won’t affect me if I don’t write that essay right

Like do they expect people to do it

[subtle garnet]

it's optional, but I'm not too sure

I'm doing it just in case

you might be able to say you have like a spiritual connection to uva or something

[covert void]

Cause idk if I can write a connections essay without connections 😂

I thought it was just connections as in people that go there

[unborn island]

i’m an international student connections r practically impossible 😭😭

[subtle garnet]

"I've always known uva was my destiny"

[subtle garnet]

yeah that's how I saw it

it might just be a way to like, see if you're legacy or not

[covert void]

Maybeee

I could lie and say like one of my teachers went there but what if they found out 💀

[subtle garnet]

yeah don't lie 💀if you were going to I'd make up a friend or something

[split junco]

it wont, UVA is very self-conscious of its roots in slavery (for good reason) and includes that essay mostly for that purpose

theres other factors but the vibe is that thats the main one

[subtle garnet]

I see

[alpine wren]

realest

[unborn island]

phew

[split junco]

especially if youve ever taken a guided tour of campus

at least for me they put a lot of emphasis on highlighting if you have historical roots like that in your application

[alpine wren]

REAL lol

[pale marten]

i got in without writing it.

[split junco]

do we know the exact date of EA release?

[tropic tundra]

late jan/early feb, idk if an official date has been released

[covert void]

So does that mean you have a higher chance if you do

[split junco]

are you a descendant of someone who was enslaved at UVA, by TJ, or by another notable member of UVA, or do you have some other historical connection to UVA? If so yes, if no, it doesnt really matter

this does not apply to a wide enough portion of people that is really has any impact on other people

[covert void]

Yeah nvm LOL

[split junco]

yea lol

[covert void]

Good then cause I usually do everything that’s optional on apps but for that one I literally have nothing

[split junco]

not an insanely big deal

Im from VA and know so many people whove gotten in w/o that essay

[covert void]

Ngl I wish I still lived in VA so I could get in state tuition

I’m only a state over too 😭

[split junco]

idc if i stay in state just get me out of NoVa 😭

[alpine wren]

fr Charlottesville is SO pretty

[subtle garnet]

nova 😭

[covert void]

It isss

[split junco]

most soulless place in the country this side of cleveland

[subtle garnet]

uva pls let me in

what did yall write your source of strength supplement about?

I'm feeling kind of bad about mine now 🥴

[tropic tundra]

ngl i feel like nova is a completely different state compared to the rest of va

[split junco]

oh it completely is

just a wholly different state

but yknow what, we the most important part and the most populated, we are the real virginia they rest are all just posers

we got occupied and became cool while the rest of the state lost a war and has been pouting about it for 150 years ‼️

[pale marten]

Not yet. Last year was Feb 2.

[alpine wren]

reall. good luck to you guys ❤️

[tropic tundra]

less than a month left!!

[alpine wren]

🙏🏽

[tribal epoch]

anyone wanna look over my essay

[quaint vortex]

DO NOT write it if you don't have relevant connections

[alpine wren]

if i attended a couple summer/fall programs there can i write about that?

[quaint vortex]

Yes

[quaint vortex]

it's simple

just write something if you do have connections

I didn't consider UVA before but UVA admissions officer at my college fair was so nice so I wrote that on connections essay

[covert void]

Does anyone know if there’s an exact date when UVA RD comes out

[pale marten]

still haven't been released

last year was friday, march 15

[pale marten]

It looks like uva likes to release decisions on a friday tho

[unborn island]

UVAAAA

[tropic tundra]

UVA PLEASEEEEEEE

YOURE BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL AND INSTATE FOR ME PLEASEEEEEE ACCEPT ME

[unborn island]

icl i might be cooked

im canadian 😦

[tribal epoch]

i wrote about feeling connected to thomas jefferson

the founder of the school

💀

thats what my friend did and he got in

[covert void]

LOL REALLYY??

[tribal epoch]

yeah

[covert void]

That’s the first time I’ve heard about someone writing about that

[tribal epoch]

he made me do that 😭

the rest of it was talking about how i envisioned myself embodying jefferson's legacy

[covert void]

That’s interesting, nice intro too

[tribal epoch]

thanks

hopefully it works

[tawdry token]

Still most the same ppl 😂

[tawdry token]

804>>

(Me spending all next summer in McLean)

[split junco]

yea but new place new me

[split junco]

703/571 >>>>>>>

[split junco]

actually thats a bad part of nova gl w/ that

[tawdry token]

What about his legacy 😭 early days of this school are cursed iwl

[tawdry token]

U mean where the cap1 office is 😭 nah that place rich af

[split junco]

ik

thats why im hating on it

[tawdry token]

Used to live in Alexandria Richmond better 🥱

[split junco]

mclean mfs be so rich and go to the biggest dump in fairfax county public schools

[tawdry token]

Ye u still meet a whole lot of ppl but most the nova kids ik got mad ppl from theyre school

[tawdry token]

Lmao

[split junco]

richmond aint bad

i just fw the entirety of duke st so heavy

[tawdry token]

Just there for internship could not afford that housing 💀

Would

[tawdry token]

Word

What major u lookin at @split junco

[split junco]

not like anyone from my school gon have the same major 💀

oh lmao

Classics 😭

[tawdry token]

Crazy timing

Yo that’s cool

Well

Unfortunately

[split junco]

I hate making money 😎

[tawdry token]

UVA does not admit by major (only by school cuz u gotta do pre reqs for every major)

But I’m sure ur essay will stand out

[split junco]

the classics building on grounds is both cool and the creakiest building ive ever been in lmao

[tawdry token]

Idek which one that is

[split junco]

if you were making 250k a year you wouldnt be able to afford that housing 💀

[tawdry token]

Oh

Cocke hall

[split junco]

Cocke

[tawdry token]

I think I’ve been there maybe once

[split junco]

i went in there to talk to a prof and meet up with a friend on campus and istg the floor was creaking loud enough the whole building could hear

[tawdry token]

Nah they payin for my housing but if I go full time with them then starting 150-170

[split junco]

and i may be a fatso but i aint 600 lbs

[tawdry token]

But I’ll prolly live in dc or sumn

[split junco]

jesus

[tawdry token]

😭

[split junco]

is it cap1, a law firm, or one of the other corps?

[tawdry token]

Lawn buildings are the oldest

[tawdry token]

Cap1

[split junco]

gl

the new hq is nice asf

[tawdry token]

Ye not that it matters much for ur field but they love uva kids

[split junco]

well kinda

i didnt mention my second major lol

[tawdry token]

Also anyone who get in lmk if u want a part time job on grounds

[tawdry token]

What is it

[split junco]

or what i wanna double major in (econ/macro theory)

[tawdry token]

Oh word

That’s cool

If u don’t get Echols id reccomend applying after 1st year

[split junco]

and like i wanna get a PhD in a hyper niche interdisciplinary between the two, but also as a classics + econ double major

McKinsey calling my name

[tawdry token]

Me and a few my friends got it

[tawdry token]

Ye go for Echols my guy

[split junco]

i prolly will

[tawdry token]

I mean I’m cs major ds minor who takes a bunch of poetry classes

[split junco]

Wherever i get in i gotta talk to my counselor like immediately bc idk if i can make a double major work

[tawdry token]

And is a business analyst for the summer (might stick with it tbh over swe)

[tawdry token]

I’d say prio one first year get Echols by second year and you’ll hv space if u plan it

[split junco]

bc to go post-grad in classics you need to take more or less: 8 semesters of latin, 6 of greek, 3 of german, 2-3 of italian/french (ideally)

so that eats up an insane amount

[tawdry token]

Pffffffttttttt

Well

Econ is one of the easiest doubles

But it seems like unless u hv mad cred or Echols it’d be hard

[split junco]

thats what ive heard, i think its feasible but id kinda have to lock in classes for all 4 years my freshman year lol

Imna have a good amt of credits going in hopefully though bc im taking IB and then self studied a few APS

[tawdry token]

Word

I mean I’m grad sem early and only did 6 aps

[split junco]

thats fair

like i think its doable

just gonna be annoying lol

[tawdry token]

For sure

[alpine wren]

fr

[alpine wren]

its pretty cool (i live there)

[tropic tundra]

RICHMOND MENTION?!?

[tropic tundra]

how we liking the water outage

[alpine wren]

omg bro my mom started boiling the water cuz the tap water wasn't safe apparently

[alpine wren]

FR RICHMOND >>>

[tropic tundra]

theres literally no water at kroger 😭 my neighbor had to drive out like 30 mins to get some

[alpine wren]

BRO 😭 that sucks wthhh. i bet the publix near me is also out of water

at least school is cancelled tmrw

i've been feeling hella sluggish tho like i need to go back to school 😭 i feel like unproductive

[tropic tundra]

no fr i keep thinking "ill do my work tomorrow cuz i dont have school :D" and then i dont get it done

idk what county you are, but i was supposed to have monday off cuz the quarter ended BUT THEY CHANGED IT

[alpine wren]

henrico! bro the quarter ends like jan 20 or 30 something

[tropic tundra]

oh dang im hanover gang

idk whats going on

[alpine wren]

right 💀 i have an overdue essay like since the start of winter break

[alpine wren]

Oooo

[alpine wren]

we'll nvr know bruh 🤷🏽‍♀️

[tropic tundra]

wait so do we even technically count as richmond 💀

[split junco]

hey just as long as yall aint midlo kids

[alpine wren]

i mean yess???

[alpine wren]

LOL

i heard NoVA kids are like insanely goated

[split junco]

kinda

[alpine wren]

idk cause i moved here in 8th grade so idk anything really

[split junco]

depends a lot on where you are

[alpine wren]

like they're rich n shi

makes sense

[tropic tundra]

nova kids scare me

[alpine wren]

🤣

[split junco]

a lot of filthy rich kids whos mom and dad pay 45k (no joke) a year for private counseling + SAT prep

but also a lot of just super smart driven kids helped bc there's a lot of opportunities up here

also TJ but we hate them

[tropic tundra]

tj kids 💀

ivy league destined

[split junco]

bro im friends with a bunch of them lol

so i can say firsthand

buncha weirdos

[split junco]

not even

yes to some

but the bar is way higher at TJ

[tropic tundra]

yeah it seems like a lot of effort just for high school?

[split junco]

it is and it isnt

theres some stuff thats insane

but also some TJ kids are notorious for overplaying the diffuculty of a normal-TJ schedule to seem more impressive

They have a really nice latin teacher though

they also are in an area with the best food in all of NoVa so im legit jealous

[tropic tundra]

brooo and theyre so close to dc too