University of Virginia (UVA) (2024-2025)

[vestal field]

there’s some id error

[slow grail]

im pretty sure thats the student portal and not the new student portal

idk if theres a difference but i always used to a different link to sign in

let me see if i can find it

[vestal field]

it’s on the summer orientation page

[tropic tundra]

could you send the link 🙏🙏 the header of the website says orientation & transition programs

[slow grail]

this is where i always go to

its under 2025 first steps

idk its probably the same thing tho

[tropic tundra]

yeah i think its the same

[slow grail]

that’s weird

does ur sis work fine

[vestal field]

your account is bugged

[tropic tundra]

yeah i can get into my sis

😭😭

[vestal field]

late orientation is fine tho

[slow grail]

probably just give them a call

[vestal field]

you’ll still get the classes you want

[tropic tundra]

alright thanks for the help, ill call them

should i call admissions people or tech support?

[slow grail]

tech probs

[livid bluff]

ive heard a lot of scary stories about sweaty class registration

[ionic bluff]

Did you figure it out because mind said something similar

[vestal field]

how bad

No way comm 1800 gets filled out right?

Also does anyone have any tips for studying for the spanish placement test i don’t want to waste time on foreign language classes

[slate imp]

+1 please

surely not right

🙏 🙏 🙏

[livid bluff]

idk if i wanna double major so idk how clas selecition will work

[vestal field]

if I end up without the classes I want, I’m just taking easy classes so I can settle into college life

[ionic bluff]

Does anyone know what this means

[slate imp]

anyone have an updated count of open slots for the first few orientation sessions mine still wont work

💔

[vestal field]

for CAS tho, diff for e school and kinesiology

[slate imp]

its fine im cas anyway

tysm

[slate imp]

did you figure this out? getting the same thing

[tropic tundra]

still no clue

i messaged tech support, and they told me to do the UVA ID photo thing, except now i cant access that url either???

it was working fine 2 days ago so idk what im doing wrong now 😭

[tropic tundra]

PHONE: [phone]
EMAIL: [email protected]

tech guy said to contact orientation ig?

[ionic bluff]

Do you have to do the id before you can sign up

[vestal field]

No

[livid bluff]

day was pretty nice

[vestal field]

@ionic bluff @tropic tundra did you sign into your email first

Apparently the new student portal only works with an active email

[ionic bluff]

I have an active email and mine's still not working

[ionic bluff]

Have they responded to you yet

[slate imp]

same

no email about a student checklist or anything like that

i got prompted to finish the cybersecurity stuff but thats it

nothing else worked 💔

[livid bluff]

Any tips for finding roommates? I don't really want to post on the insta

[vestal field]

fill out the housing form

they assign you one

[livid bluff]

So basically just wait for random assignment

[polar musk]

u could try reaching out to ppl on the insta page

[polar musk]

don’t necessarily have to post

i didn’t post and i have my roomie

[vestal field]

in-state?

[livid bluff]

dyk if there is a class of 29 discord?

[vestal field]

there isn’t

[livid bluff]

does anyone actually use the facebook page anymore

[opaque bane]

yo did anyone get the money from the travel grant for dotl

[slate imp]

who could that be

[shy wasp]

wheres the housing form?

[candid eagle]

anyone know any servers with current/prospective UVA students

[polar musk]

i’m oos

[polar musk]

not open yet

https://housing.virginia.edu/first-year-application

[shy wasp]

oh ok tysm!

[livid bluff]

i tried to make a fb account to check out the groups and got insta banned 😭

[alpine wren]

idk where to ask this but i wanna apply for the jefferson scholarship for next year- can anyone help me w this (advice or anything)?

[candid eagle]

your school has to nominate you for jefferson, and they only nominate one person

at my school we had to write about five of our ECs to the scholarship committee at my school, and that is considered along with academics (rank especially) and your general reputation at the school

[alpine wren]

oh rlly

[alpine wren]

general reputation ?? as in like good standing or how popular lmfao

rank is scary

😢

[candid eagle]

good standing

like do teachers like you or at least know you and sh

after you get nominated there’s multiple interview rounds

so it’s a long process but not impossible

[vestal field]

jefferson is weird tho, ik someone who was a semifinalist but got rejected by uva 🤷‍♂️

[slender heart]

It’s completely and entirely independent from the college

It is in no way under the influence or connected with UVA Admissions/Finaid/Whatever

Completely separate entity

[slender heart]

At my school only the valedictorian got nominated (if they applied to UVA)

For reference I got the scholarship (I was a runner up, then got chosen due to previous applicant idk)

[candid eagle]

usually it’s this at my school but our valedictorian EDd duke (and got it) so it was our salutatorian instead

back in the day they didn’t nominate based on rank though like my brother got nominated and he was like #11 or smth

[ionic bluff]

Nope! they were supposed to send some link, but they never did

[opaque bane]

Ill send an email later this week

[ionic bluff]

Oh okay thanks

Guys, so you didn't need to do your cav id to sign into the new student portal?

I emailed the office and they said I needed but I don't have thr proper identification to even attempt to upload an id

[alpine wren]

okok

[alpine wren]

gotchu

[alpine wren]

damn

[alpine wren]

wait @candid eagle @slender heart can u not apply if ur not a val/sal ??

[candid eagle]

at my school you could you’re just unlikely to get nominated

definitely try there’s been exceptions for jefferson all the time at my school and your school might do things completely differently

[alpine wren]

hmm i hope

sigh

will def try

[ionic bluff]

Does anyone have an update of the amount of spots left for orientation?

[slow grail]

its different depending on ur college

[vestal field]

Most ppl are in CAS tho

why is uva bball highkey kinda nice for next year

i thought they would implode but having rich alumni is coming in handy for that NIL money

[slow grail]

yeah for engineerijg each orientation session only had like 75 spots

[tropic tundra]

wait what 😭

[slow grail]

i was so confused at first

but ig they just have less students

[tropic tundra]

do you know if theres still spots open?

orientations mandatory right, they wont have a cutoff of people attending

[slow grail]

yeah its mandatory so ull have a spot

[tropic tundra]

ok thats good

[slow grail]

does anyone know how roommate assignments work

[tropic tundra]

you can choose roommate or go random

[vestal field]

form comes out in like a week, they try to match you with a roommate who’s suitable

[slow grail]

so like if u have a roommate in mind is there a way to guarantee u can have them

[vestal field]

if you ask for a roommate and they ask for you it’s guaranteed

[ionic bluff]

It seems like they're opening more spots for orientation bc for some it's gone up to 300 available

At least for arts and sciences

[ionic bluff]

So, will there be like a survey or sorts

[slate imp]

GLORY BE TO UVA

are they still open for a-c per chance

OMGGG THEY ARE

[ionic bluff]

Yeah, lol I just registered for c

[tropic tundra]

wait did you get it to work :O

did you have to complete the id photo thing for you to sign in?

[slate imp]

yep

my government id was terrible and i really didnt wanna do it but the office never called me back about getting an exemption

they got it up for me after i submitted id in like 48h

[livid bluff]

i didnt do id and it somehow let me singn up xd

[crimson timber]

did anyone get into uva out of state and could tell me what their ecs and awards were

[slate imp]

i got in rd oos

dm me with what you wanna know

[crimson timber]

kk thank you so much

[slate imp]

np

[candid eagle]

did y'all get emails to sign up for orientation and sh

like separately

i committed last night so i haven't gotten anything

[shy wasp]

you'll get the link to the new student portal once ur uva email id gets activated

i mean that's what happened w me

[vestal field]

72 hours

[candid eagle]

did they send you a separate email with your uva email info or do you have to set it up yourself??

they sent an email to me for like "steps for new students" but i don't have my email yet idt

[shy wasp]

you'll get to log in 3 days after enrolling w/ ur uva computing id

[candid eagle]

well i've had my computing ID for a long time but

[shy wasp]

they'll activate ur email 3 days after enrolling

[ionic bluff]

I emailed the orientation office and they told me I was in the system so I was able to register

[ionic bluff]

I activated my email myself, lol. Just go to uva email and it's your computing id @ Virginia.edu

Then, it makes you complete this cyber security thing

[candid eagle]

it wasn't working so it looks like you gotta wait 3 days no matter what

i figure you did it 3 days after enrolling??

[tropic tundra]

mine finally worked too! thank god

[candid eagle]

finally have my UVA email 🙏

[ionic bluff]

Yayyy

[vestal field]

ugly ahh email

why is it our computing id instead of initials + number or name

[polar musk]

when we get onto campus, we get the opportunity to have an email “alias”

basically u can set up an alias like “[email protected]” and it’ll those emails to ur [email protected] email

[polar musk]

so don’t worry abt this tm

[vestal field]

huh

why not just let us choose from the onset?

[polar musk]

easier to identify us

[candid eagle]

lowk goofed but okay

[candid eagle]

“it’s not campus it’s grounds”

[slender heart]

w

[polar musk]

they’re gonna choke me if i mess up istg

[slender heart]

remember the grounds of which thomas jefferson stood

[candid eagle]

no the way i’m starting to unironically say first-year…

[feral latch]

figured out how to get my email as an admitted first year!

https://virginia.service-now.com/its?id=itsweb_kb_article&sys_id=8bcdff0bdb3ac744f032f1f51d96198e

[your computing id]@virginia.edu is the email

the password is your password for SIS

[vestal field]

Are there any good discount codes for merch

[candid eagle]

uhhh i think i got some at their admitted students events i’ll DM if i can find it

[ionic bluff]

Do you guys know what classes you want to take?

[vestal field]

yeah

[polar musk]

a little? i need to look into the professors

[ionic bluff]

Same

I would suck getting a bad professor your first semester

[tropic tundra]

when does course registration start? is it at orientation?

[quaint vortex]

are yall doing random roommates

[vestal field]

yup

i’m only in contact with one other incoming first-year and we’re too similar/acoustic to be roommates

[polar musk]

me and my roommate r the same person

[livid bluff]

i think i have a roommate!

[shy wasp]

are we supposed to apply to live in different housing areas or is it j random i'm confused

[ionic bluff]

I'm pretty sure it's random?

Unless you want to apply for one of the residental colleges

[livid bluff]

I still haven't taken my picture for the student id, will I need that during housing registration?

[vestal field]

You don’t get id till orientation

[slender heart]

WAHOOWA

[ionic bluff]

I haven't either, but I know we have until May 29 to do it

Not sure if we need it to register for housing though

[tropic tundra]

my friend said that housing was based on a lottery system, tho i think residential colleges might be different?

[candid eagle]

you need to take your picture to sign into the new student portal (which includes things like orientation signup, the housing form, and other important notices/paperwork)

you can just take it at home in front of a white wall though it’s nothing crazy

[candid eagle]

it’s random except for the residential colleges but afaik the residential colleges more or less aren’t worth it so

it’s j random

i wanted to get one of the gooch dillard suites but i guess since its random idk

[livid bluff]

i somehow signed up for orientation w/o an image

[polar musk]

twinem 🙏 those bathrooms r so nice

[candid eagle]

it didn’t let me for some reason but i also signed up like two days after i enrolled so

[candid eagle]

i’ve never even toured but a four person newly renovated suite would be so fire

[slate imp]

see like thats what i said

[polar musk]

my roommate is so cool

[livid bluff]

Ok u do need id photo card

I have the app open right now

[shadow bolt]

i wanna find a roommate but dk where to begin

shall i linger on the insta page

[ionic bluff]

I didn't need one either lol

[sonic parrot]

is there anyone on the waitlist?

if ygs submitted a loci how did you do that 😭

[silver scaffold]

the portal

has a drop box

option

[shadow bolt]

w tf hapened

[silver scaffold]

What the helly

[slender heart]

what hellyontay

[thorn fractal]

did u hear back from uva yet?

[silver scaffold]

not yet

is there movement tdy?

[thorn fractal]

i dont think so

some kids heard back last weekend tho

[silver scaffold]

yes yes

but lowk I think that was probs in state ppl that heard back 1st

but idk

[thorn fractal]

oh ok

[candid eagle]

on the rotunda too…

[livid bluff]

just saw this

wtf is goin on dawg

[candid eagle]

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/uva-campus-shooting-self-inflicted-gunshot/291-c53d94e2-60e3-4853-8eae-0e5c2f79087c#

class of ‘19 alum

bro i get both VCU and UVA alerts and the past few days have been wild

VCU med campus had a bomb threat yesterday

and UVA had this

[tropic tundra]

whats going on 😭

[shadow bolt]

why is a ‘19 alum on campus anyways

[ionic bluff]

I really hope they improve their security before next year

[shadow bolt]

i mean the threat was neutralized

[candid eagle]

oh there’s no way

[feral latch]

guys

if someone had all Cs senior year

are they guaranteed to get rescinded

[candid eagle]

this is kinda bad but honestly probably not

i think you're fin

fine

[feral latch]

i have like kind of a reason but idk if it's enough to justify it

i don't know if i'm allowed to share it here or not

[quiet path]

this is a safe space (no it is most DEFINETLY not)

[feral latch]

it's not a crime or anything that would get me rescinded/expelled/punished on its own right i just don't know if it's like something i can share

broadly its just struggles with mental health and depression this year

but i don't have any records of any of it and i don't go to a therapist

[flint inlet]

if they don’t reach out, don’t say anything

[ionic bluff]

Guys, when do I send in dual enrollment transcripts

[livid bluff]

does ur counselor not auto send it at end of year or smt?

[pale marten]

When all the final grades for this semester are posted

[pale marten]

I had to send it my own through the National Student Clearinghouse. Other people sent it through Parchment

[flint inlet]

Has anybody taken language placement tests yet?

[candid eagle]

are the placement tests even open???

also is anyone looking for a roommate 😭😭😭

[flint inlet]

yes

you have to take it before orientation if you want to take a language class first sen

[flint inlet]

I’m disappointed there’s no roommate questionaire

Why is the process 100% random with no attempt at determining compatibility?

[candid eagle]

this is just for spanish right

for hindi it's saying they only do it for the first three weeks of the semester???

[flint inlet]

Hindi’s different

[candid eagle]

okay cool

[flint inlet]

But it’s the same for french, spanish, italian etc.

[candid eagle]

ah makes sense

dyk if it actually results in credit

[flint inlet]

I was considering doing my mother tongue cuz I’d do well on the oral but I realized I’m illiterate

[flint inlet]

the placement test? it just helps you skip over gen eds

[candid eagle]

because if so i could definitely get some credit for the MESALC programs

[flint inlet]

you don’t need 1010/1020/2010 credit

[candid eagle]

well i have AP spanish for that

[flint inlet]

MESALC?

[candid eagle]

middle eastern and south asian languages and cultures

[flint inlet]

oh so you’re set then

[candid eagle]

i wanna do a middle eastern and/or south asian studies minor

[flint inlet]

foreign language reqs will be the death of me

all the hindi courses are super underenrolled

Some have like 1 person signed up which seems terrifying

[candid eagle]

honestly makes sense

hindi isn't even that useful for historical studies

compared to urdu and sanskrit

[candid eagle]

i mean you can look at the instagram pages and try to find one yourself

which is what i'm trying to do now

but it's a lot of work and it kinda pmo

firing off DMs with no success so far

[flint inlet]

But dming ppl idk yet is weird

[livid bluff]

wait GUYS

if u have ap credit is that enough for language

[flint inlet]

yes

[livid bluff]

so no placement test

right

[flint inlet]

yes

[tropic tundra]

kinda related but calc placement tests for engineering (and maybe other colleges?) open monday

[candid eagle]

i’m in this stage rn

it’s not that bad at all you just gotta start a convo

just go to the class of ‘29 page

you gotta pay $9 to post there but it helps to get your name out there

[flint inlet]

I’m so grateful for BC credit 🙏 no more calculus in college

[ionic bluff]

There isn't a questionaire???

[ionic bluff]

Guys, my direct costs are paid for during my first year, but I still need money for books and other indirect costs, so should I still accept an outside scholarship? They won't take away my grant right

[flint inlet]

there is not

[shadow bolt]

you have to pay to post??

what the monopoly

[candid eagle]

it’s so dumb ik

i think at first you didn’t have to but the person running it realized how much bank you can make

so now it’s $9

and like i’m willing to pay $9 which is the worst part

[shadow bolt]

whattt

[silver scaffold]

oh naw

why not find like

another acc for free

[candid eagle]

because there’s no other one 😭

well there is but the paid one is the one with the most followers

biggest market share 😭😭😭

[livid bluff]

There is another one

That I posted on

It just has a queue

[quaint vortex]

Guys

When do we pay tuition

[livid bluff]

you can set up payments already

[quaint vortex]

How?

[tropic tundra]

https://sfs.virginia.edu/tuition-billing/billing-payment/view-and-pay-your-bill

[low cedar]

Anyone know how we can request a roommate?

[tribal epoch]

sad i cant be here

[flint inlet]

why not?

[candid eagle]

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[polar musk]

for random assignment, ull get one june/july, to request a roommate (u alr have one) then that form comes out june 1st

[flint inlet]

can we reject the random roommate?

[polar musk]

uhh

all dorms r doubles

[polar musk]

so no? unless u alr chose a roommate

[flint inlet]

I didn’t expect random to be completely random

[tropic tundra]

if im sending scholarships, what uva address do i use?

undergrad admissions or my school (e.g. college of engineering)? or like finance office?

[ionic bluff]

Has anyone been in to pre enroll for classes

[candid eagle]

did it today

why the fuck is it so long

the engagements can’t be allat bruh

[ionic bluff]

Is it bad if I wait until tomorrow?

[polar musk]

LITERALLY

i spent so long looking at every engagement

the fact u HAVE to rank 5 😭

[candid eagle]

no but idk if earlier people get preference

i’d do it early it’s p easy

it’s just a little tedious

[candid eagle]

at a certain point i gave up and started choosing based on how cool the name sounded

[candid eagle]

no bruh what if i get NONE of my preferred ones

[flint inlet]

pre enroll??

wtff did i screw up

[flint inlet]

huh???

who tf wants my engagements

what courses did y’all pick

i can only choose one from that list tbh

[polar musk]

SAME LMFAO

[tropic tundra]

wait where do i find this?

[candid eagle]

@flint inlet @tropic tundra if you're in arts and sciences there should be a link in the new students portal to pre-enroll for classes

[flint inlet]

yeah Imm on the site

I’m kinda bored of looking through the engagements

i want to pick my real courses

[candid eagle]

i've been trying to plan my real courses

i'm hoping there'll be slots because i don't like a lot of the pre-enrollment options

like pre-enrollment doesn't allow you to sign up for the accelerated chemistry track

[flint inlet]

it only allows you to sign up for one discipline ???

At least for me

[candid eagle]

yeah same

[flint inlet]

And the first page was such bs

econ 2010 and stuff but i need 3110 i already have credit for the other

[candid eagle]

the options are so limited but we do meet with our advisors later so i figure we can talk to them about the actual classes we want

[flint inlet]

all the cas advisory slots were during the week and i have school so i never signed up 🥀

[candid eagle]

there were evenings i think 😭

i think those were group advising slots anyway

one on one is during orientation

[flint inlet]

I’m carefully check tcf while picking engagements just in case tho

there was one where it was a 3.7 avg and the professor had an avg rating of 2.3 lmaoo

[candid eagle]

i was doing that for a bit but once it got to like egmt 1540 i just kinda gave up

i might have shafted myself a bit but atp

[flint inlet]

dyk if its on a first clme first serve basis

or random

[candid eagle]

i think it's random?

there's probably an algorithm

otherwise idrk i'll just take what they give

also is anyone here doing the first writing placement test

i think i get into the fwr+ pathway by virtue of my SAT score and idk if i wanna risk being bumped down

[flint inlet]

im just too lazy to take the placement test

plus ewr 2510 has a lighter grading scale

but that is also a consequence of more qualified kids taking it

[candid eagle]

reddit said that if you get fwr+

to just screw enwr 2510 and take whatever writing class you want

i feel like that’s a bit of a risk

i started the placement test and it’s highkey rlly straightforward

i just don’t wanna NOT get put into enwr 2510 or like a 2000-level english yk

[ionic bluff]

If we didn't submit sat scores when applying can we still submit them now so we don't have to take the placement test

[flint inlet]

wait with fwr+ do we need writing second yesr tooV

[flint inlet]

yes?

[candid eagle]

i think so but don’t you have to submit your SAT scores

well idk if you have to

but i would

[candid eagle]

i think so yeah

but the swr also counts towards the disciplines and doesn’t need to be an ENGL/ENWR/ENCW class

like the SWR i wanted was HISA 1501 (seminar on south asian history)

so it’s a little less pissy that way

[flint inlet]

wait which discipline

[candid eagle]

whatever you want

search up swr on lou’s list

[flint inlet]

i thought you have to take EWR 2000s or ENCW/ENGL 2000s

[candid eagle]

most of the swr eligible classes also fall under a discipline

no that’s only for FWR i thought

[flint inlet]

for fwrs

[candid eagle]

FWR+ Pathway: The FWR+ pathway is available only to students scoring a 750 or above on the SAT's Evidence-Based Reading and Writing test or a 35 or above on the ACT English test. Students in this pathway can satisfy the FWR using ENWR 2510, a 2000-level ENGL, a 2000-level ENCW, or ENWR 1510/1520/1530. Students who fulfill the FWR using a 2000-level ENGL or ENCW course must complete the FWR-Plus form here. Students in Pathway #2 should enroll in according to our last name policy.

if you got FWR+ you realistically just need any 2000-level english class

[flint inlet]

those are graded harder tho

i just want an easy A

[candid eagle]

i don’t think they necessarily are

https://www.reddit.com/r/UVA/s/n7oA1hMng4

[candid eagle]

fwr+ is less work

no matter what you take

[quaint vortex]

yo

is there uva 29 discord

[candid eagle]

no lowk i might make one

[flint inlet]

there is no uva 29 anything to my knowledge

[quaint vortex]

can yall make one

I rly need to know which classes to avoid

[flint inlet]

just check tcf

[quaint vortex]

whats tcf

[flint inlet]

if the grade distribution is bad or the professor is rated poorly, just don’t take the course

[quaint vortex]

is it better tha vagrades

[flint inlet]

the course forum

Isn’t vagrades no longer used since like 2020

[quaint vortex]

ye but tcf has too many classes with no info

I used both for now but vagrades seems to be better

[flint inlet]

no new data for vagrades in the last 8 semesters

BIO 3010 had an avg gpa of 2.84 🥀

[candid eagle]

i think i have to take that...

we (yes WE) will get a 4.0 in genetics/molbio

WE will get accepted to med school without gap year

[flint inlet]

I’m not premed 😭

UVA has pretty decent med school placement

it’s just that you need a 95 to get an A so the grade deflation is harsh

the positive thing is we do have A+s in some classes so that can offset the high threshold for an A

[candid eagle]

@flint inlet @quaint vortex unrelated but check my bio i made a UVA discord

[candid eagle]

why the hell are you taking BIOL 3010 then

bio major?

[candid eagle]

but isn't both A and A+ 4.0

[flint inlet]

nah, i was looking at the classes with lowest gpas

bio 3010 is taken by 3k students and used to have awful grade distribution before inflation (now the avg is like 3.4)

[flint inlet]

idk about med, but LSAC recalculates A+ as 4.3

[candid eagle]

just checked and AMCAS does not

A+ is also 4.0 on AMCAS

also TIL that UVA has a dual MD/JD program

[flint inlet]

who’s trying to be doctor president tho

[candid eagle]

i mean one of VA’s governors was a doctor so

[quaint vortex]

nice I joined

[ionic bluff]

Is this the address I use to have outside scholarships sent in? University of Virginia
Student Payment Processing
P.O. Box 400204
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904

[shy wasp]

hey guys i had a question - i'm an intl and the name on my passport doesn't match the one in the school's record - in the sense that my passport includes my middle name as a part of my full name, while my uva records do not. who exactly do i email to correct this?

[alpine wren]

hey yall im applying uva next year
if anyone wants to review my essay yk gimme feedback (once i complete the draft) lmk :)

[low cedar]

Did you ever get this resolved? I have a similar issue

[candid eagle]

i’d be down it’s just the diversity essay right

[alpine wren]

yes i believe they won't change it but common app opens aug1 so we'll see. but tysm!

[shy wasp]

yup i emailed the registrar office and international students office

[shadow bolt]

two more days until random housing assignments 🙏

[ionic bluff]

Has anyone not gotten their assignment yet