The Next Wave

The next wave of offers will be released within the next 24 hours.  This will be about 40 applicants from the College, Engineering and the Batten School of Public Policy.  There are plenty of Virginians and out of staters in this batch, as there were in the first wave.  Keep in mind that more Virginians apply during the transfer process. This is the opposite for first-year admission.  More out-of-staters apply during that process. We are coming towards the end, but it's not over yet.  Again, I will announce it here if there are more offers or if the waitlist is closing for any school.  We hope to have this wrapped up by the end of the month or beginning of July.   

New News

Breaking news.  Our first major wave of Arts and Sciences and Engineering offers will go out tomorrow.  We have already offered to a tiny group from the architecture school and the commerce school, but these lists are not yet officially closed. We will also offer to some on the nursing waiting list tomorrow.  In all, somewhere around 75-80 decisions will be turned to offers.

These offers are announced through email, so check the email account you entered on your application. Check your junk mail too.  In order to keep this moving, you will have 48 hours to deposit.  Go back into your SIS self-service page and there you can pay your $400 deposit. 

Good luck!

Let's Talk about Bad Grades

*This is for students who have been admitted*

 Unfortunately, things happen and you might find yourself in a position where your grades dropped last semester.  It’s a tough thing to admit, but you will do yourself a favor if you tell us first (send your transcript at the same time) and not leave it for us to find when we see your transcript. Email us at undergradadmission@virginia.edu.  We may require or recommend that you visit our office to meet with us, repeat the course in the summer, or see a special advisor when you get here in the fall.  There are some extreme cases where we will rescind admission.  The point is, write us and let us know what happened and we’ll go from there.  Whatever action is taken is what we think is the best for you and your future success.

Hoping for Financial Aid? Keep Checking those To-Do Lists!

I noticed that Student Financial Services put out a request for additional materials on the to-do lists of many transfers.  They've been waiting for many documents since May 1 or 2.  Please go into your to-do lists and see if you are one of those people. Together, let's expedite this process of getting you your financial aid award. 

Follow-Up

I am so ecstatic because this is the first year we have not had rude or frankly, down-right ugly comments after the release of decisions.  The theme for your year must be civility.  You’ve asked some great follow-up questions.  I will either answer them here, or amend the blogposts from Friday. Some answers will go into the commentary.  Thank you for your calm and collected comments! It makes our job much easier. 

There are just over 500 applicants on the wait-list, but it is further divided by the schools to which you applied. Applicants on the wait-list are not ranked. We will not pick you off at random.  We will go in and review everyone who elects to stay on the wait list and sends final grades to us. The number of students we can take depends on the number of students who say yes to us.  But, we built in a little cushion, meaning, we do waitlist with the hopes of getting great spring grades from you.  Depending upon the year, we’ll take 60-80 students off the wait-list. We WILL take someone off the waitlist. 

We usually email (sometimes call) these student students with the decision and you’ll have 48 hours to say yes or no. This is more of a rolling process. We’ll announce it on the blog when we begin to make decisions and then we’ll email you once the waitlist has closed.

 
You may send a letter or email of continued interest or write to tell us of any new updates. You are welcome to send additional letters of recommendation, but you should only send them if they add new information.  No more than two please.

If you're going to make comments on this blog, please don't be anonymous.  It's hard to know who is who when more than ten of your are anonymous. 

UPDATE: The first batch of financial aid awards will be released on Thursday, May 2.  These can also be found online and only online.  Please check your to-do list to see if additional documents are needed  in order to complete your application.  As it stands now, they will release only on Thursdays.  I'll let you know if there is any more information. 

Waitlisted for Fall 2013?

You may use this post as an umbrella to make comments or ask questions about the wait list.

If you are interested in staying on the wait list, pretty please make sure you click the button to “remain on the wait list.”  If you don’t do this, we will not review you again in the future.

After the admissions deposit deadline of May 15, we’ll begin to look to see how many students we can take off the wait list. These numbers vary from year to year and unfortunately, it can be a long process.  We hope to make our decisions by the end of June.

Most importantly, we need to see your transcript listing your Spring 2013 grades in order to make a final decision.  Trust me.  You’ll want to do this, but only after exams and after all of your grades have been posted.  To do this, please use the same address that appears on the right panel of this blog.

If you are offered admission from the wait list and need to have financial aid information in order to make your decision, we will work to help you with this.  Good luck!

Not Offered Admission?

While it sounds trite, we wish we could admit all of the wonderful applicants who have applied.  You should be proud of what you've done and proud of the fact that you took a risk and completed that transfer application. If you post here, please be considerate of each other’s feelings, emotions, reactions and the like.  We do not have an appeals process, but depending upon the length of time you have been in college, you may be eligible to apply again in the future.  We thank you for your interest.