People in Peabody Hall are drowning in papers: It’s February, deadlines for UVA’s undergraduate admissions (www.uva.edu) have passed, and it’s time for staff at the admissions office to get down to business with the mountains of forms and essays. According to admissions Dean John A. Blackburn, his staff is reading applications “about every night and weekend from early January through late March.” Whew. Here’s a numerical look at UVA admissions.
Total applicants, to date: 17,910
In-state applicants: 6,646
Out-of-state applicants: 11,264
Early decision applicants: 2,410
Application readers: 11 full-time, 7 part-time
Applications read per day, roughly:30 per person
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