It’s that time of year. After receiving a record-breaking 22,520 applications for undergraduate enrollment, UVA announced that it has offered admission to 6,907 students. A press release from UVA lists a target entering class size of 3,240 students.
According to Dean of Admission Greg Roberts, the rates of in-state and out-of-state students are similar to those of last year, and UVA hopes to maintain roughly a 69-percent in-state enrollment ratio. The School of Engineering saw a 12-percent increase in applications.
Elsewhere, the entering class may just be a step above the rest.
"This is perhaps the most talented class academically that we’ve ever offered to," said Roberts in the press release. "Additionally, the class is extremely diverse."
Of those offered admission, 93.8 percent of the students ranked in the top 10 percent of their graduating classes. Overall, combined SAT scores increased by 10 points, compared to last year’s applicants.
The release also mentions a few students in the running for the prestigious Jefferson Scholars Foundation Scholarships, among them two published authors, a pipe organist and a world chess champion. Guess it’s a good year to be a Wahoo! Read next week’s C-VILLE for more.
