Summer in Charlottesville

It may be summer at UVA, but the Grounds are still buzzing. This slide show gives a nice snapshot of summer in Charlottesville.

http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.2952673/k.CE40/ENewsletter_Summer_in_Cville.htm?tr=y&auid=2848493

Sign up on the mailing list!

For those looking to transfer in the Spring or Fall of 2008, summer is a great time to sign up on mailing lists. Once you do this, look out for our admission prospectus. We hope to send it out at the end of august. This will also alert you to transfer happenings. For instance, we are going to have a transfer open house on Wednesday, October 10. And then we'll bring back the popular transfer chat.

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http://applyonline.virginia.edu/admissions/inquiry/index.cfm

New section on the website!

Just last week, we added an FAQ section to our transfer website. Go to www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/transfer.html and click on the right hand side. There you'll find the answers to questions that we often recieve from you. If you have more questions, please pose them here or email us at undergradadmission@virginia.edu.

So, you've checked out the suggested courses(http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/transferrequirements.html), spotted what will transfer (http://www.web.virginia.edu/ArtsSci/credit/credit_analyzer.asp) and the FAQ. What else would you like to see on our website? We'll be implementing transfer student profiles in the fall and hope to start our own email address. Transfermer is soliciting suggestions for other cool things for the website. So, please enlighten me. We'll see what we can do.

On the way to Fall 2007

Well, it's been a long wait. The calendar has turned to July, and at this point, we have closed the wait list and filled the class. The following statistics will give you and idea of the class. We accepted about 80 students from the wait list. A great majority of those were from the College of Arts and Sciences. Overall, we offered to 37% of the applicants with a yield of 72%. About 73% of the students who are enrolling are from Virginia. 44% were enrolled in the Virginia Community College System. A little under half are rising second year students. 43 students are international. On the whole, the group of 586 is half female, half male.



If you have been admitted, please be sure to send us your spring grades as soon as possible. This will make orientation a smooth and stress free process.

Getting the word out to Virginia Community Colleges

This summer, the deans and counselors are making a concerted effort to meet with the administrators and counselors of many community colleges around the state. So far, these meetings have been very productive and both sides are very happy to see each other. The biggest topic discussed is our Guaranteed Admission Agreement between Va Community Colleges and UVA. See here: http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/docs/agreement.doc But in addition to the agreement, we are meeting to see how we can increase communication between both parties, and of course, you, our applicants!

The Transfer Wait List

Hello All,

Sorry you haven't heard from me in a while. We will be going to the wait list for all of the schools with the exception of the Architecture and Education schools. I know this is unfortunate news for many of you, but with so few spots and so many great candidates, it is difficult to go to the wait list for these schools.

We expect to take 50-75 students off of the waitlist for the other schools. The majority will come come from the "College(College of Arts and Sciences)" or the E(ngineering) School.

We hope to mail these letters with the next 7-10 days.

First Transfer Post!

Hello Everyone,

Due to the great feedback we’ve received from our other blogs -- Notes from Peabody, and AccessUVA, we’ve ventured to begin a blog for transfer admission information. As you can see, it will be called "Transferring to UVA" and I am Transfermer. Yes, that's right. I've spent two years reading transfer applications and I'm a 2004 graduate. For two of my four years, I lived with transfer students. While I wasn't a transfer myself, I feel those experiences will help me shed some light on the the adjustment process. I'll use the blog to write on transfer information in the office and the University. And as Dean J has done, I will touch on life at UVA and Charlottesville.

Look out for new posts very soon!