UVa. Regular Decision Forum

[ksimon2007]

For those that want to know, spoke with UVA admissions today... they will be sending out $$$ decisions in the first half of March. good luck!

Good deal. I am hoping for good news.

[R.R. Raskolnikov]

For those that want to know, spoke with UVA admissions today... they will be sending out $$$ decisions in the first half of March. good luck!

Think it's better to mention other offers as a negotiating tactic now, or wait till they make their move? Don't want the well to dry up before it's too late.

[pixytree]

For those that want to know, spoke with UVA admissions today... they will be sending out $$$ decisions in the first half of March. good luck!

Think it's better to mention other offers as a negotiating tactic now, or wait till they make their move? Don't want the well to dry up before it's too late.

Anyone else have insight on this? I was told they don't have a "matching" policy, but I'm sure negotiating isn't out of the question.

[niederbomb]

For those that want to know, spoke with UVA admissions today... they will be sending out $$$ decisions in the first half of March. good luck!

Think it's better to mention other offers as a negotiating tactic now, or wait till they make their move? Don't want the well to dry up before it's too late.

Anyone else have insight on this? I was told they don't have a "matching" policy, but I'm sure negotiating isn't out of the question.

Wow, UVA is something else...

Reject everyone who doesn't ED or write "Why UVA" and refuse to even match offers from Penn and CCN. That's almost as bad as Cornell's sanctimonious "We don't give out merit-based fee waivers." Why do schools care about their yield so much anyway? If worse came to worst, they could always take people with high numbers off the waitlist who were stuck there for other reasons (like soft factors) to maintain their medians.

[quetzal_bird]

Cornell gives merit based fee waivers

I e-mailed Jason Dugas. I don't have a scholly from any peer schools, but I included my Chicago acceptance in the body of the e-mail. He forwarded my e-mail to Dean Trujillo and said to send any scholarship letters from other schools to him.

[sarahlawg]

Wow, UVA is something else...

Reject everyone who doesn't ED or write "Why UVA" and refuse to even match offers from Penn and CCN. That's almost as bad as Cornell's sanctimonious "We don't give out merit-based fee waivers." Why do schools care about their yield so much anyway? If worse came to worst, they could always take people with high numbers off the waitlist who were stuck there for other reasons (like soft factors) to maintain their medians.

+1 to Cornell giving fee waivers. Also, UVA is known as the WL King, the Reject King is Berk.

[Perplexed Penguin]

Ding'd.

Completely expected. This was my big reach. 168/3.3. Applied 1/21. Good luck everyone that is still waiting.

[crankyankees]

still waiting from 12/1. sent a loci, got confirmation. anyone else in review limbo?

[eaa1537]

still waiting from 12/1. sent a loci, got confirmation. anyone else in review limbo?

11/18 here...

[alphamoose]

11/3. Not really sure what they're waiting for here.. I know the inevitable WL is coming

[aspire2more]

Cornell gives merit based fee waivers.

+1

[slax]

Jason Dughas called me around 4:45. They upped my scholly to full tuition. He said others will be getting this too.

[sarahlawg]

Jason Dughas called me around 4:45. They upped my scholly to full tuition. He said others will be getting this too.

awesome!! congrats!

[eaa1537]

Jason Dughas called me around 4:45. They upped my scholly to full tuition. He said others will be getting this too.

Wow that's awesomeee! Did you tell him to accept me while you had him on the phone by any chance????

[r6_philly]

Jason Dughas called me around 4:45. They upped my scholly to full tuition. He said others will be getting this too.

Nice! I need this.

[slax]

Thank you! He also said everyone on tls is accepted

[cardinals1989]

Thank you! He also said everyone on tls is accepted

Does this include people who were WL'ed?

[slax]

Thank you! He also said everyone on tls is accepted

Does this include people who were WL'ed?

Yes. And people who did not apply. All you need is a tls login name

[cardinals1989]

In all seriousness, I might just crack and send a LOCI. I just wish it would get me money, too.

[bep244]

has anyone sent a Why UVA or a LOCI via email? I sent one at the beginning of the week and never got confirmation, is that normal?

I think so--I didn't hear from them after I sent my LOCI via email until the admissions call. It might not be a bad idea to call them and check that it went into your file.

I sent in a Why UVA yesterday morning and received an email back from Jason within an few hours thanking me for it. If I were you, I would probably call to make sure they received yours.

[niederbomb]

Cornell gives merit based fee waivers

I e-mailed Jason Dugas. I don't have a scholly from any peer schools, but I included my Chicago acceptance in the body of the e-mail. He forwarded my e-mail to Dean Trujillo and said to send any scholarship letters from other schools to him.

I got a fee waiver from every school from Chicago (didn't check Columbia) through Georgetown, with the exceptions of Berkeley and Cornell. My mistake if they give out fee waivers to others.

Also...I still haven't been waitlisted (surprise, surprise), but I need leverage to negotiate with my top choice if Michigan and U of C don't pan out, so an acceptance here would be nice. Do you think an unsolicited "Why UVA?" at this point would help keep me off the WL?

[c_dubya_s]

Jason Dughas called me around 4:45. They upped my scholly to full tuition. He said others will be getting this too.

That's awesome (especially the bolded part ). Congrats again!!!

[quetzal_bird]

Cornell gives merit based fee waivers

I e-mailed Jason Dugas. I don't have a scholly from any peer schools, but I included my Chicago acceptance in the body of the e-mail. He forwarded my e-mail to Dean Trujillo and said to send any scholarship letters from other schools to him.

I got a fee waiver from every school from Chicago (didn't check Columbia) through Georgetown, with the exceptions of Berkeley and Cornell. My mistake if they give out fee waivers to others.

Also...I still haven't been waitlisted (surprise, surprise), but I need leverage to negotiate with my top choice if Michigan and U of C don't pan out, so an acceptance here would be nice. Do you think an unsolicited "Why UVA?" at this point would help keep me off the WL?

I can't imagine it will hurt

[askyemcdonald]

Oh UVA....where are you??

[zonto]

Oh UVA....where are you??

They took a break from the admissions process to host a thinktank on ways they can even more effectively reduce their reliance on paper products...