C1. First-time,
first-year (freshman) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking,
first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted,
and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2007. Include early
decision, early action, and students who began studies during
summer in this cohort.
Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements
for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications)
and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission,
nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn
(by applicant or institution).
Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were
subsequently offered admission.
Total first-time, first-year (freshman)
men applied 8,121
Total first-time, first-year (freshman)
women applied 9,677
Total first-time, first-year (freshman)
men admitted 2,742
Total first-time, first-year (freshman)
women admitted 3,531
Total full-time, first-time, first-year
(freshman) men enrolled 1,398
Total part-time, first-time, first-year
(freshman) men enrolled 1
Total full-time, first-time, first-year
(freshman) women enrolled 1,848
Total part-time, first-time, first-year
(freshman) women enrolled 1
C2. Freshman
wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements
but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)
Do you have a policy of placing students
on a waiting list? YES
If yes, please answer the questions
below for fall 2007 admissions:
Number of qualified
applicants offered a place on waiting list 4,130
Number
accepting a place on the waiting list 2,426
Number
of wait-listed students admitted 159
Is your waiting list ranked? NO
If yes, do you release that information to students?
Do you release
that information to school counselors?
Admission Requirements
C3. High
school completion requirement
Check the appropriate box to identify
your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering
students:
|
High
school diploma is required and GED is accepted |
|
High
school diploma is required and GED is not accepted |
|
High
school diploma or equivalent is not required |
C4. Does
your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory
program for degree-seeking students?
|
Required |
|
Recommended |
|
Neither required nor recommended |
C5. Distribution
of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify
the distribution of academic high school course units required
and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using
Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If
you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.
|
Units
Required |
Units
Recommended |
| Total
academic units |
16 |
|
| English |
4 |
|
| Mathematics |
4 |
5 |
| Science |
2 |
4 |
| Of
these, units that must be lab |
|
|
| Foreign
language |
2 |
5 |
| Social
studies |
1 |
4 |
| History |
|
|
| Academic
electives |
|
|
| Computer
Science |
|
|
| Visual
/ Performing Arts |
|
|
| Other (specify) |
|
|
Basis for Selection
C6. Do
you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all
secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas
are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores,
or other qualifications? NO
If so, check which applies:
| _____ Open admission
policy as described above for all students |
| _____ Open admission
policy as described above for most students, but |
| _____ selective
admission for out-of-state students |
| _____ selective
admission to some programs |
_____ other (explain)
|
C7. Relative
importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic
factors in your first-time, first- year, degree-seeking (freshman)
admission decisions.
| |
Very
important |
Important |
Considered |
Not
Considered |
| Academic |
| Rigor
of secondary school record |
 |
|
|
|
| Class
rank |
|
|
|
|
| Academic GPA |
|
|
|
|
| Standardized test
scores |
|
|
|
|
| Application Essay |
|
|
|
|
| Recommendation(s) |
|
|
|
|
SAT and ACT Policies
C8. Entrance exams
A. Does
your institution make use of SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores
in admission decisions for first-time,
first-year, degree-seeking applicants? YES
If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect
your institution’s policies for use in admission for Fall
2009.
| |
ADMISSION |
| |
Require |
Recommend |
Require
for some |
Consider
if submitted |
Not
used |
| SAT or ACT |
|
|
|
|
|
| ACT
only |
|
|
|
|
|
| SAT
only |
|
|
|
|
|
SAT
and SAT
subject tests
or ACT |
|
|
|
|
|
| ACT |
|
|
|
|
|
| SAT
subject tests |
|
|
|
|
|
In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores
for placement or counseling?
| Placement |
YES |
| Counseling |
NO |
B. If your institution
will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time,
first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2009, please indicate
which ONE of the following applies, (regardless of whether the
writing score will be used in the admissions process):
|
ACT
with Writing component required |
|
ACT with Writing
component recommended |
|
ACT with or without
Writing component accepted |
C. Please indicate
how your institution will use the SAT or ACT essay component;
check all that apply:
|
Not using essay
component |
|
For
admission |
|
For placement |
|
For advising |
|
In place of an
application essay |
|
As a validity check
on the application essay |
|
No college policy
as of now |
D. In addition, does
your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising? YES
E.
Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for
fall-term admission:
Scores for
tests taken in January are accepted.
Latest date by which SAT Subject
Test scores must be received for fall-term admission:
Scores for
tests taken in January are accepted.
F. If necessary,
use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests
are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required
of some students):
G. Please indicate
which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g.,
state tests):
|
SAT |
|
ACT |
|
SAT Subject Tests |
|
AP |
|
CLEP |
|
Institutional Exam |
|
State Exam (specify): |
|
Other. Tests
taken by international students: the International Baccalaureate,
German Abitur,British AICE, French Baccalaureate, Swiss
Federal Maturity Certificate. |
Freshman Profile
Provide percentages for ALL
enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time,
first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2007, including
students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident
aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.
C9. Percent
and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled
in fall 2007 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT)
test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking,
first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test
scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics
scores but not critical reading (formerly verbal)
for a category of students) or combine other standardized test
results (such as TOEFL) in this item. Do not convert SAT
scores to ACT scores and vice versa.
The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at
or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent
scored at or above.
The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored
at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25
percent scored at or above.
Percent submitting SAT scores 98
%
Number submitting SAT scores 3,195
Percent submitting ACT scores --
%
Number submitting ACT scores --
Please note that ACT data is not available for Fall
2007.
| |
25th
percentile |
75th
percentile |
SAT Critical Reading
(formerly SAT Verbal) |
590 |
700 |
| SAT Math |
610 |
720 |
| SAT
Writing |
600 |
710 |
| SAT Essay |
8 |
10 |
| ACT
Composite |
-- |
-- |
| ACT Math |
-- |
-- |
| ACT English |
-- |
-- |
| ACT
Writing |
-- |
-- |
Please note that ACT data is currently
not available for Fall 2007.
Percent of first-time, first-year
(freshman) students with scores in each range (percentages
may not total 100% due to rounding):
| |
SAT
Critical Reading
(formerly SAT Verbal) |
SAT
Math |
SAT
Writing |
| 700-800 |
29 % |
37
% |
30
% |
| 600-699 |
45
% |
42
% |
48
% |
| 500-599 |
21
% |
17
% |
19
% |
| 400-499 |
4
% |
3 % |
3 % |
| 300-399 |
0
% |
0
% |
0
% |
| 200-299 |
0
% |
0
% |
0
% |
| |
ACT
Composite |
ACT
English |
ACT
Math |
| 30-36 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 24-29 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 18-23 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 12-17 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 6-11 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| below
6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Please
note that ACT data is currently not available for Fall 2007.
C10. Percent
of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students
who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges
(report information for those students from whom you collected
high school rank information).
Percent in top 10th of high school
graduating class 87
%
Percent in top quarter of high school
graduating class 96
%
Percent in top half of high school
graduating class 99
%
Percent in bottom half of high school
graduating class 1
%
Percent in bottom quarter of high
school graduating class 0
%
Percent of total first-time, first-year
(freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 50
%
C11. Percentage
of all enrolled, degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman)
students who had high school grade-point averages within each
of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale); report information
only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.
Percent
who had GPA of 3.75 and higher |
85
% |
Percent
who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74
|
9
% |
Percent
who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 |
3
% |
Percent who
had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24 |
2
% |
Percent who
had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99 |
1
% |
Percent who
had GPA between 2.00 and 2.49 |
|
Percent who
had GPA between 1.00 and 1.99 |
|
| Percent who had GPA below 1.00 |
|
C12. Average
high school GPA of all degree-seeking first-time, first-year
(freshman) students who submitted GPA: 4.05
Percent of total first-time, first-year
(freshman) students
who submitted high school GPA: 85
%
Admission Policies
C13. Application
fee
Does your institution have an application
fee? YES
Amount of
application fee $
60
Can it be
waived for applicants with financial need? YES
If you have an application fee and an on-line application
option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:
Can on-line application fee be waived
for applicants with financial need? YES
C14. Application
closing date
Does your institution have
an application closing date? YES
Application closing date (fall) January
2
Priority date N
/ A
C15. Are
first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than
the fall? NO
C16. Notification
to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)
On a rolling basis beginning
(date)
By (date) April
1
Other
C17. Reply
policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)
|
Must
reply by (date) |
|
No set date |
|
Must reply by May
1 or within TWO weeks
if notified thereafter |
|
Other |
Deadline for housing deposit (MM/DD): N/A
Amount of housing deposit:
Refundable if student does not
enroll?
|
Yes,
in full |
|
Yes, in part |
|
No |
C18. Deferred
admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment
after admission? YES
If yes, maximum period of postponement: One
year
C19. Early
admission of high school students: Does your institution allow
high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year
(freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation? NO
C20. question
C20 has been removed.
Early Decision and Early Action Plans
C21. Early decision: Does your
institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that
permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision
well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students
to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman)
applicants for fall enrollment? NO (UVa
is dropping the plan beginning fall 2008).
If "yes," please complete
the following:
First or only early decision
plan closing date N/A
First or only early decision plan notification date N/A
Other early decision plan closing date N
/ A
Other early decision plan notification date N
/ A
For the Fall 2007 entering class:
Number of early decision applications received by your institution 2,404
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan 971
Please provide significant details about your early decision plan: (UVa
is dropping the plan beginning fall 2008)
C22. Early
action: Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students
are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the
regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending
your college? NO
If "yes," please complete
the following:
Early action
closing date
Early
action notification date
Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan
under which you limit students
from applying to other early plans? |
