They could improve on guiding students more regarding career choices, particularly in their third year.

Make sure you go and sit in on a class. It will help you to get a feel of what the students, professor and overall life at UVA will be like.

Make sure you go and sit in on a class. It will help you to get a feel of what the students, professor and overall life at UVA will be like.

Yes

Great school and traditions. Great professors and a good variety of classes to take. Beautiful grounds. Great combination of of work and play. Situated in an amazing college town.

The football team is subpar. The online registration system for classes is a pain but very easy to overlook

UVa is the best school ever. Charlottesville is amazing and I wish that I never had to leave. An amazing school!

Yes

great.

When I applied, UVA had its own application process. They have Access UVA which is a very good for need based students. I didnt not apply for that. There were no interviews or early decision. There were four essays.

2

2012

UVa. has a set of core requirements, but allows students to use their own personal interests to guide the specific classes that they take.

Major requirements are flexible with requirements for certain classes, while maintaining freedom with class choices.

Professors are fantastically accessible. I have been so impressed with professors willingness to engage with students in and outside the classroom. I have been to many lunches and dinners with my professors and have found that they are willing to engage with me about both academics and other areas of my life, such as my job search.

Classes can be large in your first 2 years, but this is mainly because we have a couple professors in which all students want to take their classes. Notable faculty include Larry Sabato (who teaches American Politics 101), Julian Bond, Kenneth Elzinga (Micro-Economics 201).

The study abroad opportunities are great, and I was able to study abroad the second semester of my 3rd year to Hong Kong. UVa. tries to make sure that any student who wants to study abroad can by making available scholarships, financial aid, options to study abroad at different times and a variety of places, etc.

2013

I was fortunate enough to place out of all of the general requirements, so I can't say much about those except that I've heard most students complain that they wished they had taken the APs in high school, since the coursework was much harder comparatively in college. The major requirements seem fairly equal as far as credits go, but vary in terms of difficulty, and amount and difficulty of the prerequisites; for example, I once was aiming for an economics major and had to take 6 (I think) courses before declaring, whereas my current history major only asked me to take 1 history course, and credit from a high school AP class counted towards that requirement. The classes can get to be quite large in the entry-levels (550 for my Intro to Microeconomics class), but the weekly discussion sections of 20 students, where we go over problems and further discuss lecture with a TA, definitely help, and make a huge difference in my large-class experience. If you want to do research, you can easily find opportunities at UVA, and professors always hold open office hours weekly (often two or three times a week) where you can discuss anything from your grades to your future career to worries you have about your life outside academics. The faculty is very accomplished, but for the most part, it's not something you realize until you notice that one of the books you were assigned to read for class was written by them, or someone tells you the professor has their own Wikipedia page and that they were once a speechwriter for President Bush Sr. Also, I'd just like to note that the major selection below is really strange - it doesn't have history or religious studies (my two), or even other common majors like biology and chemistry.

Essay intensive. All regular decision. Great financial aid. Many scholarships, both merit and need based offered. Very comprehensive.

The cost of housing is high whether one lives on or off-grounds. I am finally moving off grounds next year, and expected to save money from the previous costs of living in a dorm, but found that there are very few places near grounds that have decent rents. I don't know if the real estate market is taking advantage of students, but it's hard to find anything for less than $450 a month, and this doesn't include utilities. The campus is gorgeous year-round, and while spread out, has a fantastic transportation system that can get you anywhere you need to go. Charlottesville is a great college town, with a downtown area full of restaurants and shops that cater to college students, a strip of cheap but delicious restaurants and bars a block from grounds, and plenty of outside art and service opportunities. The libraries are spacious and almost always open, and the dining halls are decent. I believe the community appreciates the student population for all they give back, through service, community events, and economic support. Overall, it's a great place to be.

2011

1

2013

Unique application with a few essay questions and short answers.

4

2011

general requirements for each college, major requirements, academic advising based on major, various class sizes (lecture classes can have 200 but smaller and more advanced classes have 15-20), grading is very strict, lots of study abroad opportunities in various countries or on the UVA cruise ship, lots of notable faculty

awesome

unique application essays, common application, financial aid and scholarship opportunities (need and merit based), athletic scholarships

2

2013

3 essay questions, 2 short 1 long... I don't even really remember.

3

2011

Liberal Arts - general requirements.

Area requirements are: humanities, historical studies, maths & sciences, non-western perspectives, social science, foreign language, first writing requirement, 2nd writing requirement.

class size- average of about 19

Notable faculty - Larry Sabado, Kenneth Elzinga.

Semester at Sea opportunity

2013

Common application, supplement, only regular decision, financial aid available, merit-based scholarships available

When I applied, we had a unique application (not the common application). Now, they have the common application with some additional questions unique to the UVa. application.

I applied early decision and got in that way. However, early application has now been removed from UVa.

4

There are general requirements, but almost everyone can pass out of them a good deal of them using AP credit. Academic adivising is not very good, but any information a student needs to be successful is online and accessible. Class sizes raneg considerably. Some extremely small language classes can be under 10 students, while an intro economics lecture from one of the famous econ professors has over 450 students. All professors have office hours and, while accessiblilty ranges depending on the professor, almost anyone is very reachable and willing to help. Competition is healthy and not undermining - everyone works hard to do their best, but there is nto a constant pressure to outperform your freinds. Grading is usually fair, with some classes curves. A good number of faculty (too many to address0 are quite accomplished. Study abroad is accessible to anyone who wants it, but only a minority of students actually study abroad. The workload depends heavily on your major, but even the lightest workloads keep students on their toes.

Common application, however, when I applied they had unique questions. All regular decision. Meet 100% demonstrated need. One full scholarship, no others for first year. Can apply for upperclassman scholarships, very few.

3

2012

Very hard school. Some classes are very large. Large workload.

Common Application. Needs extra essays.