University of Virginia-Main Campus
UVA publishes 17% (Fall 2024). Engineering applicants got in at 18%; nursing at 8.9%.
Acceptance rate
What UVA's 17% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits UVA reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
Reported as test-optional, extended through fall 2027 admission, per Compass Prep's testing-policy tracker. Could NOT be independently confirmed on UVA's own admissions site — see flags.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1410–1540sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 32–35
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (EA)
- Regular decision
- Jan 1, 2027Source
- Supplemental essays
- None beyond the personal statement
Reported as no general supplemental essay beyond the Common App personal statement, except a required ~300-word essay for School of Nursing applicants. This is from a secondary aggregator (Ivy Coach) and is UNVERIFIED against UVA's own site — UVA has changed its short-answer-question set in recent cycles, so confirm before publishing.
- AI use in essays
Limited Use Allowed — applies to Essays and written supplements in the application; enforced via a signed honor statement on the Common Application
“We are interested in who you are, and we value what you have to say. While AI tools can be helpful in generating ideas and centering your thoughts, essays and personal statements that rely more on AI than your original thoughts miss the mark in one incredibly important way: they lack your voice, your ideas, and your very personal reflection on how your experiences have shaped you. The essays and written supplements are your opportunity to express what is important to you in your own words. Generative AI may play a minor role in your final product by helping you brainstorm essay topics or check for grammar mistakes, but we ask that you do not cut and paste any part of your essay or personal statements from an AI tool. All final submitted materials should be your original work. As an applicant to UVA, we ask you to sign an honor statement before submitting the Common Application because the UVA community is anchored by trust and integrity. Our students pledge not to lie, cheat, or steal, and we ask the same of our applicants. By agreeing to this honor statement, you are pledging that the application materials you submit to us are your original work, not primarily a product of AI. Thank you for trusting us with your words and your stories.”
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 17,597
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $59,512
- Category
- Top Public
- Admissions site
- www.virginia.edu
Dewey Smart
Dewey students who got into UVA
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Sources
- UVA test policy (2026-27)
- UVA AI-use policy
- UVA admissions pages
- UVA admissions pages
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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