U.VA. MAILS ACCEPTANCE LETTERS TO 2001 CLASS 

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 4 -- The University of Virginia
has mailed letters offering admission in the 1997 entering class to
4,757 students.
	U.Va. admission officials extended offers to approximately 33
percent of the 16,692 students who applied. In addition, the
University admitted 791 students through early decision. 
	The University anticipates an entering class of 2,875
students, according to Dean of Admission John A. Blackburn. Last fall
2,825 students entered U.Va.
	"The University has established a plan for small, controlled
growth into the next decade," Blackburn said.
	Students who received admission letters have until May 1 to
notify the University if they will enroll. Blackburn expects that
approximately 50 percent of the students who received admission offers
will accept. 
	Approximately 2,201 students have been placed on a wait-list
in case fewer students than anticipated accept offers. 
	The University experienced a decline of 633 applications over
the number that applied for regular admission this year. However, the
number applying for early decision increased by 150, rising to 2,325.
Both the decline in regular admission and the increase in
early-decision applications reflect national trends among selective
colleges and universities. 
	Of the entering class, approximately 2,260 will enroll in the
College of Arts and Sciences, 90 in the School of Architecture, 480 in
the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and 45 in the School of
Nursing. 
	Blackburn anticipates that approximately 65 percent of the
entering class will be Virginians.
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April 3, 1997
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