March
30, 1998
									Contact:
John  Blackburn
					                        		     	    (804)
982-3375


U.VA. MAILS ACCEPTANCE LETTERS TO CLASS OF 2002

	The University of Virginia has mailed letters offering admission
into the 1998 entering class to 5,299 high school students.
	U.Va. officials anticipate a total of approximately 2,875
students, the same as last fall, will accept the admission offer and
begin classes in the fall.  Of that number, the University has already
admitted 910 students through early decision.  The entering class is
expected to be about 55 percent women.
	"My staff and I are very pleased with the quality of the
students who are being offered admission," said Dean of Admission John
A. Blackburn. "The competition was very keen and we had to deny
admission to many talented students, especially those from
out-of-state."
	Blackburn anticipates that about 65 percent of the students will
be Virginia residents. 
Approximately 2,000 students have been placed on a wait-list in case
fewer students than anticipated accept offers, according to University
officials.
	Of the entering class, approximately 2,250 will go into the
College of Arts and Sciences, 90 into the School of Architecture, 490
into the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and 45 into the
School of Nursing.
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