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Admission Information

The University of Virginia welcomes all applications for admission. We value intellectual ability, academic achievement, and personal qualities that would contribute to the University of Virginia community.

University of Virginia exclusively accepts the Common Application (Common App) for both first year and transfer admission. The Common App and U.Va. Supplement to the Common App are available on July 1st. Visit the Common App Online to start your application.

First-year students apply to one of four undergraduate schools: Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, or Nursing. Students interested in Education, Commerce, or the Batten School for Leadership and Public Policy apply for these schools after one or two years in the College of Arts and Sciences. Please see the schools' websites for more details.

We focus on the following:

  • Excellent performance in a rigorous secondary-school program
  • Recommendation from guidance counselor and one teacher (required)
  • Extra-curricular involvement and honors
  • Writing as demonstrated in the Admission Essays
  • Results from the SAT I or ACT (including writing section)
  • Results from SAT Subject Tests (strongly recommended; any two subjects of your choice)

Admission Timetable: First-Year

JUL 1 Application available on Common App Website. 
DEC Last recommended standardized testing date.
DEC 1 Submission deadline for art supplement materials.
JAN Last (not recommended) testing date for the SAT I and SAT II; last possible testing date for the TOEFL (if applicable)
JAN 1 Submission deadline for Common App and U.Va. Supplement on Common Application website. 
JAN 10 Submission deadline for School Forms (transcripts, recommendations, etc.)
FEB 15 Submission deadline for Mid Year Report.
MAR 1 Priority deadline for completed financial aid paperwork
APR 1 Admission decisions mailed and available online.
MAY 1 Deadline for admitted students' reply to offer of admission and payment of deposit (completed online via student self-service account)

Admission Timetable: Transfer

JUL 1 Application available on Common App Website.
NOV 1 Spring transfer submission deadline for Common App and U.Va. Supplement (on Common App Website), and transcript.
NOV 1 Submission deadline for art supplement materials.
DEC 1 Admission decisions mailed to candidates applying for January admission.
DEC 15 Deadline for transfer students admitted for Spring (January) semester to reply to offer of admission and payment of deposit (completed online via student self-service account)
MAR 1 Fall transfer submission deadline for Common App and U.Va. Supplement (on Common App Website) as well as transcripts.
MAY 1 (Tentative):  Admission decisions mailed and available online to August transfer candidates.
MAY 15 (Tentative):  Deadline for admitted students' reply to offer of admission and payment of deposit (completed online via student self-service account)