Applying to U.Va.
| Document | Method of Submission | Early Action Deadline | First-Year Deadline | Spring Transfer Deadline | Fall Transfer Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common App, U.Va. Supplement, & Fee | Online via commonapp.org | November 1 | January 1 | October 1 | March 1 |
| Standardized Test Scores | Official score report sent by testing agency | November 1 | January 1 | October 1 | March 1 |
| Secondary School Report, Transcript, & Recommendations | Common App's counselor portal OR mail | November 10 | January 10 | October 1* | March 1* |
| Mid-Year Reports | Common App's counselor portal OR mail | as soon as available | February 15 | n/a | n/a |
| Final Transcripts | Common App's counselor portal OR mail | as soon as available | as soon as available | as soon as available | as soon as available |
| Supporting documents for in-state privileges (VA residents) | Mail or fax to (434) 982-2663 | November 1 | January 1 | October 1 | March 1 |
| Financial Guarantee Form (MS WORD) (international students) | November 1 | January 1 | October 1 | March 1 | |
| Fee wavier supporting documents | Fax to (434) 924-7674 | November 1 | January 1 | October 1 | March 1 |
| Art Supplements (Optional) | Mail (see art supplement submission guidelines) | October 1 | December 1 | October 1 | March 1 |
Academic Interest | School Forms & Recommendations | Testing & Score Choice | International Students | In-state Residency | Financial Aid | Checking Application Status
The University of Virginia is an exclusive user of the Common Application. Please submit your application online, through the Common Application website. If you have no access to a computer at home, school, or your public library, you may submit a paper application and U.Va. Supplement to the Common Application (PDF). Be advised that we are a paperless office and submitting documents by mail is not recommended. Applying by paper will slow the processing and evaluation of your application, but it will not negatively impact your admission decision.
During this process, please add both uvaapplicationinfo@virginia.edu and undergradadmission@virginia.edu to your address book so that important emails from us do not go to spam. Emails regarding accessing status pages come from uvaapplicationinfo@virginia.edu.
EARLY ACTION
Early Action is a non-binding, unrestrictive admission plan. Students who apply to U.Va. under the Early Action plan may also apply to other institutions. To be considered under Early Action, students must submit their complete application by the November 1 deadline. The admission committee, which notifies applicants by January 31, may deny admission, offer admission, or defer admission until the regular decision notification date, April 1. Students who are admitted under Early Action have until May 1 to make their deposit and reserve a seat in the first-year class.
ACADEMIC INTEREST INFORMATION
First-year students apply to one of four undergraduate schools: Arts and Sciences, Architecture, Engineering, or Nursing or to the Kinesiology program in the Curry School of Education. Students interested in other programs in the School of Education, the McIntire School of Commerce, or the Batten School for Leadership and Public Policy apply for those schools after one or two years in the College of Arts and Sciences. If you do not choose a school, we will automatically consider you for the College of Arts & Sciences. We are not able to accommodate requests to switch schools after March 1st. Admitted students should plan to enroll in the school to which they have applied.
You may list two academic interests in addition to your undergraduate school choice on the U.Va. Supplement to the Common Application. With the exception of those applying to the Kinesiology program, first-year students are not committing to a major at this time, simply providing us with possible areas of study. You will not have to declare a major at U.Va. until the end of your first or second year.
First-year students interested in the schools of Commerce, Education, or Public Policy & Leadership apply to the College of Arts & Science and note their interests in the academic interest fields on the U.Va. Supplement. Transfer students applying to the schools of Architecture can designate a specific major on the application supplement.
SCHOOL FORMS & RECOMMENDATIONS
First-Year Students: Your guidance counselor’s secondary school report (which includes their recommendation), your high school transcript, and your school profile are called your School Forms. The Common Application has a portal that allows your guidance counselor to submit these items online. Be sure you provide your counselor’s correct contact information on your application so they will be allowed access to the Common Application system. If your school is unable to submit these documents electronically, they can be mailed.
We require one counselor recommendation and one teacher evaluation for each first-year application.
*Transfer Students: Official transcripts should be mailed by each school you have attended. The Common Application’s College Secondary School Report, Official Report, and Instructor Evaluation are not required. All transfer applicants are required to submit course descriptions, via email or fax (434-924-7674), for all collegiate courses completed or in progress. Please be sure to write your name on each page you submit.
STANDARDIZED TESTING
All students must submit either the SAT or the ACT with Writing. In addition, first-year applicants are strongly urged to provide the results of two SAT II subject area tests. Students whose first language is not English or who have attended an English speaking school for less than two years are required to provide evidence of their English proficiency by submitting the results of the TOEFL or the IELTS. Our ETS code (for sending SAT, SAT2, and TOEFL testing) is 5820. Our ACT code is 4412.
The last recommended test dates for Early Action applicants are the October dates. The last recommended test dates for Regular Decision applicants are the December dates.
SCORE CHOICE
It has been the Office of Admission's long standing policy to consider the best scores submitted by applicants. We hope you will submit all of your SAT scores knowing that we will look at the best critical reading, best math, and best writing scores (commonly known as "super scoring").
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND NON-PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
If you are neither a citizen nor a permanent resident of the United States, you must also submit the Financial Guarantee for Foreign National Applicants. Please see the international student page on the Office of Admission website.
DOMICILE INFORMATION/IN-STATE STUDENT STATUS
If you wish to claim entitlement to Virginia in-state educational privileges pursuant to the Code of Virginia, Section 23-7.4, you must complete the second half of the U.Va. Supplement to the Common Application and fax supporting documents to 434-982-2663. See the Office of Virginia Status website for more information.
FINANCIAL AID
Admission to the University is need-blind. If you will be applying for Financial Aid, you must provide your Social Security number on your application. The priority deadline for submitting financial aid documents is March 1st. This is not a binding deadline, but one that guarantees that you will have your financial aid information soon after you receive your admission decision.
You must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the CSS Profile, and submit supporting documentation.
Visit the University of Virginia Financial Aid website or call Student Financial Services at (434) 982-6000 for details.
If you cannot afford the $60 application fee, please use the fee waiver option provided by The Common Application and fax documentation to (434) 924-7674.
AFTER YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
After submitting the Common Application, U.Va. Supplement, and payment via the Common Application website, you should receive an email from the Office of Undergraduate Admission with instructions on how to log into the University of Virginia Student Information System (SIS). The email will contain your U.Va. Computing ID and U.Va. SIS ID.
If you have not received an email within five business days of submitting the Common Application to U.Va., first check to be sure that the email is not in your spam file in your email account. If you cannot find the email, click the "Need your computing and SIS IDs? Retriever these IDs" link on the SIS home page and complete the form to have the information emailed to you.
Checking Application Status
Once you enter the Student Information System, you will see a "To Do List", on the right hand side of the page, listing remaining items required to complete your application to U.Va. It is important that you check your "To Do List" often to make sure you have completed all the components of your application. Once you complete a "To Do List" item, it will no longer appear in your "To Do List".
At the bottom of your Student Center page, under the Admissions section heading, you can monitor your application status and see your admission decision on January 31st (for Early Action applicants) or April 1st (for Regular Decision applicants). You can also use the Student Center to update personal information (address, phone, email, etc.) as needed.
Updates and changes to our notification dates will be announced on the Notes from Peabody, the first-year admission blog, and the U.Va. Transfer Admission blog.
