CDS Section C - First-Time, First Year Admission

Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort.
Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non-admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).
In cases where non-binary gender information is provided, IPEDS recommends distributing across the two-binary categories.
Note that recent high school graduates and other students without prior postsecondary experience will still be considered "first-time students" for fall enrollment reporting purposes even if they enrolled in the summer prior to fall enrollment.

If available, please provide residency breakdowns for total applicants, admits, and enrolled students
Please report based on known physical address at time of application.

C2. First-time, first-year wait-listed students

Students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability
Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? YES
If yes, please answer the questions below for Fall 2025 admissions:

Is your waiting list ranked?	No
If yes, do you release that information to students?	N/A
Do you release that information to school counselors?	N/A

C3-C5: Admission Requirements

C3.	High school completion requirement Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students:
X	High school diploma is required and GED is accepted
	High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted
	High school diploma or equivalent is not required

C4.	Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students?
	Require
X	Recommend
	Neither require nor recommend

C5. Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

Distribution of high school units	Units Required	Units Recommended
Total academic units	16	19
English	4	4
Mathmatics	4	4
Science	2	4
Of these, units that must be lab
Foreign language	2	4
Social studies	1	3
History
Academic electives
Computer Science
Visual/Performing Arts
Other (specify)

C6-C7: Basis for Selection

C6.	Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? If so, check which applies:
	Open admission policy as described above for all students
	Open admission policy as described above for most students, but--
	selective admission for out-of-state students
	selective admission to some programs
	other (explain)

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking general (not including programs with specific criteria) admissions decisions.

Academic	Very Important	Important	Considered	Not Considered
Rigor of secondary school record	X
Class rank	X
Academic GPA	X
Standardized test scores			X
Application Essay		X
Recommendation(s)		X
Nonacademic	Very Important	Important	Considered	Not Considered
Interview				X
Extracurricular activities		X
Talent/ability		X
Character/personal qualities	X
First generation			X
Alumni/ae relation				X
Geographical residence			X
State residency	X
Religious affiliation/commitment				X
Volunteer work			X
Work experience			X
Level of applicant’s interest				X

Please provide additional information if the importance of any specific academic or nonacademic factors differ by academic program.

C8. SAT and ACT Policies
Entrance Exams

C8a. Does your institution make use of SAT or ACT scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? YES
If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for use in admission for students applying for Fall 2027.

Admission	Required to be considered for admission	Required for some	Recommended	Not required for admission, but considered if submitted	Not considered for admission, even if submitted
SAT or ACT				X
ACT Only
SAT Only

C8d. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising? YES https://admission.virginia.edu/taxonomy/term/111

C8e. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission 15 January

C8f. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students due to differences by academic program, student academic background, or if other examinations may be considered in lieu of the SAT and ACT): N/A

C8g. Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):

	SAT
	ACT
X	AP
X	CLEP
X	Institutional Exam
	State Exam (specify):

C9-C12: First-time, first-year Profile
Provide information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year students enrolled in Fall 2025, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresidents, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year students enrolled in Fall 2025 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores.

Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted test scores.
Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item.
Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores and vice versa.
If a student submitted multiple sets of scores for a single test, report this information according to how you use the data. For example:
If you consider the highest scores from either submission, use the highest combination of scores (e.g., verbal from one submission, math from the other).
If you average the scores, use the average to report the scores.

For each assessment listed below, report the score that represents the 25th percentile (the score that 25 percent of the first-time, first-year population scored at or below) and the 75th percentile score (the score that 25 percent scored at or above).

Percent of first-time, first-year students with scores in each range:

C10. Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information)

C11. Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale).

Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.
If you are able to report GPA ranges separately for students that also submitted at least one test score versus those who did not submit a test score, please do so in the respective columns. If you are unable to report these data, please report the ranges for all students.

Range	Percent (Students who submitted scores)	Percent (Students who did not submit scores)	Percent (All enrolled students)
Percent who had GPA of 4.0
Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.99
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24
Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99
Percent who had GPA below 1.0
Totals should = 100%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

C12.

Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted GPA:
Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school GPA:

C13-C20: Admission Policies

C13. Application Fee

If your institution has waived its application fee for the Fall 2026 admission cycle please select no.

Does your institution have an application fee	YES
Amount of application fee:	$75
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?	YES

If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:

X	Same fee
	Free
	Reduced

Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need?

YES

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date? NO

	Date
Application closing date (fall)	01/05
Priority Date	N/A

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? NO

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)

	On a rolling basis beginning (date):
X	By (date): 4/01
	Other:

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)

	Must reply by (date):
	No set date
X	Must reply by May 1st or within 2 weeks if notified thereafter
	Other:
	Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): N/A
	Amount of housing deposit: N/A
	Refundable if student does not enroll?
	Yes, in full
	Yes, in part
	No

C18. Deferred Admission

Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?	YES
If yes, maximum period of postponement:	N/A

C19. Early admission of high school students

Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year students one year or more before high school graduation?

C21. Early Decision

Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year applicants for fall enrollment?	YES
If “yes,” please complete the following:
First or only early decision plan closing date	11/1
First or only early decision plan notification date	12/15
Other early decision plan closing date
Other early decision plan notification date

Please provide significant details about your early decision plan:

Early Decision is a binding admission plan for students who have determined that UVA is their first choice and who feel they can present a strong application without senior grades being reviewed. Students admitted through the Early Decision admission plan are required to cancel their applications elsewhere and enroll in UVA. Decisions of admit, deny, or defer will be released by December 15th. Admitted students are expected to submit deposits by January 15.

C22. Early Action

Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?	YES
If “yes,” please complete the following:
Early action closing date	11/1
Early action notification date	2/15
Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?	NO

C. First-Time, First-Year Admission

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