Early Action (EA)/ Early Decision (ED) 

November 1 

Regular Decision (RD)

January 5 

UVA Writing Questions 

What about your individual background, perspective, or experience will serve as a source of strength for you or those around you at UVA? Feel free to write about any past experience or part of your background that has shaped your perspective and will be a source of strength, including but not limited to those related to your community, upbringing, educational environment, race, gender, or other aspects of your background that are important to you. (250 words) 

UVA Optional Writing Question 

If you have a personal or historic connection with UVA, and if you’d like to share how your experience of this connection has prepared you to contribute to the University, please share your thoughts here. Such relationships might include, but are not limited to, being a child of someone who graduated from or works for UVA, a descendant of ancestors who labored at UVA, or a participant in UVA programs. 

UVA School of Nursing Question
In the field of nursing, you will encounter and impact real human lives. Please explain why you feel this is important as you choose this field as your future. (Around 250 words) 

None 
(UVA does not accept resumes, research abstracts, or writing portfolios) 

About UVA 

✓ Charlottesville, VA 

✓ Founded in 1819 

✓ Public institution 

✓ Total undergraduate enrollment in previous year: 17,496 

✓ 19% acceptance rate 

School Is Known For 

✓ Darden Graduate School of Business 

✓ Curry School of Education 

✓ School of Engineering and Applied Science 

✓ School of Law 

✓ School of Medicine 

✓ Houses one of the 25 remaining original copies of the Declaration of Independence 

✓ Alum include former U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, journalist Katie Couric and former NFL player Tiki Barber 

✓ Famous writer Edgar Allen Poe was forced to leave the school after losing his tuition money to gambling, but his dorm room on the lawn is still preserved and on display for visitors 

✓ Founded by Thomas Jefferson

Culture 

✓ Referred to among insiders as Mr. Jefferson’s University or simply The University 

✓ Only first-year students are required to live on campus 

✓ Many upperclassmen live in off-campus apartments or fraternity and sorority houses 

✓ Greek life is prominent at UVA with a membership that includes approximately 35 percent of the student body 

✓ The Cavaliers, known unofficially as Wahoos or ‘Hoos, are members of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference 

✓ Well known for their consistently dominant men’s and women’s lacrosse teams