If the University of Virginia recently waitlisted you or your child for admission to the Class of 2029, it might feel like you’ve hit a brick wall. But bear in mind that a waitlist is not a rejection. There’s still plenty you can do to show UVA that you mean business and you’re not going anywhere — as long as you act quickly. Read on to learn more about Ivy Coach’s highly successful strategy for getting students off the UVA waitlist and onto its historic campus.

The University of Virginia Waitlist Acceptance Rate and Statistics

While UVA has only published waitlist data stretching back over the last four admissions cycles (as reported to the federally-mandated Common Data Set), this is still more than enough to get a sense of how admissions officers over at the prowling ground of the Wahoos go about the waitlist process. Let’s take a look:

University of Virginia Class Year	Number of Students Waitlisted to UVA	Number of Students Who Chose to Join UVA Waitlist	Number of Students Accepted Off UVA Waitlist	University of Virginia Waitlist Acceptance Rate
UVA Class of 2029	Not Yet Published	Not Yet Published	Not Yet Published	Not Yet Published
UVA Class of 2028	8,199	5,114	320	6.26%
UVA Class of 2027	8,368	4,937	7	0.14%
UVA Class of 2026	8,690	4,924	86	1.75%
UVA Class of 2025	6,465	3,780	165	4.37%

Your Chances of Admission to UVA After Being Waitlisted

Over the last four admission cycles, the waitlist acceptance rate at UVA has reached an average of 3.13%. Sure, this figure might seem daunting, but it’s a far higher statistic than what can be found at the schools that rarely dip into their waitlisted pool at all, if ever.

Even Ivy Coach’s famously accurate crystal ball can’t predict the UVA waitlist acceptance rate for the Class of 2029 — this number varies from year to year and has a lot to do with the yield rate of accepted applicants. The more students who decide to matriculate from the admitted pool, the less UVA admissions officers will have to dip down into their waitlist to fill the ranks of the incoming class. 

While none of us can control this elusive variable, there’s still plenty you can do to optimize the odds that you or your child will get into this world-renowned institution in Charlottesville, VA — and we’re not talking about showing up unannounced to the admissions office to plead your case or taking out a billboard in northern Virginia touting your strengths as an applicant!

How to Optimize the Odds That You Get Off the UVA Waitlist and Onto Campus

Ivy Coach has an impeccable track record for helping our students who come to us after being waitlisted get into the University of Virginia. We follow a tried-and-true two-step method to make the most out of the days following a notice of waitlist. That method is as follows:

1. Complete Ivy Coach’s PostMortem application review. We need to see how you presented your case for admission — mistakes and all. After all, the narrative we help you craft can’t be out of left field. It needs to be a more powerful version of the applicant you presented in your essays.
2. Submit a compelling Letter of Continued Interest. This letter should contain no brags or updates. Most waitlisted students know they should submit a letter, yet the majority of them submit the wrong kind of letter. We brainstorm and revise letters that offer students the best shot possible of admission. These letters cause admissions officers to go to bat for our students!

Getting Started with Ivy Coach on UVA’s Waitlist

If you’re interested in optimizing your case for admission off the University of Virginia’s waitlist, complete Ivy Coach’s complimentary consultation form and indicate that UVA has waitlisted you. We’ll then contact you. And, yes, we understand that time is of the essence and that your letter needs to go to UVA immediately — we only ask that you act quickly!