U.Va. details Class of 2013

The University of Virginia says its Class of 2013 is filled, with 3,308 first-year students accepting offers of admission. Sixty-seven percent of those students are Virginians.

U.Va. expects about 60 students will drop out before the official census in October, which will bring the total to the target enrollment of 3,240.

The admissions office last week notified wait-listed students that the class is full for both first-year and transfer applicants. About 420 first-year students were accepted from the waiting list.

U.Va. said that 88.5 percent of first-year students ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, up from 87.6 percent last year. SAT scores rose by about 10 points, with a median score of 1350 on the verbal and math portions.

So far, 205 students have qualified for full need-based, all-grant packages under the AccessUVA financial aid program, compared with 170 last year.

Other characteristics of the class: 303 are African-Americans (up from 280 last year), 203 Hispanics (up from 125), 212 foreign nationals (up from 189), and 27 American Indians (up from seven).

U.Va. said the applicant pool increased by more than 3,000, to 21,839. The university made offers to 6,775 students, about 31 percent of those who applied. Nearly half accepted.

-- Karin Kapsidelis