The University community welcomed many visitors to Grounds over the past year. The cycle of the undergraduate experience helps define life at the University.
Most undergraduates arrive here fresh from high school.
Over the course of four years, they grow intellectually and emotionally, develop enduring friendships, and gain a sense of responsibility and commitment. The Class of 1997 was no exception. Whether meeting a friend for lunch, listening to live music, or shopping for U.Va. Just one month earlier, the University sent out acceptance letters to the class of 2001, beginning the cycle anew. This promises to be the strongest class in recent memory, with nearly 80 percent finishing in the top tenth of their graduating class.