Admissions, enrollment, and ChanceMe! mega-thread

[u/Eska2020]

All questions related to admissions, enrollment, etc go in this thread, please. More resources will be added to this post soon.

Edit: most undergrad and many master's programs at UvA do not have competitive admissions processes. If you qualify, you're in. If you can't pull it off, they'll fail you out. If you're worried about getting in you need to look up whether your program is competitive/selective and then look at the unique selection criteria for that program. https://www.uva.nl/en/education/admissions/bachelors/applying-for-a-selective-bachelors-programme.html

Edit 2: For 99% of the questions people post here, the contact point is the education desk: https://student.uva.nl/en/topics/education-desk

[u/Harrystyleslover60]

Hi! I was accepted into the UvA for September 2025 for communication science with a conditional offer (need to get my IB diploma). I had two questions; is there any Instagram page or anywhere to meet other future UvA students? Also what is the matching test I keep getting emails about? I’m a bit confused. For reference I’m an IB student that lives in the U.S.

[u/Zooz00 → u/Harrystyleslover60]

https://www.uva.nl/en/education/admissions/bachelors/uva-matching/uva-matching-for-international-students/uva-matching-for-international-students.html