UVA provides a case study in flux for public flagship universities. More than 48,000 applied, up 15% from the year before. The University offered admission to about 9,900, or 21%. It also set up a sizable wait list. The target is an entering class of 3,788. What happens next is anyone’s guess. “I’m not sure I’ve ever gone into a summer so uncertain about what’s going to happen,” said UVA dean of admission Greg W. Roberts.