You have applied to the MS program at UVA. Would you be interested in the one-year ME degree as a self-supported student? The tuition for Fall 2016-Spring 2017 is around $30,000. There would be no research with this degree. Once you have completed you would be eligible to apply to the MS or Ph.D. program.
额，录我的学校是把我的Thesis MS Degree转成了Non-Thesis MS Degree，大概就是你的Meng，我发邮件问负责招生的教授，他回复说因为没有找到和我兴趣匹配的项目，所以没法给Thesis的，但是如果我过去了，找到合适的项目，并且导师愿意收我的话，it's simple to transfer to the thesis MS program.不知道UVA是怎么个情况，希望对你有帮助！Cong~