ED/EA applications: record # for class of 2028?

[Anonymous]

Just wondering if your DC’s school has announced the # ED applicants for this fall and if so, is it record breaking? I’m still under the (mis) impression that ED confers an edge. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

According to DeanJ, there are about 4,500 ED apps to UVA this year. There were 4,250 last year, so about 5% increase.

[Anonymous]

I am wondering if RD will also be higher? Or are families just shifting to ED?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am wondering if RD will also be higher? Or are families just shifting to ED?

It depends if RD admits are higher.

[Anonymous]

If you can afford it, and your child knows 100% where they want to go, you apply ED, where they have a better chance of getting in. If they don't know where they want to go, or you are dependant on financial aid, you don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to DeanJ, there are about 4,500 ED apps to UVA this year. There were 4,250 last year, so about 5% increase.

Where did she say that? And did she break down in and out of state?

[Anonymous]

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/11/16/early-admissions-data-show-big-bump-applications

Pull quote: "Preliminary data from the Common App—which counts about one-third of America’s four-year undergraduate institutions as members—show a sharp increase in applications submitted before Nov. 1, a jump of 41 percent over the 2019–20 application cycle."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DeanJ, there are about 4,500 ED apps to UVA this year. There were 4,250 last year, so about 5% increase.

Where did she say that? And did she break down in and out of state?

Yesterday during her live Q&A. No breakdown IS vs OOS. EA pool is also larger vs last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DeanJ, there are about 4,500 ED apps to UVA this year. There were 4,250 last year, so about 5% increase.

Where did she say that? And did she break down in and out of state?

Yesterday during her live Q&A. No breakdown IS vs OOS. EA pool is also larger vs last year.

Thanks! I looked for yesterday’s live and couldn’t find it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/11/16/early-admissions-data-show-big-bump-applications

Pull quote: "Preliminary data from the Common App—which counts about one-third of America’s four-year undergraduate institutions as members—show a sharp increase in applications submitted before Nov. 1, a jump of 41 percent over the 2019–20 application cycle."

Thank you. Adding:

"Robert Massa, vice president emeritus for enrollment at Dickinson College, said he was struck by the size of the application surge. But he cautioned that it may reflect the growing popularity of early action and early decision—and increased pressure on students to apply to a longer list of colleges—rather than portend a comparable spike in enrollments next year."

[Anonymous]

"Freeman said the boom in test-optional policies during the pandemic helped spur the increase in applications.
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“As the barriers to entry keep falling, it’s only a natural outcome that more students are applying to more institutions,” Freeman said."
Indeed, the increase is the result of test optional policies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/11/16/early-admissions-data-show-big-bump-applications

Pull quote: "Preliminary data from the Common App—which counts about one-third of America’s four-year undergraduate institutions as members—show a sharp increase in applications submitted before Nov. 1, a jump of 41 percent over the 2019–20 application cycle."

Thank you. Adding:

"Robert Massa, vice president emeritus for enrollment at Dickinson College, said he was struck by the size of the application surge. But he cautioned that it may reflect the growing popularity of early action and early decision—and increased pressure on students to apply to a longer list of colleges—rather than portend a comparable spike in enrollments next year."

Also, the increase is driven by applications from non-white students and applications to schools with a 50%+ acceptance rate. Common App has been working to get more MSIs and large public universities onboard, which seems to be working. Applications to more selective schools have leveled off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/11/16/early-admissions-data-show-big-bump-applications

Pull quote: "Preliminary data from the Common App—which counts about one-third of America’s four-year undergraduate institutions as members—show a sharp increase in applications submitted before Nov. 1, a jump of 41 percent over the 2019–20 application cycle."

Thank you. Adding:

"Robert Massa, vice president emeritus for enrollment at Dickinson College, said he was struck by the size of the application surge. But he cautioned that it may reflect the growing popularity of early action and early decision—and increased pressure on students to apply to a longer list of colleges—rather than portend a comparable spike in enrollments next year."

Also, the increase is driven by applications from non-white students and applications to schools with a 50%+ acceptance rate. Common App has been working to get more MSIs and large public universities onboard, which seems to be working. Applications to more selective schools have leveled off.

I may have missed this - did the article specifically say this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DeanJ, there are about 4,500 ED apps to UVA this year. There were 4,250 last year, so about 5% increase.

Where did she say that? And did she break down in and out of state?

Yesterday during her live Q&A. No breakdown IS vs OOS. EA pool is also larger vs last year.

Thanks! I looked for yesterday’s live and couldn’t find it

I don’t think she saved the live like she usually does. I wonder if it was a mistake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/11/16/early-admissions-data-show-big-bump-applications

Pull quote: "Preliminary data from the Common App—which counts about one-third of America’s four-year undergraduate institutions as members—show a sharp increase in applications submitted before Nov. 1, a jump of 41 percent over the 2019–20 application cycle."

Thank you. Adding:

"Robert Massa, vice president emeritus for enrollment at Dickinson College, said he was struck by the size of the application surge. But he cautioned that it may reflect the growing popularity of early action and early decision—and increased pressure on students to apply to a longer list of colleges—rather than portend a comparable spike in enrollments next year."

Also, the increase is driven by applications from non-white students and applications to schools with a 50%+ acceptance rate. Common App has been working to get more MSIs and large public universities onboard, which seems to be working. Applications to more selective schools have leveled off.

I may have missed this - did the article specifically say this?

Yes, quoted source.