UVA ED

[Anonymous]

This year’s decisions aren’t out until next week but wondering if you think ED helped your child (or others you know) get in last year.

My kid loves the school (is a legacy which they aren’t considering this year) and applied ED. But I’ve now heard that ED doesn’t really give a bump either, and we are OOS. I see that statistically ED acceptance rate is higher than EA, but the admissions officers have said (and their website says) that there isn’t an admissions advantage to applying early.

[Anonymous]

AO say a lot of things that aren’t true, numbers don’t lie. It also isn’t true they won’t consider legacy, assuming your kid responded to the easy prompt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AO say a lot of things that aren’t true, numbers don’t lie. It also isn’t true they won’t consider legacy, assuming your kid responded to the easy prompt.

They responded to the essay and I thought they were considering. On Dean J’s Instagram live today she said they aren’t “doing legacy” this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AO say a lot of things that aren’t true, numbers don’t lie. It also isn’t true they won’t consider legacy, assuming your kid responded to the easy prompt.

They responded to the essay and I thought they were considering. On Dean J’s Instagram live today she said they aren’t “doing legacy” this year.

Right, but the are considering strength of tie to school or some such, it’s all semantics.

[Anonymous]

And good luck to your kid. We are in Maryland and everyone we know who got in ED last year was a legacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AO say a lot of things that aren’t true, numbers don’t lie. It also isn’t true they won’t consider legacy, assuming your kid responded to the easy prompt.

They responded to the essay and I thought they were considering. On Dean J’s Instagram live today she said they aren’t “doing legacy” this year.

Right, but the are considering strength of tie to school or some such, it’s all semantics.

It’s actually annoying that they aren’t clear at all. At another point this year Dean J said that the impact wont be quantifiable.

[Anonymous]

My DS applied regular decision last year and got in RD. No legacy or ties to the school. For what it’s worth, My friends son applied ED last year and was deferred as a legacy.

Do I think it helps to apply ED? No. I don’t think it matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS applied regular decision last year and got in RD. No legacy or ties to the school. For what it’s worth, My friends son applied ED last year and was deferred as a legacy.

Do I think it helps to apply ED? No. I don’t think it matters.

Instate? Legacy mostly helps with oos histrocially.

[Anonymous]

I think it helped my borderline kid. But hey that’s anecdotal.

[Anonymous]

Most colleges don’t consider legacy a help unless you apply ED-they say it doesn’t matter for RD admissions since they assume the student liked somewhere else better. Makes sense to me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most colleges don’t consider legacy a help unless you apply ED-they say it doesn’t matter for RD admissions since they assume the student liked somewhere else better. Makes sense to me!

When UVA considered legacy, it didn’t matter when you applied.

Also, they don’t consider demonstrated interest at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AO say a lot of things that aren’t true, numbers don’t lie. It also isn’t true they won’t consider legacy, assuming your kid responded to the easy prompt.

They responded to the essay and I thought they were considering. On Dean J’s Instagram live today she said they aren’t “doing legacy” this year.

Right, but the are considering strength of tie to school or some such, it’s all semantics.

Not really. It's all about whether or not you (legacy) want to mention it in the specific essay for this. Otherwise, the readers do not know you are a legacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:AO say a lot of things that aren’t true, numbers don’t lie. It also isn’t true they won’t consider legacy, assuming your kid responded to the easy prompt.

But you have to view the numbers in relationship to the quality of the pool of applicants--if ED pool is on average stronger (people don't usually throw their ED away on a longshot) they are going to have a higher percentage of admits. Also ED includes all the recruited athletes, so you have to take those out.
The numbers to look at are to compare the stats of those admitted ED with those admitted RD. Stats aren't everything, but they tell the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AO say a lot of things that aren’t true, numbers don’t lie. It also isn’t true they won’t consider legacy, assuming your kid responded to the easy prompt.

But you have to view the numbers in relationship to the quality of the pool of applicants--if ED pool is on average stronger (people don't usually throw their ED away on a longshot) they are going to have a higher percentage of admits. Also ED includes all the recruited athletes, so you have to take those out.
The numbers to look at are to compare the stats of those admitted ED with those admitted RD. Stats aren't everything, but they tell the situation.

Well, UVA has repeatedly said that EA is the strongest pool (likely because rea schools, like the top Ivies, allow public school ea apps) and it is also when they admit athletes, so you are wrong on birth counts with respect to ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:AO say a lot of things that aren’t true, numbers don’t lie. It also isn’t true they won’t consider legacy, assuming your kid responded to the easy prompt.

But you have to view the numbers in relationship to the quality of the pool of applicants--if ED pool is on average stronger (people don't usually throw their ED away on a longshot) they are going to have a higher percentage of admits. Also ED includes all the recruited athletes, so you have to take those out.
The numbers to look at are to compare the stats of those admitted ED with those admitted RD. Stats aren't everything, but they tell the situation.

EA is strongest and RD is weakest according to Dean J. Though recently she said both early rounds are strong.

I actually do think people throw in long shot ED applications or long shot applications in general if it’s their top choice.