UVA Regular Decision Friday, 3/18

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Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

**...don't accept RD

[Anonymous]

My kid was deferred EA, and given the stats, we’re not super hopeful. She’s been accepted @VT Honors College so having that option is making her feel better about whatever the decision is Friday. Good luck to all!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am fairly confident that this will be an extremely low admittance. Most people know to apply ED or EA to UVA. I would make back up plans for sure. They've been known to not accept top 5% candidates. Good luck!

Some people who apply early are deferred to RD so even if they knew to apply ED or EA they are now waiting on RD decisions.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:2022 numbers.
Total Regular Decision Offers of Admission
Overall RD offers: 2,123 (2,628 last year)
Total VA RD offers: 650 (17% offer rate)
Total OOS RD offers: 1,473 (12% offer rate)

Wait, they are offering more than 2x the number of oos students as in-state? Is that right?

Yes, but the yield for OOS is historically much worse.

AND - (don't know what it was in 2022 but for 2023...) so far 3301 VA and 3608 OOS have been accepted. They say target is about 9500 so that leaves about 2521 spots left for RD round acceptances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

All colleges and universities do it. It's called a "soft deferral". My kid got them from all of the Ivies he applied to. Just a random pull off the internet, here is UCLA last year: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offered 15,242 waitlist spaces for the class of 2026, but it only admitted 214 students. This put the UCLA waitlist acceptance rate at a historic low of 2%.Feb 11, 2023

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Here's a bunch of schools that have comparatively large waitlists and accept only 1-3%. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-college...get-off-the-waitlist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

All colleges and universities do it. It's called a "soft deferral". My kid got them from all of the Ivies he applied to. Just a random pull off the internet, here is UCLA last year: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offered 15,242 waitlist spaces for the class of 2026, but it only admitted 214 students. This put the UCLA waitlist acceptance rate at a historic low of 2%.Feb 11, 2023

7,000 were deferred from EA/ED to regular decision not waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

All colleges and universities do it. It's called a "soft deferral". My kid got them from all of the Ivies he applied to. Just a random pull off the internet, here is UCLA last year: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offered 15,242 waitlist spaces for the class of 2026, but it only admitted 214 students. This put the UCLA waitlist acceptance rate at a historic low of 2%.Feb 11, 2023

7,000 were deferred from EA/ED to regular decision not waitlist.

Dunno. That's a precise copy and paste from the internet. Don't have a pony in the race. Just pointing out that all schools have monster deferral/waitlists and take few.

More on "soft rejections".

Is waitlist a soft rejection?
If a student is waitlisted, it usually means that a school feels the student is a good fit, but the school is constrained by class sizes. Keep in mind, however, that some schools use waitlist offers as “soft rejections.” The waitlist offer is more of a “courtesy” and they have no intention of admitting you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

All colleges and universities do it. It's called a "soft deferral". My kid got them from all of the Ivies he applied to. Just a random pull off the internet, here is UCLA last year: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offered 15,242 waitlist spaces for the class of 2026, but it only admitted 214 students. This put the UCLA waitlist acceptance rate at a historic low of 2%.Feb 11, 2023

7,000 were deferred from EA/ED to regular decision not waitlist.

Not sure where you got the 7000 number but UVA listed original Deferrals from EA/ED combined as 8873 (2843 VA and 6030 OOS) but Dean J reiterated weekly - not everyone who was deferred chooses to remain in consideration for RD and the number of deferrals who have pulled out changes over time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

All colleges and universities do it. It's called a "soft deferral". My kid got them from all of the Ivies he applied to. Just a random pull off the internet, here is UCLA last year: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offered 15,242 waitlist spaces for the class of 2026, but it only admitted 214 students. This put the UCLA waitlist acceptance rate at a historic low of 2%.Feb 11, 2023

You are confusing "Waitlist" and "Deferral of EA/ED to RD". There's no way your child can have multiple "EA/ED deferrals to RD" from Ivies because each student is only allowed to apply EA/ED to one Ivy. However, they CAN receive multiple RD Waitlists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

Maybe they are waiting to see how strong the RD pool is. If RD applicants are strong, fewer deferred EAs are admitted. If RD applicants are weak, then more deferred EAs are admitted. And, of course, the number of RD applicants they receive could affect it, too. That's my guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

All colleges and universities do it. It's called a "soft deferral". My kid got them from all of the Ivies he applied to. Just a random pull off the internet, here is UCLA last year: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offered 15,242 waitlist spaces for the class of 2026, but it only admitted 214 students. This put the UCLA waitlist acceptance rate at a historic low of 2%.Feb 11, 2023

7,000 were deferred from EA/ED to regular decision not waitlist.

Dunno. That's a precise copy and paste from the internet. Don't have a pony in the race. Just pointing out that all schools have monster deferral/waitlists and take few.

More on "soft rejections".

Is waitlist a soft rejection?
If a student is waitlisted, it usually means that a school feels the student is a good fit, but the school is constrained by class sizes. Keep in mind, however, that some schools use waitlist offers as “soft rejections.” The waitlist offer is more of a “courtesy” and they have no intention of admitting you.

As has been explained, a deferral is not the same as a waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Mine was accepted reg decision last year! Good luck to all. Don’t let the negative noise get to ya!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

All colleges and universities do it. It's called a "soft deferral". My kid got them from all of the Ivies he applied to. Just a random pull off the internet, here is UCLA last year: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offered 15,242 waitlist spaces for the class of 2026, but it only admitted 214 students. This put the UCLA waitlist acceptance rate at a historic low of 2%.Feb 11, 2023

You are confusing "Waitlist" and "Deferral of EA/ED to RD". There's no way your child can have multiple "EA/ED deferrals to RD" from Ivies because each student is only allowed to apply EA/ED to one Ivy. However, they CAN receive multiple RD Waitlists.

No, not confusing. I meant to type "soft rejection". She was deferred SCEA at Princeton; accepted Georgia Tech EA; accepted Purdue EA; accepted UVA EA; deferred Harvard, Yale, Cornell. The deferrals automatically become waitlists. She didn't come off any waitlists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The acceptance rate for deferred students is even lower - like 2% last year.

This seems like a weakness on the decision-makers’ side. Or, why would it be so low when it was UVA who said, hang in there, you still have a shot?

I asked that question on the last IG call. Why defer 7,000 from EA only to accept ~100? Even if half don't accept EA, that's still a ridiculously low percentage. Didn't really understand the response.

All colleges and universities do it. It's called a "soft deferral". My kid got them from all of the Ivies he applied to. Just a random pull off the internet, here is UCLA last year: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offered 15,242 waitlist spaces for the class of 2026, but it only admitted 214 students. This put the UCLA waitlist acceptance rate at a historic low of 2%.Feb 11, 2023

7,000 were deferred from EA/ED to regular decision not waitlist.

Dunno. That's a precise copy and paste from the internet. Don't have a pony in the race. Just pointing out that all schools have monster deferral/waitlists and take few.

More on "soft rejections".

Is waitlist a soft rejection?
If a student is waitlisted, it usually means that a school feels the student is a good fit, but the school is constrained by class sizes. Keep in mind, however, that some schools use waitlist offers as “soft rejections.” The waitlist offer is more of a “courtesy” and they have no intention of admitting you.

As has been explained, a deferral is not the same as a waitlist.

Deferrals automatically go to waitlist after the RD decisions come out