Every school says something like this: if you are sure that you want to be at ABC (or that ABC is your first choice) and you’re happy with your record, ED might be right for you. Schools don’t really tout ED as an admissions boost. That notion comes from those who observe the data. However, the data can be deceiving because it doesn’t breakout athletes, legacies, etc. |
Sorry your kid was deferred! Last year there was an advantage to ED (for in state I think it was 39% accepted ED V about 30% EA). This year the in-state acceptance rate is lower. It will be interesting to see if that is the case for EA as well. |
Can you expand on this? Not sure I'm understanding your point but it sounds interesting. |
Maybe W&M feels the greater need to leverage the ED early match process to secure a large portion of their class - that without it they may not get a similar level of student. Guessing UVA feels greater confidence to leave the class more open - that they will get the level of students they need and can consider other factors and values. |
They don’t recalculate. They judge the GPA within the context of the particular high school. This is why the stats being thrown around here are so useless. They only apply to your high school. |
Last year, ED was 11% of the total offers and 63% were EA. |
PP. as some others had mentioned, if classes weren't AP, he tried to take Honors which accounts for .5 bump. HS "honors" math began in 7th grade so I'm sure that helped. Post AP is computer science after AP CS-A which had +1 weight. |
Yep. I know a 3.5 kid from a top DC private accepted today. |
How do you know a kid’s GPA if it’s not your kid? That’s odd and obsessive. |
. You’re odd and obsessive |
I mean, it is. |
What’s a CCO? |
probably college counseling office |
College counselor? Not original poster. |
That’s a big help! I am the PP with 4.24. My kids has 6 high school math credit, including Calc AB and B/C. But 7th - 10th the school did not offer honors for kids in accelerated math. So Pre-Calc in 10th was non-honors, etc. |