UVA strategy: RD vs ED?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:EA is the way to go

Noooooo. Too many kids who are applying to Ivys etc and using UVA as a "saftey" are applying EA.
Go ED if you are really set on going there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:EA is the way to go

Noooooo. Too many kids who are applying to Ivys etc and using UVA as a "saftey" are applying EA.
Go ED if you are really set on going there.

Yes. If UVA is the reach and dream school go ED

[Anonymous]

Legacy and donor are not hooks at any VA public university. Those have been outlawed entirely. Many ED admissions are unhooked.

UVa (like many colleges) prefers students that prefer that college. If my kid really wanted Uva, and they were not entirely unqualified, then I would have DC apply ED.

Others here will disagree (as they will with anything anyone says .

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Anonymous wrote:UVA publishes statistics on admissions. It is very open about that. SCHEV also has online numbers.

For a well-qualified in-state student, the statistical odds of admission to UVa are best ED, EA is 2nd best, and RD is hardest (again statistically speaking).

Thanks. I checked the stats and definitely see that ED has a much higher admissions rate (though I suspect some of these are hooked and some may be exceptionally strong students).

But I am wondering about the strategy for someone who is qualified but not at all a shoo-in. Do people think UVA would look at the classes and assume the GPA will continue to go up incrementally (in which case, kid would go ED)? Or is it better to wait to have the stronger GPA in hand?

ED is not "exceptionally strong students"
An exceptionally strong student for UVA is likely shooting their shot at a T15 school
ED is people who are special admits like athletic recruits and people who are in the meaty middle of the admit pile.

My WAG is if your stats are 50/50 for UVA, then ED probably makes that 80/20

My exceptionally strong student (I’ll list stats and more if you wish) applied ED to UVA because she could care less about T-15 name schools. We are full pay and can afford to pay private. She’s Echols at UVA and loves it there. Exceptionally strong students do apply to UVA!

Same. My strong student did UVA ED.

Same here.
Did he submit anything else other than the LOCI form?

[Anonymous]

My niece's friend did ED to UVA with a 4.2 and got rejected. Your kid is better off applying RD IF they can get that GPA to a 4.4 at least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My niece's friend did ED to UVA with a 4.2 and got rejected. Your kid is better off applying RD IF they can get that GPA to a 4.4 at least.

What was her SAT and major?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My niece's friend did ED to UVA with a 4.2 and got rejected. Your kid is better off applying RD IF they can get that GPA to a 4.4 at least.

Yes, the chance to get the GPA up for RD is worth it sometimes, but it may require more work and time because RD is a difficult round.

DS 2024's friend had UVA as first choice, but was at 4.2 after junior year and was told to apply RD to get the GPA up. He got it up to 4.4 and was waitlisted in RD and spent first year at UVA-Wise, and now is at UVA.

DS 2024 had 4.3 after junior year, got it up to 4.4 after 1st semester and was accepted EA.

Both DS and friend are McLean/Langley.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA publishes statistics on admissions. It is very open about that. SCHEV also has online numbers.

For a well-qualified in-state student, the statistical odds of admission to UVa are best ED, EA is 2nd best, and RD is hardest (again statistically speaking).

Thanks. I checked the stats and definitely see that ED has a much higher admissions rate (though I suspect some of these are hooked and some may be exceptionally strong students).

But I am wondering about the strategy for someone who is qualified but not at all a shoo-in. Do people think UVA would look at the classes and assume the GPA will continue to go up incrementally (in which case, kid would go ED)? Or is it better to wait to have the stronger GPA in hand?

Is this true? Some, sure, but I would think EA and RD would have more of the tippy top kids. For those kids, UVA might be a back up and they are ED’ing elsewhere. I know no top 30 school is really a back up for anyone these days, but anyway.

[Anonymous]

There’s plenty of time to raise sat score. Take in June, then if necessary take class or get tutoring and take again in August