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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Though UVA has not said it, I wonder if they have decided to cap ED admissions at 25% of the class. For the past two years, 1000 kids have been their number, despite increased applications. Capping the number of ED admissions may help with perceptions of admission fairness, especially since it’s a public university. Then again, W&M accepts a much larger portion of their class from two ED rounds, and they are a public. Again, UVA hasn’t noted a cap, but I find it odd that the number admitted this year was the same as last year, despite 800 more ED applications. Thoughts?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

Nah. Unlike UVA, WM doesn’t have EA.  They take about 1/3 of their class ED and 2/3 RD— much more than UVA takes RD.  And IME (I had 2 kids apply, one ED one RD), WM gives a sizable ED bump. My DD got in last year ED.  She was unhooked and her WGPA was .2 or more below kids who were outright denied in RD. WM cares a lot about admitting students who really want to attend and who can show they would be a good fit. They aren’t using ED to lock down superstars— especially in state (but they aren’t turning them down either). They seem to use ED, at least in part, to give a boost to kids who would otherwise just miss admission, but are all in on WM.  They would rather have a lower GPA in ED than a kid who EDs UVA, is deferred and applied to WM as backup in RD.

But in general, the opposite of what PP says is true. Even putting aside athletes, etc, the unhooked ED admits have lower stats than the unhooked RD admits. [/quote]

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