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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]UVA is probably looking at things like the following.  Duke's yield in 2006, when UVA dropped ED was 43%.  In 2017, it was up to 54%.  Over that same time, UVA's OOS yield has gone from 36% to 22%. [/b] [/quote]

Actually, I think what propelled this was the oversubscription at UVA's competitor (sports), Virginia Tech.  UVA received almost 41,000 applications this year (a 10% increase) and will most likely see another 10%+ next year due to a whole constellation of factors.  Although it is flattering to Tech that 1800 students over the estimate wanted Tech, it is still an administrative nightmare.  Better to start ED and cherrypick those that have the stats and are ready to commit to the school so that when UVA's small admissions office has to attack EA and RD piles, it has at least a sense of how many seats it has to fill.  Remember UVA is a state school - the Virginia Tech error was costly and it is ultimately the taxpayers that will pick that up.  I imagine UVA wants to avoid the same thing.  GMU has been oversubscribed and it, too, had to bounce some upperclassmen from the dorms and they were none too happy about that.  And I applaud UVA for promising that the financial aid packages will come on Dec. 15th with the ED decision.  Many parents in NOVA will love this because UVA is their first pick anyhow.  It will be nice for them to apply once and find out and be done with the college admissions madness and not have to spend the rest of the year making costly submissions.[/quote]

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