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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If UVA can fill half their class with ED like Penn, Duke, etc, they will do it.[/quote]

This.  There is no way there is not an advantage to applying ED.[/quote]

[b]It is an advantage for increasing admission odds for the applicant,  and a way to increase yield for the institution.  For an applicant, it also eliminates the ability to compare financial aid packages, so applicants using ED tend to be wealthier.  For the institution, this therefore reduces demand for aid among ED admits and lets the institution target their aid resources.[/quote][/b]

UVA has promised that its financial aid package will be delivered along with the ED decision on Dec. 15th.  So the family who really wants UVA will have everything it needs to make a decision at that time.  If the family really wants to cross-shop (but how can you beat UVA in-state? but that's up to the family), UVA has retained EA, so a student can still apply EA to as many schools as he or she wants.  Then there is still RD as well.[/quote]

They have already decided at that point because they applied ED, so it doesn't really make much a difference.  They won't be able to compare aid offers.  They can petition to be released if the aid package isn't good enough, but that will probably be rare.  The ED applicants will be wealthier than RD. [/quote]

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