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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WM and UVa statistics bith suggest that for many students, the odds of admission are better in EA/ED than in RD. [/quote]

Both schools clearly deny that they apply different standards to early versus rd. They are different sets of applicants, they say. Who knows if it’s true.[/quote]

My kid was ED WM.  I saw that “we don’t give preference” from UVA.  WM counts demonstrated interest which UVA does not. And ED is clearly demonstrated interest (WM does not have EA and UVA have ED last I saw, so they are different bests anyway in term of early admissions strategy).

I will say my unhooked white female from a top 5-8 (depending on how you rank) or so NOVA HS was admitted with below 25% GPA, above 75% ACT in ED. Now, she had a lot of interesting and unusual things going on with her transcript that lowered GPA, despite having a challenging class schedule (she took 7 years of foreign language and applied IR/foreign language and 4 of orchestra, where she played at a high level— that’s just a lot of unweighted credit). And her counselor gave her “most rigorous”. But, she needed ED to get in— fewer applications and more time for AOs to grasp her decisions in taking classes, read the counselor Rec, which I’m sure laid out why she did what she did.   And her HS transcript aligned with why she was a great match for WM.  That plus demonstrated interest said—  I’m a great match and really want to attend— and I am sure gave her a bump.  I was dubious she’d get in, even in ED. Her HS counselor said she’d be  admitted and was correct.  I seriously doubt she would have gotten in in RD, looking at the caliber of her peers who were outright denied, forget the WL.

So thankful she went ED and it worked out. She lobes the school and never looked back or second guessed after being admitted. And she is definately living her best college life— academically, socially and with extras like study abroad researching with a professor.

It really worked out. It also did for my other kid who went in a very different direction for college. And it seems to have worked out well for about 80% of her peers— a couple are meh on where they ended up, one transferred after dropping engineering— but the vast majority ended up in a good place and are thriving. I know it’s easy to say “trust the process” when it’s over for your kids, but— trust the process, focus on what is good for your kid and not the cocktail party brag, and it usually works out.

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Pp here. We just attended an info session at W&M and they specifically said there wasn’t a better chance in ED. They said the rate was higher because of who applied, specifically naming athletes. They said the standards were the same as RD and they didn’t need to apply early to get an admissions bump. I think you can show demonstrated interest there in ways other than ED.[/quote]

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