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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

W&M doesn’t deny this. In fact they say odds increase 8-10% if applying ED[/quote]

+1. Im the parent with the lower GPA ED admit kid. eD was definitely a bump her year. That was well know and factored in by parents and counselors, and the school didn’t try to hide it.  “Who comes here belongs here” is the motto, and in the past, they have really wanted kids who are a good fit, and kid who really want them— and not just a backup for UVA or another school.

I’m wondering if they are changing things up in light of the SCOTUS ruling on AA and the USNWR ranking that dropped them so much based primarily on not having many Pell Grant students. [b]They may have decided that, starting this year, they will rely less on the ED because economically disadvantaged students/ Pell Grant kids often can’t ED— they need to see the financial package.[/b] So maybe they are moving away from giving extra weight in ED to have more spots in RD for lower SES kids?

Just a guess. But what PP is saying does not line up with what was commonly accepted admissions advice when my kid (and their sibling who 2 years old, admitted in RD and did not attend) applied. The landscape is changing. Again. [/quote]

They have up front aid guarantees based on income.

https://www.wm.edu/admission/undergraduateadmission/costs-aid/in-state/pell-grant-guarantee/[/quote]

+1. It's a myth that students from poir backgrounds cannot apply ED. Also, if accepted ED and the financial package isn't doable, the student has an out. Same with Questbridge[/quote]

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