Do deferrals even get rejected in ED or just waitlisted (assuming 1st semester grades are strong)?

My kid was deferred EA/waitlisted last year for engineering in state. Got into 2 T20s (one private, one public OOS) and is attending one of those. UVA wasn't first choice but was a surprise given in-state status, stats and involvement.

https://ira.virginia.edu/data-analytics/common-data-set-initiatve
10,470 offered WL
6,759 accepted a WL spot
242 offers to WL

http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2025/03/2024-2025-uva-admission-statistics.html
Regular Decision Round
Total RD applications: 17,568 (16,866 last year)
VA RD applications: 3,519 (3,750)
OOS RD applications: 14,049 (13,116)

VA RD acceptance rate: 11% (15%)
OOS RD acceptance rate: 9% (11%)
Defer acceptance rate: 3% (no deferrals last year)

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Anonymous wrote:DS got in after being deferred - got all As across 6 APs during senior year. He may have had a few more awards/things to note but nothing major, just GPA boost

My kid also has all As with maximum rigor senior fall and got the waitlist after deferral, I don’t think you can do one specific thing and then be admitted after deferral.

Did he get in after the waitlist?

Anonymous wrote:DS got in after being deferred - got all As across 6 APs during senior year. He may have had a few more awards/things to note but nothing major, just GPA boost

My kid also has all As with maximum rigor senior fall and got the waitlist after deferral, I don’t think you can do one specific thing and then be admitted after deferral.

Anonymous wrote:DS got in after being deferred - got all As across 6 APs during senior year. He may have had a few more awards/things to note but nothing major, just GPA boost

wow very nice👌

DS got in after being deferred - got all As across 6 APs during senior year. He may have had a few more awards/things to note but nothing major, just GPA boost

Anonymous wrote:We decided in advance that if we received a deferral we were moving on.

I would hope so. Everyone should be doing that.

Anyone know if UVA will defer EA this cycle too?

It will be a long 3 months wait….

Anonymous wrote:In 2023 my son was deferred from EA and then WL. By the time they got to WL, they were looking solely for OOS kinesiology majors (or similar).

yes, they pull very specific kids from the waitlist. It's generally not the highest stats ones but kids who meet exactly what they need--specific school, gender, etc.

Anonymous wrote:They will be comparing you to the larger pool. You are possibly qualified but they want to see who else is in the running and if you are stronger you will be admitted and if not then denied or waitlisted.

Well there goes then… am sure there will be plenty more qualified.

They will be comparing you to the larger pool. You are possibly qualified but they want to see who else is in the running and if you are stronger you will be admitted and if not then denied or waitlisted.

In 2023 my son was deferred from EA and then WL. By the time they got to WL, they were looking solely for OOS kinesiology majors (or similar).