Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 07:41     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Shameful that a public school like w&m prioritizes wealth by privileging ED. They would have no problem filling their class by just using EA. Most public’s don’t even have ED, Michigan just started this yr.


As a parent of a child who did W&M ED and another child who did EA nearly everywhere, I agree.
DC who is at W&M loves it and is happy he did it, but it surprised me that as progressive as the school seems to be, they weight ED (aka full pay) so heavily.


ED is not full-pay for everyone. I don’t know how it works at privates or in other states, but aid is based on need whether you apply early or not. If you live in the state of Virginia, and you are sure that one of our amazing state universities is the best fit for your kid, apply whenever it suits you best. If you have demonstrated need they will work to meet you where you are.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 07:14     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Both kids applied EA to UVA and RD to W&M, admitted to both and chose W&M. Boys have about a 9% admissions advantage when applying to W&M.


Are they both boys? may I ask their stats roughly?


1 boy 1 girl. DS had a 4.2 GPA and 1470 SAT. DD 4.5 GPA and 1450 SAT


This is interesting… I know kids not getting accepted at UVA with 1530+ SAT and 4.3 gpa
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 07:00     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Both kids applied EA to UVA and RD to W&M, admitted to both and chose W&M. Boys have about a 9% admissions advantage when applying to W&M.


Are they both boys? may I ask their stats roughly?


1 boy 1 girl. DS had a 4.2 GPA and 1470 SAT. DD 4.5 GPA and 1450 SAT
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2026 06:43     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
No. Why? How does this impact you?
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 22:42     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Shameful that a public school like w&m prioritizes wealth by privileging ED. They would have no problem filling their class by just using EA. Most public’s don’t even have ED, Michigan just started this yr.

William and Mary and UVA are hardly difficult in RD or EA. And both honor the Net price calculations: withdrawal from the ED contract is fine if they do not meet it.
No need to ED anywhere ! Ours didn’t. At ivies. No hooks.


Oh the arrogance.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 22:31     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Shameful that a public school like w&m prioritizes wealth by privileging ED. They would have no problem filling their class by just using EA. Most public’s don’t even have ED, Michigan just started this yr.

William and Mary and UVA are hardly difficult in RD or EA. And both honor the Net price calculations: withdrawal from the ED contract is fine if they do not meet it.
No need to ED anywhere ! Ours didn’t. At ivies. No hooks.


Oh the arrogance.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 22:22     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Shameful that a public school like w&m prioritizes wealth by privileging ED. They would have no problem filling their class by just using EA. Most public’s don’t even have ED, Michigan just started this yr.

William and Mary and UVA are hardly difficult in RD or EA. And both honor the Net price calculations: withdrawal from the ED contract is fine if they do not meet it.
No need to ED anywhere ! Ours didn’t. At ivies. No hooks.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 22:14     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:My son likes both of these schools equally. He knows it would be a boost to apply ED to one or the other, but I am pushing him to keep options open -- he's somewhat of a late bloomer and I think he'll have a better sense of which school he likes more later in senior year, rather than right at the beginning of senior year.

Any success stories of students (willing to share stats would be great) who did this -- applied Early Action to UVA, Regular Decision to W&M (they don't seem to have Early Action), got into both and could go to admitted students days and make a smart, informed decision?

Almost every top-10% student in the private applies to both in this manner. If they did ED to an elite and get in they pull the apps. The rest wait and decide later, many of them use these schools as backups to T20. Some have these two as the top two options and decide after visits. Others know they want elites and do not bother with admitted days at one of these because they have options they like better.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 22:08     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Both kids applied EA to UVA and RD to W&M, admitted to both and chose W&M. Boys have about a 9% admissions advantage when applying to W&M.


Are they both boys? may I ask their stats roughly?
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 21:14     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Shameful that a public school like w&m prioritizes wealth by privileging ED. They would have no problem filling their class by just using EA. Most public’s don’t even have ED, Michigan just started this yr.


It's a form of yield protection and frankly, I wish every school offered ED.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 21:10     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Shameful that a public school like w&m prioritizes wealth by privileging ED. They would have no problem filling their class by just using EA. Most public’s don’t even have ED, Michigan just started this yr.


As a parent of a child who did W&M ED and another child who did EA nearly everywhere, I agree.
DC who is at W&M loves it and is happy he did it, but it surprised me that as progressive as the school seems to be, they weight ED (aka full pay) so heavily.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:58     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a parent of a senior in the bleak no man's land of January, here is my advice: the smart, informed choice is the one you make THIS SUMMER. Pick the school you like and apply ED. It is a long freaking time from September till UVA EA comes out in mid-February, and you will be more jealous than you imagine possible of the kids who have their EDs locked up. It is much harder to get in EA to UVA than ED.



I have a completely different viewpoint! My DC is so glad they didn’t apply ED anywhere. They were excited to see where they’d get into and we wanted to compare costs. So far they’ve gotten into two very selective reach schools.

It sounds like OP is flexible and that’s a great mind set to have.


I am sure it is a different experience for a kid who is already in "two very selective reach schools." Can you imagine how it feels different without that?
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:50     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Shameful that a public school like w&m prioritizes wealth by privileging ED. They would have no problem filling their class by just using EA. Most public’s don’t even have ED, Michigan just started this yr.


W&M meets your FAFSA EFC need in state so if you can't be bothered to run that and the NPC by Nov it's not a "wealth" issue
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:49     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Yes, my 2024 grad got in EA to UVA and RD to W&M.
Sometimes Wished they could have been sure enough to ED UVA…it was indeed a slog.
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2026 20:46     Subject: Anyone have a story of a kid doing EA to UVA and RD to W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Shameful that a public school like w&m prioritizes wealth by privileging ED. They would have no problem filling their class by just using EA. Most public’s don’t even have ED, Michigan just started this yr.


I agree. I find it really strange they have ED1 and…2!